Z O R A ' S P O V
The glam team De'andre hired for me did a pretty good job on a simple beat with my natural hair being pressed out into a flowy, silk, 90s blowout type style.
"Thank you guys so much honestly." They gave me a mirror to look at the finished product of their work.
"Its our job babe!" The main makeup artist Drew responded and signaled for the team to pack up.
I was still in my robe when a tall reddish brown haired woman knocked on the door and opened it. She introduced herself as Alicia, De'andres PA and told me that I had 5 minutes to be at sound-check. I nodded at her then rushed to sound check, warming up my voice and preparing to knock the rust and dust off my vocal chords.
1 hour later.
The event started and I now stood in a corner of the large room watching the people around me. Some talked and laughed loudly while others drank and listened. Currently I was in the corner basically rocking back and forth having no idea where in hell De'Andre was.
"Observing I see." I heard a low voice murmur over the loud noise. I turned around to se De'Andre standing near me hold another bouquet of not roses this time but pink lilies.
"More flowers seriously?" I exclaimed in disbelief as I hugged him eagerly. "Where were you I've been looking for you for so long. I cant talk to these people alone."
"Theres not enough flowers in the world to give to you." He expressed looking into Zora's brown eyes. "I had some loose ends to tie up now im all yours love. Well, all you and the other 200 guests in this rooms." I hummed a response into his mouth as we deeply kissed. "Mhm not now baby. Don't start this because then I may not be able to stop."
I backed away and raised my hands jokingly as he brought me back closer to him and put his hand around my waist. He led me out into the party stopping to get me a drink before explaining I had to meet some people. We walked around the room as I watched him scope the scenery out, and when he found what he was looking for he pulled me over to the tall, somewhat attractive, old man.
"Gary." De'Andre exclaimed as he put his hand out with the man—whom I could assumes name is Gary— returned the favor and shook his hand vigorously.
"Ah! Willis. My best mate." Gary responded imitating De'Andres accent which causes us to laugh. "And a beautiful guest you've got here." He grabbed my hand raising it to his mouth and placing a small peck on the back of it. "Gary Celik." He introduced himself.
"This is Zora Carter." De'Andre introduced me watching the interaction with a look in his eyes.
"Mm Miss Carter." He held my hand for a second before letting go. "What have you moved to New York in pursuit of? Wait! Let me guess.. Modeling? You definitely have the face for it."
"No actually." I laughed. "I actually sing, thank you though.
"Wow. Anything I would know?" He questioned taking a sip of his drink.
"Uh, no not yet atleast-"
"Shes actually going to be singing here. Tonight." De'Andre butted in noticing my loss for words.
"Amazing. I hope to look forward to hearing it Miss Carter." He looked at me daringly which somewhat intimidated me. "If you guys'll excuse me I have to "mingle"." Gary added air quotes on the word mingle as he excused himself.
As De'Andre and I walked away he said something. "Hey Zo." I hummed a response. "Listen. I introduced you to Gary because he's really powerful in the music industry, he controls half of the shit that goes on but—you need to be cautious of him."
"What do you mean, he seemed like a sweet guy? A little creepy but you know all old guys are like that in some way." His words confused me because my creep radar is pretty strong and it didn't pick up any signs.
"They all seem like nice guys until they invite you to their hotel for a drink after an event and suddenly you don't know where you are the next morning." I looked at him in shock as he described this hypothetical to me. "What Im saying is be aware of the tactics and manipulation these guys will use to get you vulnerable."
I stared as he gave me a look which in I deciphered as "trust me." He could've been right but I truly didn't get those vibes from Gary.
Suddenly there was a tap on my shoulder as a young man got my attention— "Mrs. Carter-Willis! You're needed backstage." — I looked at De'andre with with a reluctant smile as he tried to act oblivious at the name the man called me.
"I think you have to go Mrs. Will-I mean Carter." He said faking confused. I just shook my head at him and followed the man. He took me backstage and every step closer to the door marked 'Backstage' had my stomach turning.
Through all the nervousness the thought of one day walking down the aisle in a white dress towards D calmed me and somehow made my stomach turn at the same time.
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RomanceZora Carter is waitress at a Luxurious Restaurant in Soho. Working in such an expensive neighborhood has it perks such as good tips, but with lots of rich people coming in and out, she seems to catch the eye of one of them.
