BILLIONAIRE’S AFFECTION

CHAPTER4

“Hi, Vicky I think I have a date tonight, I really want to impress him so I want to ask you to…”

“Darling… leave it to me, I promise to dress you up and turn you into the most stunning woman on Earth! I’ll be expecting you after the close of work, right?”

“Yes” Anne smiled.

Afterwards she sent the address to the number on the piece of paper. Then she called her dad to tell him that she would be sleeping over at Victoria’s place that night. Her family knew Victoria well, since Victoria had been around their place a few times for sleepovers in the past, so they had plenty of time to know her. They knew she was from a wealthy home and that she was Anne’s good friend, her grandparents warned Anne about taking alcohols, drugs and boys before they ended the call. Anne packed up and headed to Victoria’s place to get dressed for her date.

At Victoria’s place, she began interrogating Anne, “I’m sure you know what will happen after the date, Anne?”

“Well, of course… I have a fairly good idea of what could happen next, from the novels I have read.”

“But you've never read R-18 novels, gosh! I kind of regret not giving you those novels to read. You were so innocent that I didn’t recommend any of it to you. Sigh…”

Anne simply blinked at what Victoria was saying. She felt like she understood what her friend was trying to say, but she clearly couldn’t get the connection between date and R-18 novels. She didn’t want her friend to worry so she didn’t ask her to explain further.

“I’ll be fine, Vicky.”

The two ladies began the preparations, Anne was quite overwhelmed with all the things Victoria was doing to her body. But she couldn’t complain moreover she asked for help. At 8pm they received a package, Anne was the recipient but there was no name on the box to indicate who it was from. Anne and Victoria had a hunch that it was from Mr. Arthur Oscar, so they carefully opened the package and when they lifted the lid off they couldn’t help but gasp at the sight. Inside the box laid an exquisite evening dress glittering from the silver and red sequins that covered it. Anne gently lifted it out of the box, it was an off shoulder, V-neck, mermaid gown, the felt so luxurious to the touch she couldn’t help but run her fingers through it, then she carefully hung it up on Victoria’s wardrobe. Victoria brought out a matching silver mask, a red purse, high heels, and a jewelry box

“Oh gosh! That dress is definitely a designer piece, and these jewelry and shoes, oh my god! I never knew that cold man would have a nice fashion sense.”

Anne just sighed.

“Anne, I have a feeling that this party won’t be an ordinary one, I mean what’s it with a masquerade mask! I’m worried… are you sure you want to do this?” Victoria held her friend’s shoulders firmly as she watched her reaction, she looked like she was going to discourage Anne if she showed a hint of hesitation in her eyes. But Anne’s decision was firm so Victoria gave up.

“Okay then, let’s dress you up.”

After the touch ups, Victoria helped Anne wear her dress.

“Oh My God!, look how gorgeous you are, you are now the most beautiful lady on Earth that I have ever seen with my two eyes!” Victoria praised, as she moved round Anne. Anne could feel invisible sweats drop but she understood her reaction, because she was also shocked when she saw herself in the mirror. She almost couldn’t believe that the girl in the mirror was her.

“Thank you so much, Vicky I can’t thank you enough for this.” Anne said and Victoria waved her hands at her.

“This is all you and the dress, I didn’t even put much makeup on you, I just fixed your hair and dressed you up in that gorgeous dress and that was all it took to unearth your natural beaut. Ugh! I’m so jealous of that Mr. Oscar, he’s way too lucky, that damn bastard.”

“Hey, don’t talk like that I bet you won’t be able to say that in his presence.”

“Whatever, I still believe he’s a lucky bastard. Gosh! You look like a young queen or maybe a fairy princess!”

With that Victoria accompanied Anne to the door. She was getting a bit nervous letting this gorgeous friend of hers go, but her friend was a grown up lady now. Besides Anne had promised to call her once she gets to her destination. A black Lamborghini stopped before them, this was Victoria’s dream car which she failed to buy because the more rich and powerful people got there first. A man stepped out of the car and opened the door for Anne to go in.

“Shall we go now, Miss?”

Anne turned towards Victoria.

“Vicky, I’ll call you okay.” Anne said and began walking towards the car.

“Don’t worry your friend is in good hands.” The man said and boarded the car.

Victoria went into her house. In the car, Mr. Oscar sat there waiting patiently to see his newly contracted girlfriend. And as soon as his gaze met with Anne’s he was dumbstruck, he couldn’t believe that the lady he had met at the garage that night was this pretty.

“You look stunning, Miss Jones” he said

“Thank you, you are not looking bad either Mr. Oscar and thanks for the dress too” Anne replied.

He was wearing a vintage, classic black suit, his clothes looked like they were made for him, his black jacket hugged his broad shoulders perfectly and showed off his well built physique.

“Where is the signed contract?” He asked

“Here”, Anne handed the signed document to him.

Arthur collected the envelope and maintained his position as if nothing had happened. Then he finally spoke “I’m sure you remembered all I told you at the garage?” Anne just nodded.

They arrived at a five star hotel. A large, magnificent ballroom had been meticulously set up for what seemed to be a very important and high class event. The chandeliers that dangled from the ceiling provided little sparkles of light from one end of the room to the other, giving the room the feeling of being under a bright starry night, many round tables were placed around the room with a red and gold motif of which represented wealth, prosperity and good fortune. The masquerade ball was a display of wealth and prosperity, from the silver champagne glasses and silver and gold cutlery to the stunning paintings and decorations on the walls. Inside the room were people wearing a million dollars worth of clothing, jewelry and other accessories. The women jewelry their earrings, tiaras, necklaces,rings etc shone brighter than the lights inside the room and anyone who caught a glimpse inside the room already knew that this was gathering of most influential people plus everyone wore a mask which covered part or all their faces, in other not to show their identities.