Chapter Thirty Six - Gala (part 1 of 2)

I was getting myself ready for the gala tonight. I hated that I couldn't take Aubrey as my date. I knew she was going to look stunning in her dress and the fact that I couldn't pull her close to me and tell her how beautiful she looked. I knew other men would be looking at her, and I couldn't do anything about it, show them that she is mine. That will be the most challenging part of all, alongside the millions of questions that I will be asked because I don't have a date. I never show up alone to these things.

I sighed as I looked at myself in the mirror. I don't want to go to this thing tonight. I groaned, sat down on the bed and lifted my phone. I found Aubrey's name on it and hit the call button. It rang one, two, three times, and she picked up.

"Hey, handsome," she chirped on the other end.

"Hey, sweetness, I think we should ditch tonight and find something more interesting to do,"

"We can't, we will both be expected, and we spent all that money on ou