Chapter 68
It was 7 pm and people had started to trickle in. I looked through the
stage curtains to see tables had filled up and people were walking
around mixing and mingling. Seth and I had just finished sorting
through all the donated items that were going to auctioned here
tonight.
“I’m going to tell you again, girl you look fine,” Seth said for the
5th time as he moved stuff around on the table.
“Thanks, Seth. You don’t need to keep telling me you know.” I
laughed.
“Oh I know, but after you go out there, others will so I’m getting a
head start. I do have a question though” He rubbed his chin and
narrowed his eyes at me.
“That gorgeous ring on your finger, is that just a fake piece of
jewellery to match your dress or is there a reason you’re wearing it on
that particular finger?”
After I had taken my top off, I was very aware that the ring was obvious. I flipped the diamond around and kept my left hand hidden
my dress so Sarah and Lilly didn’t notice it. However, in the last
hour, I had to use my left hand a lot and I knew Seth would see it.
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“Rosy, Blake is here. He’s looking for you out the front.” Claire
walked over to us. She was one of Seth’s staff. Thank god for Claire.
“Okay, thank you. Gotta go, Seth. Thank you once again for the
amazing job you’ve done. I’ll see you a little later on.” I grabbed my
clutch straighten my dress. I was just going to ignore Seth’s question.
I took a deep breathe in and looked towards the corridor. Here
goes nothing.
I walked around the back of the stage and down the side corridor
towards the main foyer. As I got closer I could see a sea of people
talking to each other. I looked around trying to find Blake or any of
the Coopers. I heard my name and turned around to find Emily.
“Rosy, wow you look amazing.” She said giving me a quick hug and
a kiss on the cheek.
“Come on, they are all down here” she grabbed my hand and
towed me to the other end of the foyer.
Sue was the first to come into view. Next to her was Nate. Sue had
a black cocktail dress on that was hugging her figure. It had one of
queen anna necklines with black beads around the bottom.
“Mum, look who I found,” Emily said getting everyone’s attention.
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“Ahh Rosy. Look at you, sweet heart! Absolutely stunning. You my
girl are going to be breaking hearts tonight. Oh, here I have something for you.” She pulled out a long jewellery box from her
purse and handed it to me.
I opened it and in the cushion sat a gorgeous diamond necklace. It
was all little diamonds end to end. Before I could say anything, Emily
grabbed the necklace and put it around my neck.
“Oh, no no. Sue, I can’t take this. It’s very generous of you but I
can not accept it”
“Yes, you can. It was my mother’s and I was told to hand it down.
So, it’s yours now. Besides, it goes so well with your dress.” She took
the box from my hands and put it back in her bag.
“Rosalie, you look gorgeous Hunny. Blake is one lucky asshole”
Nate said and walked over to give me a side hug.
“Thank you, Nate. Thank you, Sue. I really don’t deserve this
necklace though.” I touched the diamonds with my fingers and prayed
I was dreaming.
“Nonsense. It looks beautiful on you. Totally fitting” Emily said
and smiled at me.
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“Mum, I can’t fin-…” Blake finally appeared. He did a double take
when he realised I was standing next to his sister.
gave him a big smile as I watched his eyes scan me. I felt self
conscious as his heated gaze burned holes into me. His eyes travelled
from the bottom of my dress all the way up to my face. His beautiful
blue eyes had disappeared and those dark orbs had returned. Blake, had forgotten we were surrounded by people and he shamelessly
stared at me. Looks like my plan worked.
“You can’t what dear?” Sue said laughing a little.
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M Mike
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maybe you don’t see how “hot and bothered” he is lol
7 days ago
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