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On the 1st day of Christmas my author gave me...

The next chapter of my favourite story!!!

Hehe, I love Christmas. I'll be updating a few times this week since it's Christmas and I'm a nice person!
Enjoy guys, and don't forget, the best Christmas present from you to me is to comment and vote!

Love you all
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Halloween.

Meaning loads of lollies, candy and chocolate in the office today. I may have splurged a little bit too much. But I love Halloween. That and Christmas.

Today the office was filled with costumes everywhere. Everyone was dressed up in their costumes. Jonathon dressed up as Darth Vader, I thought it was funny. Besides the slutty costumes in the office, the day was amazing. Even Phillip dressed up. I was surprised to see him dressed up.

He knocked on my office door.

"Trick or treat?" He asked as he entered my office.

He stood there in the doorway, with a jack-o-lantern in his hand and Jon Snow costume. It was funny, because he actually looked like Jon Snow too. He even has a white stuffed puppy dog.

"Really?" I questioned him.

"It's a really good show. You got me addicted!"

"Right..." I looked back at my computer screen. Phillip walked over to me.

"And who are you suppose to be?"

"Are you seriously asking that question?" I look down at my costume, the one that I have been working on for the past month and then do a twirl. "Does the term 'Let it go' ring a bell?"

"Nope!" And he smiled.

"Riiiight..." I looked away. "Well it's Elsa from Frozen!"

He walked over to me and stood in front of me. "I knew it was her!" And he smiled and then grabbed a handful of lollies from my jar and walked out of my office.

I sat down in a huff. I then looked at the time. 7pm, Henry was picking me up at 8pm.

Time to get myself ready for the Charity ball. Am I going to change out of my costume or stay in it?

That was the question on my mind for the next thirty minutes. I looked through my emails to clarify about the attire for the ball. I kept scrolling through and scrolling.

"Please wear formal wear" I say to myself while reading the information. I let out a sigh, I spent the month making this costume. But I must obey the rules.

I slipped the costume off and placed on a dressing gown. I walked out of my office and down to the wardrobe department. I swiped my card and entered. I walked over to the formal attire and moved my hands over all the dresses. I stopped when I spotted a black and white number. I pulled it out and it was beautiful.

Black high halter neck, come down into layers of black which faded into white. It was perfect. I took the dress of the hanger, took my dressing gown off and placed it on. It was a perfect fit. I found a pair of vintage black Mary Jane shoes with a 3inch heel. I slipped those on and then found some fake spiders in the accessory area. I placed them onto the dress and some into my hair. I apply some dark red lipstick to my lips and check myself in the mirror. I picked up a small round handbag and walked back to my office. I stopped at my door when I heard a cough.

Phillip was still here.

"Wow Isla," He looked at me. He had a wide smile and his eyes were locked onto mine.

"You look beautiful!" A voice came from behind Phillip. I snapped out of it. It was Henry. I smiled at him and Phillip moved away. Henry walked up the hallway and kissed my cheek. I blushed slightly. But I could see Phillip whose face had fallen.

"Well don't you look very dashing?" I say to Henry.

"I do try!" And he laughed.

"Give me one second?" I asked him and he nods. I head back into my office and grab my phone, purse, keys and coat before I head back out the hallway. I was about to opens the door when I could hear both of them talking.

"Why are you here Henry?" Phillip asked.

"I have a date with Isla. Why you jealous baby brother?" Henry teased him.

"I'm not jealous!" Phillip informed his brother.

"You clearly are jealous!"

"I am not!"

"Are too!"

"Am not!"

"You are, I see the way you looked at her just before. You're in love with her aren't you?"

Phillip didn't answer. Because I opened my office door. I didn't want to know the answer to Henrys question because I don't want Phillip.

"Sorry I took so long!" I replied to Henry.

"Excuse me Henry, do you mind if I borrow Isla for a second for her to sign some papers before she goes?" Phillip quickly asks.

"Sure," Henry replies coldly. I give him a quick smile and follow Phillip into his office. He closes the door once I enter.

"So where are these papers?" I ask

"Why the hell are you going out with him Isla?" Phillip hisses at me.

"Umm, well that's none of your business Phillip. And so what if I go out with him, can't I enjoy a night out?" I cross my arms over and stand my ground. Phillip looks quickly away. He knows I'm right.

"Look, just be careful. I don't want you to get hurt ok Isla?"

"Woah, you really do have a heart Phillip!" I point out. I quickly pass him and out his office door before he say anything else. "I'm all done now, sorry about that!"

"No problems, are you ready to go?" He asked and held out his arm.

"Indeed I am!" And I linked my arm with his and we walked out of the warehouse office building together.

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We walked to the Regent Theatre, where downstairs in the Plaza Ballroom was the charity Halloween ball. We check ourselves in and then walked down the hallway. And of course, it was a haunted hallway. I held onto Henry's arm tight and screamed when things appeared out of nowhere. Various zombies and creepy clowns jumped out and I screamed like a girl.

Look, I love Halloween, but not all the creepy scary things, alright?

We finally reached the door and entered. I let go of Henry's arm and my face said it all. It was beautiful inside and the ballroom was decked out. Cauldrons that were bubbling, spooky hands and various body parts. Statutes where around of gargoyles and the waiters had costumes on with scary make-up. It was amazing in here.

"Would you like a drink?" Henry snapped me back to reality.

"Yes I would love one," I replied, "Lemon, Lime and bitters please!"

"Sure thing!" He then walked over to the bar and placed our order. I stood in the ballroom looking around and people started to stare at me. I ignored them. Until someone walked up to me.

"Excuse me, are you Isla Collins?" It was a gorgeous man, in a tux.

"Yes I am..." I looked at him strangely. "And how do you know who I am?"

"You own Vintage Twins yeah? With Phillip Perkins?"

"I own with Jonathon Hack and Phillip is just co-CEO with myself," I inform him, "Excuse me, but who are you?" I asked the man.

Before he could answer a female joined him and pulled him away. I was confused when he walked away. Henry walked up to me and handed me my drink.

"What did he want?" Asking me the question when he handed me the drink.

"I have no clue." I took a sip of my drink and looked at Henry. He was smiling at me. "What?"

"You look really beautiful tonight Isla!"

I blushed and smiled at him. He took my free hand and guided us to the table we were dining at. I had more people stare at me now. I was completely unsure as to why they were looking and staring at me. Henry pulled a chair out for me and I sat down. I scooted myself closer to the table and Henry sat next to me.

I looked around my table trying to figure out who was on my table. Henry saw me doing this and leaned over to whisper in my ear.

"Ok, so to your left, Interior designer Darren Palmer, Editor and Chief of Elle Justine Cullen and General blogger on all things Hung Pham."

I looked at him astonished that he knew all of that. "And you know this because?"

"Because I know my business and who's who's!" He took a sip of his drink and smiled at me.

"Darren Palmer is a judge on the block..." I informed him.

"I didn't actually know that..." He looked at me and then smiled. It was sarcasm. I gave him a quick punch and he pretended to be hurt. I just laughed at him.

We flirted and danced and drank some more. I was having an amazing time.

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Henry called for his driver to pick us up.

We waited outside in the cool spring air. It was colder that I expected it to be, but I did bring a light coat to wear. I placed it over my shoulders and waited next to Henry. He reached down and grabbed my hand. He entwined his fingers into mine and I placed my head onto his shoulder.

His driver finally showed up and Henry opened the door for me.

"After you my lady!" he said with a cheesy face.

"Oh, a true gentlemen." I over acted the part. I slid myself into the car and he shortly followed. He sat back into the backseat, put his arm around me and I placed my head onto his shoulder.

"I had a really great night, Isla." Henry said as we drove off through the city.

"Me too." I replied softly to him.

"Did I tell you, you look beautiful?"

I giggled to myself. "You did, more than once!"

"Well you do look beautiful, I'm surprised you're still single..."

I moved my head off his shoulder. "It's a long story that I'd rather not talk about."

"Hey, it's ok." Henry placed a hand onto my cheek and pulled me in closer to him. "Tell me when you're ready Isla!"

I moved back to his shoulder and the ride was silent. After about five minutes of so I spoke up. "I'm sorry if I killed the mood.."

"It's alright. You didn't kill it, because there wasn't any mood until now..." He finished his sentence and then cupped his hands around my cheeks and kissed me with passion. His lips were soft and warm, but something didn't feel right. I pulled away,

"What's wrong?" Henry asked me and I frowned at myself.

"Nothing, its fine!" I lied to myself and kissed him again. He put his arms around my waist and pulled me onto his lap. I wrapped my arms around his neck and the kissing became intense.

I ran my hands through his hair and he started to kiss my neck. He lowered me down slowly, so I was lying down on the seat. He crawled over the top of me and started to kiss my neck again, moving to my jaw line and then moving to my ear.

He nibbled on it and I moaned. He moved back to my neck and planted kisses everywhere. I smiled to myself.

"I am so glad my brother told me to do this..."

I snapped out of my sex haze. I jolted up. My eyes were wide and I looked at him. He gave me a look.

"Christopher told you to do what?" I was furious with not only myself but Henry as well.

"Shit... Isla..." He moved a hand behind his neck and looked away from me.

"Tell me Henry!"

"Christopher told me to hook up with you, to ruin your company. Making you choose between me and Phillip!"

"Well fuck me..." I couldn't look at him.

"We're here Miss Collins, Mr Perkins!" The drive yelled and parked the car. I got out as soon as the car stopped.

I walked out fast.

"Wait Isla..." Henry grabbed my hand.

"I don't want to hear it..." I yelled back at him. "I can't believe you would do that to me. And I can't believe I let myself believe that you actually liked me. Clearly you're a great actor!"

"I'm sorry Isla,"

"Don't feel sorry for me. I'm glad that you have your brother tell you what to do with your life, because you can't do anything for yourself!"

And with a twirl on my foot, I marched myself to my house and went inside.