-Chapter - 32 - Event pt. 1 -

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-Friday-

Gabriel began to wake, and the first thing he looked for was the woman he loved the most. He placed his hand on Nathalie's side of the bed and felt that no one was lying beside him. Gabriel quickly opened his eyes, and did not see Nathalie beside him.

He sat up in the bed, the morning light shining brightly in his face, as he scanned the room but Nathalie was nowhere to be seen. Gabriel quickly wore his glasses before he rose up from the bed, and walked towards the bathroom.

"Darling are you in here?" Gabriel says, tiredly, whilst he knocked on the door.
He stood there for a moment waiting for a response, but did not get one.

Gabriel opened the door and saw that it was empty. He just assumed Nathalie had already woken up and is downstairs.

He just wasn't used to not seeing Nathalie as soon as he opens his eyes.
Gabriel wasn't used to not seeing her peacefully asleep beside him, while they cuddled.

Tiredly, Gabriel faced himself in-front of the mirror, and he noticed a red lipstick stain left on his forehead. He smiled knowing that it came from Nathalie.
He switched on the water and began to wash his face, purposely avoiding his forehead, then after started to brush his teeth.

He walked out of his room, and noticed that no one was decorating the mansion for the party he is hosting tonight. Gabriel fished his phone from his pocket, seeing that it was a few minutes before ten, the panic he felt started to rise within him. They were supposed to be here already decorating.

The designer descended down the stairs, where he found Nathaniel and his wife, Lucy, standing by the tall entrance door, sipping their coffee's.

Gabriel approached them, "Good morning," he smiled.

"Oh good morning, Gabriel!" Lucy greeted, Nathaniel merely smiled at him.

Though he wanted to ask the husband and wife if the event decorator have arrived, he asks them a different question instead, "Have you seen Nathalie? I woke up and she wasn't beside me."

"She's in your office, answering and making calls. We did not want to disturb her because she seemed so busy with assistant responsibility," Nathaniel stated, then took a sip of his coffee.

Gabriel chuckled. As he was about to walk to his office door, Nathaniel calls for him, making him face him.

"You've got a lipstick stain on your forehead," Nathaniel chuckled.

The designer smiled widely, "I quite like it, actually," he chuckled before he entered his office.

When Gabriel walked through the door, he found Nathalie seated at her former workstation, talking with someone over the phone.
This brought memories back to him. Then, he would find his beloved assistant, Nathalie, already sitting in front of the computer screen composing emails silently or, taking an important phone call early in the morning. But this wasn't back then. The entire Boss-Assistant passed Gabriel and Nathalie long ago.

As soon as Nathalie spotted Gabriel standing there, watching her, a sweet smile immediately formed in her lips.
Gabriel responded by walking toward her whilst he gave her a smile in return.

He bent down, and was about to give her a kiss on her cheeks, but Nathalie stopped him by sticking her pointer finger up, telling him to wait a second.

"Yes, thank you for clearing that up. I just didn't understand why nobody showed up to organize the mansion, when it says here that it had already been booked," Nathalie says. This time she faced him, and grabbed Gabriel's chin with her fingers.

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