His Secret [Completed]

Original: Chapter 9 - The Gala [1]

I don't work during the weekends so I had Saturday free until it was time to go to the gala and Sunday I am able to relax and read from the vast choices in the library.

I miss reading, it used to be an escape for me, a place for my mind to go to during all of the hard times when my father would come home drunk and gambled away all of our money we had available that week, so he would blame me and we would starve. 

I loved to read mystery books, the thrill and excitement kept me hooked, but romance were always my favourite because most of the time there was always a happy ending with the 2 protagonists ending up together, creating a loving family- which I never had the pleasure of having.

The thing I always knew was that these stories are just that, stories, not reality and I was okay with that. All I have ever wanted is someone who loves me for who I am and who will take care of me for a change instead of me being all alone and having no place to belong in this world.

I had almost forgot about my upcoming date with Trevor soon, I dove onto my bed grabbed my phone and texted him.

Hey Trevor It's Sophia, sorry I didn't text you about our coffee date I completely forgot. I'm not free this week but how does next Saturday sound, to grab a coffee together?

I sat on my bed reading and waiting in anticipation for a reply, maybe Trevor will be the guy who I will spend the rest of my life with and care for me like my family was supposed to. No Sophia it's just a friendly coffee, don't get ahead of yourself  I mentally reminded myself just in time to hear the ding of my phone.

Hey I was waiting for the text, Saturday next week is perfect I get off of work early and we can go around 1pm and also grab something to eat? Looking forward to seeing you x

-Trevor

I hope Noah is okay with this, I mean why wouldn't he be? It's none of his business, just because I'm living with him doesn't mean that he has to know everything I'm doing 24/7, then again I should tell him, he is letting me stay here after all he has a right to know.

I typed a reply saying I would meet him after work and then went back to reading, until it was time for me to find an outfit and get my hair done for the gala.

"Sophia are you home?" Noah called from the living room

No I'm in the sewers

"Yes I'm in my room" I called hearing his footsteps against the wood flooring. Hearing him call this my 'home' and my calling it 'my room' made me feel  a sense of belonging, like I truly belonged her right now with Noah.

"May I come in?" Noah asked knocking softly on the door.

"Yes" I replied placing the book on the bedside table and stared at the door waiting for his entrance.

"I thought I would just give you a quick heads up" Noah began twiddling his fingers and staring at the ground "My fiance will be coming back on Friday evening, my driver will pick her up from the airport and she is staying here" He then looked up as if to see my reaction, which had not changed.

"Ummm okay" I replied unsure of why I needed a heads up, it's his fiance after all it should be her who needs to be warned, another woman living with her boyfriend isn't exactly something she will take lightly.

"And please, don't mention what happened here" He said and pointed to my bed where we had previously kissed a few nights before, "I can't ruin this relationship."

"Then why did you kiss me?" I asked seeing him get uncomfortable, shifting from foot to foot.

"Like I said, you were practically naked and begged me to kiss you" Noah snapped turning to head out of the door. Oh no you are not leaving that easily.

"Me begging you? Are you serious, tell me what I said which was begging" I said now standing as straight as I could so that I was on his level looking directly into his gorgeous eyes.

"It's not what you said Sophia, it's what you did- not covering yourself up, prancing around in your underwear and biting your lip, if that isn't begging for attention I don't know what is!" Yet again Noah makes me feel worthless and low and turns towards the door, but I'm not going to let him get to me that easily.

"One, you didn't give me enough time to get dressed so a blanket was appropriate since you just barged in here, two I had to remove my dress because I spilled something on it, and three I was biting my lip because you were staring at me and you were making me feel uncomfortable!" I screamed making Noah turn back around, this time his expression wasn't angry but upset and guilty looking.

"I made you feel uncomfortable?" Is that seriously all he got from that rant? Does he not ever listen? What do you have to do to get through to this man, strip naked. Well I guess if I did that he would be concentrating on anything other than conversation.

"Yes Mr McKenzie you are my boss and I can't afford to lose this job!" I replied attempting not to hug and apologise to him for the way I've acted, even though I was not in the wrong I am growing more and more feelings for this man each and every day that I can't control.

"Am I making you feel uncomfortable now?" Noah asked hesitant waiting for an answer. What do I say? Yes? Then what, he kicks me out but if I say no it seems like I've lied. I guess I'm wearing clothes this time so I shouldn't feel uncomfortable.

"No" I said simply now I was the one listening intently waiting for a reply.

"Right, don't forget you have appointments to find a dress and get your hair done around 1pm, I'll be waiting for you at 8pm in the lobby" he grinned and left the room shutting the door behind him.

Is this man bipolar or on his period? Either way I'm struggling to keep up with this mood swings.

I glanced at the time on my phone, I still have an hour until I need to head to the salon, I set an alarm on my phone to remind me and I decided to read a little more.

The hour passed by extremely quickly and I headed down to the lobby. One of Noah's drivers was waiting for me luckily, or I would have been late, damn my OCD having to read to the end of a chapter before putting a book down.

When I arrived at the salon a really kind woman in her late 50's took care of my hair, I had around an inch cut off since I hadn't had it done in a year, and then she curled it in ringlets. 

After my hair was finished it looked astonishing, just as they were about to start my markup 4 people entered with 14 dress bags individually showing me one by one, did Noah set this all up?

I thought I would have to go actual dress shopping but this is so much better, no one has ever taken care of me like this before. I was so excited I pulled out my old phone and called Noah

"Hello miss Jenkins" Noah replied "I had a feeling I would be hearing from you"

"Oh did you now?" I joked along with him, "so I can pick from any of these dresses?" I cut straight to the chase.

"Yes, I already picked them those are the 14 I liked the most, so now it's up to you which one you chose" he replied, in one way that was kind of sweet but in another it was like he didn't trust my decision with dresses.

"What sort of gala is this anyway Noah?" I questioned gaining a few stares from some of the customers who were previously in the salon before I entered.

"It's a charity gala for children with cancer" Noah said, the words hit he like a ton of bricks as I thought about Ethan. "Umm Sophia are you there?"

"Oh yes, sorry" I whispered "I'm here, thank you for this, I'll see you at 8" I finalised and immediately cut off the phone.

I miss you Ethan

I shook the thoughts out of my head, don't cry, I told myself you don't want to smudge your makeup.

Now which one of these dresses should I wear?

A/N
Hey lovely readers, so this is chapter 9. There was a slight confusion with the protagonists name. Initially her name was Sophia, but then I changed it to Sapphire halfway through, after realising that I had not published the changes for the other chapters in which I had changed the names I changed them all to Sapphire.

Never fear I'm changing her name back to Sophia to stop all confusion :D