THE CEO

CHAPTER 12

*TRISHA'S POV"
I had the day off, which means I had the whole day to prepare for the gala. I knew I couldn't do this alone so I needed extra help. Calling Elisa, she was at my apartment faster Than the speed of light. That's her specialty. We haven't had girls time in a long time so I was pretty excited about spending time with her and also she is a fashion guru, I need her right now.

"Girl we don't have all day. Get your butt out of the shower right now and let's go over to my designer" she said while typing away on her phone. I was in the bathroom taking my sweet time because I really needed a long shower. Getting out of the bathroom I go over to my closet to pick out something simple to wear since I'll still have to change into a different outfit. The worse part.

"I'm done. Let's go" with that we were off to Elisa's designer. One thing you should know is that Elisa goes to a lot of galas and dinners. Her dad is one of the most influential men in the city and Elisa works for her father's company so she represents him by going for all his events and dinners. Matter of fact she was invited to the Gala by Mr. Gardner but she has a very important meeting set for that day.

During the whole car ride we were catching up and just jamming up to our favorite songs on the radio. Dreading this moment, we finally arrive at the Designer's boutique and I must say it was really fancy. Going into the boutique, Elisa was greeted by the staffs and it very was obvious that she was a regular. I scanned through the room and it was like heaven for princesses, the clothing racks were filled with really beautiful gowns and shiny apparel to go with them. While still lost in the beauty of the boutique we were approached by a middle-aged blonde woman dressed like she was brought out of the cover of a 1970's magazine. She had the vintage look going well for her.

"Oh, my darling. It's so nice to see you at this time of the year. Let me guess, another gala I presume?" She said smiling happily at Elisa.
"You guessed right Helen, but not for me this time. I brought my friend" said Elisa as she and the lady who I guess her name was Helen looked over at me.
"Hi" I said suddenly feeling a little self-conscious. This was definitely not my scene.

"Oh my. What a beautiful face" Helen said as she made her way over to my side  "and I'm positive that you must be hiding a beautiful body under those hideous clothing" she said like she didn't just indirectly insult me. 
"I leave her in your hands Helen. I'm sure you would do a wonderful job. I'll be in the waiting room" Elisa said, leaving me alone with this woman who I just met and was freaking me out a little bit.

"Let's get to it shall we?" She said as she left for a moment and brought back a bunch of dresses in her arm "ok so go try them on. The changing room is straight down the hall. I and Miss Elisa will be there to assist you in picking the one you like best. I assure you that you will absolutely love everything. Okay now enough talking, more changing" with that she walked away.
Without wanting to waste much time at "beauty land" I went down the hall and found the dressing room. I pick out the first outfit. It was a long Emerald Green dress embedded with stones on it. It had a round neck that covered up all of my body and I was really comfortable with that. I stepped out of the changing room into the waiting room and I hear Elisa coo over me.

"Oh wow this is so beautiful. You look so pretty" she said and I agreed completely. I guess this has to be it.
"No no, darling. I don't think so. You need to step out of your comfort zone. You look like you are hiding your body in That dress and I don't want that" Helen said with a disapproving look on her face. I went back into the dressing room to pick out the next dress. This was a yellow dress with a long sleeve. It looked really good with the dress flowing down to the floor. I went out of the changing room into the waiting room again and I could see Elisa's approving look but not Helen's.

"This is a really lovely dress but I'm still not satisfied darling" said Helen and at this point I was exhausted.
"Can't we just go with this. I wouldn't even be noticed" I said trying as much as possible to get this over with. This time Helen stood up and walked over to me

"My job is to make sure you stand out In the crowd and if I cannot make that happen then I see no reason opening up this boutique. I need you to understand that you are very beautiful Miss Trisha and you have to see that. Now go into that room" she said as she turned my around "and pick something you know would be beautiful even though it is out of your comfort zone. Now go" with that she left me to go into the changing room. I was standing over the bunch of clothes looking down at every one of them.

I had been avoiding this Red dress amongst the bunch but I decide to pick it up and just step a little bit out of my comfort zone. I put on the dress and looking at the mirror in the changing room it looked like I really stepped out of my comfort zone. I might be standing at a good 15 feet away from my comfort zone.
It was a long V-neck off the shoulder dress that hugged every curve of my body which revealed a lot of cleavages. It also had a long slit that reached my thigh at the front of the dress. I had second thoughts about this dress but I decided that I'll let the people see it first and judge it. I walked out of the changing room into the waiting room and I hear a gasp from Elisa.

"Holy smokes! Where have you been hiding that body?" Elisa said looking at me in awe. I looked over to Helen and I wasn't sure if she was pleased about the dress.
"This is it. This is your dress Miss Trisha" she said grinning widely at me "wow. You have got a great body." She added as she looked at my head to toe. I had no say, I guess this was it.

"Perfect. So we got the dress, now we do hair" Elisa said giggling like a little girl. We paid for the dress. More like Elisa paid for the dress. The hairstylist place was just opposite the boutique so we went across the street and into the salon. We met with the hairstylist, he introduce himself as Tyler and Elisa suggested that I should try a new color so I decided to dye my hair blond. I was really scared about dying my hair,but when it was done I had to admit that it looked really good. I felt different. My hair was naturally long so I just had a little trim off the edges.

I also got it curled which made it full and wavy. It was already late at night when we were done so I and Elisa ate out before going home. When I got home I was tired and excited at the same time. Tomorrow was the Gala and I had to look and be my best. Thanks to Elisa I already got that part sorted out so all I had to do was show up to the event and make sure I don't embarrass Mr. Gardner.

That should be easy

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