Are you into boys?

Chapter 5: The Launch Preparation

*(Eleanor's POV)*

Jeremy had to cancel dinner at the last minute, but I'd gotten busier then too. The launch of the jewellery series, Heaven's Delight, was this weekend.

I had so many meetings to attend and designs to finalize. Today, I went to supervise the shoot our models were doing personally. Sure I wasn't needed personally, but I had to make sure everything was perfect.

When I got there, Haven was already on her shoot. She had our necklace on, the necklace that would be our center piece during the showcase.

It was called Starling Night.

All the pieces would show why this series was called Heaven Delight. Each and every piece was carefully crafted with quality,rare gems sourced from all over the world.

I watched as Haven did flowed through multiple poses while I had a talk with the director about how the editing process would look.

After Haven's shoot, she came over to greet me.

“You didn't have to come here personally to inspect things, Mom. Everything is fine here”, she said to me as she took a sip from her bottle of water.

“Before the event, Hav... find a boyfriend.”

She turned and almost spit the water on my face.

“Excuse me?!”

“This is our only chance, Haven. Our chance to prove to the public that we are innocent of those accusations.”

“Accusations? What accusations? These are lies.”

“Exactly, so find a guy, even if it's just an act,” I said as I walked out with my assistant.

“Umm... Mom... Mom.”

But I was not ready to listen to whatever excuse she was going to give.

*(Haven's POV)*

I have been exhausted lately. With my career, school, and training to be Elven. I was completely exhausted.

But I had a shoot that afternoon for our company's new jewellery series.

I groaned just thinking about my schedule.

Ivy walked into the class with the new Vogue monthly fashion magazine.

“Did you see this?”

“Oh yeah, I think so...” I answered her as I rested my chin on my hand and yawned again.

Gosh, I need sleep.

“The front page has Christopher Black. Christopher Black!” she screamed.

“Oh!”

“What do you mean, oh!? Do you see those abs when he was street-shot in the swimsuit wear session?” she said, almost drooling.

“Gosh, Ivy, stop exaggerating. It's mostly edited. You know that,” I said, rolling my eyes.

“Are you even a model? Chris is a model too. No, a supermodel like you. He is in every way perfect. He doesn't need editing.”

“Well, forget about him. He is a jerk like they all are. He has a girlfriend, or should I say a fiancée. So stop dreaming.”

“Oh, Hav, it's nice to have some fantasies here and there. What a party pooper you are.”

“Leave me alone girl. I need to rest my eyes.”

“Whatever.”

She went to her seat as I lay my head on the table.

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After the shoot, I was so happy to see Mom. But I thought it was trouble that she had to run over here.

“You didn't have to come over here personally to inspect things, Mom. Everything is fine here,” I said, taking a sip from the bottle of water Phoebe passed to me.

“Before the event, Hav... find a boyfriend,” she said out of the blue.

I almost spit the water on her.

“You said what?”

I just couldn't believe that had just come out of Mom's mouth.

“This is our only chance, Haven. Our chance to prove to the public that we are innocent of those accusations.”

“Accusations? What accusations? Those are lies.”

“Exactly, so find a guy, even if it's just an act.”

She said it as she turned to walk out with her personal assistant.

“Umm... Mom…”

“Mom has got to be kidding me.”

My mind started buzzing.

“...Mom.”

I called out to her again, but she had already walked out.

It was just two days to the launch. How am I to find a “GUY” to pretend with?

Maybe I should ask the girls.

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*(Darius' POV)*

_Earlier on the day of the launch_

I had been staring at my screen for awhile, but I couldn't believe the news.

My dream girl might actually be a lesbian? And with her mom too?

But she's so pretty too. Exactly my type of girl.

“Stuart, can you believe Haven Emerald, the famous young model Haven Emerald, is a lesbian?”

I tapped my best friend, Stuart, on the shoulder. He was busy working out as usual.

“So?”

“What do you mean, so? The girl is hot and s-e-x-y-y-y!”

“She's never a guy like me, so it's understandable if she were to be one.”

“Oh come on, man.”

Christopher walked up to us with his sweaty, bare chest.

“What's up?”

He took a towel and cleaned his face.

“It's about Haven Emerald.”

“And...?”

“I am talking about THE Haven Emerald.”

I hit his shoulder.

“Oh, the hot one." Christopher said.

“Yeah, I heard she is a lesbian.”

I said it, but Christopher didn't seem shocked at all.

“Why aren't you surprised?” I asked.

“Well,we're both in the modelling industry, and it's known that she kinda hates men. Never heard of her actually dating a guy before, so I would understand if she were to be lesbian,” Chris explained.

“Such a shame.”

I was quite disappointed.

“But I did hear she's launching her mom's new jewellery collection. I can get us the invitation cards so we can go”,Chris said.

“Good idea. I really want to meet her.”

“Like I said, if she meets a guy like me, she'd most definitely be falling in love with me,” Stuart said, flexing his muscles. Stuart, has always been a bit of a bad boy, a relentless flirt but he always makes his grades. Most girls he came across resist him, so he thinks he's God's gift to mankind.

He is like six feet tall, with a muscular body and curly jet-black hair. He is half Korean, with a Korean name, Kang Miru-Ho.

He is from a rich family with a very strict dad, so he likes to let go and lose control when he's with us.

We are best buddies.

His mom is cool though. She always makes us cookies when we go visiting Stuart's home.

Stuart has no siblings, so his mom always spoils him rotten.

Christopher Black is also my very best buddy since preschool. We grew up together.

Chris is a high-fashion model from a rich home. He has a little brother, probably 14 years old. And I wouldn't forget his overly annoying girlfriend who doesn't give him attention. Their parents got them engaged at birth.

He loves travelling, sports, and photography.

Chris' girlfriend is my very good friend. She is nice to me, but I am not sure about her and Chris. They tend to spend a lot of time fighting.

I don't even know why they are still together.

After we left Chris' house, we went to get someone to fetch us the invitation cards for the Emerald Jewellery Launch.

We got dressed and headed towards the venue.