The rain had caused most of the passersby to run into the cafe, Harper included as she reminded herself a cup of tea would be just what the doctor ordered. The line was long, and by the time her tea was finally in her hand, every table had someone sitting it at. She sighed looking around the cafe, her eyes landing on a near-empty table in the corner of the space.
She took a breath, her heels clicking on the tile as she stopped at the table, a clear of her throat as the currently occupied of the table looked up at her. “Do you mind if I sit?” Harper asked pointing to the chair opposite the seemingly friendly face. “Everywhere else is full.”
Audrea was all dressed for work. Brushed and curled hair, a pencil skirt, high heels, and all the likes. She stopped by the cafe to get herself some breakfast and coffee on the way, but as she was queuing, the rain started and got heavier. There was no way she could get to her car without getting soaked and there was nowhere for her driver to park to come and get her, so Audrea decided to pick an empty seat and work from her iPad.
The rain continued and the cafe gets crowder and louder; the people of New York who didn’t have an umbrella with them walking in to find shelter from the rain. It didn’t distract her, though, because Audrea had incredibly high level of focus when she’s in the zone. Of course that was until another blonde stood in front of her. “Oh, please, not at all,” she smiled, gesturing to the empty seat across from her. Only when she looked around the cafe did she realize how jammed it was. “Wow, it was really quiet when I get here. I guess nobody expected this much rain during the summer, huh,” Audrea chuckled, trying to be nice.
“Is that a jab at your own butler, Arthur?” He teased. Jericho knew that Arthur was Audrea’s favorite butler. The man was originally a butler at the de Guinness estate, but when Audrea moved out of the house, the girl brought the butler along with her. “With what?” The man asked, trying to keep the conversation going. “Same reason everyone’s here, of course. I was invited and it gets people to stop asking me why I stopped coming to these things,” Jericho shrugged and a waiter passed through them with a tray of champagne and Jericho took two from him and offered one to the blonde. “You, however, don’t seem to be too happy to see me.”
“Oh, you know I love Arthur,” Audrea said, “There’s just nothing mean to say about him,” she added with a shrug. Audrea accepted the flute of champagne and thanked him before taking a sip. “Of course you are, I just thought you like to keep to yourself.” it was really more of a jab towards how he handled things in the aftermath of her sister’s death. Of course Audrea knew he was mourning and of course she knew he felt guilty, but so was Audrea. “I’m...” she exhaled, “...indifferent,” she said. “I’m glad your isolation phase is over, though.”
When those familiar blue eyes looked at him, Jericho felt his heart skip a beat. There she was. Last he saw her was during Audrey’s funeral, and boy did he not dare look at those piercing eyes. Afraid of seeing the pain he inflicted on her in those eyes.
Jericho smiled apologetically at the woman and he smiled when he had her full attention, despite the snide comment in her tone, he was confident she was happy to see him. “Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes,” he said. “Yeah, Robin needed help and Arthur was getting bored of me, he kicked me right out,” Jericho responded in a joking manner. “How are you, Audrea?”
Audrea didn’t realize how long it had been since she had seen him until she actually looked at him. He still had the same mischievous smirk that carried a lot of meaning. Something was different, but she couldn’t pinpoint what. Maybe she just was not used to seeing him so cleanly shaven. The girl simply gave him a small smile at his response, “Lucky you don’t have a real Arthur at your fancy hotel suite, then,” Audrea said. “I’ve been busy. What brings you here, Jericho?” She asked.
AUDREA DE GUINNESS was spotted at The Wu Foundation Gala wearing one of Paolo Sebastian’s Nutcracker line pieces. Clearly, the haute couture dress was designed for the heiress the way it accentuated her curves so perfectly. Her long blonde curls was done by none other than Jen Atkin and her nude yet piercing makeup had Patrick Ta’s signature all over it.
Away from the party, Audrea walked around with a champagne in her hand to look around the exhibits. One painting distracted her, somehow pulling her in. Her eyebrows furrowed and she scanned the painting carefully as though she was interpreting it. “Any idea what it means?” She asked instead, a fan of pretty paintings but only one semester of Art History in college because she thought it would be fun was not enough to make her an expert.
At events like hers, regardless of the size of the guest list, it often seemed that everyone knew (or at least knew of), everyone else. “Of course, it’s very nice to see you, Audrea.” Rosalind, smiled, graciously. “Do pass my regards to your parents. And how have you been?”
“I will. The place looks wonderful, I would ask for your decorator’s number, but I doubt they would be able to do all this without your direction,” she complimented, her British accent adding the charm to her politeness. “Work has been keeping me quite busy, but other than that I’m great. And you?”
@audreadeguinness || Jericho had been in hiding for far too long, but now that he was making his way back into the society, he decided to attend the Wu Foundation Gala. Maybe he’d make a generous donation and see some of his old friends. And an old friend he saw indeed. More like an old flame, but still, he hoped they were in good enough terms to be considered as friends. Jericho couldn’t help but stare as she walked into the room; her black dress bringing an air of mystery around her, contrasting the blue in her eyes and the gold in her hair. The man couldn’t take his eyes off her for one second, only in the middle of the party did he finally have the courage to walk up to her.
“Hello, my Duchess,” Jericho greeted her from behind with a nickname he had given her a long time ago. “I see you’ve decided to come out of your cave,” he smirked.
Audrea was in a conversation with one of her mother’s friend about setting up a brunch gathering for some women in her mother’s society club, and they voted for Audrea to coordinate the event. Audrea would absolutely love to plan the event, but if she were to be honest, she was a little bit reluctant to plan it, because it would be another excuse for them to rope her into things, which she was not really interested in.
She was interrupted by the voice that greeted her from behind. The blonde turned around and there he was, smirking like all is right with the world. “Excuse me,” the blonde said to the woman in front of her before turning around; Audrea sucked in a deep breath and kept up a charade. “Hello, Jericho. Decided to come out of your bat cave?” she said.
Rosalind held court in the ballroom, a seemingly endless line of guests coming to speak to her. Spotting someone she hadn’t yet seen, she greeted with a gracious smile. “Good evening.”
Audrea has been quite the disappearing act on social events lately, it has made questions arise. In truth, Audrea was just busy with everything –– or trying to busy herself, really. “Hi, Mrs. Wu,” the blonde smiled. “Thank you for inviting me here, I’m sorry my parents couldn’t make it today, my father had an urgent call and headed straight for London.”
hi there! i’m dellazia, and this is one of my characters. please like this if you want to plot, or you can just im me! @jetsetstarters
( Candice Swanepoel, Cis Female, She/Her. ) ♛ Isn’t that Audrea de Guinness? The twenty-nine year old Heiress and CEO of Guinness Empire and British aristocrat is unmistakable. She has a reputation for being intelligent and diplomatic, but also detached and extravagant. There’s a reason they call her the Duchess of the jet set, after all.
you can read audrea’s bio right here!
audrea was born and raised in england; her family is of the british nobility, one that is really close to the royal family but they are very casual about it. probably one of the most casual noble families out there.
audrea has two older sisters, the oldest one is audrey langham (nee de guinness), she is married to jericho langham, which makes him audrea’s brother-in-law. audrey is a chef and restaurateur and at the same time the head chef at the langham hotel restaurants. the second eldest sister is audra de guinness. she is an art curator at the guggenheim museum.
as you can see, none of her sisters wanted to become the heiress of the family business, and so everything was handed down to audrea. of course, her father is still the president of the board, but ultimately everything is going to be handed to her.
originally, she wasn’t supposed to assume to ceo position this early. but with everything that is happening between her and jericho, audrea needed a distraction and after her masters degree, that distraction was work, and that is how she gets here today.
she is probably one of the most hardworking woman you can know. at the same time she’s very genuine, intelligent, friendly, generous, and independent. but audrea has learned how to keep her emotions to herself and not letting how she truly feels show. she rarely trusts people when it comes to her emotions and her stories. sometimes she becomes way too independent; like she needed nobody and there were times when she pushes people away without even realizing she was doing it.
so i guess the elephant in the room is her secret, so we’ll talk more about that down below:
tw: mentions of self-destructive behaviours, personality disorders, accident, and death, tread carefully!
audrea and her sisters had a great relationship. before all three permanently moved to new york, they still lived in the england family manor and they often travel back and forth from london to new york since they were kids.
usually they would stay at the family house, but it was the first time all three travelled to new york without their parents and so they thought they would try something new and stay at the langham hotel, which is owned by jericho.
audrea was only 21 then, and she was still young but she was always more mature than most girls her age. originally, things started casually between the three sisters and jericho. but audrey was already falling head over heels for jericho as soon as they met. meanwhile jericho was slowly but steadily falling in love with audrea.
jericho was often invited to the family events and even casual dinners and vice versa. jericho spent more time with audrea than with the other two de guinness sisters, and while jericho was already in love with her, audrea had just begun to fall in love with him.
audrey, on the other hand, was already admitting her love for jericho. originally, jericho wanted to reject audrey because obviously he didn’t love her. but that was the time he discovered that audrey has a personality disorder and a self-destructive behavior. when jericho first rejected her, she had a break down and was emotionally unstable and she self-destructed ––- almost harming herself in the process.
josephine de guinness, their mother, begged jericho to at least go on one date with audrey to prove they weren’t compatible. but then in the end audrey became more and more attached and jericho just had to rip the bandage off and told her he didn’t love her. but audrey’s state became worse than the previous break down. during this whole time, audrea was still in harvard university for her masters degree and that is why she missed out on a lot of what is happening.
in the end, it was josephine who convinced jericho that audrey was more his match than audrea and ultimately convinced jericho to marry audrey. the reasons were because audrea was way too young, she still has a career ahead of her, and she’s not ready for a relationship yet. but in all honesty, it was just because josephine was afraid something might happen to audrey and to stop all those episodes ––- the ones that came back ever since jericho entered their lives ––- was to just give audrey what she wanted.
around the same time audrea graduated, jericho proposed to audrey after multiple episodes of break downs. jericho proposed because he felt guilty. he felt guilty that it was because of him all these things are happening to audrey.
it broke his heart having to leave the one woman he actually loved, and it was as though everyone forgot that audrea had feelings too. because throughout the process they continue to worry about audrey’s well-being that they didn’t know how much heartbreak audrea had to endure before she got to where she is today.
note: audrey passed away two years ago in a car accident with jericho.
so yes, that is basically it. now, onto some wanted connections:
audra de guinness; i’ve sent a wc for this to the main!
current rebound; he’s sweet and he loves her. she knows she has to love him too, because he’s such a great guy and she was incredibly lucky. there was no point in pining for someone who doesn’t want her when there is the perfect guy right in front of her.
an ex-boyfriend or two; obviously you don’t expect her to be single this whole time and wait for jericho. but because she was still in love with him all those pushing people away and not showing emotions thing is catching up to her. not that she wasn’t romantic and all that, she was, but the problem was that the ex-boyfriend could feel that audrea wasn’t truly being herself and she was way too independent sometimes that she doesn’t include him in things about her life, and it makes him feel as though he’s not needed.
a bestie / confidant; we know that it is rare for her to have this, but audrea has to have a confidant somehow or she would probably lose her mind. this is the person she spends a lot of time with. either to just go shopping or pour out her emotions to.
the brother she never has; the overprotective, somewhat clueless of her love life, annoying yet caring and loving, hilarious, male childhood best friend who is more like her brother than anything you know? she can really depend on him.
close friends; she has close friends, but there are things she doesn’t reveal to them and simply just hangs out and have fun. although they tell each other stories, they aren’t exactly the first people audrea approaches if she needs to let her emotions out.
frenemies; we all got these types of connections so i guess it’s pretty self-explanatory.
enemies; could be from high school or even university or even just in their social life. anything could be the cause: jealousy, rivalry, or even just not being able to stand each other lol.
