Premiere war.
956 Words
The Crimson Throne premiere. The Livingston red carpet, 7PM.
Zoey got there at 7:20pm, she purposely goes late to a party she knows Mia and Adrian will be at, she loves making them wait.
She wore red again, but not the kind of red from wardrobe 3. A new and darker one than the former. The dress hugged on to her sexy body so tight. She didn’t wear any jewelry and her hair was styled down as usual. Her lips? Was as red as blood.
The crowd went crazy as soon as she appeared.
“Miss Zoey, over here please!”
“Is it true Adrian is done for?”
“Who are you wearing, miss Zoey?”
She didn’t smile at any of them and didn’t pose as well. She just kept walking slowly like the red carpet belonged to her.
Then suddenly, she heard the crowd gasp.
It was Mia. She stepped out of a black SUV, wearing a sweet, fake smile.
She wore red today, too. The same red dress Ethan had given Zoey in wardrobe 3.
She smiled at the cameras. “I’m just here to support my bestie, Sophia. I mean, Zoey, old habits, I’m sorry.”
She knew the blogs would eat this up straight up.
“TWIN RED DRESSES!”
“EX FRIENDS BATTLE ON THE RED CARPET, WITH RED DRESSES, OMG!”
Having known Sophia, she would have cried and ran to hide.
Zoey just kept walking, straight to Mia.
She stopped one step away from her, close enough so that the mics could hear her.
“You stole my dress.” Zoey said calmly.
“But you can’t steal my life, try again bitch.”
Mia’s smile shook, as if she had no idea what Zoey was talking about.
“I don’t think I know what you’re talking about, Zoey. A fan gifted me this dress.”
“Stinking liar.” Zoey leaned in.
“The tag is still inside the dress. The dress is from Cole Entertainment, Ethan’s company. You broke into wardrobe 3, didn’t you?”
Mia’s face went white instantly, she couldn’t believe she wasn’t smart enough to remove the tag.
The crowd loved the moment.
*click, click, click. They started clicking their cameras, this was a moment they didn’t dare to miss.
Before Mia could answer, the crowd moved and Ethan Cole walked out of the hotel. He wore a black suit with no tie on. Every eye there, went to him immediately.
He didn’t look at Mia, neither did he look at the cameras. His eyes was fixed directly on Zoey. He walked straight to her and stopped in front of her. Everyone kept watching, no one knew what his next line of action was.
Then he did something no one expected.
He suddenly took off his shirt jacket and wrapped it around Zoey’s shoulders.
His hands stayed possessively on her shoulders for almost 5 seconds.
Then he looked at Mia, for this one time, coldly.
“Security.” He called out calmly.
“Miss Mia is not on the list, I order you to get her out of here right now.”
Two big security guards came out quickly and grabbed her by her arms.
“Wait!” She screamed at the top of her lungs.
“You can’t do this to me, I was invited! I can show you my invite, OMG! Adrian…”
Ethan scoffed. “Adrian is over,” he looked at Zoey. “As of Tuesday, remember?”
Mia fought all she could but it was all futile. The cameras caught everything, down to her fake nails, messy hair and runny makeup.
The entire red carpet went silent for almost ten seconds. Then Ethan turned to Zoey, took his jacket off her shoulders and folded it over his arm.
“Better,” he said only to her. “Red looks good on you, but not when it’s copied.”
Zoey fixed his gaze on him, something was flickering in her eyes.
“You broke your own rule,” she said, no touching of each other at events, clause 12. Remember?”
He stepped closer to her, almost an inch away. “You broke it first ma’am, when you wrote my name into your contract, ‘except Ethan Cole’.”
He held out his arm and extended it to her.
“Walk with me?”
Sophia would have said no but Zoey did not.
She put her hand on his arm.
“Yes.”
They went into the premiere together and all the blogs in NYC went crazy instantly.
“ OMDS! ZOEY WALKER ON ETHAN COLE’S ARMS!”
“MIA DRAGGED OUT OF THE PREMIERE MERCILESSLY.”
“ THE HOT CEO FINALLY PICKS HIS QUEEN!”
Inside, the movie was so good. The entire crowd cheered for Zoey and acknowledged how intentionally she put the show to act.
She wasn’t concentrating on the movie, she was rather watching Ethan, she was watching how his eyes lit up whenever she appeared on the screen, she could tell he was really proud of her.
When the movie ended, the crowd stood up and applauded Zoey, screaming her name at the top of their lungs.
Ethan leaned to her and whispered to her ear.
“Clause 12b,” he said. “Did it start tonight?”
Zoey stood up, glanced once at him and shifted her gaze right back at the cameras waiting outside.
“No.” She said with a real and sharp smile.
“It starts when I win the ‘best actress’ in my category, then you can have me all to yourself.”
Ethan’s eyes suddenly went dark and hungry.
“Deal then.” He replied.
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