Picture Perfect

chapter twenty

Kai'lani I. Perez

Today is the grand opening of our second Sorella Boutique. Heather and I felt very accomplished, two stores in less than a year. Heather walked out of the bathroom looking gorgeous. She decided on keeping it real simple and I've never seen someone make simple look so good.

"You ready?" She inquired.

"Yes." I told her. She nodded and we walked out of the hotel room. We took the stairs then walked out of the building. Joshua, the store manager was leaning against his red 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. We walked over to him and he hugged us both.

"Good morning ladies." He greeted.

"Good morning Josh." I greeted. I opened the backdoor of the truck and got inside. I closed the door behind myself. Heather had gotten into the passenger seat and Josh got into the driver seat. He pulled off and turned the radio down a little bit. Chris has been trying to contact me before I've been ignoring him. August told me to hear him out but what's to hear? I am not about to be anyone's side chick or homewrecker.

"Are you guys excited?" Josh inquired excitedly.

"Yes we are, this is our second store in less than a year. It's something special." Heather told him. I nodded in agreement. Josh had pulled into the parking lot at the back of the store. He turned off his truck and we all got out. We walked in through the backdoor and looked outside through the window. There was hundreds of people waiting to get inside. I'm glad this is a two story store.

"You ready?" Heather inquired. I nodded and followed her over to the door. We hit the switch and the door opened. Everyone came flooding inside, looking around in awe. Heather and I walked up the stairs and I grabbed the microphone.

"Can I have everyone's attention?" I inquired. Everyone quieted down and faced me.

"Thank you all for coming, this really means something to my business partner and I. This is our second store in less than a year and that is something that is very hard to accomplish but we did it so everyone have fun and remember if you want great quality clothing Sorella is the way to go, thank you everyone." I spoke. Everyone began to clap before going back to what they were doing. I turned to see Heather sitting down.

"Can you go get me a bottle of water?" Heather inquired. I nodded and walked down the hall to the break room. I opened the door to see Chris sitting there. I looked at him. He stood up and walked over to me. There was a look of sorrow on his face.

"Chris what the hell are you doing here?" I inquired.

"I ended it Kai, I ended my relationship with Karrueche. I had to come here, I had to see you. I love you Kai and I was stupid for not making time for you. When you were with August, all I could see was how stupid I was for letting you go. I'm not asking to start back where we left off but to take it slow this time. I might not make you as happy as August did but I'm willing to try." He spoke. I sighed and took a seat.

"You ended the relationship for me?" I inquired.

"No I ended it because I knew that Karrueche and I were close to coming to a end." He admitted. I couldn't help but smile. He got on his knees and took my hands into his.

"Kai'lani India Perez, will you do me the honor of being my girlfriend again?" He inquired. I smiled and nodded.

"Yes Christopher, I'll be your girlfriend again." I smiled. He hugged onto me and I laid my head on his shoulder. I'm not going to lie, it felt good being in his arms.

"You came all the way to New York for me but you have Royalty. Who's taking care of her?"

"Aliana and my mom. Aliana was the one who helped with all of this. She claims you're the only girl that she likes." He told me. I nodded and looked into his eyes. He leaned in and pecked my lips.

"When we get back to LA, can I take you out for dinner?" He inquired.

"Only if you promise, it's somewhere causal. I don't need all that fancy food Chris, we can go to a Chinese place or somewhere like that." I told him. He smiled and picked me up from the ground.

"I know you like the simple things in life so I'm going to give you the simple and best things in life."

I smiled, "You're really trying to be a change man, aren't you?" I inquired.

"Yes I am, I'm not trying to lose you anymore. You're the only woman I want to be with."

"I love you Chris, I honestly do."

"I love you too Kai."