𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝

Release party |Pt. 1

Scarlett and I have been hanging out a lot in public lately. We've been holding hands and shared a few nice hugs, but it never went further. Especially not in private.

Also I got to know Rose and Cosmo a little more and it seems like they both like me, which I'm very relieved about. They're such lovely kids, just like their mom.

However today is the day of my album release and I'm super excited about it. People have been focusing on me so much lately, there's no way my streams won't grow tonight.

Currently Scarlett is bringing her kids to their grandparents, who are by the way also pretty good-hearted towards me.

I called Sarah over to help me pick my outfit for tonight's release party.

"Not that one, that's... not you." She declines my already fourth outfit and makes me groan.

"Not me, too much, doesn't fit the event... Then why don't you choose an outfit for me?" I complain as I let myself fall back into the couch, sitting there like my lifetime is about to run out in 10...9...8...

"I told you, you should've asked Scarlett for help." Sarah interrupts my countdown. I shake my head and chuckle.

"She may not be a designer or anything, but she knows way better what to wear than you or I." My manager points out sternly, before I can say anything else.

"Scarlett is not here now." I state the obvious and roll my eyes a little. I feel the couch next to me sink down as Sarah takes a seat next to me.

"You're stubborn." She says with a raised eyebrow, while slowly shaking her head.

"It brought me far." My voice gets a flirtatious undertone. "Didn't it?" I smirk while my hand finds hers and leads it to my belt. "If I wasn't stubborn, I wouldn't have got you there."

"Which would've been a waste of course." Sarah agrees with a warm smile, but she pulls her hand back and leaves me confused. "But under current circumstances I can't do that anymore."

"What do you mean? Just because I'm 'married' on the papers, that doesn't mean that I'm married with body and soul." I clarify sternly and my hand finds my belt again. "I won't be married for long, ok?"

"Y/n..." Sarah weakly speaks, shaking her head. Her eyes can't hold back their way to my buldge, making me smirk satisfied.

My manager then continues to unbuckle my belt slowly and open the button of my pants, before she pulls down the zipper.

I grab the waistband of my pants and start to pull them down a little, that's when we hear the front door open and Sarah almost jumps off of the couch, straightening her clothes. Also I hurry to get my pants back up and my belt fixed. Just as I am done, Scarlett appears in the living room.

"Hey Y/n! Hello Sarah! You're looking through outfits I see?" The blonde smiles genuinely at Sarah and I, while she also points at the other clothes curiously.

I only manage to nod and give Scarlett a small smile. Sarah on the other hand speaks up. "Yes right. But I gotta go, the party and stuff." With that she hurries past Scarlett and I, leaving the actress back concerned.

"Is she ok? Does Sarah need help with the preparations?" Her soft and innocent voice makes me feel even more guilty than I already do. I really do. Scarlett has been nothing but kind and sweet to me and I?

"Y/n?" Just named woman softly snaps her fingers in front of my face, smiling sweetly at me. Oh God, I am a monster.

"Hm?" I look at her, trying to remember what we talked about. "Ah right yeah uh, I think Sarah is fine. The party is actually wholly prepared already." I assure Scarlett and try to give her a soft smile.

"Sure. Good, let's get you into a fitting outfit, shall we?" After a bit of hesitation, Scarlett moves on and walks over to my outfits motivated as always. I however just hum and nod. "Try this and" she fumbles through the clothes "and this one." She throws black pants and white blouse to me, which I barely manage to catch.

Scarlett smiles happily at me, before she turns around to look away from me. I get changed into the blouse and black pants. When I'm done I clear my throat.

"Good good, can I?" Scarlett, who turned around again, points at my outfit questioningly and I just nod. With that she comes close to me and tugs the blouse into the pants, making it hang loose over the waistband still. "That's it my dear."

My cheeks are flushed as I just look down at myself and hum, not trusting my voice. I feel so wrong and still so right around her right now. The way Scarlett started to call me her dear over the past two weeks got me weak on my knees, but what if I let it show? I can't ever let anything show.

"Y/n?" Again Scarlett gently calls me out of my thoughts and makes my eyes meet hers. I gulp and then clear my throat.

"Yes, it's gorgeous, isn't it?" My voice may be a little hoarse, but my soft chuckle covers how miserable I feel about what I did to that incredible woman in front of me.

"Great, I'm glad you love it too dear!" Scarlett beams happily and leaves a gentle kiss on my cheek, before she heads into the kitchen and leaves me completely overwhelmed. Did she just kiss me?

I shake my head and put myself back together, before I follow her into the kitchen and watch her curiously. Scarlett, who doesn't notice me, puts out two glasses and fils them with wine.

"Oh my!" She got frightened when she noticed me standing here. I chuckle amused and make my way over to sit on one of the kitchen chairs.

"Now I don't look as gorgeous as you told me not a minute ago huh?" I tease, finding my way back to my old, joking self.

"Hey I didn't- wait, you know it's not because of that!" Scarlett immediately defends herself with a cute pout, but then as she sees me laughing amused, she laughs along as well. "You idiot." She softly says, while she puts the wine in front of us.

"Let's celebrate a little, before the party starts." The blonde points out as she raises her glass with a tender smile. I raise my glass as well and once we made them sound, we sip our wines enjoying them.

In moments like this, I can't help but feel warm and comfortable around Scarlett in a way I've never felt comfortable or warm around anyone else before.

"Thank you, Scar." I quietly speak, uncertain if she'd hear me or not. The way her eyes get shiny tells me she heard me.

"Please dear, don't mention it ok?" She softly says, giving me one of her sweet and reassuring smiles. "I'm proud of you."

"Let me say thanks cause... cause sometimes this feels like the only thing I can give back to you." I honestly admit, my eyes are glued to hers as I plead her.

"Oh dear... of course you can say thank you, but there's nothing to give back to me ok? You already give me enough, you treat Rose and Cosmo so heartwarming and sometimes being with you feels like we've been friends since ages." She confesses as her eyes sparkle with anticipation and sincerity. My smile widens at this heartwarming confession.

I never thought she'd feel like this around me. Not after the way we always act so casual around each other behind closed doors. Now that she told me how she feels, maybe I can better myself for her.