Free ROMANCE: ALIEN: The Stranger I Fell In Love With (Alien Invasion Abduction SciFi Romance) (Fantasy Anthologies & Collections) by Clarissa Moran Page A

entire Hollywood and there was no one who could stop me.

Chapter 2:
     
    I knew that accommodation would be a problem in LA and from day one I started looking for an apartment. I was staying at a friend’s place for a few days and I knew that I had to look for my own place really soon. My bags and stuff that I got from Boston were still packed and I knew that without a place in LA, I can’t really start auditioning. I needed my own space and thus, the house hunting started.
    The most prominent hurdle was the rent. Getting an individual apartment for rent in LA was like a dream. I couldn’t even think of getting a villa or a mansion for myself because that felt like n impossible thing to do. Every day, I would see those huge mansions and villas as I could cross them, and I would wonder if one day, I will also have a villa like that or not. I knew that I was aiming too far, but there was no harm in dreaming, right?
    Reality struck me in the hardest way and I realized that it would be better to look for a flatmate with whom I could share my apartment rent. I saw a few ads and finally selected the one place that seemed the most reasonable. It was in my budget and was in a nice and secure locality. I decided to visit it in order to have a look at the apartment.
    It was a fine Sunday morning and I knew that the girl who was staying at the flat would be home. I was in touch with Avery, who was the other girl staying in the flat. I never got a chance to talk to her over the phone. I was simply messaging her and from the way she used to message me, she looked like a pretty decent one. She was working as an assistant director in one of the famous TV shows and I liked the idea of us living together. We were in the same business and I knew that she would be able to completely understand me. That was one of the many other perks of living with Avery.
    I finally reached the address and figured out that the place was certainly better than my expectations. There was a coffee shop just adjacent to the apartment and the building itself seemed pretty secure. I figured out that it would be a nice place for two young girls to stay together. I could already get some positive vibes coming from Avery with the way she used to message me.
    As I knocked the door and waited for her to open it, I couldn’t stop smiling. I couldn’t figure out why, but I was pretty excited to meet her and see the place. I somehow knew that I would be living in that apartment from now and that it would be my new home. After a few seconds, a guy opened the gate and I thought that it must be one of Avery’s friends. Though he certainly looked pretty dashing and I figured out that it would be one more treats of living in that place.
    He had a fair skin and black hair. I looked at his strong black eyes and they were capable of engulfing every living soul in this world. He was wearing a peach colored Henley t-shirt and a pair of rugged jeans. He had a little stubble and a face that could haunt you for nights. Without a doubt, he was one of the most handsome men that I have ever seen. I was pretty sure that he was either a model or an actor. I was just somehow now able to recognize him.
    “Hey! How can I help you?” he asked me as I kept staring at his handsome face.
    “Hi! I am here to see Avery,” I replied.
    “Yes. I am Avery. You must be Madeline?”
    “What?”
    No. That just didn’t happen. I couldn’t believe it at all. Avery was a guy. I thought she was a girl – he was a girl. I mean. Oh! No. No. No. It was the one apartment that I got after such a relentless chase and I was certainly not ready to let it go.
    “What? What were you expecting?” he said as he signaled me to come inside. I didn’t want to be rude and have the entire conversation while standing at his front door and decided to check the apartment.
    “I thought that Avery would be a girl. Why didn’t you tell me that you were a boy?” I asked him. But I knew the truth – I never asked