Chapter Twenty-Five

The dress was beautiful. It was long and had long sleeve on which had different motifs. I stored at it in amazement. Stella had done a fabulous work. I had red blood lips and a smoky eye. She gave me black high-heeled shoes. The dress hugged my figure perfectly. I put on a necklace.

"Let's go,” Stella said, and I followed her to the photo shoot. I saw Grace and Chase sitting and my jaw dropped when I saw Aaron. "She's ready,” Stella said attracting attention on me. Aaron's eyes met mine and his mouth dropped open. I chuckled.

"Ella!” I heard someone gushed happily. Stephan ran to me and took me in a bear hug.

"Stephan,” I greeted.

"You look beautiful!” he said. I smiled.

"Thank you,” I said and made my way to my friends. I twirled in the dress and wiggled my eyes at Grace. "What do you think?” I asked.

"I need that dress!” she exclaimed and smiled. "You look gorgeous,” she said. I turned to look at Aaron and Chase. Aaron's eyes raked my body before settling on my lips.

"You're beautiful,” Aaron said a bit dazed. I grinned and just as I was about to talk, someone beat me to it.

"Grace,” Lucky greeted and shook her hands. He walked beside me and stood there looking at Chase and Aaron. "Remember me?” he asked Grace with a smile. They used to talk a lot before we broke up but then they got in a huge fight when Grace found out that he cheated on me.

"How can I forget the stupid asshole who cheated on Kim?” Grace asked with a sarcastic smile. I watched as Lucky's smile drop and he turned to look at me.

"I'm really sorry Kim,” Lucky apologized again and took my hands in his. "I fucked up but now I regret,” he said. I rolled my eyes.

"Hands off her,” Aaron said sternly and pulled me by his side. Lucky glared at him. I stared at Aaron in surprise.

"Mr. Smith, Miss Perry?” Thomas called and we turned to look at him. "Shall we proceed to the shooting?” he ordered in a polite tone. We nodded and made our way to Stephan.

"So, we're going to take a few pictures of him, then we'll take yours then we'll proceed to the couple shooting,” Stephan said seriously, and I chuckled.

"I think that's the first time that I've seen you that serious,” I stated, and he chuckled.

"I have to,” he said with a shrug. "Otherwise, my boyfriend will fire me,” he said motioning to Thomas.

"Thomas?” I asked in surprise, and he nodded.

"Yeah, he's so hot,” he said dreamily as I watched Lucky stating to pose.

"Glad for you,” I simply said with a smile and let Stephan do his job. He started taking photos of Lucky. Lucky. He was hot. He knew what he was doing. Every time he'd pose, he'll glance at me. He would smirk, grin and smile at the camera. God, he was good. After a few minutes of posing, Stephan turned to look at me. "Your turn sweety,” he said with a smile. I walked to the black background with little knots in my belly. I was nervous. I've posed before but I wasn't used to it. I took a deep breath and turned to look at the camera. I posed and posed and by the smile on Stephen's face, I knew that I was doing well. I bite my lips and look at the camera with a wicked grin. "Hot,” Stephan said looking at his camera. I smiled and posed till he told me to stop. When he did, the team clapped. I sighed in relief. "Now couple pose,” he stated as Lucky walked to me. He gave me a little smile. "We should feel love,” Stephan said. Unwillingly I scoffed and I could hear Chase and Grace chuckled in the background.

"Very professional,” Lucky mumbled sarcastically. I rolled my eyes and let him wrap his arms around my waist. He was way taller than me. He stared down at me and I stared at him. Click! Click! Click!

"Another pose,” Stephan said. Lucky cupped my face with his hands and pulled me to him. "Great,” He said. Lucky's eyes shifted to my lips making me gulp. "Kiss,” Stephan said making me pull away.

"No,” I simply said and watched as Lucky sighed.

"Be professional,” Lucky said.

"Kissing you is off limit,” I stated with a glare, and he rolled his eyes.

"Just one kiss,” Stephan pleaded.

"She said no,” we all turned to look at Aaron who had his arms crossed over his chest.

"And you are?” Stephan asked curiously. I bite my lips staring at Aaron.

"Her friend,” he said looking at me. I smiled at him.

"Well,” Stephan said with an interesting look on his face. "Would you like to pose?” he asked. We all turned to look at him in surprise. "You're handsome, you have a beautiful face, and you sure are possessive of her,” Stephan snickered.

"Have you ever posed?” Thomas asked Aaron who shook his head in surprise. "Do you want to?” he asked. Aaron turned to look at me as if asking permission.

"He'd love to,” I replied with a smile. Stella walked to Aaron and pulled him to the dressing room.

"What about me?” Lucky asked from behind.

"Well, we'll see who is better with her in the photos and the one who's perfect will appear by her side,” Thomas said.

"I signed a contract,” Lucky stated firmly.

"You will appear in the magazine,” Thomas said. "For the couple photos, we'll see,” he simply said. I walked to Grace who was looking at me in surprise.

"What the hell?” she simply said. "Do you realize that you just offer Aaron an amazing opportunity?” she asked, and I shrugged. I was going to pose with Aaron. Damn! here comes those little butterflies in my stomach. After a few minutes, the door opened. Aaron walked in with a smoking on. My jaw dropped and I stared at him. He was different. Completely different. He scratched the back of his neck nervously. He looked around in the room until his eyes fell on me. He gave me a weak smile and walked to me.

"I look weird,” he stated, and I shook my head.

"You look hot,” I said, and he smiled.

"I know,” he said with a smirk. There he is again. I chuckled and made my way to Stephan with Aaron by my side.

"Quick,” Stephan ushered us. We stepped in front of the background.

"What should I do?” Aaron asked looking at me.

"Pose,” I simply said.

"Thanks for the awesome advice,” He said sarcastically.

"Try to be romantic,” I said teasingly. He wrapped his arms around me and buried his face in my neck.

"Like this?” he asked, and I heard Stephan taking pictures. I closed my eyes. Damn.

"Yes,” I mumbled. He pulled away and cupped my face, bringing his lips close to mine so that they were inches apart. One of his hands made its way to my waist.

"Perfect,” Stephan hollowed. I smiled and bit my lips looking down. Aaron kissed my forehead making my eyes flutter close. "So cute,” Stephan gushed.

"Stephan,” Thomas said sternly because of his unprofessional behavior.

"I'm sorry,” he said quickly. "Can you two kiss?” he asked. I didn't even say a word and let Aaron crashed his lips against mine. I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him back. He pulled away and kissed my neck. "Great,” Stephan praised. Aaron pecked my lips again and lean his forehead against mine. "We're done,” Stephan said happily. We pulled away and looked at him.

"You agree to kiss a stranger but not me?” Lucky asked with wide eyes.

"He's not a stranger,” I said and watched as Lucky glared.

"Your boyfriend?” he asked. I shook my head. Aaron glared at him. and took my hand in his.

"Mind your own fucking business,” Aaron said through gritted teeth.

"Or what?” Lucky asked taking a step forward.

"You won't pose for a while because I don't think model with beaten face are really in trend,” Aaron said, and I chuckled. I stepped in between them.

"Stop,” I said looking at Lucky.