[-In The Pride Family Mansion-]
During the night after Prince Kratos offered Scarlett his help, she contemplated on her budding connection with the consultant of her older brother.
At night, Scarlett pondered on the reasons why Prince Kratos was being kind to her and suddenly appears in times when she misses her foster family.
Plenty of reasons came into her mind but none of it makes sense for her because they had just known each other for weeks.
And Scarlett felt weird about her uncertain feelings towards Prince Kratos who was still under the disguise of Gavin.
There was something with Prince Kratos that she could not explain.
In the middle of her thought processing, Scarlett forced herself to divert her focus back to the plan suggested by Prince Kratos.
Since Scarlett accepted the offer of Prince Kratos, their plan was to organize a low-budgeted showcase of their company's brand and fashion design. At the same time, Prince Kratos recommended using the venue of the mall.
Words of the Alpha Prince of Crescent Moon Pack from their brief talk in the canteen remained in Scarlett's mind.
'Just call me before midnight strikes once you have decided on the things I recommended to you. I can pull some strings for you as well since we have worked together somehow!'
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She immediately looked at the clock and saw… 11:58 in the evening, placed by the side table of her bed.
"I have to decide now!" Scarlett mumbled to herself.
When Scarlett decided to take the offer and accept the suggestions of Prince Kratos, she took her phone and dialed Prince Kratos' number.
"Let's do it tomorrow! We have to accomplish it, I don't want to lose my job and I want to prove the CEO wrong about his opinion of me," Scarlett spoke to Prince Kratos by phone.
Pretending as if she was not related to the CEO of the Pride Holdings Enterprise.
He responded to her words with a hopeful tone. Encouraging her to be positive.
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Unknown to Scarlett, Prince Kratos was waiting endlessly on his bed for her to call.
Not because of her response to his offer but to hear her voice.
Prince Kratos began to think about Scarlett non-stop.
He could not shake off Scarlett's image in his head.
The Alpha of the Crescent Moon Pack tried everything to distract himself while passing time. Though, in reality, it was all because of Prince Kratos' longing to hear her voice.
After his call with Scarlett, Prince Kratos was beaming with smiles and his mood was elevated. He hugged the pillow tightly next to him.
Now, he could finally rest and have a good sleep.
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~NEXT DAY~
[-At The Metropolitan Mall-]
People were wondering at the preparations being made by the center of the ground floor.
Some of the people even took their time in taking a pause or refrained from their supposed strolling around the mall, in their attempt of witnessing something interesting.
Based on the setup, decorations, equipment, and the leaflets being passed around, a show was about to start.
This was an attempt of showcasing the brand of Pride Holdings Enterprise to a lower bracket of consumers. Because the company needs to target a larger pool of consumers. In this way, they could increase their profits tremendously.
Scarlett was impressed as she arrived at the venue.
"Woah! You already prepared everything," Scarlett approached Prince Kratos while he stood at the sidelines.
She continued to express her amusement at the sight of things going on, "I don't know how to thank you! I really thought I would not pull it off because of the short timeline given to me."
A professional stage manager and program director were busy working things out in preparation.
"Don't thank me yet, things are about to start yet. Thank me once it's over!" Prince Kratos said to Scarlett.
Then, Ivon appeared from backstage.
"Ivon? What are you doing here?" Scarlett was confused at the presence of Ivon.
Because Scarlett already expected that no one would help her from the Strategy and Planning Division.
"Someone approached me this morning and asked me to help you pull this off. And here I am to show support for you girl! Time to prove the CEO wrong!" Ivon stated without any idea about the real connection between Scarlett and the CEO.
Scarlett hugged Ivon and felt grateful for all the help she was receiving.
"This means a lot! Thank you so much!" Scarlett felt grateful to the two.
One after another, things were going perfectly already.
The challenge of Richard Pride towards Scarlett was unexpectedly being pulled off easily.
Fortunately, being an Alpha Prince had its advantages as well.
Pulling off strings and using connections that Scarlett has not yet fully utilized. The Alpha Prince has proven himself worthy and resourceful around his own savior.
Her expression says it all already.
"Pft! The CEO has given you an easy challenge," Prince Kratos was filled with confidence.
Unknown to them all, Richard Pride instructed some of his staff members to sabotage Scarlett's showcase.
Before the catwalk ramp of the models, a video showing the new clothing designs for the season as part of the initiative of the Pride Holdings Enterprise in acquiring more consumers for their products.
While the video was being shown, the staff of Richard Pride discreetly pulled one of the models to the side and created an accident backstage.
Panic ensued behind the stage.
Even Prince Kratos began to worry for their showcase.
A fashion show combined with music extravaganza.
While the models were walking with confidence and style, the crowd of the audience was entertained by the music and glamor of the clothes being shown.
Positive feedbacks were starting to pile up.
But backstage, things were getting more chaotic. Because one of the models could no longer walk for the showcase due to the mishap.
Instead of panicking, Scarlett calmly volunteered herself in replacement for the model.
She made everyone assist her in changing clothes.
As things began to develop further, Prince Kratos was astonished at what was unfolding in front of him.
Something within him, he could not explain, a burst of agitation and anger were building up inside. Upon seeing Scarlett being surrounded by staff and were about to help her change clothes.
He clenched his fist in agitation and anger.
Scarlett was already preoccupied with holding her long red velvet hair, covering her face. She had to do so, in the prevention of any possibility for her hair to get stuck at the zipper line of the dress she was wearing.
Unaware of what was going behind her back, Prince Kratos pushed those people behind Scarlett so that he could cover Scarlett's exposed skin.
He zipped Scarlett's dress and due to the loud music, Scarlett cared less for the chaos taking place.
The Alpha Prince of Crescent Moon Pack tried his best to contain his temper or else he would ruin everything they worked hard for.
Everyone watched Scarlett walk the runway.
Surprisingly, Scarlett walked through as if she was a professional model.
Filled with confidence and innate ability to charm a crowd.
It was something that no one expected. Including the staff of Richard Pride that was sent to sabotage the show.
"How could that bitch walk and look unfazed with all the chaos going on and less preparation? Without any prior preparation?" the staff tasked by Richard Pride uttered to herself.
Everyone was mesmerized by her beauty and oozing charisma.
But there was one man completely captivated by the presence of Scarlett.
PRINCE KRATOS!
He was truly enamored of Scarlett.
Everything was like in slow-motion as he watched Scarlett walk the runway.
Scarlett was cheered by the people.
The crowd was completely taken by Scarlett.
As if she conquered the crowd.
~Moments After~
Backstage, Scarlett felt victorious at her efforts.
In her joy, she looked for Prince Kratos.
Scarlett thought, if it wasn't for the Alpha Prince, she would not succeed.
His presence was vital in her success.
It made her decide to express her inner thoughts of him.
"I forgot to ask you last time we talked. Why are you being so kind to me? In such a short span of time, you have established such connection that I could not deny!" Scarlett admitted her uncertain feelings towards Prince Kratos.
At that moment, Prince Kratos did not expect Scarlett to be straightforward and direct with her words, full of honesty and the courage to tell him.
It made Prince Kratos open up as well about his gratitude towards his savior.
"I don't know if you could recall the day that a man was about to lose his life. When things were about to end for that person. An angel was sent from the heavens to save a life that was about to perish," He began to reveal.
Prince Kratos continued, "That angel was… you!"
Scarlett was still clueless and could not piece things together for a while.
Until she finally realized, Scarlett began to remember that the man she saved from the accident was no other than Prince Kratos.
His face flashed into her mind and it made her remember his face while she was trying to save his life through her attempts.
"Oh! So you were that guy!" Scarlett exclaimed.
A smile was painted all over Prince Kratos' face.
"That is why I am the one who should thank you! Because you saved my life!"
Both shared a special moment despite the public place and noise.
From a distance, they don't know about something that was about to unfold.
A mysterious man trying to loosen the screw of equipment above Scarlett.
The younger brother of Prince Kratos sent someone so he could test the value of Scarlett's life to the Alpha Prince.
Prince Owen was inside his own car.
Waiting for his sinister scheme to be acted upon.
"I wonder… how you will respond?" Prince Owen curiously wondered.
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