Betrothed To The Cold Billionaire

*GALA D-DAY*

I held the two beautiful and expensive looking ball gowns in my hands as I tried to figure out the best one to wear. The gala was starting in a few hours time and I still haven’t figured out the best one to wear.

One of the dress was a very long armless silver gown with a slit by the side and the other was a long black gown with silver studs used to beauty it. They were both very gorgeous so it was so hard to choose one because I wanted to look my best today.

I picked my phone that was laying idly on my bed and was about to give Sandy a call to ask for her opinion when I heard a knock on my door.

“Come in.” I said when the person knocked on the door the second time. The door was pushed open and a petite looking maid walked in.

“What is it??” I asked as I placed my phone back on my bed.

“You have some guests ma’am” She answered as she kept her head bowed.

“Guests? Let them in.” I ordered. I chose not to go out to meet them because I was too lazy to.

Thankfully, I wasn’t really naked as I was putting on a bath robe so I’m fine with them meeting me like this. The maid left and came back minutes later with some people behind her.

Two of them pushed in a wheeled wardrobe filled with beautiful and expensive looking dresses and shoes. Another came in with a box filled with fancy looking jewelries and the last one came in with a make up box.

“Good Afternoon Mrs. Montgomery.” They all greeted as they bowed their heads respectfully to me.

Okay.., what’s going on? Why are they here??

“We were sent by your husband to prepare you for the gala.” The one whom seemed like their boss said.

Oh my God. Really?? Adrian sent them?? I had the urge to scream out in happiness but I held myself back. Here I was thinking that he didn’t care about me as he had been avoiding me since the day he locked me up in my room but I guess that I was wrong.

Was this a way of him apologizing to me?? If he was trying to apologize this way, I guess he is forgiven already.

“What about the new Mercedes he got for you the other day? That one is way more expensive than these dresses you are staring at.” My inner woman asked me.

“I don’t really care about that. He gave it to me when I didn’t really need it. I’m in dire need of these now and he came to my rescue. Besides, he made me take the car by force so it doesn’t really count.” I answered and I felt her roll her imaginary eyes at me.

“Like you didn’t like the car in the first place.” She replied and that made me frown. I didn’t want anything to ruin my mood so I blocked her out of my head.

“Can you sit here ma’am.” The make up artist said as she pointed at the seat in front on my mirror.

I didn’t argue with her and sat on the seat. She walked towards me and cleaned off the make-up I had put on my face before they came in. When she was done, she got to work.

At the same time, the hair stylist was doing wonders on my hair. By the time they were both done, I could barely recognize myself. It was as if some type of goddess had stolen my body.

I smiled as I admired myself in the mirror. I couldn’t help fallen in love the more with what I was seeing.

After that, they pushed the wheeled wardrobe closer to where I was so I would be able to choose a dress. I didn’t know which one to pick as they were all very beautiful.

“The red one would look really good on you.” Their leader voiced out when she noticed my confused state. She picked out the armless red dress from the hanger and showed it to me.

“It matches your fiery red lipstick.” She added with a small smile. I nodded thoughtfully and collected the gown from her.

I went into my closet and took off my bathrobe. I didn’t want to change in front of them as I didn’t enjoy being naked in front of strangers no matter what gender they were. I put on my panties and wore the gown.

After that, I walked out of the closet while they helped me to tie the straps at the back. When they were done, I stood in front of the full length mirror and couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

The gown was marvelous. It hugged all the curves around my body tightly and brought out my shape. It had a slit at the right side that reached my thighs so I was able to walk fine.

Then, they finished the look with a pair of silver heels with red diamond jewelry so it woukd match my outfit.

“How do I look?” I asked as I did a small twirl for them.

“Gorgeous.”

“Magnificent.”

“Like a goddess.”

“You are so beautiful.” They praised as they couldn’t stop gushing over me.

One of them even took my picture after I had consented to it and posted in on their social media page. In a few moments, different comments started flooding in and their followers grew.

I could see the happiness written all over their faces as people praised their works. I’m sure with just this picture of mine, they were going to be fully book for a very long time.

I picked up my diamond ring that was resting on the table and wore it around my left finger.

I smiled in satisfaction and picked up my purse. Headlines are going to be made tonight. With that thought in mind, I picked my phone from the bed and left the room.

I was about to head down the stairs when I saw Oliver standing downstairs impatiently. It was as if he was waiting for someone. When he heard my heels clicking on the tiles, he turned is head towards me.

His mouth widened agape when he saw me. He was speechless. I chuckled within me as I walked down the stairs, towards where he was standing.

“I know I’m good looking. You don’t have to drool over me.” I taunted as I used my hands to help him close his opened mouth.

He was finally able to regain his composure. He seemed really embarrassed because I caught him drooling over me but he was able to recover from it quickly.

“What took you so long?” He asked inquisitively.

“And how’s that your business?” I asked back.

“It is my business since I’m your date and we are already late.” He answered as he tool a short glance at his wristwatch.

“Wait.. hold up right there. What do you mean by you being my date? Isn’t that Adrian’s job?” I asked as I stared at him in surprise.

That was when I realised that we were putting on matching outfits. He was wearing a very fancy suit that comprised of black pants, a black long-sleeved top and a red jacket. He also had his hair styled.

If anyone sees us like this, they would think he was actually the one I got married to.

“Well, Adrian isn’t around to accompany you to the gala so he asked me to go on his stead.” He replied.

“You can’t do that.”

“Why not?” He asked.

“You are still recovering from your injury and if I could still recall clearly, the person I got married to is Adrian, not you. If Adrian isn’t attending with me, I’ll go by myself.” I said and was about to leave when he held my hands and pulled me back.

“It’s either you go with me or you don’t attend at all.”

“Who do you think you are to give me choices??” I asked as I tried to wriggle my hand from his hold but that only made him yo tighten his grip.

“I’m your worse nightmare. Now, choose while I’m still being nice!!” He ardered as he glared at me coldly. I whimpered in pain as his grip got tighter and more painful at every passing moment.

I stopped struggling the moment he said that. His playful eyes had turned really cold and that scared the wits out of me. I had no choice but to agree with his choices since there was no way he would let me go alone.

“You made a good choice.” He muttered as he patted my hair softly before he pulled me out of the mansion with him.

Outside, a limousine was already waiting for us. The back door was opened for us and he made me enter first before he followed suit. Within a few seconds, we were already out on the road and on our way to the gala.

Seating beside him was really uncomfortable and now, I had to spend the rest of the night with him. This party was gonna be a very long one.