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Chapter 24 - Chapter 24

Lora Anne's pov.

I begged Emily to stay with me and help choose a dress. She knew I needed her and so she stubbornly refused to help. I wanted to dress nicely because I would get to see Scott today and I wanted to look stunningly beautiful. After much pleading, my traitor of a friend finally succumbed and helped me pick out a nice girly outfit. It was a stone blue Mila long dress. I've long wanted something like this, and thanks to my suger daddy Anthony, I actually got to have it. I got it the last time I went shopping with his money. Emily paired it up with a white Bijoux heels and she did my makeup and styled my hair. I was looking flawless and I couldn't help but take pictures which I shared on IG of course. I had forgotten about the storm that Anthony and I had stirred online. The picture had so many comments in only a few minutes. Some people talking about how beautiful I looked and some calling me out for being shameless. Most people wanted to know if the rumors were true or not. Anthony had told me not to respond but now I've stupidly posted a pic online and my messages had skyrocketed. But it shouldn't matter if I post a pic right? If I was dating him or not, I had the right to post my own pictures whenever I wanted. Emily my dear keyboard warrior was busy replying all the haters with her official account and asking that they mind thier business. It was a fierce battle but I asked her to let them be as people will always have their own opinions and if I wanted to be at the top as a star, I should be able to handle this sort of comments.

I think I probably got ready too early as Anthony was yet to call me. I couldn't seat or lie comfortably as I didn't want to mess up my make up or hair or rumple my clothes. He finally called and told me to come downstairs. He probably sent Mr Larry again. Emily and I went downstairs together. I was so surprised to see that he had come personally. Emily was so happy to finally meet her Man crush in the flesh, she asked for pictures but he made her promise not to post them which she shamelessly agreed to. After his little interaction with Emily, his eyes landed on me and he stared at me for a while.

"You look nice" he commented.

"Thanks" I responded. I was probably used to him complimenting me as he always did that whenever we met. I looked around awkwardly as I didn't know what to say next.

"Aren't you going to say something about how I look?" He said arching a brow.

"Oh. You look nice too" I said smiling lightly.

"I know" he said with a smug look while I scoffed. If he knew, why did he still want me to comment.

"Erm, I'm feeling like a third wheel so I'll just let you guys leave" Emily said smiling mischievously.

"We'll take our leave then" he said smiling to her before signalling me to get into the car. He was super nice to Emily even though he didn't need to.

The ride was a quiet one as I didn't have anything to say and he probably didn't want to talk to me. He just stared at his phone and sometimes glanced at my direction. I on the other hand was super nervous as I didn't want to make any mistakes.

"Hey! Why are you nervous?" He asked looking at me.

"Who? Me? I'm not nervous. You're the nervous one" I said trying to sound convincing.

"You're just meeting my friends not my mom, don't get so agitated" he said holding my hands. "They are shaking" he said looking at me straight in the eyes. My heart stopped for a moment there. I quickly pulled my hand and looked away before clearing my throat.

"I just didn't get to eat enough that's why" I said still looking outside the window.

"That's why you're shaking so much? You actually do eat like a pig so I'm not surprised" he said chuckling.

"Hey, I don't" I said facing him. "I only eat the required amount to keep me alive" I said defensively.

"I know I know. You only eat the required amount to keep you alive for a week in one go" he said smirking.

"Humph, you're so annoying".

"Thank you" he said smiling and poking his nose out. So childish if you ask me. Anyway, the rest of the journey was no longer in awkward silence but in the my silent cry for help as he teased me all the way. What a great way to break the ice.

We finally arrived at the location, more accurately, the playhouse, and it was all I had imagined and more. Such an exquisite sight to behold. The scenery was to die for. The interior designer created a masterpiece with the place and I kept thinking how Uncle Dran would react if he actually saw this place with his own eyes as he had always fancied beautiful things. I looked around at every corner as I followed him to the lounge. My heart began to race as we neared and my hands were shaking but I was very excited and couldn't wait, but I could probably take a minute. Anthony entered and I followed behind him carefully. He was greeted by Richmond who then stared at me observing me carefully before he finally smiled and welcomed me.

"Welcome welcome, such a beauty. I could barely recognize you now You're not on those oversized shirts" he said cheerfully.

"Don't exaggerate" Anthony shot at him immediately. He dashed towards me and held my hands suddenly which frightened me.

"Welcome again" he said smiling while Anthony pulled him away aggressively.

"Get your paws away from what's mine" he warned.

"Stop being so possessive, I just wanted to take a closer look. No need to be so mean" Richmond said pouting.

"Stop being disgusting and where's Scott" he asked looking around. I too took a look around because I was here for Scott anyway and he was nowhere to be found.

"He went for a swim" Richmond replied.

"We'll see him later then. Go sit down" Anthony said as he pointed at the couch. I did as he had asked and he went to go get drinks while Richmond came over to where I was sitting. He was really chatty and I had thought I would find him uncomfortable but I didn't. He kept a safe distance and asked me questions about my profession. Anthony came over with the drinks and handed one to me.

"You didn't get for me?" Richmond asked pouting.

"Go get it yourself'' Anthony replied him harshly.

"Anne dear, see how mean he is to me. He's such a bad person" Richmond said clinging to me and I could only just smile awkwardly at how childish they were acting.

"Get away from her you dirtbag" Anthony said pulling Richmond away from me.

"Ohh! I see. You're trying to play the clingy overprotective boyfriend right? I'm not going to make it easy for you" Richmond said as he continued clinging to me while Anthony tried to pull him away. They were at this for a few seconds before a voice suddenly separated them.

"Stop that you too. You'll both scare her" the voice said authoritatively causing the two of them to separate. I looked up to find the owner of the voice. It was Scott.

"You're finally here" Anthony said to him and he just nodded. I was so excited that I finally got to see my crush. It was obvious that he had just showered because his hair was not thoroughly dried. He probably just had a quick one after swimming.

"This is Anne, and Anne meet Scott" Anthony introduced. I got up immediately and waved giving my best smile. He looked at me briefly before looking away.

"I'll be in the bar'' he said uninterested leaving the rest of us standing awkwardly especially me whose hand was still in the air. He didn't respond to my greetings and the brief look he gave made it seem as though he despised me. I felt very horrible and I guess it was evident in my facial expression.

"He's just tired" Richmond said awkwardly.

"I'll go talk to him" Anthony said heading to the direction Scott had gone but Richmond stopped him.

"You better not, Just let him be for now. And Anne, don't worry about anything, he's usually not like this" Richmond said giving me a smile, causing me to force a smile back. I won't lie that I didn't feel bad, but as Richmond said, he was probably in a bad mood and he didn't really mean to act the way he did. I was going to meet him often anyway so I had plenty of time to make him fall in love with me. These thoughts actually lifted my spirit and I was back to my cheerful self again.

"So Anne I saw your post on IG" Richmond said.

"I'm sorry if I was too rash with the post. I wasn't thinking about anything when I posted it" I tried explaining.

"Chill girl, no need to explain. I actually think you did good by posting as we can take advantage of that post and get more news" he said smiling cunningly.

"You have a plan, don't you?" Anthony said drinking the last bit of his drink.

"Of course I do. You guys want to stir up the public right? We can just tease them a little so they would have something to talk about" he said smiling.

"How are we going to do that" I asked confused.

"Ok this is what we are gonna do. You already made the post and it has been posted for some time now. So Anthony here is going to like then unlike the post quickly but people are still going to notice that he had liked the post and your news will be on the most searched again". He said smiling proudly.

"That's a pretty good idea. How did you think of that" I said amazed.

"To survive in the entertainment world, one has to be creative. You need to learn to be cunning" Anthony said looking at me.

"That's not all guys" Richmond continued. "So I'll post a pic of myself on my IG as usual but this time, our dear Anne is going to be in the background, but it's going to be blurry. They are alot of fans with eagle eyes that will be able to conclude that's it's Anne because of the clothes she has on. When there is controversies online, I'll immediately delete the post. So when the public demands for an explanation, you'll come out about your relationship and it will be like you were forced by the public to be open about it even though you planned to keep it a secret then you'll throw in your already prepared background story while Scott and I will confirm the relationship. Brilliant right?" He said proudly.

"Yea it's a good plan. It's surprising how you thought about all this" Anthony said.

'' C'mon, I use this trick all the time for most of my signed artists. Speaking of which, you will get signed in officially into Wayne's entertainment as an actress and I don't know if you have been informed already but you got a role in Vicious, so you need to prepare for shooting soon. It's unofficial yet, but I'm an insider so I know the details" he said smiling.

I was confused, surprised and super happy. Anthony already said something about me getting signed into the company but I didn't expect it to be so soon. I was going to be signed by Wayne entertainment, the biggest entertainment company in the country. This was like a dream come true. I didn't even know how to react. I just thanked him appreciatively but he asked that I thanked Anthony as he was the one who made things possible. I couldn't thanks either of them enough and I even started crying. Anthony teased that I looked ugly when I cried. At the end of the day, we hanged out and played games together. I shouldn't have been all dressed up cause this outting was anything but formal. I even freaking wore heels. I failed to see that Anthony was dressed so casually when he came to pick me up. I had actually put in effort so I'll impress Scott but I didn't even get to see him again after our little awkward introduction.

It was getting late so Anthony took me home. He reminded me that I'd need to move to the apartment he had gotten me soon. I didn't want to move and I didn't see a reason to anyway but he had already gotten it and it was in an expensive area. He reminded me that this game we were playing was not going to be easy, and as I was enjoying the benefits I should also prepare emotionally for the downside of it. He finally left after much pep talk. I was exhausted but not too exhausted to share the news with Emily and Martin. They were super excited especially Martin. He kept talking about how much we would be making and how he had always believed in me.

Today was not so bad. I might not have had a good moment with Scott as I originally had wanted, but it was still pretty interesting and worth it.