Wake up bright and early take care of prince and ask William if there is someone I can hire to help with his daily care he says he will take care of all that for me and laughs saying " got yourself a little boyfriend and been here less than a week" we arrive at the office and I go through a normal routine for the next few weeks I get the hang of my schedule and duties mr. Wellington then calls me into his office on the fourth week he lets me know but I need to get a dress for the masquerade ball I of course agree and go to mrs. Bellevue for advice as to where I should do this and "why am I going I've never had to attend the parties before" I ask curiously " well my dear he didn't want to overwhelm you in the beginning but as his assistant you are required to go to all these events and functions the masquerade ball has been done in this company for over a hundred years" my jaw drops slightly " wow I wasn't aware the company was that old" "oh yes dear been in the family for four generations two brothers started it Jake And Chad Wellington and since then each new generation has named there sons accordingly so that the name never changes" " Mrs Bellevue? " " Please dear call me Sally after all I like to think of us as friends " I smile and say " of course Sally when will I be meeting the other mr Wellington I have yet to see him and no one talks about him much" she looks off and mumbles a little and then sighs "Jake hasn't been seen for about 3 years now he simply texted and said he was gonna take some time and not to bother him left it all on his cousin thankfully he was through with his degree at Harvard at the time , but if you ask me I'm glad I started just after he left and from what I heard he was a mean man with a temper that could give Satan a run for his money" " oh my goodness perhaps he wasn't that bad some people do like to exaggerate" Sally shook her head "no dear I heard and seen the results of what he was doing almost bankrupt the company with his love of girls and drugs he thought he was gonna get better they did he met a nice girl he was sweet on but she wasn't interested back and he was furious he... " "Mrs Bellevue I need to see you and Ella please hurry to get ready the event is this evening " never finding out what was about to be said I hurry to call William to get me to the store I begin to browse an look through trying to figure out what I might like and be appropriate the sales lady walks up and offers a few suggestions and I leave with the perfect dress and mask for tonight. Thank goodness my contacts came in just in time too I decide to wear my hair half up and my curls flow down my back and onto the back of my dress it's perfect the color is a emerald green with black lace not use to a corset but it's fun to play dress up for the night I paint my lips red and I'm out the door William is waiting and escorts me to the Wellington mansion where the ball is being held I immediately look for Mr. Wellington when I notice a man watching me from across the room his stare is intense and he won't look away he looks like the man from the subway the man who looks like Jeremy he starts to make his way through the crowd he seems to be coming this way I start to panic for some reason and I'm about to run when Mr. Wellington suddenly appears and leads me to the dance floor " I get my assistant to accompany me to these events so I don't have to be bothered dancing with the vicious elites daughters all which are trying to do a company merge so you see I apologize for not telling you this sooner but you're my date for the night" I look up and " oh ok " was all I could get out I'm still scanning the room for him that man without realizing that we are waltzing I know how to waltz and all the sudden I get a flash a memory I've been in a similar situation before a dance with masks only the man was shorter and held on too tight I felt a wave of panic fill me Chad sees my face and escorts me to the balcony" are you alright you look like your burning up" I look away and breath slowly and take in the cool night air "yes I was simply getting a little warm inside" not wishing to talk about the real cause of distress but also I remembered something I finally remembered something I smile and look up at the night sky the stars are beautiful suddenly I look down at the garden and a man is watching us I wonder if that is the same one from inside "Mr. Wellington" I begin to say "when it's just us please call me Chad I'm not all that good with formalities when I don't have to" " seems to run in the company " I laugh " Sally also insisted that I call her by her first name as well, Chad Is the guest here by invitation only or are there extra people here seems like more than what was expected" " I allow those with invitations to bring a partner if they so wish keeps all the families from throwing there daughter's at me as the head of the company they all want to merge and do business by using there own kids I have no wish to be a pawn in there games" I nod in understanding we go back inside and I feel his gaze burning into my back as Chad places his hand on the small of my back he sweeps me onto the dance floor we dance the night away and laugh when the night is through Chad himself brings me home " I can't remember the last time I enjoyed myself Ella tonight was amazing you aren't bad company to keep little mouse" he bops me on my nose lightly and places his hand on my face leans in and kisses me passionately lovingly and I get another memory one of a man holding my face trying to kiss me and unlike Chad it's rough and he won't stop I pull away and see Chad I'm back in reality I'm shaking.