proposal

Everyone was looking at the news in disbelief. Some were stupified while others were now confident about their instincts. They never suspected a fishy thing from their boss and colleague. Not when they thought he would go back to Carol after the cheating scandal.

Bella looked at the video that was playing on the phone in her hands and smiled bitterly. Was she not beautiful enough? Is it that she wasn't attractive? She felt the pain slash deep in her heart as tears started wetting her eyes. She had behaved well enough for him to notice. She cared about her looks even though she kept it simple. Where did she miss a step again?

It's not like she was so desperate to have him. She kept it cool and never acted like a pervert. She was capable of seducing a man but she didn't want it that way. She just wanted to have her way with him innocently but he seemed to be pushing her into seducing him. Bella wiped a few tears that rested on her cheeks. No, she can never be like this. Even though Trev has proposed publicly, she believed that she still had time to change everything. He hasn't married yet anyway.

Meanwhile, " congrats Mr. Trevor Martins. I just have one thing to ask from you and I hope you won't disappoint me in front of all these people." James walked closer to the couple as he wanted a few minutes of their time.

They both paid utmost attention to what he was about to say. Which favor did he want?

"I humbly request you Mr. Trevor Martins to give me the permission to ask your dear fiancee if she can become my model in my next edition." what? did I just hear that right? I blinked so many times as I couldn't believe what I just heard. This night could be taken as the only moment I existed on earth.

"What did you say, Mr. James?" I asked to make sure I heard the right words.

"Mr. James. You can only take her if she's willing." Trevor interrupted leaving the decision to me.

I nodded my head in acceptance. It took me a while to digest everything that was happening at the moment. The dress, the autograph and the proposal. Oh my God! The night was crazy.

The party went on and it was time to have a dance. Mr. James and his date walked to the. dance floor and opened it. They swayed perfectly following the smooth music that was selected by James himself.

I nervously placed my hand on Trevor's shoulder. He gave me a nod of assurance as he started teaching me how to dance. It was my first time to openly dance on such an important function. It was hard to dodge the eyes of the crowd since I was the topic of the evening.

"Right..left and right.." Trevor patiently guided me until I danced like a pro. The atmosphere got cleared as soon as I started moving with the music. I could still feel stares at me but at least they weren't the mocking ones. After all, I wasn't embarrassing Trevor. We moved right and left and then turned around. It was a happy moment and a perfect memory.

'Cause I'm your lady

'And you are my man'

'Whenever you reach for me, I will do all that I can.'

I sang as my favorite number sounded in the room. Looking deep into my eyes, he caught up with me

'Lost is how I'm feeling lying in your arms.'

'When the world outside is too much to take'

'That all ends when am with you.'

"Mr. Trevor, can I have this dance." I had a familiar voice ringing in my back. It was the annoying Hazel. She's been away for a moment and I was breathing. Now, she's back. I wasn't a fool to not know her intentions. Earlier, I noticed how weirdly she stared at Trevor but I shrugged it off since I and Trevor were being secretive at the moment. But now, we ain't anymore so I don't need to hide it if am not comfortable with seeing my man dancing with another woman.

I was about to contest when Jonas came in and..."Miss Linda, I would also be pleasured to have a dance with you." He said leaving me with no option but to let go of the man I was dancing with and go dance with him. I didn't want to look so possessive even though jealousy was running in my veins.

I moved aside and took one more glance at Trevor before turning my full attention to Jonas. He gently placed his hand on my waist and I followed placing mine on his shoulder. He gave me a nod of assurance and started moving.

I faked a smile as I looked at him and turned my eyes to look at Trevor who was now dancing with Hazel. My eyes became bitter but I quickly shook my head to shrug it off. It wasn't that necessary to show how jealous I could be. I moved with Jonas in unison until he started speaking.

"Do you love Trevor?" came his sudden question. I was caught off guard and blinked at him.

"Yes." I simply replied since I didn't know his reason for asking.

"For how long have you been together?" he continued asking. Did he have Hazel's habit? I wondered.

"I thought you talked to him as his friend. Didn't he tell you already?" I was now asking myself a lot of questions. Didn't they talk about me or he was still being secretive at the moment.

Jonas looked at me and smiled to ease the space.

"Well, he told me but I wanted to hear it from you.. I mean in case you don't love him that much," he mumbled. What's wrong with this circle. Earlier today Hazel was firing the relative questions to me and now his boyfriend is also worsening the thing.

Wait, do they both love Trevor? I quickly shook the stupid thoughts away and smiled fakely.

"I just love him so much."

"oh." his simple reply ended the strange conversation and we danced quietly.

I turned around to look at Trevor but he wasn't at his former spot. I looked around but he wasn't there. Hazel was neither.

I looked at Jonas who was now frowning a bit. I followed his line of sight and saw Trevor and Hazel sitting at the bar counter. What the hell.

Jonas knew what Hazel is capable of doing. He rushed in their direction and interrupted them quickly. I followed behind Jonas quietly as I avoided appearing mad.

I hugged Trevor's shoulder as I sat beside him. Jonas also sat beside Hazel. Hazel gritted her teeth as the two interrupted her moment with Trevor. She poured a glass of liquor and finished it all at once.

"You're here babe. How about we go home." Trevor suggested breaking the silence that was covering the place.

I nodded in acceptance and we bid goodbye to the other parties.

"See you around," Jonas said after lightly hugging each of us.

I hugged Hazel as well then she also hugged Trevor. We went ahead and bid goodbye to a few people that we had socialized with earlier including Mr. James. He handed me his business card and we finally left the venue.

I was somehow tired mostly my mind. I had experienced a lot in a few hours and my life had changed a lot tonight. I fastened my seat belt after comfortably sitting in the car and closed my eyes. I heard Trevor step on the gas and just like that we headed home.

"We're here." I heard Trevor announce and I slowly opened my eyes. We were already in front of the apartment. He opened the car door for me to get out. I used my hand to support my forehead as we walked to the elevator.

Cara was pacing back and forth by the time we reached the hallway. She was holding her tablet and I automatically understood her moves. She could slaughter me tonight.

I tried hiding behind Trevor's back but he wasn't helping. Instead, he coughed twice to catch Cara's attention. I was doomed now. I could already imagine how she was going to tease me. Maybe she could shamelessly change my name from tonight until she gets another interesting topic.

"You're finally back miss, huh? or should I call you Mrs? I knew she would do this but I didn't expect her to start from outside.

"Hahaha. I'm back my sweet friend. Did you miss me already?" I said as I tried to push her back inside the house. I knew she was capable of embarrassing the hell out of me in front of Trevor.

I pushed the door behind us and locked it. I looked at her with a sorry look but who said she could buy it?