His Beautiful Addiction

Although she was saying that Tiana was prettier, she just wanted them to see her as someone very humble.

''Oh, you're so down to earth! '' one of the maids said again and they nodded and whispered among themselves. Gwen smiled to herself, her second plan was getting everyone in the house on her side, once everyone liked her; there wouldn't be much angst when she became Nicklaus's fiancée in the future.

They laughed and talked about other things as they waited for the meal to get cooked;

''Say, we heard that you are going to be a model? ''

Gwen's eyes flashed to the person that spoke; wow! She didn't know they even eavesdropped on conversations here, interesting.

''No, not a model, she's going to be Tiana's makeup artist. '' Another corrected her and Gwen's smile dwindled. What irritated her most was when she was placed below Tiana, it irked her to her very bones but she pretended to be fine.

''Well, yes, I'm a makeup artist, but no, not Tiana's. ''

''Oh thank God, it would be weird to make you her makeup artist when you are her sister. '' Veronica heaved a sigh of relief and she continued;

''I was even thinking that she would use her influence to give you a modeling job since you are just as beautiful and tall. '' The other workers grew quiet, even when they wanted to be on the good side of Gwen, that didn't mean they had the right to disrespect their boss' wife, so they didn't say anything in response to what Veronica said.

When Veronica saw that everyone was silent, she felt ashamed;

''oh, I'm sorry, it was a slip. '' her head bowed as she apologized. Gwen smiled at her and shook her head;

''It's okay, but don't say rash things about my sister. I never said I wanted to be a model; I've always wanted to be a makeup artist. They are two different things. '' She smiled and turned to the cooker;

''Right, seems the food is ready. '’ She breathed in the aroma as she opened the lid. Soon, they all forgot what Veronica said and busied around with the plates, but it never left Gwen's thoughts.

Now, she needed someone brave, who wasn't afraid of Tiana on her side, and Veronica just proved to be one. She was fierce and at the same time an opportunist and the way she stayed around her, was not because she liked her, but because she was out for something she could gain from her.

She was the perfect person to use.

As they put the food in the dishes, Tiana walked into the kitchen and when she saw Gwen she smiled;

''Oh, I've been looking around for you, didn't know you decided to cook today. '' she smiled as she looked into the several dishes on the long table;

''Wow, did you make all these? '' Tiana asked, wide-eyed and Gwen chuckled;

''don't flatter me sis, you've always known I love to cook and besides everyone was here to help with the cooking. ''

She said as she pointed at the few maids standing beside her and they nodded at Tiana.

''That's splendid! Finally, I would taste your meal after so many months, I can't wait. Now follow me, I have something for you, the chefs can continue from here. ''

She said and pulled Gwen by the hand, taking her out of the kitchen.

''What is it? '' Gwen asked as they walked out. Tiana turned to her with a sweet smile;

''Your dress is here, finally! ''

Gwen's lips stretched; ''really? Where is it, let me try it on! ''

''it's in your room. '' Tiana was excited; they didn't get a dress for Gwen because they didn't want to guess her measurements, and they only took the measurements after she returned. She was scared at first that the dress wouldn't be done before the wedding, and she was so glad it finally came. As they walked to Gwen's room, she prayed it would fit perfectly.

''Wow! '' Tiana exclaimed when she saw Gwen on the dress.

''How is it?'' Gwen asked as she walked in front of the mirror to look at herself. For a second, her breath hitched on her throat, damn! She was gorgeous.

''You are stunning, Gwen. I can't wait for you to get married, you look so perfect in the dress.''

Tiana squealed excitedly. Gwen was her chief bridesmaid, so she told her designers to make her dress very beautiful.

Gwen smiled; yes she almost looked like a bride to be, except that her dress was color pink. If it was white, she would have imagined herself as the bride.

''Do you like it?'' Tiana asked and she chuckled;

''Are you even asking that, I totally love it! It's perfect! ''

''Yeah it is, now take it off, we don't want any stains on it. ''

Gwen chuckled and hurriedly took off the gown.

''Why do you want a small wedding? '' she asked as she put her clothes back on. Sometimes she didn't understand Tiana, she was getting married to Nicklaus, Nicklaus Howells of all Bachelors in California, and she wanted a small wedding, wasn't she crazy?

Tiana laughed; ''I don't want any fans throwing eggs at me on my wedding dress as I'm leaving the church. ''

''That's not possible, the security would be around, and paparazzi won't even be able to get in. ''

''Yeah, that's the point, I don't want to be cautious of whether the security is tight enough or not. I just want to be free, in fact, I just want to see the people I know and not people who are there because they were obligated to. ''

''tsh, okay. ''

''Yeah, after the wedding, the pictures would be released to the public, that's how we want it. ''

Gwen smiled; ''Alright, let's go eat, I'm famished. '' she didn't like Tiana's tone when she spoke about Nicklaus. She must give it to her, she was a very good pretender, to be able to pretend that she didn't take Nicklaus away from her so perfectly and act like the kind and good sister.

Just now, the way she spoke about the wedding, as though she was telling her that her opinion did not matter at all.

But it was fine; she was going to take everything she gave to her now, but very soon, everything was going to turn around and, she was going to be the one saying that to her.

And she was going to have a grand wedding. Every single soul in the city of California was going to know about it. And when she had taken everything back from her, she would make sure she looked her in the face and tell her that she finally won in the end.

Gwen looked at Tiana who was smiling at her and she beamed;

As the day passed by, she didn't know why she hated her more.

…

Diana and Michael walked out of the company, his hands were in his pockets as they walked towards their car, suddenly he saw a man almost run into her and he reflexively pulled her to the other side;

''Watch where you are going; '' he said to the man but he didn't respond. Diana smiled and looked behind her; she was sure it was a freak because the road was wide enough for five persons, so if he was walking in front of her, it was intentional.

''It's one of my fans, well not fans, but then I don't know what to call them, you know, even when there is a rule, they just don't obey it, and you can't keep reporting every person that runs into you. They can say it was a mistake. ''

Michael sighed; ''yeah, one of the minuses of being a celebrity. ''

He opened the passenger's seat and she got in, then he got into the driver's side.

''Do you realize you're a celebrity now? '' Diana asked with a chuckle. Sometimes she wondered if he even knew he was a celebrity. Starring in this movie with her after all the rumors were enough to make him a celebrity, plus he was incredibly handsome.

Michael chuckled; ''I highly doubt. ''

''Have you checked your IG recently? '' Diana asked, ready to shock the hell out of him.

''No… '' Michael replied as he drove out of the company. They were going to get the contracts for the movie signed.

''Good, do you remember how many followers you had last when you checked? ''

Michael laughed; ''are we doing this now? ''

''Oh yes we are! I'm just about to prove to you that you are officially a celebrity. So answer me; ''

''Okay, I think it was 15k or so. ''

''Wow, that was a lot still, so let's see how many you have now, let me see your phone. ''

Michael handed her his phone and she clicked on his IG app and clicking on his profile she hid the phone;

''Guess how many you have now. ''

Michael laughed; ''I'm not good at guessing, just tell me. ''

Diana laughed; ''just say anything, ''

''Okay, um, 50k? ''

Diana laughed; ''I officially welcome you to the world of celebrities, make sure you don't do crazy stuff outside else you don't know who might be watching. You have 3.1 million followers; I think you need to verify your account now. ''

''Jesus! '' Michael laughed, taking the phone from her to be sure.

'' You're serious now; ''

''I bet 95% of those people are women,'' Diana said.

'' and why so many messages?'' 

He noticed that he had so many direct messages; ''check them for me.''

Diana was shocked;

Did he just ask her to check his messages?