Chapter 87

Violet was hoping that Steel would come back to hissenses one of these days and come back to tell her how much he had missed while he was acting up. she missed him so much. There are so many times that she had sent ridiculous texts to him and then blamed myself for being so stupid. She felt like she was going to lose her mind if someone did not collect a phone from her. Or if she doesn't lose Steel's number. So she deleted this number from my phone
　　Violet triedto occupy herself in work so that she would take her attention away from steel.
　　Steel on the other end, felt very empty. Without Violet in his life. He wondered what to do with so much time on his hands. If he was notfighting a war or conspiring against an enemy. He wanted to be loving. He wanted to be in the arms of the one he loved.
　　Steelwondered whyhe felt this way. He had been living without love for a very long time and he survived. So why does this hurt differently? He thought.
　　Violets has done so well for herself at the library, especially with the donations she has gotten from sponsors. The one she got from Chris and his wife and the one she also got from the strange man, maquis who was just so kind enough to donate to the author's cause.
　　The library became a meeting point for writers, editors and also publishers little by little, the work that Violet had put in was paying off.
　　other talented writers who heard about the work that Violet was doing at her library also came around to
　　get their book published by the publisher provided at the library.
　　Violet was at her office reading a book when she got a call from a strange number.
　　She picked up the call wondering whoit was. It turned out to be Marquis,The young man Who donated To the cause of the writersin her library.
　　Violets love the way hesounded so calm and formal on the phone. He formallyasked her outfor a drink, and violet was just too impressed to decline.
　　She accepted to have a drink with him and when Mara heard that she was having a drink with Marquis, she was wondering why all the good men were always on Violet"s Case and She got a bit jealous.
　　" Oh, so you're going on a date with Mr. Marquis?.
　　Does he want to date you?" She asked.
　　"And how am I supposed to know that? He asked me for a drink and I'm going to have a drink." Violet said.
　　"Alright, whatever you do, just be careful."
　　Mara said
　　"All right, Mommy."
　　Violet replied.
　　violets met with maquis at an expensive restaurant. And he was just looking so astonishing that she wondered where it came from.
　　"Good evening violets" he pulled the chair out for her to seat . And the way he just talked to us she could see that he had a whole bag of formal background.
　　"Well I hope I did not interrupt any of your plans by asking you for a drink." He said.
　　"Oh, no, no, that's fine." Violet said.
　　"Thank you." Marquis replied.
　　"I should be thanking you. You donated a huge amount of money to my function, and I really appreciate it. Come on. Don't talk about that. It is for the cause. And we are both working for the cause." He said
　　violets smiled, she noticed how handsome this young man was the way his hair covereda small part of his face. He had beautiful blue eyes, that you could get lost in l. Violet I was trying her best not to fall for this one too. But he was just such a gentle man.
　　"So where doyoucome from Mr marquis?" She said,
　　"Okay I think It is time we drop the MR" he said,
　　"You can call me Marquise. That is fine.
　　All right violet's smiled. "So where do you come from marquis" she asked
　　" Paris obviously" he smirked
　　Violet giggled at how vainhe was.
　　"So what do you do?" She asked.
　　"I am a philanthropist but for work I deal with cars." He said.
　　"That is awesome. So what brought you to Chester? This is such a small town. How is this going to help your business?"
　　"Yeah. Well, I just needed peace for a short period of time. I'll get back to Paris soon enough. My business is there, but it is being handled.I'm here just to see world . And if possible, I might open a branch here if this place is welcoming enough for my business." He said,
　　"Oh, that is awesome," Violet said. "So how does a car dealer finds himself in a library? In fact, in the book we reading" violet asked
　　"Well I like books, plus boredom.
　　And now that you're here, you could relieve me of that he said,
　　but truthbe told. Of course, I like books. But I did not come all the way from my hotel to just come to your library tolisten to writers read theirbook. I was driving around and I saw you than I actually wonderedwho you are and whereyou were going so I decided to follow you just Say hello and I found myself in a function." He explained.
　　Violin laughed hysterically
　　"What! And we ended up spending$150,000 for something that you just found?You are a philanthropist." She said
　　Violet was a bit flattered by whatMarquiswas saying.
　　"Well, I don't regret spending the money.
　　He said
　　"it got your attention like I wanted but I would not like to be too forward with you. We would go at your pace. I just want to be a close friend of yours. That is all I asked for.
　　"Oh, that is nice." She said, "I would be honored to have you as a friend." she said and cheered with him.
　　After they cheered over a cup of wine, Maquis told Violet that he would like to see the city at night and he would like to take a walk. And he asked violet to take a walk with them.
　　violets felt that this was a weird request.
　　How do you go from having a date in an expensive restaurant To taking a stroll on the street? Just for the fun of it. Perhaps she did not have the shoes for that.
　　"What?we can take a walk some other time." she said
　　"I am not on the right footwear to do that." She said,
　　"Oh yeah that's true but I have flip flops in my cars though, you can get into that." Marquises said.
　　Violet laughed "No, I'll pass on that offer. Maybe some other time we can take awalk." She said,
　　"Okay, no problem, whatever you want, but I was just bored and I thought to stare at the moon and you know, but it's fine Violet. I'm enjoying my time with you after all. It doesn't matter where it is,inside or outside or even under sea." Violet giggled.
　　when the date was over. Marquise dropper violet right in the front of a house and kissed her goodnight.
　　He was such a gentleman, Violet wondered where he actually
　　you came from. He was such a different person, notlike the men in Chester.
　　When Mara had the car pullover in front of their house, she quickly ran to the window to see who it was. She saw the young man as he kissed her goodnight on the cheek. And she just felt betrayed.
　　She told Violet that she had interest in this guy, and now she's going on a date with him. Not just that,she's also kissing him good night.
　　When Violet step into the house all smiley and giggly Mara did not greet her. She just walked away from her.
　　"Hey, Maya, what's up?" She said,
　　"Why are you giving me such attitudes?"She asked.
　　"Oh, I don't know. I mean, you just enjoy yourself or the date. I'm sure you really liked him. He was such a gentleman wasn't he? Mara said.
　　"Girl,tell me about it. He is a French guy. And he is all about courtesy and shit." Violet said jokingly.
　　"So do you like him? Like, do you have plans to date him?" Mara asked.
　　"What are you talking about? Mara? This is just my first date with him. I don't even know the guy." Violet said
　　"Oh but you do know him enough. I mean, you don't know him and he gave $150,000 Just to a stranger. And now you guys are kissing each other good nights. Is he the one that is going to take over from Damien?" Mara asked in an irritating tone.
　　"Shut the hell up Mara. Don't piss me off. Okay. If you are in your feelings then get the fuck away from my face. Please. I don't have time for this!"she said. And she walked away.