Chapter 27
Chapter 0027
OLIVIA
The dress Ethan sent me was out of this world. It was a long royal blue dress with a split going up to my thigh. Off shoulder
showing off just enough skin to entice but modest enough to passed off as classic. The ladies who did my make up made it
natural with a touch of nude lipstick.
When they were done, I went and put on my shoes before going to look myself in the mirror. I didn’t recognise the beautiful
woman who looked back at me. I couldn’t even remember the last time I saw her. well, I did. She was married back then; she
had just decided to leave the corporate world to start a family with her husband.
It seemed like a lifetime ago when that happened. I sighed. This was my first time being out in society and socializing after that
incident. I was scared to death of the looks I was going to be getting from people. With them pointing fingers and whispering
about me and what happened.
Others pretending not to know me as if that would be a polite way to approach the situation. Maybe it was too soon for me to do
this. I needed more time to prepare myself for all of it. It was a mistake agreeing to go with
Ethan.
I turned back going to take my phone from the bedside table about to call Ethan and cancel. But before I could dial his number, a
knock came to my door, and I went to open with my phone in hand. Ethan stood on the other side and when he saw me. his jaw
dropped.
Wow! You look breathtakingly beautiful, Olivia.” I gave him a nervous laugh. The way he was looking at me got me nervous.
“I was about to call you. I don’t think am ready to do this.”
“Get your bag, Olivia. We are going to this gala. That dress deserves to be seen and not hidden. Just like you. now, let’s go. We
are already late.” I wanted to protest but he already walked away and was now standing by the car with his back on me.
I went back inside, checked myself in the mirror one more time before grabbing my bag and going out locking the door behind
me. Ethan opened the door for me, and I got inside. He got in after and sat next to me.
His driver started the car, and we were on our way. I was so nervous that my stomach churned at the thought of being around
the people from that world again. I was no longer their peer; I was now just another woman pretending to be something she was
not, and I was afraid they were going to see right through my act.
A warm hand was placed on top of mine stopping me from thinking. I turned to look at him and there was warmth in his eyes.
“Don’t be nervous, I will be with you every minute we are in there. You will not be alone, and no one will dare say a thing about
you with me there.”
He was right, who would dare insult Mr Lewis’s date? No one, not unless they were powerful enough to stand his rage when it
came. “Thank you, Ethan.” I just needed to remind myself that I was going there for my son. To get new business to be able to
bring him home.
Thinking about Samuel and bringing him home got my stomach in knots. It scared me to think of what might happen when I bring
him back. His father might fight to get full custody of him, and he would win.
He was a better parent than me in the eyes of the law. He was a billionaire with a good family background and no criminal
I couldn’t even afford a good lawyer at the moment to give me a fighting chance. Which was why I needed to hold on a little bit
longer to bring him back. Nick and his family had already shown me what they were willing to do to
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get him and I couldn’t let that happen.
“Liv, we are here.” Ethan brought me back cutting my train of thought. I looked out the window and we were in front of the venue.
There was a red carpet, reporters with their cameras flashing in every direction. I took a deep breath. This was for Samuel, I
reminded myself.
“Don’t answer the reporters, just walk by my side and everything is going to be alright.” I just nodded; I couldn’t trust myself to
speak. Our turn came for us to get out. The driver stopped the car and went around to open for us.
The cameras were now on us with the reporters eager to see who was going to get out of that car. Ethan went out and the
cameras flashed blinding me a little. I closed my eyes momentarily to clear my vision.
Ethan offered me a hand and the questions started. “Mr Lewis, did you bring a date?”
“It seems the New Village’s eligible bachelor brought a date to the annual gala for the first time ever, who could the lucky lady
be?” another commented on the side. I didn’t know why they couldn’t wait to see who it was instead of speculating.
When I finally got out of the car. Silence followed, Ethan and I walked forward. Then it was like the reporters were snapped out of
their trace at the same time and the cameras started flashing in our direction, but we were already by the door at that time
getting inside the venue.
I sighed relieved once I was safely inside. But what I didn’t realize was that when we entered, we interrupted Nick’s speech. He
was up there looking right at me and so were the rest of the people in there.
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