Madame Gu and her son were seated in the sitting room. Henry was walking on something on his system, or he just wanted to bury his head in it to distract him from his mom and the wide screen that was turned on in front of him. "Take this to the address on it," Madame Gu told one of her messengers that was standing in front of her. He took the letter from her and placed it in a large envelope that he held closely. "How many of those invites do you have there right now?" She asked him. He looked into the large envelope and did a quick count. "Five," he responded. Madame Gu picked up two more envelopes and turned the two around as she stared at them more intensely. She handed the two over to him. "Seven envelopes," she told him. "Do not make any mistakes as you deliver the envelopes. I would not allow any miscreant into my ball under a misplaced invitation."He bowed in front of her and walked away with the letters. She turned to her son and noticed that his head was still buried
"What the fuck is this?" Jerry asked and threw the letter to the floor. "This must be some kind of a joke," his wife told him. He stood up from the bed and began to pace the room with his finger in his mouth. He could not believe what he had just seen. "How?" Cassandra asked. There was silence for a while as the two tried to process what they had just seen. Everything was happening too fast. "Whoever is fast forwarding things really needs to slow down," she said. "I mean, just yesterday we received Fred's text that he wanted to come back, now this?"Jerry suddenly stopped pacing and faced his wife. "We need to convince Madame Gu that the wedding should be held as soon as possible. If she could make Henry propose to Natasha during the ball."Cassandra did not say anything in response to what her husband had said. She wasn't sure about how to react to it. What excuse would they give Madame Gu that was making them rush the wedding. "We can't let Fred come back here and ruin everyt
Natasha spent the whole night thinking about the next day. Very early the next morning, she woke up and dressed up. She made sure that she looked exceptionally beautiful and simple for Madame Gu. Natasha wondered why she was trying so hard to impress Madame Gu. It made her remember her date with Henry. She didn't even put in any intentional effort to look beautiful for him. She just did her thing, caring less about how she looked or how pretty she was.After dressing up, she stood in front of her standing mirror and smiled satisfactorily. Natasha walked out of her room after dressing up and met her parents in the sitting room. Her mom walked up to her with a smile and hugged her. "You look beautiful!" Her mom commented. Her dad also smiled at her. They were proud of their daughter. She grew prettier and even sexy. "Make us proud out there, honey," her father told her. She smiled and walked away. When she got outside, Madame Gu's driver was already out there waiting for her. She
"There's someone here to see you," the maid told Henry immediately after he opened the door. He looked back into his room, considering if he should go back and round up what he was doing first, or just leave. He finally decided that he would go back to it after he had attended to his visitor. He walked downstairs, only to meet Bea downstairs waiting for him. He was shocked because there was no way she was going to plan his dress today. How would she finish before the ball? He walked downstairs, dragging his feet on the floor. He already spoke to his mom about her. He didn't want any dress from Bea, and in fact he already got a dress that he would wear to the ball so why was she here?Henry told himself that he would just let her know that he had already had something to wear for the ball since he shopped some time ago. She smiled broadly as she walked towards him, seeing him walk down the stairs. He kept a straight look as he tried to push thoughts off his mind. "Hello, Henry," B
It was finally the morning of the ball and everybody was expectant.The ball to the Floater family was not just a party or a gathering of decorative people, it was way more than that. In fact, it was more like a gathering of elites where the people that mattered in the society got to meet and interact with each other. To ever be allowed or gain access to the ball, it must mean that you are among the elites of the society. The Guild family were lucky to be invited to the ball.Only the outward and inward decoration of the building which was to be used for the ball was enough to tell that the ball spoke of nothing but affluence and. Anybody could have easily seen the kind of capital that must have been put into the building. The extravagance of the building could be seen and smelt from miles away.Henry's alarm was the first thing that woke him up from his deep slumber that morning before he opened his eyes to rays of light filtering into his room from the window whose curtains were dr
Natasha woke up to her mother hovering over her and staring into her face with a very bright and bold smile on her face."Wakey wakey!" She announced cheerfully as soon as she noticed that Natasha's eyes were open.She stepped away from her briefly and started drawing open the curtains which immediately sent a ray of sunlight into Natasha's room. Natasha squinted her eyes a bit because they were yet to get used to the new brightness that was introduced into the room."I think you've had way more than enough sleep that is required for today, and of course, you know what special day it is today." Natasha sat up on her bed while rubbing her sleepy eyes, it was not like she asked for any of these anyways. It was the weekend and because she spent all week working, she would have loved to rest on the weekend, but no, here she was forced to attend a ball because it was meant to marry the arrogant heir of the business group organizing the ball.Although she was glad about something, she woul
Henry could not believe his eyes as he stared back at Natasha who had just come into the ballroom with her parents.He knew that it was not a coincidence that they had the same clothes on because his mother had personally picked up his clothes, he was more than certain that she must have picked up Natasha's dress too, she intentionally made them dress up the same on the day of the ball.He cast Natasha a hard glare with his jaw tightened as she looked at him. He knew it wasn't her fault since she equally wasn't aware of the arrangement, but still, he wanted to hate her and get annoyed with her for it since he couldn't direct his anger to his mom who was walking towards Natasha already. In no time, she had enveloped her into a tight hug.They were talking cheerfully but because of the distance, he could not make out whatever it was they were saying. But he did notice one thing though, Natasha kept stealing a glance at him like she could not believe that they were actually putting on t
"Long time no see." The cocky looking young man said and walked towards Henry who was standing there and looking lost. "You are probably not expecting me," he said while holding Henry's gaze. Henry squinted his eyes and lifted his eyebrows because he was genuinely confused and had no idea why the young man was talking about or why he was even there in the first place. His confusion was obvious and the young man noticed it immediately."Oh, you probably don't know me." The young man seed said and let out a loud scoff.Henry became even more confused and looked around while wondering what must have come over the young man and why he was acting like that. How did he even gain access into the ball in the first place?It was as if the young man heard his thoughts because he immediately scoffed one more time. "Of course I am able to make it here because I have the legitimate right to be here and not even you or your mother can stop me from being here just like how you deprived me or thing