Free The Stelter City Saga: Ultranatural by Stefany Valentine Ramirez

two. Heleow
was still a growing city and the idea was that more buildings would
branch off from the long stretch she was
driving on .
    “ Well I’m currently on the
phone with you, princess, because we just were just let out for a
lunch break,” Kasper replied. “I’m in Hong Kong right now. We just
finished buying out one of DiAchi Tech’s science labs. There’s
still a major manufacturer in Singapore, and I’ll be there next
week to sign the papers. But after that-”
    “ Are you planning on
corporate domination?” Lotus guessed. Normally anything regarding
business sent her dozing. But not when Kasper was speaking. She
wondered if maybe it was because she still had feelings for the
guy. They never had anything but a babysitter-baby relationship. In
fact when she first found out Kasper was going to be her manager,
she had tried to put some moves on him. But he became utterly
disgusted as if the thought of dating her was like dating a
sibling.
    “ It’s not a monopoly.” he
retorted.
    “ But it sounds like it.” She
argued. The asphalt had finally spit her out onto the white sandy
beach. Manmade meant perfect waves that rolled in with swells
ranging from five to fifteen feet. “After you take over DiAchi
Tech, who’s going to stop Stelter Corperation from taking over the
world?” she asked as she parked her car on the practically vacant
beach.
    There were only a couple vacationing
families exploring the new wonderland and some other famous people
she might recognize if they took off their big hats and
sunglasses.
    “ I will,” said Kasper
responsibly. “That’s why your dad is making me heir.”
    Lotus shuddered at that
title; dad. “Well
then why do you want to take over DiAchi Tech so badly?”
    Kasper shook his head though Lotus
couldn’t see. “This is a whole lot bigger than you know, in case
you haven’t guessed that already.”
    “ Nope, surely have not.” She
snapped, “But thanks for informing me.”
    “ Ugh, you sound like you’re
in a bad mood.” Admitted Kasper. “What’s wrong?”
    It was sweet that Kasper cared. He was
the only guy that had ever paid attention to her, besides Michael.
“Well a lot of things.” Lotus admitted. “My friend Mirage hasn’t
called me back in forever.” Lotus started, “But I guess what’s
really been on my mind is that… Promise me you won’t
laugh.”
    Kasper laughed anyway. “Okay, I got all
of the laughter out of my system. You have my word I won’t laugh
after you tell me.”
    Lotus sucked in a big breath of air.
She knew she could always count on Kasper for anything. “Okay…” she
started. “Michael asked me to marry him today.”
    “ What!?” Kasper exclaimed,
“Congratulations-! Wait, I thought you were planning on breaking up
with him?”
    “ I was!” Lotus exclaimed,
“He asked me during the Flabbergasted segment on the Dylan Dade
Show earlier today.”
    “ Ooooh!! Do I have your
permission to look that up on YouTube during my next conference
meeting?” Kasper asked eagerly.
    “ Absolutely not!” Lotus
exclaimed though she smiled a little at his remark. “But I’m
breaking up with him in a little bit. We’re supposed to meet here
at the beach, but…” Lotus glanced around. The line of white sand
and the sprinkle of swimmers still hadn’t changed. “I still don’t
see him. I never see him anymore. Kasper, did you know that Michael
will ignore my texts for days at a time? I can’t remember the last
time he took me on an honest date. I can’t believe he thinks he can
be my husband when he can’t even be a boyfriend.”
    Kasper sighed into the phone. “I’m
sorry about that Lotus. I hope the two of you can still be
friends.”
    Lotus scoffed over the ocean breeze,
“Of course we can still be friends. That’s practically what we were
to begin with.” Lotus rubbed the back of her neck and glanced at
the time on her dashboard. Michael should have been here by now,
but once more he managed to prove how