Walking inside with her hand on Mr. Oscar’s arm, this was the scene that Anne was presented with and her eyes became wide as saucers as her jaw dropped in awe. She had never seen so much extravagance in her entire life! The tables, the decorations, the people, Oh My God! Thank goodness Mr. Oscar bought the dress, jewelry and shoe for her, moreover is he not supposed to get them for her as his new girlfriend… Victoria had already told her how she attended luxurious parties but this party exceeeded her imagination, she thought parties like this only existed in the frictional books she had read.
She snapped out of her awestruck gaze when Mr. Oscar guided her towards the champagne fountain. He took a glass and gave to her before taking one for himself.
“Thank you,” she said, taking a sip.
After they had gulped their drinks, Mr. Oscar said, “May I have this dance?” His sexy masculine voice sent shivers down her spine but before she could react, he had already placed her glass down on the table, then he took her hand and guided her towards the dance floor where a few other couples were dancing . He took one of her hand and placed it it on his lower back and held the other one in his hand, he then slipped his arm behind her and pulled her close to him, leaving no gap between their bodies. At this moment, Anne’s brain had stopped functioning all she could do was follow his lead. She was happy that her grandfather taught her how to dance when she was a teenager but she never would’ve thought that she would have to use it on a night like this with a man like him. She never taught it would feel like this, so magical, intense and much more. She wandered if Cinderella felt like this when she danced with her prince for the first time. Her heart was beating so loudly but she didn’t feel tense at all, she was dancing so smoothly with him just following his lead, she knew she shouldn’t be amazed but she was. He was too good at this, the way he touched her, the timing of his every movement were all perfectly in time with the music.
He was extremely graceful that she could tell that his movements could only be from constant practice from a young age. He was noticeably graceful in his movements and adding to it a slight hint of arrogance that was probably drilled into him from birth, she couldn’t think of anyone else who drew attention without trying, no one in the world could compare. He is just magnificent. Now that they were this close, Anne began to study his face - his nose, his lips, his jaw and every contour on his face was just perfect. Even though he was wearing a mask, she could still see his emerald eyes they were simply spell binding.
“Penny for your thoughts?” Oscar said startling her from her daydream. Anne quickly maintained composure as she responded, “I didn’t expect that you would bring me to a party like this.”
“What were you expecting as my girlfriend, don’t you like it?”
“I wouldn’t say that, but… this is my first time attending a party like this, so I feel a bit overwhelmed,” she confessed and he gave her an enchanting smile, flashing his perfect ultra white teeth, but the smile didn’t get to his eyes.
“You should expect more of this, tell me about yourself.” He asked with a serious face.
“I’m an only child, currently leaving with my dad and grandparents.”
“Are you a student?” He didn’t ask about her mother, every other person she said this to will always follow with, what about your mother but surprisingly this man didn’t .
“No, I graduated two years ago.”
“What course.”
“Interior design”
“What do you do now?”
“I own a small interior design company.”
“What about you, Mr. Oscar what do you do?”
As her voice died down, the music also stopped indicating that their dance was over, but she didn’t want to leave the dance floor yet but the man had already pulled her off him. He brought her towards a huge staircase and they both went up the stairs. They went through a corridor which led out to an open air garden. It was a beautiful sight to behold, the flowers were in bloom, they were of different types and colors . The view from where they stood was magnificent, the lights of the skyscrapers and the lights of the city below were spread out in front of them like a bright painted canvas.
He walked towards the railing and leaned on it, facing her then he removed his mask and looked at her with probing eyes, Anne followed, she lifted her hands to remove her mask she slowly pulled it off and looked at him, she walked towards him the silver stones on her dress sparkled, her eyes glimmered and she looked like a goddess. Oscar looked like he couldn’t get his eyes off her, with Anne’s head up, she stood before him and “Mr. Oscar, you still haven’t answered my question.”
“I’m into of lot of things.” Was all he could say. Without another word he dragged her towards an elevator and brought her to the hotel’s highest floor, he was silent and Anne couldn’t help but feel her heart starting to beat, they both entered a presidential suite which screamed luxury. Long thick gray curtains hung from the walls and covered the windows preventing any light from penetrating through, the lounge area was dotted with expensive furnitures, there was a bar at one end filled with expensive bottles of alcohols and the bedroom was on the other end. Oscar stopped after taking a step inside while Anne closed the door behind her, he came closer to her and touched her cheek.
“Are you scared?” He whispered, Anne replied almost immediately “No,” Oscar chuckled, then he took her hand and dragged her towards the bedroom. The bedroom was large and decorated in a masculine tone of gray and black and it was dimly lit, Anne found herself standing a few meter away from a king sized bed. Anne already knew what would happen the moment they stepped into the suite but deep within her she wished this man would be like the male leads she once read in romantic novels, a man who wouldn’t do such thing without love for his partner. However, she knew he wasn’t that kind of man, he had told her clearly on their first meeting that he doesn’t do love and never will. In fact, he only wanted a girlfriend for company and to satisfy his s****l desires. Yet, she agreed to follow him because he was the man she has been looking for, the answer to her wish.
Anne knew that he wouldn’t wait until she was in love before this act, so she had mentally prepared herself but now that it was happening, she couldn’t help but falter it wasn’t going to be easy as she had thought. She wondered how teenagers whom she overheard talking about s*x made it sound like it was so easy, she didn’t know that this took a lot of courage, even at 25 she’s still struggling to do this. She quietly let out a deep breath, this was her choice and she would commit to it because she has the feeling that this might be the last chance she would be ever get and if she didn’t take this chance, she would die without fulfilling her one and only wish.