Mr Billionaires Secret Baby

Chapter 76 Every thing was in place for tonight's introductory event.

The guess list had been finalized with majority of those invited confirming their attendance. It cas no surprise that everyone had shown eagerness to attend. the news itself had been to talk for days and | could only imagine that everyone was more than intrigued and thrilled to welcScott to the circle.

it was mostly due to the fact that Scott had really invested in local businesses and he’s aimed target was usually foreign and more established companies. naturally that did makes sense especially for a good businessman.

everyone knew that it was better too invest in a booming business then one that was just getting back to it.

that had been the very reason that had everyone's tongues wagging about the news. who could fault them? | could still recall how surprised | was when Lucy had toldabout this.

| had stopped by at the venue earlier and was quite pleased with how everything had turned out. the decor was far beyond what | had been expecting and | was quite pleased with how it had turned. out. The colour schthat | settled on had been a matte black and royal blue. The two colours. contrasted perfectly well and added a little edge to the over all look.

The round tables had been placed spaciously in an orderly manner when black table covers were placed over.

Plates and cutlery were all set and blue napkins were tucked neatly beneath each plate. It was all perfect and ready with an hour to spare before the even began.

| rushed back hto get myself ready as the host to the event | couldn't be late by any means and not even fasterly late would do. all of the companies investors amongst the board of directors and important figures would be in attendance and everything has to be perfect.

after hopping into the steamy shower | had scrubbed every part of my b*dy and leather up with shampoo for it by conditioner and then a quick hair treatment which | had rinsed of before getting out of the shower. | wrapped a bath towel around my b*dy and swooped my hair up in to a smaller one to dry a little bit.

The sparkling beaded black dress that | had picked out for tonight was beautiful. It was not tic by any means. The length of it was just above my knee but the fit had been perfect. | dried my b*dy and threw on matching underwear before | si*pped the dress on and zipped it up thanks to the zipper fitted on the side of the dress rather than the back.

off The dress had fitlike a second skin and hugged my b*dy perfectly. The n*eckline was square one which showed a little bit of cleavage but also gave the illusion of a bit more fuller chest but it was nothing inappropriate just a dress well fitted.

I dried my hair thoroughly before going in with a curler and pinning it tightly to set in place whilst I did my make up. | did a warm smokey eye and went with a brownish red I*p shade and just the perfect amount of bronzer over my make up to give my bone structure sadded definition.

Dre 11:35 Fri, 8 Mar RBM Chapter 76 I had fifteen minutes before | had to leave and I quickly finished my hair, loosening the curls. before sliding on a pair of stilettos. A few spritz of perfand one final approving look and | was ready to leave.

My arrival was right on time. It was just before eight meaning that guests would begin arriving any minute now and once they did, they would be welcomed and ushered in to the awaiting room.

“I just took a look at the ball room. It looks amazing. | gasped at being caught off guard before turning slightly to find Adam heading my way from the ball room.

“What are you doing here so early?” | asked recovering my surprise.

Adam had already been dress in a fine looking tuxedo for tonight. “I was here way before you. | thought you could use shelp in case anything went wrong at the last minute. He said and | immediately knocked my knucled against the wooden panel of the window where we stood.

Adam chuckled but | was not amused. “Why would any thing go wrong at the last minute?’ | asked skeptically and he sighed.

“I didn’t mean it like that. | was just being safe in case you forgot to take care of sthing. He explained and | wanted to mess with him a little.

“And why would | have forgotten to take care of sthing?” | crossed my arms over my chest and looked at him with a sharp glare.

“Oh, dear god, Sophia. Forget | even said a word.” He held his hand up surrender and | laughed.

“I know, | know. | was only messing with you.” | saw him relax and grin at me.

Adam walked around withas we did a final check and stopped by to check in with the catering. The guests begin to arrive and | headed to the ball room awaiting the crowd to flock through.

Half an hour later, every one on the list has arrived. From the oldest investor to our newest addition, all began flocking through to open doors of the ball room after posing for pictures outside. It was not in my plan for paparazzi to show up but they did and no one seemed to mind so | let it be. If any thing it would serve as amazing news headlines for tomorrow all adding to the good publicity.

“Sophia, how lovely to see you again.” | turned to see Mr. Lumley suited up with a woman half hist age on his arm.

| smiled brightly at him. “The pleasure is always mine, Mr Lumley. I'm so pleased that you could make it here tonight. Lumley was one of the company’s oldest investors joining in when my uncle still had things on a good footing- The man sprouted a few more dozen white hairs and his once full dark head of hair was now mostly made up of silver strands. Despite the effects of inevitable aging, the man was still incredibly well kept making the woman on his arm explainable. Well, that and money, of course.

Dre 35 Fri, 8 Mar R Bu Chapter 76 “I must admit | had great fear for Deluxe Inc. ever since your uncle had gotten sick but | can easily say that you are doing an incredible job. I've seen the progress report and you've achieved so much in such a short amount of time.” He praisedand | blushed but simultaneously beamed with pride.

“Thank you. That really means a lot.” | said and he glanced over where every one had been crowding at surrounding Scott. “I'm sure that was what had convinced him to join as well. Your company is making good talks in the realm of business and reaching the right ears.” He winked atbefore grinning proudly atand leading the woman in his arm further in for he ball room.

| scanned the room and watched every one mingle for a bit. This was amazing. | couldn’t help but feel the fuzziness of pride as | looked at the crowd that gathered just for tonight and it was the hit of realisation that | needed to know that | had been doing sthing right and I couldn't let it all sl*p through my fingers and land in Dante's hands.

As | looked around, my searching eyes locked with a pair of familiar ones and | recognised it instantly. My breath caught for a moment as | noticed Dante had been looking atfor who knew how long. He was at the far end of the ball room with a glass of amber coloured liquid in his grasp and | reminded myself to get a glass of it myself.

| would need the booze if | were to survive. tonight with Dante and Scott in the sroom for a few hours.

The distance between Dante and | had been scattered with people moving around but | caught Dante’s attention scan over the dress that | had been wearing like he was peeling it of and away from my skin with his eyes. His gaze darkened even as his hold tightened around the glass as he continued to drag his eyes lower ove my bare legs but it was when he looked at the heels did I see his jaw clench before he relaxed it. He downed the contents of his glass in one swift move.

“Ah, there's the host.” | heard Scott speak from my right hand side and saw Dante grow annoyed when he saw Scott approach me.

| tore my gaze away from Dante and recomposed myself before looking at Scott. Scott really took the event being in his honour to its full meaning. He wore a very expensive Italian made suit that one could easily tell had been tailor made by the way it had fitted him. His hair was freshly cut and styled and his jaw cleanly shaven, looking every bit the part.

“You look stunning” He complimentedas he had taken a full inspection ofand | began to get annoyed. | was not a spectacle to be eyed as | had been and Scott had certainly taken his tbut the man couldn’t seem to get past my cleavage.

| cleared my throat, trapping his gaze with mine so it didn’t wander. “You clean up well enough. yourself.” | said lightly. “The investors are very pleased that you are joining their ranks.” | informed him but he shrugged like he was very aware of this.

“I know most of the people in this room so that makes things a lot easier. A few of them | have running business ventures with but it helps that it’s all in good relations.” He said but | saw him look over to where | knew Dante had been and his I*ps pressed in to a thin line. “Well, with most people.” He added under his breath.

| reached out to touch his arm but all | felt was rippling, hard muscle but I tried to think past what B75] Dre FN, 8 Mar RGL Chapter 26 my hand felt beneath the smooth texture of the material.

82% “Scott, | must apologize for what happened the other day in the cafe. Don’t mind Dante. He is still adapting to you as a new competitive addition. | still felt terrible about the way Dante had behaved and | didn’t get a chance to address it properly until now.

Scott's brushed it off as he always did and forced a tight smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes. “You don’t need to be cleaning up his mess, Sophia. Either way, he doesn’t intimidateeven if he likes to think that he does.

Scott offeredhis arm and I took it as he lead around the room.

“I know but I just wanted to apologize for what happened.” | could hear the guilt in my own voice even though it wasn’t my crthat | was apologizing for.

Scott threwa perculiar glance and | knew he was about to say sthing that | wasn’t going to like.

“Have you grown soft towardsalready?” He teased but | rolled my eyes at him.

“Hell hasn't frozen over yet. | retorted playfully right before we were swooped up in to conversation by guests who wanted to engage with Scott and welchim.

At spoint, we all had been seated and food had been served. | chose the seat next to Adam and away from Dante and Scott but both of them had been seated at saperate tables on adjacent sides. It was best that they be kept saperate especially since who knew what Dante’s mood and motive was this evening.

Amidst the eating and lull of chatter that filled the room as every one seemed to be having a good time, Mr.

Lumley rose from his seat with his glass in hand and a knife in the other. He tapped the knife against the side of his glass to gain everyone's attention and the room fell to silence.

“This evening has been spectacular. A room filled with talented, successful, and like-minded people. What could be more lovely? Furthermore, | would like to thank our host, the beautiful Sophia, for gathering us here tonight.” | raised my glass to him as people cheered in agreement.

Lumley wasn’t done yet because he scanned the room until he found Scott. “We all welcyou warmly to the team and we look forward to working together.” He looked around the room now. “Enjoy the rest of your evening.” Lumley concluded his toast before taking his seat again as a round of applause filled through the room.

“Lumley is the life of the party tonight.” Adam leaned in to say toand | knew exactly what he meant. “I can’t tell if it’s the booze or the lady on his arm that lifted his spirits so highly. | bit back a laugh and covered it with a small cough aware of the other guests seated around the table.

“A little bit of both.” | said in amusement. Lumley was naturally laid back but tonight was a little more than usual and | thought that | had been the only one to have noticed his energy tonight.

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