CHAPTER 29

Tomorrow is Mrs. del  Espania's birthday and they had no work today so they could prepare for the next day. She was supposed to go home to but her grandma told her that she was going somewhere for a few days so she won't be around if she will go home. She didn't indulge the information on where she was going. She said she would only meet a client.

She was a bit worried because her grandmother never leaves for a few days just to meet with a client. She was hesitant at first but her grandma assured her that she knew the client so well. It gave her peace of mind. 

So, she thinks she will sleep all day tomorrow since she won't be attending the party. Mrs. del Espania hired some people who will prepare the decorations and everything to ready their mansion for the party.

It's good that they're still paid tomorrow even if they don't have to go to the office.

It was six o'clock in the evening when she came home because they had just finished preparing the materials and decorations that will be used at Mrs. del Espania's house. Exhausted she lied down in bed with force. She was tired of Zara's never-ending commands earlier.

She was staring at the ceiling when suddenly the phone rang. Astonished she took the phone out of the bag and looked at the screen. She was even more surprised when she saw Venus calling.

"Venus, I'm glad you called. What's up?"

They were exchanging numbers one time. So far, she was the only model she met who doesn't have an attitude.

"Nat? Are you home yet? I hope I'm not disturbing you," the woman began.

"Oh, no. I'm not doing anything because I just arrived," she immediately got up and just sat on the bed.

"I just want to ask some favor, Nat."

" What is it?"

"I made a design for a gown and one of the designers made the gown herself but before it went to Mrs. del Espania for approval, Crazy Zara threw away the sketch of my design so Mrs. del Espania never got a chance to take a look at it. You know that another designer has been assigned to me and I will be wearing her work."

She slightly laughed at the way she called Zara. 

" Crazy Zara perfectly suits her."

They both giggled at what she just said.

"Okay, so how can I help?" she remembered to ask.

"I want you to wear the dress so that it won't just be lying around being useless. It was already sewn and I just found out that Miss Lovechris continued sewing my design even there was no approval," she said, referring to a designer at the company who was not one of the designers selected for the mini-fashion show.

"What? Are you sure about that? Of all people, you really chose me to wear your design? Your work might just be put to waste if I will model it for you," she sighed and replied with a tone of disbelief.

"What are you talking about? Why are you underestimating yourself? The size of the gown will only fit you. I was thinking of you when I gave the measurement to Miss Lovechris. I'm good at estimating body size because I've been in a modeling job for a long time. You can see that most of the models in our company have stick figures. It might just look like a curtain if one of them will wear it, "Venus convinced her.

"Oh, it's really a waste of your work if I'm the one to wear it. Besides, I already told them I won't be attending the party," she still insisted on refusing.

"Please, Nat ... This is really a big deal to me. I already saw the gown. Miss Lovechris delivered it to the house earlier. It's so beautiful but I just can't wear it. Don't let me just pile it up at home being useless. This is my first design and it would be a pity if others won't be able to see it."

She was silent. She was feeling guilty for declining Venus' request. It was just that, she seemed ashamed to say yes because she is not the right person to wear such clothes.

"Nat?"

She took a deep breath first.

"O-okay," she answered the woman a little hesitantly.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" it was as if she had even imagined Venus's big smile when she said that.

She smiled even though she was still a bit hesitant.

They agreed that she would just go to the woman's house to help her prepare for the party. Venus asked her make-up artist friend to assist her since Venus will go straight to del Espania's mansion for their final practice tomorrow afternoon. Venus will be preparing herself for the party at Mrs. del Espania's house along with the other models included in the fashion show.

She agreed as well. She went to bed again when Venus ended the call. After a while, her phone rang again. When she looked at the phone she saw the dress Venus was talking about earlier. She sighed at how beautiful it was.

It's like Cinderella's gown!

Why did Venus think that would suit her? The image of the gown still shines even in the picture. How beautiful could it be if she saw it personally?

Suddenly she felt an overwhelming excitement. Then she suddenly thought about Clyde. 

Will the man notice her if she's already wearing the gown?

She also saw the masquerade mask beside the gown. The theme of the event tomorrow night is a masquerade ball. The mask will cover half of her face. 

She might look good wearing it because it will cover her face. She knew her eyes were beautiful so it would just be perfect that Clyde will only see her eyes while she was wearing the beautiful gown.

Maybe... Just maybe...

He might get attracted to her that there is no need for a potion anymore.

She suddenly cried out in extreme excitement. She seemed to want to try the dress on to see what she would look like.

She promised that she will find a way to get close to Clyde tomorrow since he won't be able to see her full face. They won't suspect that it was her since she already told them she won't attend the party tomorrow so the opportunity is just right.

She wanted to call Venus to thank her.

Venus is probably her fairy godmother!

She will make sure she will be her maid of honor when she and Clyde get married. She thought dreamily.