1. The Plain Girl: Chapter 3 - Lost in the Woods


    Date: 10/19/2014, Categories: Love Stories, Author: xreynolds, Rating: 2, Source: LushStories

    for such a young cook, and even if the restaurant wasn’t exactly g ourmet, she brought a very high standard to the kitchen . She started to wonder that if she already felt this way now, and she worked herself up to a five star restaurant in Geneva, ‘Would it be any different?’ The thud of a leaden ‘No.’ forced her head and shoulders to droop. “I can’t just keep on doing this,” she muttered to herself under her breath. She had spent the last few hours bathing in the wonderful aura that was emanating from Claire, and hadn’t noticed how miserable she was slowly becoming. Now that Claire had gone out, her afternoon’s bright euphoria collapsed on the twilight of her inward emptiness. ‘Where was this all heading?’ – She wondered. Karla wasn’t accustomed to being driven by interior motives. She was an achiever. Her efforts in the past were largely characterized by ambition. Now all of a sudden she was looking for a point or a purpose that didn’t seem to have any outer goal connected with it. Even more strange was to feel as if she was being drawn, more than driven. Something was surging in her that she could not ignore, but somehow – she didn’t know what to do with it; where to live it out. ‘What do I want to see in the future? I need a vision that I can pursue.’ This was all rather confusing, and she didn’t like confusion. It was rather strenuous to be carrying this weight that had more or less emerged from within herself. If it was on her shoulders, it would be much easier to ...
    bear, but this was getting difficult. In a way she wanted it to go away, but it wasn’t as easy as all that. It wasn’t like she could just turn her head in a different direction. The problem was coming from inside. Just then the door to the kitchen sprang open and Maurice was hurrying toward her. ‘Great!’ She was happy for the distraction. ‘I need to forget about all this for a little a while.’ “Karla,” Maurice said, “Chuck stopped buy, and he is closing the restaurant due to the storm. He’s out front now, and wanted to say ‘Hello’ to you.” “Sounds good to me,” she responded. “I’ll be right out.” Chuck very rarely made a visit to Donovan’s; in fact most of the time he was a thousand miles away, if not on another continent altogether. He had property and investments all over the globe, particularly Hotels. His interest in Donovan’s was peripheral. Whenever he did come, however, he made it a point to exchange a few words with Karla. In fact, except for the prospect of extending his influence with her beyond business dealings, he could easily get done whatever he needed to do by phone or email. The restaurant here was very small change, but Karla was a big attraction. It was obvious to her that he was hot for her and she held out the prospect that his interest would open other doors for her. Lately none of those doors seemed to hold the appeal to her that the once did. He might be the key to that five-star restaurant in Geneva, but at this point, she really didn’t think she would be ...
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