The Bay family's mansion Jerry sat in his office, going through a few files when he received a text. He took his eyes to the phone immediately after it beeped. His heart sank when he saw the name that was displayed on the screen and saw that it was Fred. He had completely forgotten about Fred or not. He picked up the phone and unlocked it, using his fingerprint. He sighed deeply and blinked twice before reading the words on the screen. "I'd be back before Natasha's birthday. I hope that she knows about us already."Jerry's heart sank deeper into his stomach. He opened his mouth widely and left it open. His hands began to shake until he dropped his phone, and it landed on one of the open books on his table. He looked towards the door, and for a second, he thought he saw the door open, but it didn't. He wiped his face with both hands. Jerry stood up from the chair and walked away from the table. He was already close to the door when he remembered his phone, so he walked back to th
James and Linda walked into the big hall, which had now turned into a semi clubhouse. Linda had her eyes darting around the room for unknown reasons. "Everyone now looks bigger than they were five years ago," James said with wide open eyes. Linda quickly agreed with him. The last time she saw any of these people was during their last get-together five years ago.She turned to James with a smile as she sighted one of the funny guys then. She wanted to make a nasty comment about him, but she paused immediately after noticing that James had disappeared from her side. She looked deeper into the route he could have taken and saw him walking steadily towards a group of boys. "Sam!" She heard him call out excitedly. Linda rolled her eyes and hissed before turning in the other direction. God knows how much those boys annoy and disgust her. She began searching the room for her friends when she felt an arm over her shoulder. Linda gasped as she turned around quickly to see Mary standing b
Jerry was surprised that Madame Gu sent a text asking if he had seen her invitation. Although he hadn't received it yet, he knew it would come eventually. Madame Gu had never sent him a text to let him know about any invitation. He now got a special treatment from the almighty Madame Gu, and it made him smile. Just as Cassandra was about to ask what he saw that made him smile, a knock came at the door. "I will get the door," she said instead and was about to stand up when one of the maids walked out of the kitchen and walked towards the door. She opened the door and talked in whispers for a few seconds, while the couple observed her. Cassandra was clueless about who was outside, but Jerry knew it was the messenger from Madame Gu. After a while, the maid returned with the invitation and handed it over to Jerry. He pushed it over to his wife, and she quickly opened the invitation letter. "It's inviting us together with Natasha to Madame Gu's ball," Cassandra said with a smile. Th
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