"Andrew, what are you doing?", Nancy protested, she was very much annoyed that Andrew is acting this way. 'What was going on with them? How are they related?', questions rang in her mind as she pulled Andrew's arm.
Samantha freed herself by shaking his hand off of her with enough force. And then right after, she and Becca walked away from them.
Andrew had a melancholic expression, he was close to kneeling down in front of Samantha just so that she will accept him again. He didn't care how shameless it would look like.
Nancy tugged on his arm once again, "Babe? What's going on? How do you know that woman?". She had an inkling that they must have dated in the past but she didn't want that to be the case. Waiting for him to speak, she kept quiet.
Andrew didn't answer Nancy's questions and continued to watch Samantha walk away.
Disappointed, Nancy held Andrew's hand and pulled him towards the exit. "Come on, let's put some ice on your cheek."
Feeling dispirited about the turn of events that afternoon, Andrew just followed Nancy out of the shopping district.
…
"Are you okay, Samantha? Did he hurt you?", Becca asked with a worried tone as she scanned Samantha's body up and down to check if she was fine.
"No, he didn't. It was me who slapped him."
"Who was that anyway? And I've seen that woman before too.", stated.
Samantha sighed, "Andrew Park, he was an ex."
Becca paused for a second as she thought about where she heard that name. She suddenly remembered the day that she had a photoshoot of the local brand perfume in which she became the ambassador.
Back then she had heard the staff gossip about an artist who was in a relationship with the CEO of an agency, Andrew Park. She remembered the name.
"Ahh.. are you sure that you're okay, Sam? You look a bit flustered."
"I'm okay, but my hand is a little bit...", Samantha smiled timidly and glanced at her hand that she used to slap Andrew; it was slightly trembling and a bit swollen.
Becca's eyes grew wide. "Oh my gosh, how hard did you slap that man?", she exclaimed.
"Probably as hard as I hate him at the moment."
Samantha and Becca laughed. "How about we ditch this event now, I've done my part anyway. Let's go?"
…
Samantha came home early in the evening. She was supposed to drop by Trident but she was no longer in the mood after what happened earlier that day because of Andrew Park. At first, she could no longer be bothered by him but after what he said; she was really pissed.
The next day in Sapphire Gardens, Samantha stirred about in bed, she was stretching her arms when she felt a firm chest beside her. She didn't even have to open her eyes to know who it was, just his sexy scent that invaded her senses was enough to wake her up.
She snuggled up to his warm embrace and allowed herself to indulge into the sweetness of that morning, she wished would never end.
Using the back of his fingers, Daniel caressed her face ever so gently as if he was touching a baby. He felt her sigh and he beamed, "Good morning."
"Hmmm.", she groaned lightly. "You're here."
"Yes, I'm home.", he spoke before kissing the top of her head. "And I miss you.".
He pulled her closer, trapping her in his arms. It has only been a few days since they have last seen each other and it already felt like it's been ages.
"I miss you too.", she murmured on his neck.
A smile appeared across Daniel's face, "Are you still sleepy?"
"I'm always sleepy even when I'm not, I still want to sleep.", she stated childishly which made Daniel chuckle.
Samantha thought about it first, 'sleep? or food?'. As if it was even a valid question, of course, it's... "I would never say no to food."
She stretched before climbing out of bed and she sleepily sauntered towards the bathroom to wash her face. Wiping her face with the soft towel, she came back to the room and found Daniel sitting on the bed with a paper bag on his hand.
Her brows raised as if she was waiting for him to say something first.
"I have something for you.", Daniel stretched his hand out with the bag. "Here, open it."
"Really?", Her face brightened up. "What is that?"
"Open it up.", he said when Samantha took the bag.
Samantha sat next to him on the bed and opened the gift bag. Inside wasn't a dress, nor was it makeup and definitely not lingerie! As soon as Samantha saw it, the corners of her mouth lifted upward and her eyes smiled. "How did you think of getting me this?"
"I remembered back in Country D... you said that your camera wasn't working anymore. So I figured, I should get you one. Do you like it? I don't know a lot about cameras so I'm not sure if I got you a good one.", he explained.
Samantha thought how cute he was, "You really remembered that?"
"Of course. Anything related to you matters to me."
Lifting herself up, she pressed her lips to his. "Thank you, darling. I love it!"
"Really? Is it a good one? If not, I'll get you a better one; though the sales person said that this one's the best vlogging camera."
Samantha's brows scrunched up, "Vlogging camera?"
Daniel nodded and with a gentle smile on his face he answered, "I've looked it up recently and I just thought that it might be something that you want to try."
"Really?", Samantha shifted her gaze to the side and thought about it, "What made you say that?"
"I've watched the videos that you've recorded, Samantha. And I've seen you do it naturally, so why not?", he advised.
"Vlogging huh? And you mean taking videos and uploading it to the internet?"
"I mean, it's up to you if you want. But I don't see why you can't do it."
Thinking about what Daniel had told her, she felt that he might be right about it. She wasn't sure but there was something inside her that made her feel excited.
Seeing that Samantha wasn't saying anything, Daniel tugged her arm, "What are you thinking about?"
Without looking back at him, she answered, "Nothing, it's just that... I think that I'm actually feeling excited about it."
After a few seconds of silence, Samantha faced Daniel. "Do you really think I can do it? I don't even know how to... what do I do?", she asked and she looked like someone excited who just received a new toy who hasn't figured out what to do with it yet.
"Well you could ask Becca, isn't she an influencer? Maybe she can help you."
Samantha actually thought about it too and so she decided to contact Becca later that day.
Brushing her thoughts aside, Samantha opened the packaging of the camera. And then after getting the unit out, she turned it on. "Oh, this looks cool.", she said.
"Honey, come closer, let's take a picture.", she eagerly instructed as she lifted the camera up.
Daniel smiled at her as she looked like a child at that moment. Since he was in a good mood, he didn't hesitate to pose for the picture.
*Click*
The camera flashed and snapped a photo of the two of them. As soon as it was done, she quickly checked the camera's touch screen pad and looked into the photo that they had just taken.
"Oooh, this camera is really good. Look at you, darling! You look extremely handsome here.", she complimented as she checks her man out.
"And you look very beautiful.", he leaned in for a kiss and pushed Samantha down the bed.
"Aren't we having breakfast outside? I thought-"
Daniel Cho looked at her in the eyes. , "Nah, I prefer this breakfast instead..".