Chapter 15

Crystal POV

I see Blake Stars coming to the table. Oh my gosh, I am so overwhelmed and excited. I look at Jamie, and he seems upset. Blake is obviously late and drunk. He completely missed the dinner but made it on time for the party.

Blake comes over to the table. He comes over to speak to Jamie. He stumbles and spills a glass of whiskey all over me. I am already overwhelmed by the night. I cannot help myself; I begin to cry uncontrollably. Trey’s sweet wife, Andrea, comes to my rescue quickly. She rushes me into the ladies' room to clean up.

She starts grabbing anything she can find to help me clean my dress. I smell like alcohol, and the smell is making me sick. I begin to gag.

“Calm down, sweetie, you are so upset you are making yourself sick,” Andrea says.

I sob; I can barely speak; I am so upset. “I am so sorry; I wanted tonight to be perfect and now look at me,” I say to her.

“Honey, you are so beautiful; it would not matter what he spilled on you; there is no way to take away your shine,” Andrea says as she wipes the mascara from under my eyes.

“Thank you, I was already nervous about coming, and now my dress is ruined,” I say to her.

“Calm down; we can get this out; I need something from the kitchen, just calm down. I am going to help you,” Andrea says.

“I am sorry, I am trying to calm down,” I say.

“So, how did you meet Jamie?” Andrea asks me.

“Work, I met him at work,” I answer but leaving out the obvious.

“Oh, really, what do you do?” Andrea asks me.

What should I say? As I am scrambling for an answer, there is a knock on the door. Jamie comes into the ladies' room to check on me.

He rushes to my side. “Are you okay?” Jamie asks.

“Yes, I am fine; Andrea is a big help,” I answer him.

“Yeah, she was telling me that the two of you met at her work,” Andrea says.

Jamie looks at me funny. “Yes, Crystal and I did meet at her work, but now she works for me full-time,” Jamie answers quickly.

“I am going to go to the kitchen to see if I can find something to get that whiskey smell out of her beautiful dress,” Andrea says.

Andrea leaves the ladies' room. “What exactly did you say to her?” Jamie asks.

“She asked how we met, and I said at work, but that was it,” I answer him. I begin to sob again. I lay my head on his tux. He cradles me in his arms and kisses the top of my head.

“It is okay; I am so sorry this happened,” Jamie says to me.

Jamie touches my chin, lifting me to kiss him. He kisses me so softly. “We can leave if you like,” Jamie says to me.

“No, this is an important night for you; I want us to stay,” I say.

“The only thing important to me is you,” Jamie says.

He holds me until Andrea comes back. “I found something,” Andrea says.

She goes to work cleaning my dress. She is magnificent. “There now you are perfect again, except we need to clean up your makeup,” Andrea says.

She goes into her purse and pulls out powder and mascara. She fixes my makeup for me. “Now you are perfect,” Andrea says.

She looks back at Jamie. “She is a keeper,” Andrea says.

“How did you know how to fix my dress?” I ask Andrea.

“I was a maid at a hotel when I met Trey; I come from a humble beginning, much like you, I suspect,” Andrea says.

Andrea leaves Jamie and me in the ladies' room alone. “Are you ready to go back out?” Jamie asks.

“Yes, I do not want to stay in this bathroom all night,” I answer him.

“Good, I want to show off my most beautiful little miss,” Jamie says.

He pulls me in close to him, and we walk out of the bathroom together. Blake Stars is waiting outside the bathroom. He rushes over to me. “Dude, I am so sorry,” He says.

Jamie is not impressed with his apology. “Just stay away from her the rest of the night, okay, Blake,” Jamie says.

Jamie pushes past Blake with me in tow. We go to the main hall where there is music. Everyone is dancing. “Well, this is something I can enjoy,” I say to Jamie.

“As long as you remember who your dances belong to,” Jamie says.

“Only you, sir,” I say to him.

He walks me around to introduce me to everyone there. I am overwhelmed yet again by all of the people. “They cannot get enough of my beautiful date,” Jamie says.

“Am I your date tonight?” I ask him.

“Yes, you are; why would you ask that?” Jamie says.

“I don’t know, and I was only wondering,” I say.

“I would not have you here if I did not want you here with me. Can you not tell how much I care for you,” Jamie says.

“I can tell; I only wanted to know how much you care for me,” I say to him.

“We can discuss this tonight,” Jamie says. He smiles at me, leans down, and kisses me.

“Does daddy want to dance with me?” I whisper in his ear.

“Yes, I believe I do, little miss,” Jamie says.

He leads me out to the dance floor. The music slows down as he takes me into his arms. I feel as if everyone is watching us dance. I feel like his queen as he leads me around on the floor. This night is unreal. I cannot believe this is happening to me. It is unbelievable. Fuck, I am falling in love with him.

When the music is over, he leads me off of the floor. I am overjoyed by our night. I cannot wait to see how special our night is once we get home.