Not Your Average Love Story

Chapter 23 : The Launch Part 1

Chapter 23 : The Launch Part 1

* Sexual Content Below *

The day of the launch arrived and I seriously felt like I hadn't gotten any sleep.

I groaned as I sat up on the edge of my bed trying to wake up.

It was 11am but it didn't feel like it.

The good thing was that we weren't going into the office today, instead we'd be meeting at a 5-star restaurant where we'd watch the software launch and celebrate immediately afterwards.

This had been a project I worked on alongside Deion since my first week with the company and we expected it to be highly successful.

Rivers solutions was extremely successful and popular in the technology world.

Despite my differences with Deion at the moment I was extremely proud of him and still honored to work on his team.

We hadn't spoken aside from some simple hello's, goodbyes and brief office talk since the situation last week.

I missed him.

I'd thought of telling him about Yvonne's blackmail but I wasn't ready to open up about my cursed family relationships whatsoever, so for now she had won.

I would have to stay away from him aside from our business dealings.

After a long, hot shower I made my way over to my closet to search for a dress to wear.

I had several dresses that fit the occasion it was just a matter of which one felt right for today.

I had a certain look I was going for, sleek but sexy.

Last night I'd had my cousin squeeze me in for a late night appointment to change out my hairstyle.

It was a low sleeked ponytail with wavy natural extensions, the ponytail was long how I liked it so it stopped just below my ass.

This was a completely new look for me and I loved it.

The hair was long so it made sense that I have a long dress as well.

I chose a elegant long-sleeved, sequined, burgundy floor-length dress with a tasteful pair of rose gold heels.

The look screamed celebratory and sexy.

I normally wasn't huge into makeup but I decided to do a natural beat on my face to fit this event. It had come out absolutely gorgeous.

(See bottom of chapter for photos of the looks)

I wanted to look good for myself but also for the sake of the thousands of pictures I knew would be taken.

Deion would likely have his jaw drop to the ground when he sees me, but I couldn't think much into that.

I had to stick to the plan, I needed to stay away from him.

After taking a few mirror photos and selfies I called one of our company cars to drive me to the restaurant.

We had all agreed to have company cars or ubers drive us today since we knew we would obviously be drinking.