Chapter 9

Luna's POV

It was three 'o' clock by the time I had left the office and got home, in a few hours I would be sitting at a quit possibly long and very expensive table, with people I had never truly met or spoken to, and I would be discussing plans for a banquet they were hosting in a week.

No pressure.

Before I left the office I texted Bella to let her know when to come over.

Shortly after I got home, I had set my things down and greeted and then took out Jason, my pit-bull/boxer mix.Once we got back inside he plopped down on the couch and rolled over so I could scratch his belly, his favorite thing.

I heard a knock at my front door, I opened it up to see a cheerful Bella; as she dawns three bags with dresses in them.

The first dress was tight and black, and it had a very low cut opening near the cleavage area.

I shook my head no.

"Why? You look hot!"

"Bella, I'm going to a dinner to discuss work with very influential people not to a night club with a muscular date named Diego." I said throwing my arms to the side.

She raised her hands

"Fine. Jeez. Someone's a little nervous..."

"Of course I am!" I said raising my voice

"What is all this commotion abou-Woah Luna you look hot!" Bella raised her hand

"No!"

"You have a date, don't you? I knew it! I knew it!" Katherine said sounding overly thrilled.

"No I do not have a date, I have a business dinner meeting that I'm attending in a few hours, and I want to look presentable and professional not slutty and desperate."

"Hey! I wear that dress all the time!"

"I'm talking about how it looks on me, Nay." I said slightly turning my head to look at her out of the corner of my eye.

"Look just try this next one on." she said unzipping the bag and handing me the dress.

I put the second dress on, it was a tight white dress, it was simple but elegant, but no entirely me.

The third dress, was black with an open back, it hugged my hips firmly.

"Wow! Luna you look-"

"Beautiful." Katherine said finishing Bella's sentence.

I gave them a smile,

"Thank you."

"Okay it's already four-forty."

I looked at the clock in shock, how did that happen so quickly.

"Let's get your hair done." We went into my bathroom, I sat in a chair that was from my kitchen as Bella turned on the straightener.

I applied a light cream colored eye shadow, a light stroke of eyeliner on my top lid and some mascara.

After about a half hour, we finally finished.

"Ah Luna, you look so beautiful." Katherine said, I hugged her.

"Thank you both." They nodded.

"I never did ask, how come the Johnson's asked for you? How did they know about you?" Bella said looking at me curiously.

I thought back to what Derek told, about how West asked for me to help them.

"Uh...I'm not sure, to be honest."

"Hm..well you better go, you don't want to be late." I looked at the clock it was six exactly.

"Yeah I should! I grabbed my satchel off of my kitchen island and car keys than put on my cream colored pea coat.

"Good luck." Katherine said, I nodded

"Thanks. I need it."

I got to the parking garage and pulled the piece of paper with the address on it out of my satchel and the drive was about thirty five minutes away.

I pulled into a gated neighborhood and rolled down the window to address the security guard at the front of it.

"Hello, may I help you miss?" He asked

"Yes, hi I'm here to visit the Johnson's family. We are having dinner together."

"Okay, I'm going to need you to hold on a second." I nodded, I saw him pick up a phone and speak, but I couldn't hear what he was saying.

That's when I saw him put the phone back and click a button, the gates in front of me opened up

"The Johnson's are expecting you. Enjoy your evening."

I thanked him and drove on through, my GPS began to direct me once I got in the neighborhood.

"Make a turn on Rose Blvd. then a left on Howard Parkway, go straight up ahead and make another right. You have reached your destination."

I pulled into an extremely large circular driveway, a large fountain sat in the middle, three luxury cars sat out in the front of the house.

The first was a silver Mercedes Benz, the next was a sleek black BMW and the last was a shiny black Audi.

I leaned back in my seat as I parked and climbed out of my black jeep. I looked at the cars, they were all neatly kept. You could see your reflection in them.

After a few moments of admiring their cars I approached the doorway, large pillars filled the entry way, plants were on their sides of the windows near the door.

The door was tall, a dark brown wooden color, I rang the doorbell, the chime of the bell rang loudly.

I was sure the neighbors three houses down could hear it.

Shortly after a women opened the door, she was dressed in a gray and white dress and apron. A maid

"Come in, come in." Said the slightly older women.

"You must be Miss Trickson." she said to me as she shut the front door, I cleared my throat.

"Uh..yes ma'am."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, just a second I will go get Mr. and Mrs. Johnson. Oh and I can take your coat for you hun."

"You as well, oh thank you." She gave me a warm smile, a few minutes later a man and a women approached me, the woman had wavy brown hair, that went a little bit past her shoulders, she had bright green eyes and a very nice smile.

She was beautiful.

"You must be Luna." She said as she extended her hand to me, I shook it and nodded.

"Yes ma'am, it's nice to meet you." I said.

I turned towards the man...Mr. Evans Johnson, he was a tall man with dark but graying hair, he had a nice but distant smile and bright blue eyes.

Although he was much older than I, he was very handsome.

"It's nice to meet you as well. Please come in." She said, I followed the two of them as I admired the entry of the house, the staircase wound around.

A large chandelier hung from the ceiling, it looked extremely expensive, the floor was tile and it had a marble look to it.

As we walked farther into the house, towards the back I came across the living room. Large windows consumed the walls, light colored curtains hung from the sides of the windows.

Two large couches sat in the middle of the room, a large cream colored ottoman sat in the middle of the couches.8

To the left of me was a spacious dining room, it had a long brown table, with nice looking brown chairs, and windows surrounded the room.

The next stop was the kitchen, it smelled amazing.

The cabinets of the kitchen were a light brown color, the counter tops were marble, and the fridge, oven, and dishwasher were all silver.

The home was stunning.

"So, Luna I'm sure you are wondering why of all people we would ask for you to help us with this banquet."

I said nothing but slightly smiled

"Well, we were at a complete loss, our original event planner just had her baby and had to cancel on us. With the banquet only a week away we need someone.

So over the weekend we were looking for a new event planner and our son, Westley as you know him.

He brought up your name, and recommend that we ask if you could help us with the plans for the banquet."

"Oh..wow. Well I'm honestly surprised, but I very much appreciate that he recommended me."

"Oh Westley there you are. I was beginning to wonder when you'd show." his mother said.

I turned around to see West standing a little behind me.

He wore a light blue collared shirt that he had unbuttoned a little and dark black pants.

His hair was slicked back but still slightly messy and his deep greenish-gray eyes seemed bright.

He held a small glass in his hand, whisky was in it His hair was slicked back but still slightly messy and his deep greenish-gray eyes seemed bright.

"Good to see you again Luna." he said giving me a slight nod and walking passed me farther into the kitchen.

"Likewise." I said..