Kayleigh's pov
Its been a week since Jay told me to keep my distance from Eddie, I haven't tried to contact him since and he didn't call me or text me either. I was getting desperate to find out what's going on his mind and to be honest I missed him. My eyes landed on a tabloid from a couple of days ago and there was a picture of him leaving a club with a skinny blonde in his arms with big boobs and long legs, the headline said 'Another Fling of Bad Boy Billionaire' I didn't bother to read the rest and since then I am staying away from gossips. Tonight we are hosting a surprise birthday party for Beth, I took charge of organising the party as Jay and Pat absolutely can not be trusted with such important matters but I did take a little help from them. Pat came with a ruse to avoid meeting her tonight while I told her I am home visiting my parents while Jay promised to hang with her tonight so he will be the one bringing her to the party. As for location Jay asked Eddie if we can plan the party at his club 'Passion' to which he agreed and happily volunteered to provide food and booze so now all I had to do was send out invitations and decorate the place. As the party was about to start people started showing up, so Pat and I were greeting and thanking everyone for showing up. After I greeted few people, I walked up to the manager to ask for the cake bill as I had ordered it and it got delivered before I got here but refused to give me the bill. I pulled out my phone and started texting Jay,
Me: Where are you? The manager is not letting me pay for the cake and I don't want to go and talk to him about it 😑
Jay: Don't worry, Il take care of it. Act natural if you see him. Beth is with me so we'll get there at 23:59 sharp
Me: I have everything under control 😇
I placed my phone on one of the table and looked around to check if everything is under control, guests were already here and people were already having a good time. My eyes landed on Beth's dad and I saw him greeting Eddie, I looked at him up and down 'what the Holy monkey!' I walked over to him furiously the moment he saw me walking towards him, he excused himself and flashed me his charming dimpled smile. I placed my hands on my hips, "Did you just came from a meeting?" he chuckled, "Hello to you too! princess" I kept my face straight while checking him out in his beige checkered suit with white dress white dress shirt, "What are you wearing? Didn't we decide that the dress code will be bling or black?" he brushed me off, "I know, I know, I had multiple meetings today and I couldn't show up at the meetings wearing anything bling. It would ruin my reputation as boss and Besides I look hot in anything I wear!" He winked and the changed the subject looking around, "So is everything set?"
I nodded and as I was filling him the details, he looked everywhere but me. I knew he wasn't listening to me yet I was wasting my energy talking. I rolled my eyes and left his side walking in to the kitchen to check up on food. After getting a heads up from chef I joined the party and to my relief Patricia was finally back here chatting with Beth's family. I walked towards her and grabbed her arm gently, she wrapped her arms around me the moment she noticed my presence. "hey there, you look beautiful" I rolled my eyes, "yeah this is the 3rd time you're telling me that, where did you vanish? I haven't seen you in an hour!" she bit her tongue flustered, "let's go the washroom, I'll tell you everything." I nodded and we walked hand in hand or more like Patricia grabbing my hand and dragging me like a child. Once we were in the washroom, I stood in the front of full length mirror checking myself out. I looked at Patricia who was reapplying her make up, "Start talking Missy!" she blushed while recalling, "I met a guy today at work, he is my boss's friend and my boss called me in to take down some details." She blushed again, my curiosity rose and a smile spread across my lips while she continued, "He was telling me the details I had to jot down which I was not able to grasp as I was lost in his gorgeous face and the next thing I know, I kissed him!" I gasped and walked towards her, she grabbed my shoulders and shook me in excitement while my face had shock written all over it. the best part about it was he kissed me back". We both squealed in excitement while she filled me in with remaining story. Once I got all the details from Patricia I dragged her out of washroom and looked around to find everyone had formed small groups and Eddie was by the bar talking to his staff. I found my phone by one of the tables and picked it up to text Jay
Me: how far are you? Everything is ready here
Jay replied immediately
Jay: we are in toy store, I am torturing her here. The kids are screaming and running round. She is so annoyed right now! You should see her face xoxo
I chuckled at the thought, Beth hates kids.
Me: stop pissing her off, come fast.
Jay: 😁👍
Jay texted me after 15 mins letting me know that they have pulled over. I informed the manager to put the lights off and stop the music. Patricia gathered everyone by the cake table while me and Eddie grabbed the confetti poppers. Beth walked in a couple of minutes in and everyone shouted 'surprise' while the Dj played happy birthday. The look on Beth's face was priceless, I had never seen her this happy. Patsy ran up to her and gave her a giant hug. She dragged her to the cake table while we sang her the birthday song and she blew the candles.