232 The FD Studio 2 (1/2)

Sabrina wondered, why did Jackson come to her work? Jackson is part of her life from before she opened her first design studio, six years ago, and this is the first time that he came. And what was that with him inviting her to come with him to the event? And to his work? And then the kiss… Is it possible that he came to check on her because at the party he saw her with Ashton? Sabrina dismissed that idea. Jackson never cared what she does, as long as he gets to attend parties and tell people that she is his fiancé. And the fact that she does not ask about his hookups is a bonus.

They are together for about eight years now, and Jackson never showed interest in her business or anything else from her life, other than the fact that she is an Anderson. When it's just the two of them, they always talked about his needs or each of them is doing his (or her) own thing.

From the beginning, Sabrina knew that Jackson's interest in her is not romantic, and in a way, it worked fine because Madeline and Nathan are not asking her when is she going to get married. It's not that Jackson is bad looking, or not charming. Jackson can be very charming if he wants. But they don't have anything in common and his womanizing is putting her off, luckily he is doing it secretively, so her family does not know about it.

Sabrina sighed. Liz knows that Jackson can't keep it in his pants, and Liz told her that Max knows as well. Based on the looks she got when the topic was on her and Ashton, during their spa-time on Friday, Mia also knows, and that means Hunter as well. Sabrina wonders if they know only that Jackson made a move on Liz, or they know the whole story of how her engagement is a sham.

Sabrina hopes that Nathan and Madeline don't find out because they will blow a fuse. She thought if she should tell them. Probably. Or maybe it's better if she breaks off the whole thing with Jackson and tells him that eight years of pretending is enough.

Sabrina smiled sadly while thinking that for eight years she is the only one pretending because Jackson didn't really change anything. He is seeing other women, how is that playing the role of her fiancé?

Sabrina shook her head and decided not to think about Jackson. She is at work, and she should focus on it.

She drifted off to seven years ago, when she opened a design studio with her college friend, Kylie Sanders. They opened it as 'KS Designs' where 'KS' was for Kylie and Sabrina.

Kylie and Sabrina were equal partners and the business was growing faster than any of them imagined. Sabrina was high on success. She was busy with orders and patterns and colors and she didn't notice that over time Kylie was more into parties and socializing with clients while Sabrina was stuck in the design studio. Sabrina was always a workaholic who loved to get lost in her design ideas, to the point of not noticing anything else.

At the three-year anniversary of their company, Sabrina observed that all the clients are approaching Kylie and congratulating her on the tremendous success of her business, while Sabrina was treated as a mere designer. Many clients came to KS designs because Sabrina is an Anderson and at that party, Sabrina heard how she is lucky to work for such an employer as Kylie. Sabrina asked Kylie about it, and Kylie pretended that she has no idea what Sabrina is talking about.

It didn't take much investigation for Sabrina to find out that Kylie was the one who told clients that she is the owner, while Sabrina Anderson is working for her.

Sabrina was shocked when she heard that most of the clients believed that 'KS' in 'KS Designs' stands for Kylie Sanders.

It hit Sabrina like a wrecking ball that, in the eyes of the clients, Kylie absolutely erased Sabrina's presence.

Sabrina broke off that partnership and started her own company from scratch: The FD Studio (where 'FD' stands for 'Fabulous Designs'). It took Sabrina a lot of effort to get out of Kylie's shadow. Actually, the irony was that Sabrina was trying to escape her own shadow because she is the one responsible for the success of KS Designs.

Since Sabrina left, Kylie hired several other interior designers who do the work, while she still attends parties.

Sabrina spent a lot of money on her exit from KS Designs, and even asked for money from her parents. She had to pay the penalty for breaking the partnership contract with Kylie, but Sabrina has no regrets, other than not seeing sooner that Kylie was exploiting her.

When she started the FD Studio, Sabrina was ashamed to ask for more money from Nathan and Madeline, so she did this on her own.