Bella stared at her reflection in the mirror, she was quite eye-catching and the dress fit her quite well. She had to admit that Daniel's mother had quite a good fashion sense. The dress was an off-shoulder long black dress with silver designs that showed off her slim waist and accentuated her baby-blue eyes. Daniel had given her the dress along with a simple silver necklace and matching earrings, a silver shoe, and a purse to match so that she was now dressed in all black and silver and the effect stunned her. She had always known that she was beautiful but never knew that a simple dress could add to that beauty. She applied very light makeup and smiled at herself, pleased with how she looked.
Walking out of her room, she had to go slowly because she wasn't exactly used to wearing heels but she was grateful that she could at least walk in these otherwise, it would be too sad not to put on such a beautiful pair of shoes.
"You look beautiful" Daniel's voice came from behind her. His voice held an emotion that made her stomach quiver, slowly, she turned towards him and swallowed. His eyes held raw passion, he looks like he wants to devour her right there and then, "you look stunning and...so damn hot and gorgeous" he whispered and slowly stepped toward her to cover the distance between them
"Thank you... it's all thanks to you for lending me your mother's things"
"That was her last birthday cloth and I'm happy that you wore it" he replied and slowly used his finger to tip her head upwards so that she was gazing straight into his eyes, he caressed her cheeks with his thumb and Bella just stood there fixated. A simple touch had woken up tons of emotions in her, emotions she had vowed never to feel for any man ever again. Slowly and consciously, she stepped away from his touch, she shouldn't be allowing boggle her mind this way.
His expression became blank and unreadable, "your ride is here" he told her coldly and Bella was confused at his sudden shift, was he mad at her?
"Daniel..." She started although she didn't even know what she wanted to say to him
"You should go and see your beloved Nikolai Klaus"
"Wait, he is not..." But he had turned and left her alone.
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Bella quickly went out to the vehicle waiting for her, she was glad to see Brittany inside and she gushed over her clothes. Brittany was super excited that she would be seeing Nikolai Klaus very soon and she had dressed seductively in hopes that he might take notice of her.
The function was indeed for the rich and elites, and Bella wished that Daniel had come with her, she felt nervous already just seeing the types of luxurious cars that were trooping in.
Aaron was kind enough to meet them at the entrance and after introducing Brittany to him, all three went into the all of the function.
Bella's eyes were immediately searching the area for Nikolai Klaus
"He will be here soon enough but for now, you can stop searching and have some drink," Aaron told her with amusement in his tone and signaled for the drinks server to bring some drinks for them.
"So, ladies, relax and feel free, I'll mingle a little and come back to you," he said while bowing a little in courtesy before leaving Bella and Brittany to have their drinks
"Oh man, I must say that your boss looks hot though, I think since Nikolai Klaus is a hot catch, all his employees must be hot-looking also," Brittany said as soon as Aaron went out of earshot
"Don't tell me that you like my boss...I mean in that way" Bella replied in exasperated surprise as they both waved their way to get somewhere to sit down.
Bella's gaze searched around once more, she couldn't shake off the feeling that someone's stare was boring into her back, "I hope he'll like my gift though" She suddenly told Brittany with a worried frown on her face
"Relax, whatever thank you gift that you bought for him, I'm sure he'll appreciate," Brittany remarked as they both finally sat down in a corner with a lesser crowd.
Bella observed the ladies in the house, each of them classic and a little bit showy and flashy. Having money isn't bad but she likes being simple, she wondered when Nikolai Klaus would arrive.
"I love this place, thank you Bella for bringing me here, so many celebrities" Brittany wowed as people kept coming, "I think I'll see what it feels like to have a chat with them, don't you think?"
"Oh no, I'm not interested, I think I'll pass" Bella replied, she ain't going to chat with any celebrity. Brittany rolled her eyes and muttered 'boring', taking her drinks, she turned to leave and ran smacked into Aaron who was just coming back towards them
Both Brittany and Bella gasped in horror as they watched the drink spill on his tux, "Oh my God! What should I do? I'm so sorry" Brittany cried, aghast that she would make such a mistake, using her hands, she tried to wipe off the stains from him
"It's okay"
"Oh no, you're not okay, look your white dress shirt is stained too" Brittany whined
"I said it's fine" Aaron tried to assure her but she was having none of it
"I said it's not, you don't even look happy"
"So, what now?" He asked starting to feel a little bit amused by her insistence
"Follow me" Taking him by the hand like a big sister leading a younger brother, she walked across the room after muttering"We shall be back" to Bella.
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Brittany found her way to the washroom and was grateful to see that no one was inside, pushing him inside she turned the lock
"Take off your shirt" She commanded and he raised a brow, more amused than ever
"Is this a way to get me naked?"
She scoffed at his words, "Not funny, I need to quickly clean it up and you need to be fast about it before anyone starts coming"
Aaron decided to oblige her and took off his shirt, the only thing he had on him was his pants and shoes, he handed the shirt to her and she blushed as her gaze caught his nice and toned muscles
"Like what you see?"
She cocked her head to the side and stared at him for a moment before replying "No", turning, she turned on the tap water and started rinsing off the stains
"I think your gaze said you do" he replied
"Well, you better start thinking straight Mr." When she was satisfied with the clothes, she turned around to hand it back to him only to be met with a bare-chested male, so close that she could feel his heat. Her heart beat erratically and she frowned angrily at herself, "get a grip on yourself" she chided herself annoyingly and she handed his shirt back to him
Slowly, he put on his shirt, his gaze not leaving her face and she tried to keep a straight face, "thank you" he murmured
"Shall we go now?" She replied sharply and walking past him, she opened the door to leave but he suddenly dragged her back and much to her shock and surprise, he kissed her.