Chapter 24 arriving at the hotel

By the time Alex was gone, she had already lost her appetite and felt stuffed. So, she picked everything up, and deciding a warm bath could help calm her down, she relaxed in the bathtub.

Saturday came and grace could not help but feel excited. She had of course learned the house specialty and could make it with her eyes closed or at least one eye closed. She spent most of the day holed up in her room till the moment to change when anna stormed into her house. She looked beautiful as always, her makeup was flawlessly done. With lots of excitement, they hugged for what seemed like hours before anna started gushing about the red dress.

Grace had known that anna would be captivated and hearing her sing praises for the praise, she could not help the splurge of pride she felt. Anna helped her put it on and the dress was perfect against her silhouette. She stood before her mirror, looking at the full dress and heels and she felt like a princess, confident, beautiful, and sexy. Her friend had been going through her closet until she heard a clearing noise.

Knowing that trouble was brewing she turned and yeah, her friend was holding a sexy bra and silky sexy panties. She had bought them on one of her shopping sprees and now looking at them, she felt the urge to have them on. Besides didn’t they say that confidence had to begin from within. Now she felt sexy and wanted, a woman with a purpose and intent. Her friend went on to get her hair well-made since she had done her hair the previous day. On the makeup part, her friend took charge, and by the time she was looking at her vanity mirror she had to push back tears.

At exactly six pm, the bell to the door rang and anna went to open it as she picked her clutch. The clutch was the color of her shoes, and on second thought, decided to drape a woolen scarf over herself. Moving to the sitting room, she found Alex standing with a bouquet of flowers and she was flabbergasted. The guy really knew how to dress up. His face clean and sharp, a fresh sensation flowing from him. Looking at him, she nearly tripped and fell, he looked so gorgeous, but thankfully no one seemed to notice her terrible near fall.

The fundraising had been one of the major things running in the mind of Alex, and now finally, the day had arrived. He had gone through his days' plans and actives and right now, he stood outside her door, hands sweating. Taking a deep breath, he rang the bell to her place and waited. A few seconds later, the door was opened by her friend anna and he went in to wait for her. he had just been standing when he heard someone walking on heels. Turning, he was met with a sight he would never forget.

Grace walked with confidence, owning her beauty she walked toward him. He reminded transfixed as he watched how the dress hugged her body, the white scarf only serving to add sophisticated beauty to her. she looked like royalty, her hair held in a nice updo, some tendrils of loosely curled hair, splaying against her cheeks. The red sultry lipstick making her lips stand out. At this point, he was sure that he could afford to just stand and watch her. when she got there, he turned his eyes somewhere else to recollect himself and with a smile offered her flowers.

He had tried to be a gentleman since their agreement on Thursday. Keeping hands to himself after that heated kiss was proving more troublesome than he had anticipated but he would get there. Curving his elbow, he had her place her hand around it and walked down to their awaiting car. Getting into the car, the driver set up the partition and set on to drive to the hotel. They arrived there in what seemed like a few minutes contrary to what he had expected. Even when on official terms, a conversation between the two had flowed well and he found himself wishing that they did not have to arrive at the venue that quick.

Walking out, they were welcomed with a splash of photo lights as the reporters all hurried to get a picture of them. They had arranged for a walkway at the entrance of the hotel, and on one side set up the photo wall, with a cloth stating the event happening. They went in and most of the time passed in a blur. Grace had looked on and watched the order of events. First off, as the date to the boss, she had been offered a frontal seat, and when she eventually sat down, she could feel her nerves calming down.

The whole walk had been a set of new things to her and when the photographers bombarded them with photos, she had nearly fallen, thankfully Alex had caught her securely in her Alex's waist. The place had been decorated opulently. The chandeliers hung low on the hall; all the seats well-arranged four for each table. There were long tables that were already lined with food and drinks. Waiters in their hotel uniform were balancing plates holding flutes of champagne across the hall.