"You little witch!!!" Linx yelled as he launched at Dana who ran away from him and hid behind Desiree who had reappeared.
"One hour that I step away from you guys and you guys are already behaving like children." Desiree said rubbing his forehead as though trying to clear the worry lines that appeared.
"Look we have a party to attend, the organizers arranged a party which is in like three hours time." Desiree said looking at the clock on the wall.
"Why weren't we informed since?" Linx inquired looking pissed at the information.
"That's the thing I don't know why. It's so irresponsible and incompetent of them to give us this information right now, I mean I called and they said they had sent out the information since morning, how it didn't reach me is the mystery." Desiree replied wearing a tired look.
"Either way we have to be there no matter what." Desiree added.
"Please Linx don't let this get to you let's just go, we'll sort out the mixup later, it might have just been a honest mistake you know." Desiree said on noticing the obvious displeasure on Linx's face.
"Um." Linx responded quietly walking away, deep down he knew it wasn't likely a mere mistake, he wasn't one to believe in conspiracy theories but he was smart enough to know those two snakes would do anything to make him look bad and embarrass him.
"You both get ready in the next hour please, it's starting by 8pm and it's already past 5pm" Desiree said as he headed up the stairs with Dana.
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After searching for what to wear for over thirty minutes Dana resolved to wear a flare skirt and a top since she didn't have what to wear. Everything was either too casual or too official although they were all expensive they didn't fit the theme of the party the only dress that did was the one she had kept to wear on the day Linx had to perform and she didn't want to spend more money as she already had bills piling up at home to pay. Giving up she walked down stairs in what she had worn only to meet mused faces staring at her as though she had fallen from space
"What in heaven's name are you wearing??!" Desiree asked puzzled as he looked from her head to toe which she had put sneakers on.
"Clothes...." Dana replied looking from Desiree to Linx who had now gone back to pressing his phone.
"Desiree call the stylist over quickly." Linx said before strolling out.
Leaving a perplexed looking Dana in the living room Desiree walked out while on a call. In less than thirty minutes and army of stylists filled the living room. Earlier when Linx had asked that a "stylist" be called she had expected one person with perhaps an assistant not over five of them with several assistants who had managed to turn the living room into a beauty parlor. Dana had practically no say as they passed her on from one stylist to the next, her hair which she had straighten to conceal her identity was curled back although not as curly as her natural hair was thankfully they hadn't changed the color. After about thirty five minutes they were finally through with her and for a second Dana couldn't recognize herself, it was as though she had been replaced by someone else as she looked in awe of how good she looked from beside the stylists gasped as they stared at her the chief stylist who was a melodramatic man who's name was Jin Crystal, he acted girly and was generally quite nice as he pestered Dana with quickly. As he stared at her reflection in the mirror he wiped his eyes as though he was crying, sobbing as he muttered "this is my finest work so far, you look so...oh my goodness... Superb, breathtaking" his words making Dana chuckle as she felt tears threatened to fall from her eyes, all this years she had been living in the shadows.
Jin Crystal walked her out reminding and persuading Dana to drop by his studio whenever she wanted for a free makeup section and Photoshop which Dana had already turned down explaining that she didn't want to be in the public eye but leaving the reason why although she had given him her number after he had given her lectures on how she could make a fortune from her figure and height in less than two years with the right agent and hardwork she would be a national model and even go international but that wasn't what Dana wanted, she was lucky enough not to be in prison so putting herself in harms way wasn't an option at all.
By the time she walked out of the house her's and Linx's eyes locked as he stared at her helplessly drooling making Dana shy as she shifted her gaze to the ground. Linx couldn't believe his eyes, Dana looked absolutely stunning in the body hob black strapless sequence high slit dress she wore, her height elevated by the silver high heels she wore, her hair let to fall freely framing her delicate features which were highlighted with a little make-up and coffee brown contacts she had on, her small lips painted cherry red, she wore small drop earrings and her necklace which she had refused to take off despite Jin Crystal's insistence. Like a gentleman Linx walked over to her taking her arm in his and leading her to the limo where Desiree stood owling at Dana in surprise.
Through the whole ride Linx kept staring at Dana without little or no effort to hide it. Several times they locked eyes making Dana nervously turn away pretending to be focused on the hundreds of pictures Desiree was taking.
For the first time Dana noticed that Linx had turned the colour of his hair blonde letting it fall slightly across his face, he looked a little officially as compared to his usual style but for the few bottons he left undone on his shirt with a silver chain across his neck with sliver earrings.
By the they arrived Linx sighed in relief seeing as there was like to no press as he has always disliked the media especially entertainment journalist who spread propaganda and help fan scandals just to get views and public engagement.
"Stay close to me at all times.
"Do not talk to any men, especially if I am not around. Men in the socialite circles can be dogs most of the times.
"Don't drink recklessly, be polite and maintain your stance espresso around the ladies."
Linx instructed as they walked into the five class hotel.
"Mm." Dana replied knowing Linx was only looking out for her although the instructions were kind of annoying and controlling.
When they walked into the hall full of elegantly dressed people it was as if they had all stopped to look at her. Dana panicked as she thought maybe they had recognized her but if that was the case wouldn't the police already be there or at least security.. not used to such attention she felt like running off as her eyes scanned through the hall where everyone was quiet with a few murmuring words she couldn't hear untill her eyes fell on someone... The last person she had ever expected to see.. it was the wrong place and the wrong time!! The person stood in the far end of the hall, her heart stopped as she blinked back tears hoping that when her eyes opened again it would all be her imagination but it wasn't as the person had started walking through the crowd.
She prayed the ground to open up and swallow her as he kept walking to her untill he stood in front of she and Linx!!..her heart stopped...