The Demon King Forbidden Bride

Chapter 23

“It’s nothing, the event is already over. But guess what?” I inquired, biting my lower lip.

“Just tell me, you know I’m not a good guesser” she nudged me, I chuckled and told her to be calm. “Well, I won the fair Charlotte, my brand is going to be recognized in the whole world soon” I jumped for joy while pulling her hand.

“Omg, you mean that you became the winner among other designers?” I nodded swiftly.

“This is great news, but how is that possible? I heard that top designers were at the fair, I can’t believe that a newbie could take the limelight of the event” she mumbled, I even thought the same at first, but I trust myself and my work. Nothing could go wrong if I’m a newbie, I thought to myself and gripped Charlotte's wrist. “I won with ninety-nine points, that’s selling off my outfits in a few minutes while others sold theirs in an hour or more, the audience loved my brand,” I asserted. She nodded her head and was about to speak when the door swung open.

“I’m sorry I’m late, I was caught up with work in the office” Andrew mumbled as he stepped into the house but abruptly stopped with a dropped jaw. Charlotte stood up from the seat and ran her hand through her hair. I wonder what’s going on between these two they’re both acting weird, I thought and strode to Andrew.

“You’re here! Why didn’t you show up as planned? I’m really unhappy with you” I uttered with a gloomy face. Andrew immediately recovered himself and clutched my arm.

“Don’t be babe, as I said something came up in the office. I had to stay back to supervise the new products” he explained, I released my hand from his grip and stepped back. “You both ditched me on my most important day, if not for Addison my secretary I would have been alone at the trade fair ground. Look at you Andrew, you’d say you would always stand by me and my dreams but you couldn’t even send me a text or call me” I uttered and sat down on the sofa with my face on my palm.

Charlotte breathed heavily and sat down next to me, “look, we’re sorry. This is a great day for you to be sad. I didn’t even know that today was the trade fair. Just chill let’s celebrate your success” Charlotte mumbled while caressing my back.

“Yes my love, I’m so sorry. I promise it won’t happen again” Andrew crouched down in front of me and held my face, he stared right into my eyes making a pleading face, I sneered and wanted to turn away from him, he cupped my face and locked our lips. That erased all the anger I had in me, the kiss lasted for minutes before Charlotte cleared her throat, I pushed Andrew away feeling embarrassed as my face turned red. I nearly forgot that Charlotte was with us, “I’ll go and get a drink for the celebration” I uttered and sauntered away, that’s the only opportunity I have to hide away and calm my nerves down.

“What was the meaning of that?” Charlotte flared up at Andrew immediately after I left the living room.

“What do you mean?”

“Oh don’t act dumb with me” Charlotte retorted. “Look, Audrey is my girlfriend, I don’t have to explain it to you when I get intimate with her, you should know your stand,” he said to Charlotte who fumed with rage.

“So what am I, do you think you can toss me around?”

“Come on Charlotte, you’re taking these too far, Audrey is also your friend, I’d already agreed to spend some time with you, what more do you want?” He inquired sternly.

“I..”

“Hey, guys”s I blurted out and strode to the two, cutting short their secret conversations which I had no idea was going on. Charlotte clenched her teeth and sat down on the sofa with a fake smile. I could only wonder why the air was so stiff? I placed the wine on the table and handed them their glasses.

“I’ll make the toast” Andrew asserted and placed his glass on the table. He took the wine and uncorked it and poured it into our glasses, “to more success and more ideas in your brand” Andrew asserted, we clicked the wine glasses and swallowed down the content. Music was played and there were more drinks, the celebration lasted for an hour before Andrew bid us goodbye. I snaked my hand on his neck and kissed him all over his face.

“Good night” I mumbled, he kissed me back, uttered good night, and left the house.

“Come on Charlotte, let’s go to sleep” I patted Charlotte on her arm who had dozed off while snoring heavily. She groaned and attempted to push me away, I tightened my grip on her, placed her hand on my shoulder, and assisted her up to her room, I covered her with a quilt and left.

“I still have to call Aubrey and give her the good news but that would be after I have a cold bath to reduce my stress,” I thought and unclad myself. I strode to the washroom and soaked my body in the jacuzzi for a few minutes before scrubbing with the liquid soap and sponge. I went for the shampoo, took a handful, and patted it on my hair.

Shortly after, I was done bathing. I tied a bathrobe, took my phone from the table, and threw myself on the bed while scrolling through my contacts.

I found Aubrey’s number and tapped on it, the call rang severally without response. “Is she still shooting at this hour?” I ruffled my hair and decided to call her later, maybe in the morning would be better.