Chapter 5
True to Braxton's words, he was sitting at the back of the taxi and fortunately for them, Lilian didn't notice him as she sat in the front seat and Fabiola quickly squeezed at the back with him, both smiling at their secret romance, once more.
When they got to Triple hotel, all parties alighted with her following Lilian closely. She saw Braxton going to the direction of his room, it seemed like a VIP section.
Lilian got to a door and turned to find her standing beside her, waiting "Oh no dear, your room is below, room 89"
She obviously knew that she wasn't going to stay in the same room with her, Fabiola just wanted her to tell where her room was, since she was the one who spoke to the receptionist and she wasn't really paying attention.
Opening the door to the room made her feel empty immediately and it also prompted her to close the door to go meet Braxton.
He opened the door when she knocked once like he was waiting for her "You didn't like your room?" He saw that she came very quickly, and with her bags. The VIP room was furnished with blue aesthetics. "I like ours better" she went to land on the bed, tiredly.
"What makes it even better is that, room service is ASAP, they are always good with it" he went to place his glasses and remove his head warmer on top of the bed side table, revealing his dark smooth hair which he ruffled and sat on the bed
"Always?" She asked, more like for an explanation of her he knew about it.
"Yes, Triple happens to have good services in Canada so we usually have the family get-together here since it also happen to be for a family friend"
"Oh, that explains much" she uttered, straightening and sitting close to him on the bed. He placed his hand over her shoulders, scrolling through something on his phone and asked "what would you like to eat?"
"Cambodian curry pie, if it's available please?"
It made Braxton laugh lightly "okay, they will have that on VIP"
He grabbed the telephone to call room service, looking incredibly handsome with his hair falling by the side of his face.
"Fab, what are you thinking?" She was lost in a reverie until she saw his fingers snapping in front of her.
"Can… I ask you a question?" She replied instead
"Yeah, what is it?" He rests his body on the padded bed frame.
"Why didn't you have a woman by your side?"
Braxton looked at her surprised and chuckled, saying in one breath "I guess I hadn't found the one yet or maybe I was pretty occupied with work and more of things I had to do. To be honest, my life had seemed to follow a strict regime from my father. It's a lot of surprise that he didn't also plan an arranged marriage in my case. All those had to stop when I voiced out that he was being controlling and my sister passed away at the same time, which made him vowed never to do it again… That's basically my story"
"I'm sorry about your sister"
"It's fine, she would have liked you though" he said with a smile and she smiled too.
At that moment, the door beeped to announce that the food was here "enjoy your food wifey, I have to take my bath"
Later, they had both freshened up and she came to join him on the bed as he put his phone away while they laid, facing each other "Goodnight love" he kissed her forehead and closed his eyes.
It's been about 5 days since they got married and he hadn't asked to consummate their marriage. Fabiola dreaded it each day but to her surprise, there were no attempts. He actually respected his boundaries, protecting her from the inside and out, bearing her deepest feelings. She went closer to him and he opened his eyes in surprise.
"I want to cuddle"
She could see the hesitation in his hands and eyes as he raised it above her and she went into his arms. Sighing softly from the warmth, they soon relax into each other. She felt secured from any danger of life, emotionally vulnerable with tears.
"Why are you crying?" Braxton tried to wipe away, feeling alarmed that maybe he had done something or said something wrong.
"I just… I can't believe this is me, I had already envisioned all the worst that could happen but someone really did help me"
Braxton used his fingers to caress her chin once more "this won't do, you deserve the world and I'm proud of you… let's announce our marriage" those were his last words that she heard before she drifted to sleep.
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In the evening the next day, it was surprising to Fabiola who was just new to the fashion world, it wasn't really a walkover when she thought of what she would be doing that day, being on the actual runway for the first time. She thought of Dylan's face if he found out she he had gotten into Serene or that she was in Canada, contrary to what his evil mind thought of her.
In the dressing room, Fabiola had just gotten her makeup done, wearing the dress the designer fitted on her moments ago when a model suddenly walked up to her. She remembered that the moment the tall girl walked in at first, all eyes were on her and she was immediately attended to, Fabiola obviously guessed she was a supermodel.
This supermodel's face was surprised as she told her "You sure move so fast"
Fabiola was even more surprised about the girl's utterance.
"Oh, I'm Zabrina, I saw you were among the new faces picked but you should know, your nose is so big, I had mine done. It will be better if you change a lot of things about yourself to look good, for example, your eyes are also too small, I'm only trying to advise you, I happen to have Doc for all of that" she was smiling at the end.
It made Fabiola sighed, touching her head like she was having a bad headache "thank you for the advice, though your ears still look a bit pointy, you should consider doing that as well"
At this point, Fabiola didn't have any idea that she was being recorded by someone.
Zabrina frowned as she looked at her, no one has ever spoken to her that way ever since she became a supermodel, was this girl asking for death? "Did you just say that to me?"
"I'm sorry if I sounded rude, I was merely pointing out a flaw as well. After All, it's girls supporting girls in this career" Fabiola spoked again with a hair twirled and Zabrina glared at her, saying
"Well, here's another piece of advice that you would really need. With your bitchy attitude, you won't survive this industry. You're really as psychotic as they say" she uttered, leaving the room.
With her dress, a teal embellished V-Neckline made with intricate beading and stunning feathering detail, having a daring high slit, adding a touch of allure, Fabiola followed the other models for the first time, walking in the back.
"Hey" someone grabbed her by her side to a corner which surprised her but she quickly recollected herself when she saw it was Braxton
"Are you nervous?"
She rubbed her hands together, feeling grateful in her heart that there was someone who noticed her feelings "kind of, it's weird especially when I recall all the courage I have been feigning these days"
"You haven't been feigning" he held her chin up a little
"You're the most courageous woman I have ever met, the one who took her life into her hands, someone can't just feign that. In there, they should be the one scared of you coming " he pointed at the way to the runway and she gave a nod with a smile "thank you. I also happened to get on someone's toes today"
"Not if the person stepped on you first… don't thank me, I will be sitting at the back watching you" he held her hands before they went their separate ways. Fabiola immediately had another discovery of him that they both shared, they were kind hearted to a fault but didn't let anyone step on them.
A lot of the models had already done their walk and it was remaining just her and Zabrina. When she glanced at her back, she saw Zabrina glaring at her.
The assistant director who stood beside them, wearing headphones and a monitor, tapped her at the right moment to walk in.
Walking out to the spotlights for the first time, she saw the blue flowery decorations and different people sitting on the sides and a lot of photographers waiting for her with their shuttering cameras.
Alone, on a lonely narrow part with everyone watching her to walk to the end and make a turn, she felt like the only person in the world. So many lights on her and so many eyes on her but she had to focus in one direction and not pay any attention. Fabiola finally realized she was doing this for real. It was amazing, the music was great.
While his wife was on the runway, he realized he was actually right about her. She was a goddess, a divine intervention and she would make the headlines. Only that, the headlines became quicker th
an expected…
[Fabiola Thomas, an uprising model, just slapped a supermodel on the runway!"]