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🌹CHAPTER FORTY - SIX🌹

Stepping out of the car and onto fancy red carpet that leads into a large house, on front of it is something written in French but I can't read it, but I assume that it is the name of the house or place that we're in. Hundreds of paparazzi are snapping a photo of us and asking us questions, all at once.

The only thing that is keeping those paparazzi's at bay are the bodyguards, and a fence, though I believe the fence isn't doing that much. Alexander has is arm wrapped around mine and together we walk on the red carpet and into the building.

I smile and try to walk normally, since all those flashing light are blinding my eyes, I feel like I can't even see anymore. "Just trust me..." Alexander says to me, I think he said something more but I couldn't hear him and because of the noise of all the people, and therefore I couldn't understand what he wanted to tell me.

But I do trust him if that's what he was trying to say. We walk inside and this is so much more than I had expected. The ballroom is decorated with crystals and balloons. Wait are those real diamonds? "I knew you'd like it, my family gets a bit over the top with this" He tells me and I let out a giggle.

"This is way beyond over the top" I tell him, there are so many people here, yet the ballroom isn't even full. I don't know if this is all the people who will be here or if there are more, I still have to find my mom, she should be around here somewhere.

"Alexander, my darling, you look fabulous" A woman says, a man beside her. They are dressed in their finest things or what I think are their finest things, like everyone in this ballroom. He lets go of my hand and hugs the woman and kisses her cheeks. "Mother, father, good to see you" He answers and I gape at the three of them.

Those are his parents, no way. He then handshakes his father. "And who is this marvelously beautiful lady?" The woman asks and looks at me. I blush at her words. "Mother, father, this is Rose Ace. Rose, these are my parents, Mr. And Mrs. Knight" Alexander introduces us.

I'm feeling a bit nervous of meeting his parents. They are smiling at me. "I'm delighted to meet you, Mr. And Mrs. Knight" I say to them, they gape at me and I feel like I have done something wrong. "Oh, well. You two have fun" The woman only says and the two of them leave.

Was that weird or was that weird? I can't tell anymore what is strange and what is not. Then again, I'm in Paris on a ball, so strange thing can happen. Her husband, his father didn't even say a word to me or even to his son. "What was that all about?" I blurt out of me before I have the time to stop myself.

I really should not have said that, these were is parents for god's sake and people don't say things like that to their children. "Don't worry about" He says but there is something behind his voice that I can't exactly read what it is. We sit down by a table.

"The bid will begin in about ten minutes and I trust you know how a bid works" He says and I shake my head, I've heard about those bids but never have I actually learned what they are or even been at one. He sighs. "Well, then rules are very simple" He says.

"They bring out a valuable item out on the stage and the bid begins, the more money that the buyer gives the more money the charity will get. Every year the money that the charity gets is about fifty million dollars from these charity balls that myth family hosts" He says and I'm in awe of how much money that is.

Then again, most of the guests have a lot more money than that and they do have a lot of it. "Will you be buying something?" I ask him, I do want to buy something but I certainly don't have the money for it, since the money that I have isn't that much and I'm saving for my own company.

But, I promise that when I have my own company and enough money, I will buy something and give a lot of money to charity. "Of course I do" He answers me and then we continue to talk about this ball, but then again this ball hasn't really stared, yet.

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"And that folks was the last item on our list, the money will be going to charity, but for now you can enjoy the ball. The Dance will begin shortly" Alexander's mother says, she's been hosting the bid the whole time, I have to say that bids aren't that much fun.

The only fun thing is the outcome and the money that will go to charity, but other than that, it's not exactly the mostly fun thing to watch through. People were just buying random things for a lot of money. Alexander bought a vase, which I think was ugly but I guess he likes it.

I tried to look on the bright side of this whole thing, but I found it impossible. And, I still haven't found my mom, then again there are so many people in here that it's impossible to find anyone. I've already made that mental note to not get lost in this ball or being away from Alexander, because I already know that I will never find him again.

"Do you wish to dance with me?" Alexander asks me after about five minutes, few people are on the dance floor and are dancing and every couple of second, more people join in the dancing. "I don't know this dance" I tell him, I really don't know how to dance at all.

I never wanted to learn how to dance, as I never found it something that I should have learned for my company old studying for my company. I'm a bit embarrassed that I never learned it earlier in my life because it's so strange to be on a ball and not even able to dance.

"Don't worry, I'll lead. This dance is an easy one, even a child can do it" He says, obviously trying to joke about this and make me not as nervous as I was before. "All right, but I don't want to make a fool out of my self" I tell him. I'm surrounded by people who are respected in society.

And those people are people that I will be alongside once but for now, I just want to look like them and pretend that I' one of them, and that also means making no mistakes or looking like a fool. From what I've learned from my mom is that people like these only want everything perfect.

"Nonsense, you could never make a fool out of yourself, even if you were dressed as a banana" He tells me and I giggle. "You want me to dress like a banana?" I ask him while silently laughing, this is too funny and I'm only teasing him with it.

"As much as that would be amusing, I'm afraid that will have to wait. Now, let's dance before it will be too late" He says and his hand reaches out for me to take. I look at it before I hesitantly take his and the two of us stand up. "I'm warning you, I can't dance this dance" I say to him, I'm shaking from fear.

Messing up in this dance in front of everyone, they will know that I made a mistake they never forget about it. Trust me, these people don't forget mistakes that other people have done and they use those mistakes to blackmail the one who made the mistake by spilling it to the paparazzi or they can do whatever they wanted them to do.

I learned that from Alexander's many meetings that I've attended, I hate to say it, but he does this too. If people aren't doing whatever he wants then he will blackmail then, I don't like the method that he uses but it does work. Those people will do everything they can to keep their reputation.

That is how the rivalry begin in the business world, but I don't want to be that way. I neither want to be the one to make mistakes or be the one to use other people's mistakes as a weapon to get them to do whatever I want or I will leak it to the press and possibly destroy their reputation as well as their image, I will not be that kind of person, I won't allow myself to be.

Hand in hand we walk to the dance floor. "All right, one of your hand is supposed to hold your dress, so it won't get under your feet and bother you and your other hand will be holding mine. I will hold your hand and I will also have my other hand around your waist, like so" He says and then his arm sneaks around my waist.

I actually gasp slightly when he has his hand on my waist, and I hold my breath. "Now, follow my lead" He says and then he begins moving and I move along with him and the music which is playing a song that I'm unfamiliar with, and we start dancing and we're actually good at it. I let out the breath that I was holding, which was burning my lungs.

In my mind, I'm good at this. Well, I haven't stepped on his toes or anything like that so I'd say I'm doing pretty great, then again it could just be me. "You are doing great" Alexander says and I gape at him, did he just read my mind? Or was this just a funny coincidence that just happened to happen.

"Thank you" I say as I blush, I'm so glad that he can't see my blush. "You're doing a good job too" I tell him and for the time being, I feel like we're just the two of us here. As if we are the only two people in the world and in that ballroom, dancing there.

I feel like in a Disney princess fairytale right now and it's making me so happy. This truly is the happiest day of my life. The people around us don't seem like they are even there, even if they are around us dancing, but I don't notice them.

All I notice are his eyes, the eyes that I love to get lost in and I would love to get lost in them forever. He leans in to my ear. "Have I told how stunning you look in that dress" He whispers and his husky voice sends shivers down my spine and I blush even more right about now.

If I hadn't had this make-up on my face, I would have looked like a tomato. "Yes, but, I do like it when you keep saying it" I tell him with a smirk, as we dance. It's like we're owning the dance floor and his eyes really make me forget everything and all the things that have been happening, all I can think of is him and this dance that apparently really good at.

Then suddenly at this moment, right here and now, something comes to me, something that has been hidden away in my body for some time now and I have been so foolish for not realizing it sooner. I look at his eyes. "Alexander" I say and he looks at me in the eyes. "Yes?" He asks with a smile down at me. "I love you" I finally say, admitting my feelings for him.