Leonardo smiled devilishly as he drove her down to their destination. She was in for a very big surprise.
He pulled over and led her into the building.
"What are we doing here?" She asked as if she did not know what was always done there.
"Getting you ready" he smiled as they got to the room he had booked for her session.
"Ready for what Leonardo?" she asked without any hint of excitement for a makeover.
"Grandpa Alexandra accepted an invitation on our behalf to attend a business gala as a couple, so get ready and I will pick you up in two hours."
Alisha rolled her eyes, she could not protest, this was her first official outing as a wife. She was to play her paid role in public in a few hours. She felt a little bit nervous.
"Welcome Mrs Legend, I will be your makeup artist for tonight, we can get started as soon as you are ready."
She wanted to protest that she was not Mrs Legend, but then she was actually Mrs Legend on the legal papers.
"I'm ready" she said as she followed her to the dress selection to make her choice.
"Mr Legend said the event we are getting you ready for is a ball, and the color is red, so I"d show you our best red dresses and you could make your choice."
Alisha nodded, as she followed her to the ball dresses section. She looked through the dresses until she found the dress that called out to her.
"I love this" she said as she fingered the fabric
"Excellent choice. It is made with the finest of textile, one of the very best grades, and only a few of this in production. It is for a fact that only three of this dress was designed, one belongs to the wife of the mayor, the second the richest woman in California and now, you have the third."
"How much does this cost?" Alisha asked knowing from the explanation she had just received that this dress costs a fortune.
"Hmmm, Mr Legend asked me not to tell you the price of anything; he said he wanted you to make your choice based on what you wanted and not the cost."
Alisha nodded, not wanting to make the woman uncomfortable.
"Where next?" she asked not wanting the atmosphere to be tense.
"Yes, follow me; we will pick out your jewelry now"
"Your name please" Alisha asked trying to make the woman act more friendly than professional.
"Helen"
"Nice name, please make a choice for me"
"I"d suggest you rent these diamond earrings for the night, they are perfect"
"The cost of renting them would be more than getting a cheap new one's
"Hmmm, yes, but from what I gathered, the people in attendance from the ball would know a cheap jewelry from a popular and rare diamond."
"Why would I want them to judge be by my earrings"
"Hmm, because Mr Legend is quite popular and had made a name for himself in the business world."
"Yeah, I"d rent the diamonds then" she decided, not wanting to embarrass Leonardo in any regard.
"Please be careful with them at the event, if you lose them, you'll have to pay for them, but I trust you, with the short time I've spent with you, you are not clumsy and you carry yourself with so much grace and style. Mr. Legend sure found himself a refined woman."
"Hmmm" was all Alisha said, if only this woman knew that Leonardo found her in a bar, though a classy bar, but it was still a bar, and not some sort of both cruise or classy private resort.
"Now your shoes"
"Yea, give me the best options that suits the dress" Alisha said to Helen, she was not good with picking matching shoes, Chloe did that for her. Speaking of Chloe, it had been a while since she heard from her, she decided sjlhe was going to call her if she ended the night on time, so she could check up on her.
Helen returned with the shoes and it was not hard for Alisha to make her choice. A choice she was certain for the first time in shoe picking that it was perfect.
Maybe her problem was not that she did not know how to pick matching shoes, the problem was she was always looking for cheap shoes to save cost.
"Let's get started with manicure and pedicure, and your hair before we move to your make up" Helen said as she led her to another section of the building.
A Alisha relaxed and had her nails done, her mind wandered to the woman from earlier this morning at their table. The woman had made it obvious that she and Leonardo had had sex.
Not that it bothered her, she was only concerned as to what the woman wanted. Leonardo was not a man who wanted a woman twice, she was certain of that, and she knew that if she had sex with him, he was going to divorce her the next morning even if their contract was far from ending.
She was sure Leonardo had made it clear to the woman, so why was she still after him. Why was she still making the fact that they had been together obvious.
This woman was trouble and Alisha could smell it from miles away.
Two hours later, Alisha stood at the front of the giant mirror in the room and looked back at her reflection. She almost could not recognize herself.
She was stunting.
Mrs. Legend, your husband is here she was informed.
Thank you she said as she picked up her newly purchased purse and left.
Her husband stood by the car, waiting for her. He had a smile on his face as she approached him.
He was cute in his suit and freshly shaved face. His mouth watered as she walked, her curves stood out.
Her cleavage gave the upper part of her flowing gown attention.
As she walked, the slit of her gown showed her sweet thigh. Leonardo imagined kissing her cleavage and running his fingers on those hot thighs. He gave himself a mental slap, she was not his kind of woman.
Hi" he managed to say as he got a better view of her cleavage when she got to him
"Hi Alisha replied him, as he opened the door for her.
They sat in silence as Leonardo drove to the gala. She was glad he was driving and they did not have to sit together at the back seat while someone else drove.
She was nervous, she knew she could not be herself at the gala, she had to pretend to be someone else, she had to be the happily married Mrs Legend enjoying her honeymoon.
As she thought of answers to possible questions she was going to be asked, for the very first time in her life she wished she were deaf and dumb. Her confidence was out of the window.
You are tense Leonardo said not asking
I am fine Alisha said looking out of the window and not at him
He wished she would talk, keep a conversation going, or whatever, he was thinking of her cleavage and he did not like that one bit.
To distract himself, he turned on the radio of the car and Ed sheerans kiss me was playing.
Alisha smiled and turned up the volume of the radio. She was not a woman who believed or wanted love, as she often told herself, but damn she loved this song.
"Kiss me like you wanna be loved she chanted and Leonardo smiled. Few minutes ago, she was obviously tense, but instantly she had relaxed.
They arrived at the gala, and as he stepped out to open up the door for her, paparazzi and reporters took position to take photos.
He took her hand and walked in with pride. She was beautiful and he was proud that she was his wife.
Alisha planted a fake smile on her face, and as people approached her to say hello to Leonardo, she had to stay by his side and drink in his cologne.
Mrs Legend, you are so beautiful. Forgive my manners Im Montenegro, one of Leonardos business partners a man in his early fifties said to her as he took her hand and planted a kiss on it.
Hello, its nice to meet you Mr Montenegro
Hi Montenegro, where is your wife Leonardo greeted him, collecting Alishas hand from him.
She must be somewhere with her friends, may I steal your wife away for a moment? the man asked and Alisha silently prayed Leonardo would say no.
Yes, sure, I would go say hello to a few friends Leonardo said and excused himself.
Idiot Alisha said under her breath. Was this man blind to the fact that Montenegro had interest in her, or he really did not care a bit about her been with other men?
You are an angel, do you mind dancing with me when it is time? he asked her
I do not think Leonardo would like that Alisha said, wishing she could escape this man, but it was too early to use the restroom as an excuse.
Nonsense! Leonardo would not mind, if I knew better I would say he did not have a choice that was why he married you
Excuse me? Alisha said slightly offended, what this man was saying was true, Leonardo would ordinarily have married her, but hearing a stranger tell her that made her offended
Dont get me wrong my lady, you are beautiful, with wonderful looking breasts, beautiful curves and nice ass, but Leonardo never sees that, he sees only the skinny women, we never know what he sees in them. He doesnt appreciate a beauty such as you, but I do.
Please excuse me Alisha said she was red with anger
Montenegro, I will not take such remarks to my wife from you, apologize to her now Leonardo scolded
"Leo, its fine Alisha calmed him down, it was the first time she had seen him angry, she did not want him to make a scene, as she did not know the extent of his anger
"Its not fine, and he must give an apology else I force it out of his throat right here.
Leo, you are making a scene. Let him go Alisha pleaded as Leonardo held Montenegro by the neck.
Alisha was confused, she did not know what to do, and a little crowd was gathering, she had seen men exchange insults and a few blows at the bar, but this was the first time a fight was about her.
"Leo darling, baby, let go of him my love she hoped it worked.
Leonardo looked at her, and his hand eased on Montenegros neck. Montenegro quickly freed himself and dashed away in fright.
Alisha pulled Leonardo into a hug and his eyes softened, and anger faded at least for a moment, and then he pulled her gently but quickly out of the gala.
Are we leaving already? she asked him
Lets take a walk first
They walked away from the gala in a silence that allowed them to think. The weather was getting cold, but Alisha did not want to complain, if he needed this to cool off, then she would let him do that.
Its getting chill, take this he said and took off his jacket and placed it over her shoulders.
Thank you she said, looking at him for the first time since they stepped out of the gala.
He pulled her close to his body, and looked at her eyes; Alisha stared at him with a confused expression.
His eyes moved from her eyes to her lips, and all she could think of was what she last ate, so that if he decided to kiss her, her mouth would not taste awful.