Husband With Benefits
Chapter 510: Back in the Day

Chapter 510: Back in the Day

"I still remember that day. It was the worst day of my life. Full of disappointment and greyness. My grades were plumetting by the day, my parents seemed to always be fighting and I was losing hope. And then he entered my life, changing it forever."

Emery sighed and closed her eyes, the scene from that day still fresh in her mind as if it had just happpened yesterday.

Her friends had dragged her for a seminar. It was meant to be a distraction for her and a learning experience. Both were a waste to her however. She was just not interested. The seminar promised insights into the burgeoning market, a beacon of opportunity for the growing artist and what not. And there she’d been dragging her feet. Her mind elsewhere.

"Come on Emery! Don’t be a spoil sport. Do you know who the guess lectuter is? It is Seb Frost.

"Seb Frost?" Emery had echoed, her tone tinged with indifference. "Who cares?"

"He’s supposed to be incredibly handsome," her friend Rachel gushed, eyes shining with anticipation. "And brilliant too! You might actually enjoy this seminar, Emery."

Emery rolled her eyes and let her friend drag her there. It made no difference to her either way. Let Rachel be happy.

As they settled into their seats, she decided to at least go and wash her face, make her feel a little awake or else she might fall face first during the seminar. Hurriedly, she whispered to Rachel to hold her seat and raced away to the washroom.

Once inside the washroom, she stared into her tired eyes and sighed, carefully washing her face before reapplying the makeup. She needed to get a grip.

And then it happened as she walked outside and straight into what felt like a wall. She tried to look up, and see who she had collided with, only to feel a painful tug at her ear. Her earring had snagged in this person’s suit jacket.

A gasp escaped her lips as she recoiled or tried to, the snag causing her more pain as her hand instinctively reached for her earlobe. But before she could retreat, his voice, gentle and soothing, halted her in her tracks." Wait a minute. I’ll just..." she felt him free her earring from his jacket, a whisper of a touch of his fingers agains her hand, made her shiver, turning her face red.

"Are you okay?" His words hung in the air, and as she looked up, met his gaze for the first time, and time seemed to stand still.

He was beautiful and somewhat perfect and that little bit of concern for her in his eyes made her heart stumble. She wanted to say that she was alright, but her voice caught in her throat, so she could only nod in answer to his question. And as he smiled and stepped away from her with a murmured," Next time, be careful when you walk." and walked away from her, she felt her heart thundering.

His eyes seemed to twinkle even as he had warned her to be careful. It was as if fate had brought them together. It was what one would call a meet-cute moment. Suddenly, the sadness and fgloom that seemed to have been stuck to her seemed to disappear, a newfound resolve burning within her.

She would find him, and she would seize this chance encounter with both hands. As she made her way back to her seat, her eyes scanned the crowded auditorium, searching for his familiar face. But before she could locate him, the lights on the stage dimmed, and the emcee’s voice echoed through the room, making her feel slightly disappointed.

As the woman’s voice echoed in the auditorium, Emery wondered if she would be able to see him again, while the woman droned on, "Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I introduce to you our esteemed guest VIP lecturer for today’s seminar. Known for his illustrious presence on the page three circuit, he’s not just a face that graces the covers of magazines and newspapers; he’s also the driving force behind the scenes of one of the most prominent companies in the industry.

Please join me in welcoming Mr. Seb Frost, the director of public relations at Frost Industries. With his innovative strategies and revolutionary approaches to PR, he’s single-handedly transformed the landscape of public relations as we know it."

Amidst the thundering applause, he stepped onto the stage and she froze.

Disbelief washed over her as she watched him step onto the stage, his presence commanding the attention of everyone in the room. It couldn’t be, she thought, her heart racing. The man she had collided with, the man she had been so desperate to find, was none other than the guest VIP lecturer himself.

She felt Rachel elbow her and lean close to her and whisper," I told you he is handsome! See, even you can’t take your eyes off him."

Emery nodded. She really couldn’t. As he walked towards the podium and adjusted the microphone, she suddenly felt envious of that microphone. A few minutes ago, she had almost felt his touch as well. And she wanted to feel it again...

With a smile, he’d looked straight at the audience but Emery felt as if he were looking into her soul as he thanked the emcee before commenting about how he was unhappy that the emcee had not mentioned anything about his charm and wit.

Within a minute, he had the audience glued to his words, desperate to miss anything. It was that desperation that caused Emery to raise her phone and capture the entire hour’s worth of lecture in her phone.

Suddenly, she wanted to leave designing and get into public relations. She would give up fashion designing and take up public relations and then be with this person. She would convince him to let her intern with him and then later, he would definitely fall in love with her...

"So, you are the girl that was his stalker a couple of years ago?", a voice asked incredulously.

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