It Started that Night

Part 21

Approaching 11am Millie walked along to the canteen to make a coffee, she had a long afternoon of meetings ahead and needed a little caffeine boost!

"Ah, Amelie, just who I was coming to see." Millie jumped at the sound of a deep voice behind her, she turned around.

"Hello, Mr Salvatore, what can I do for you?" she asked.

"The first celebrity client has arrived, the design team are meeting with her in the boardroom in five minutes. Can you join us?" he asked.

"Yeah, sure, give me two minutes to grab my things and I'll be there," replied Millie, rushing to make her coffee.

"Thank you, dear," said Mr Salvatore pouring himself some coffee. Millie took a quick sip of coffee as she left the canteen. She stopped.

"Do you know who it is?" Millie asked, poking her head back around the canteen door.

"Uh, she's a young singer. Uh, Lucie something. Goldman?" he tried to recall.

Millie froze. "Lucie Goldham?" she asked, her heart began to race.

"Yes! That's it" he replied.

"FUCK!" Millie mouthed to herself silently. In that second her excitement to design for celebrity clients had turned into a living nightmare, she was minutes away from being face to face with Dex's girlfriend! She felt so sick as she walked along the corridor to her office. She grabbed her portfolio folder, her sketch pad and pencils and turned to walk back out of the door. She stopped on the spot for a moment, closed her eyes, took a deep breath and tried to calm her nerves, she needed to be confident. She's just a client, she's just a client, she told herself over and over again. She breathed out. Let's do this!

She nervously pushed open the boardroom door, wishing so hard that Ricco was there beside her like he normally would be. Of all the times for him to be away! Several people from her design department were already sat around the table. A young girl sat with her back to the door, her long white-blonde hair cascaded down the back of the chair. She turned around as Millie walked in, shooting her a perfect smile that stood out against her pale porcelain skin. She didn't look real, she was like a doll. Millie had only ever seen her in pictures but she looked more perfect in the flesh than she did in photos. She had the most stunning sea-green eyes Millie had ever seen but all she could think was Woah, she looks young! If Millie didn't know better she'd have guessed she was around 14! She couldn't imagine Dex being with her yet all she could think was she sleeps with Dex!

Millie walked around to the opposite side of the table and sat down, right in front of Lucie.

"We're just waiting for Mr Salvatore then we can begin," said Silvio, Mr Salvatore's personal assistant. "He's just grabbing a coffee," added Millie.

Lucie turned to look at Millie as she spoke, making eye contact. Millie looked away quickly feeling awkward.

Mr Salvatore appeared at the open door, he walked into the boardroom, closing it behind him.

"Right, let's get started," he said, putting his coffee down at the head of the table. "Firstly, welcome to Salvo's, Ms Goldham, we're very pleased to have you here," he began, wandering around the table. "Let me introduce you to our design team," he said. "This is Giovanna, head of design," he started, standing behind each person and gently touching them on the shoulder as he introduced them, as if they were at school. "This is Anthony, he's our stylist. This is Amelie, Millie is a senior designer here."