Secrets Hurt

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PLEASE MAKE ME SMILE AND VOTE BY CLICKING THAT STAR AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN... GRACIAS!!!

It's been three weeks after my dad and I had reached a truce. He gave me access to my trustfunds and I've been building 'Karla's Missguided Collection' aka KMC. I was able to bring the ideas on my sketchbook to life with the help of a wonderful team. Ethan has been super supportive, getting me access to top models who are excited to model my clothes and Damon and his band will be performing on my opening night. The media was buzzing about this, Bailey said it was so cool that she could tell people she knew me and was ecstatic when gave her an invite to my opening show, my dad told a bunch of his associates who have invested in KMC. People couldn't wait to be able to shop there. KMC is situated in Wales, I thought it'll be best to have just one office in Wales, so it'll be close to me, since I've got 3 more years of college. If at the end of the day I decide to move back to Phoenix, the office at Wales will just be a branch and the main head office will be in Phoenix, but I wasn't certain of my expansion plans yet. The opening party is fixed for this Friday, starting at 7pm and today was Thursday, I was pretty nervous but at the same time I was positive it'll turn out perfectly. I designed the gown I was gonna wear to close the show by giving a speech and I couldn't wait. It felt so good to have created something, I felt so good about myself, empowered and bold.

I was currently headed to KMC office to finalize stuff for the opening night. I wanted to have a once over to see if any last minute changes was required, Ethan volunteered to drive me.

"I'm so proud of you babe," Ethan says as he entwines our fingers,

"Thanks babe," I reply leaning over to place a kiss on his cheek,

"It's such a shame that I can't be here tomorrow," He says,

Ethan had to travel to Chia for his family business and would be missing my opening night, his flight was later today at 2pm.

"But you'll be here every night after, your business is important too babe, I understand," I say,

"Everything is set Miss Karla, we're set for the opening night," Violet, my assistant and the brain behind putting my idea together along side me says,

"Thanks Violet, I keep saying you should just call me Karla," I say, "Please gather everyone around now," I add,

I pick a bottle of champagne from a bucket of ice that was placed on the table in front of me as everyone gathers around. There were the painters, the architect, the models who were here for test runs of the clothes and getting familiar with the runway, Lisa, who's the head of HRM, Sam, who is our publicist, the computer team for our online store and other employees where here.

"So I want to make a toast to everyone here who has helped me actualize this dream, I never would have done it without you, I wanna apologize if I seemed mean or rude during the course of planning and birthing KMC, I hope you understand it was the stress of making everything perfect... I'm sorry for overworking you guys.... I love y'all and thanks once again for making Karla's Misguided Collection a dream come true and for making her official first birthday party a reality," I say and pop the Champagne, everybody claps, some people are hooting loudly as we all celebrate, after which we all head home, leaving behind the security team.

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I was currently at my apartment. I followed Ethan to the hanger where his jet was and wished him luck on his business trip and headed straight home.

"Here comes the fashion icon and designer Karla Kensington," Cynthia says as I enter our apartment,

"Yup, thanks for having me Cynthia," I say putting on a show as I cat walked into the living room and twirled in front of her,