Kadens POV.

I get into my car and grab my phone out of my suit pocket. I roll my eyes as I see Romeo calling. I told him I would be there around ten. It's barely nine-thirty now.

It's my event anyways, I'll be there whenever the fuck I want to.

I ignore his call and stare ahead into the beautiful city.

Ten minutes later, my heart stops as I see the picture of a woman Romeo sent me. A very beautiful women.

Get your ass here.

Is this actually her?

I press dial and Romeo answers on the first ring.

"Boss." He said to calmly.

"I will be there in ten minutes. Meet me outside. Make sure she stays there!" I say hanging up as I lean forward to the front seat. "Step on it!" I yell to my driver Jullian.

He nods and presses his foot down on the gas.

The butterflies are swimming around in my stomach and my heart is beating off rhythm as we pull into the building I booked for my event. Romeo is waiting outside for me. I jump out of the car and rush towards him.

"Where is she?" I ask as I take two steps at a time up the stairs.

"I saw her walk into the kitchen after dinner was served. I haven't seen her since." Romeo says out of breath as he catches up to me.

I walk inside and ignore the greetings from everyone as my eyes search frantically at the waitresses delivering desert but none of the waitresses are her. I whisper a small fuck before I head towards the kitchen. My eyes roam around the kitchen searching for her but nobody matches the picture Romeo sent.

A tall Burnett walks towards us and clears her throat, looking towards the floor.

"How may I help you Sir?" She asked nervously.

"Stormi. The waitress. Is she here?"

She shakes her head. "Her shift ended at ten. Is there anything I can help you with?"

"Fuck!" I scream and knock over the pans sitting on the counter next to me.

I storm out of the kitchen and head to the table where my IT guy is at. I tap his shoulder as I walk to the entrance and step outside.

"Yes sir?" Jarred say as he comes outside and stands beside me.

"Stormi Madden. The waitress here tonight. I want all the information on her in an hour. Absolutely everything!"

He nods and walks towards his car.

I watch in the corner of my eye Romeo lighting a cigarette. I grab him by the collar of his shirt and slam him against the building. My anger rising. "I told you to keep her here! Why the fuck did you let her leave?" I yell through gritted teeth.

He looks at me and holds in his breath. "Chris was watching the kitchen. I forgot to tell him to keep an eye on her. I didn't know she was leaving. We will find her."

"You fucking better. I waited long enough. It will be your ass if we don't!" I say pushing him once before letting go.

I fix my suit and walked inside, greeting my guest. I sit in my assigned area at the front and stare at the watch on my wrist.

I watch as the small hand slowly clicks back and forth as I eat my dinner slowly.

Five minutes before the hour is up, Jarred from IT, hands me a folder. I open the folder and scan her driver's license picture. I stare shocked at her file. There's nothing about her childhood or parents.

It's like Stormi Madden wasn't a person until she turned eighteen when she graduated highschool from an online school. She attended a community college in New York, graduating with a 4.0 GPA and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice even though she's never pursued a career in it. She moved to California a few months ago and has been working two jobs ever since.

The only things her file consist of is her driver licenses, home address, phone number, jobs, and tag number. No socials, no family history, no priors. Nothing.

"How would you want to proceed sir?" Romeo leans over and ask politely. I stare at her picture and sort out my options.

"I have an idea." I whisper before closing the folder.

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7am.

I'm standing outside walmart. I look over dressed in a dark burgundy suit with my silver cufflinks but I have work today so this will have to do. I run my hands through my curly brown hair and lick my full lips.

I'm nervous. I'm so fucking nervous. I have never been nervous before.

What if she isn't the same girl?

What if she doesn't remember me?

What if she rejects me?

The woman who is behind the reason I have built my entire empire without any knowledge.

This is fucking crazy.

Standing outside walmart to talk to my childhood crush that I can't seem to forget about even after all these years later.

I ignore the cigarette smell coming from Romeo and head inside before I talk myself down. I hear extra sets of footsteps following me and I turn around.

"What do you think you're doing?" I ask him and Romeo smiles.

"I'm going inside. I want to know if it's her." He says and I roll my eyes.

"Wait outside!" I say through my teeth.

I watch as he nod and I turn around. I grab a grocery cart and start walking through the isles. I've never been in an actual grocery store before. I've always had people shop for me. This is weird.

I walk down the first isle and find some interesting things.

I've never heard of this before.

Or this.

I didn't even know they had different flavors of sauce.

By the time I reach isle seven, I have half a cart full of things that caught my wondering eyes. My heart races as I see Stormi putting some items on the shelf.

She looks tired. Her brown hair is pulled back into a high pony tail with strands of loose hair fallen on her face. She's wearing tight blue jeans that hugs her curves off perfectly with a black shirt and a blue walmart vest. She turns towards me, walking right past me, she's looking towards the item in her hand before she looks at the shelves and puts the item on it before heading back to her cart full of things, completely ignoring me.

Be cool. Be calm. Be confident. I think as I slowly walk towards her. Vanilla invades my nostrils and I smile. Her house used to smell like vanilla all the time. That's probably why I remember her so clearly because everytime I smell vanilla, I see her.

I feel the goosebumps growing on my skin as my heart races. I am inches away from the woman who captivated my heart several years ago. The woman who broke my heart many years ago, the woman who I cried for for many years.

The only woman I will always love.

My muse.

I clear my throat and smile. "Are these any good?" I ask as I grab an item off the shelf and look down at it.

Black pepper macaroni with white cheddar cheese.

Stormi looks at the item in my hands before looking me. "I have never tried it but white cheddar is always good." She says giving me a small smile.

I nod. "Thank you." I say and her smile fades.

"I feel like I know you.. I just don't know where from." She says as she licks her lips.

I smile as I stick my hand out. "I'm Kaden. Kaden Hernandez."

She closes her eyes and hums briefly before smiling as she puts her small hand in mine, shaking it.

"It's nice to meet you. I'm Stormi. Stormi Madden."