Now and Forever

Chapter 39

Amelia P.O.V

"Yeah I think- Ow Audrey! Not to tight!" My eyes bulged right out of their sockets when Audrey pulled

the strings of the bust on my dress too tight. Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"It isn't even that tight!" She complained but loosened it a bit.

"Where did Alexis go again? The last time I saw her was on Wednesday." I stepped up on the platform

and observed myself.

A black off-Shoulder evening dress, full length gown stared back at me. On the bodice of the dress

there was a stunning bardot sweetheart neckline. It was figure hugging and had a slit starting mid thigh.

My makeup consisted of only foundation, mascara, a plum matte lipstick and eyeshadow. Simple.

It was beautiful, simple but one hell of an expensive dress.

"She went on a mini trip back to Italy with my parents but will be back next Saturday."

"Audrey I still think we shouldn't have gone for a dress that was expensive as this." I pursed my lips

and looked at her through the mirror.

"It was only 400 dollars Amelia and if I may remind you, your married to Alexander Freakin' Knight! Oh

and just to jog up your memory, he's a billionaire." Why does everybody keep reminding me of how rich

he is? I mean yes I know, I'm married to the guy.

"Yeah but that doesn't make me feel any better buying something as expensive as this if I'm only going

to wear it once." I stepped off the pedestal and sat down on the chair, waiting for Audrey to start her

magic on my hair.

"You're not going to wear it only once."

"Are you trying to convince me or yourself?" I asked playfully when I saw the uncertainty on her face.

"Shut up! Now, let me get this done before my brother comes in here complaining about how long it

takes to get ready." And so she started.

"And... done! And I went for simple like you asked me even though I don't like the idea."

"Hey I heard that!"

"I know! You were supposed to!" We both laughed and then she spun me to face the mirror.

She had parted my hair in the middle and gelled it back then tied it in a low puff. Simple, but elegant.

"I really under-"

"We're going to be late Amelia!" Alexander shouted from the other end of the closet door. "Coming!"

Audrey tossed me a clutch that I caught with ease and put in the most important things: my phone,

lipstick and gum.

"Wait shoes!"

"Oh!" I sat down and pulled on my black 4 inch platform heels and stood up, steading myself before

walking then falling flat on my face. That would have been embarrassing.

"Okay, how do I look?"

"You look beautiful, now go! Go!" Audrey literally shoved me out of the closet, making me trip over

oxygen and falling onto non other than.. you guessed it! Alexander freakin' Knight!

But of course, he barely budged when all my weight was thrown onto him but simply grabbed my arms

and helped me stand up straight.

He raised an eyebrow when I was back on my feet, as if asking if I was okay without saying a thing.

To tell you I was embarrassed would be the understatement of the year.

"I'm fine." I cleared my throat and he tilted his head to the side a little bit as if asking 'are you sure?'

And when I nodded that's when he ran his eyes over my body. Again. And again. His eyes staying a

little longer on my chest, waist, and hips, suddenly making me feel insecure.

"Can we go now? We're going to be late, remember?" He broke out of whatever spell he was in and

looked back up to my face, the top of his ears and cheeks turning crimson.

"*ahem* right, let's go." He turned around and walked out of the room, me following closely behind him.

***

"Nice to meet you Mr and Mrs Knight, my name is Ted Garcia and this is my lovely wife Marabella

Garcia." And again like the past three couples we have met in the past 45 minutes we've been here:

the wife was making 'goo goo eyes' at Alexander which was terribly disturbing considering the fact her

husband was right there and like the husband, he couldn't keep his eyes off me which was just utterly

disgusting.

"Hi nice to meet you." I stuck my hand out for a handshake but was met with an unpleasant surprise

when he pecked my knuckles which made me immediately withdraw my hand and smile tightly at him.

Ow! I winced when when Alexander suddenly tightened his grip on my waist and when I looked up at

him, he had a blank expression on his face while listening to whatever Ted was saying.

"How would you, Mrs Knight," I looked back at Marabella, "like to come with me to 'hang out' with the

other ladies?" She took a hold of my hand and tugged lightly on it.

"Oh no I wouldn-"

"Oh come on! It would be fun! I promise!" I looked back up to Alexander for help but this idiot just gave

me a light push towards Marabella's direction.

"See? Your husband's okay with it, so come on, I promise you won't regret it!" And that my friends, is

how the person I trusted most in this rich people place gave me up. Just. Like. That.

I swear to god I'll kill this son of a-

"*ahem* ladies if I may have your attention," Marabella said when we had reached a table that sat

classy looking women, "this, is Mrs Alexander Knight." Okay did she really have to say the 'Alexander'

part? Because it was really useless if you ask me.

They all got silenced, looking at me with surprise written all over their faces.

"No way, that can't be her!" One of the women said.

"Well I found her with him so how can it not be her?" Marabella raised and eyebrow at the girl.

"Just because you found her with him doesn't mean it's her Marabella!" Another one said like I wasn't

even here.

"Look at her ring!" Marabella grabbed my hand and put it up for everyone to see.

They all gasped and it went silent. I slowly put my hand down and played with the ring, waiting for all of

them to say something.

"How would you," someone stood up and dragged out a chair next to them, "like to become my new

bestie?" She walked over to me and literally snatched me out of Marabella's hold and situated me

down in the chair, nobody's eyes moving off me.

Things just got waaay more awkward..

"Sh sh! Everybody quiet! He's coming!" And just like that, everybody at the table was quiet, looking

behind me and leaving me confused.

"Ladies." I could recognize that voice from anywhere! I looked behind me and there stood Alexander.

"May I please have this dance?" He raised an eyebrow and I nodded, accepting his hand. Anything

would be better than a table filled with women that talk about anything and everything, anybody and

everybody and as I would like to call it; The Alexander Knight Fandom.

"Oh my god you do not know how grateful I am for that but your timing was horrible." We stopped in a

spot and got into our positions; my hands on his shoulders and his arms around my waist.

"Really? Because It looked like you were having a lot of fun." He smirked and looked down at me,

reminding me of our height difference.

"Fun?" I scoffed and rolled my eyes, "the only topic they discuss is Alexander Knight."

"Oh really? And what do they say?" He spun me around and caught me with ease when I came back

round. "*ahem* 'Alexander's so hot' 'I wish Charlie could be more like Alexander' Alexander's this and

Alexander's that- you could think they don't have husbands." I scoffed and rolled my eyes again.

"Uh-oh."

"Uh-oh what?"

"Sounds to me like someone's jealous." Crazy fake husband say what?

"J.. je.. jealous? Me?" I scoffed and rolled my eyes, again.

"Well yeah, then why else would it bother you that they were talking about how amazing I am." I could

literally hear the smirk in his voice.

"Okay first of all; you are not that amazing and second of all; it does not bother me that they were

talking about you in that manner." It felt like a lie. What I said actually felt like I just lied, making me feel

guilty.

"Whatever you say." I looked up at him, smirking as usual; I get he wasn't convinced.

"But it's the tru-"

"I'm so sorry to bother you again but may I please borrow you wife for a second?" One of the ladies

from the table interrupted me, looking at Alexander like he was dinner. Oh how disgusting..

I looked up at Alexander, daring him to send me away with her.

"Sure, we'll be leaving 20." He took his hands off my waist and gave me light push in the direction of

the woman. How dare he?!

"I'm sure we'll be done by then, thank you." She grabbed me by my hand and pulled me towards the

direction of the bathroom.

"Why are we in the bathroom?" I asked when she closed the door behind us and let go of my arm.

"Okay, where did you come from and why?" She stood two feet away from me and crossed her arms,

her smile immediately falling off her her face.

"Pardon?" She rolled her eyes and crossed her arms, two women coming out of no where and standing

by her side and mimicking her position.

"You know what I asked dumb ass." Hold on, rewind please.. did she just call me a dumb ass? No

thank you.5

"Did you just call me a dumb ass?"

"Yes I did. What are you going to do about it?" She smirked and tilted her head slightly to the right.

"I'm going to be the bigger person." I turned around and just as I was about to take a step towards the

door, she put her hand on my shoulder, her claw like nails digging into my skin.

"No, you're going to stay here and answer all our questions. Now sit down." Did I mention there were

sofa's in this bathroom? No? Okay well now you know how filthy rich these guys are.

The faster I do this the sooner I go home.

I obliged and sat down, them following soon after.

"Why did you get married to Alexander?" She started off.

"Oh I see what this is about," I scoffed and crossed my arms, "your just jealous that Alexander's

married to me, isn't it?" They all avoided eye contact with me, answering my question without having to

talk.

"You're all pathetic." I shook my head in disgust, "you all are married," I looked down at their hands to

see big beautiful diamonds staring back at me, "but you all act like your husbands don't even exist."

"It's not our faults your husband would always be a thousand times hotter than any of ours would." One

of the other girls spoke up, sounding just as stupid as I anticipated.

"And will always be a thousand times more richer than Alexander." The second one spoke up, all of

them agreeing with her.

"I mean, that's why you're with him, right? The money and the looks?" The ring leader spoke up, a sly

smile coming over lips.

"Are you serious right now? I actually *ahem* l.. love my husband and I'm not with him for the money."

Lie. Lie. Lie. All I do is lie.

"Then why do you look uncomfortable saying you love him huh?" Could these girls be more obnoxious?

"I- excuse me." I scattered through my purse to find my phone, mentally thanking it for its great timing.

"Hello?" I picked up when Alexander's ID popped up.

"Where are you?"

"I'm in the bathroom." I looked over to the girls whose eyes literally popped out of their heads when

they found out who I was talking to.

"We're leaving now."

"I'll be there in a minute." He hung up and I put my phone back in my purse then turned to the

hormonal teenagers.

"If you don't mind, I'll be leaving now." I stood up and they immediately did after me. "Can we at least

have his number?" Are these girls stupid? How do they expect me to give them Alexander's number?

He'll kill me before I even walk out of this bathroom.

"Are you crazy? No!"

"Okay can we at least get your address? It's not on the internet yet." She says 'yet' like she's been

checking everyday for it to just pop up.2

I ignored them and walked out of the bathroom. What a waste of my time.

***

"Where are you going?" I asked when Alexander wasn't going in the same direction as me.

"I need a drink."

"Well I need a drink too." Followed him past the kitchen and into some kind of lounge I didn't even know

existed.

"I thought you don't drink." He went behind the mini bar and I sat down on one of the high stools.

"Would you believe me if I said I just stopped drinking a few months ago?" It was true though.

"Why?" He put two glasses out on the counter and pulled out one of the many bottles of alcohol that

were on the shelves.

"Because each time I drank I couldn't stop until I was drunk and I used to have these horrible

hangovers with no memory of the previous day and I really need to forget this past evening." I took a

sip of the vodka he had poured into my glass and winced when the burning sensation went down my

throat.

"Okay then, cheers."

***

I groaned when the brightness of the blazing sun hit my eyes, forcing me awake. I sat up, my head

throbbing with an unpleasant headache, probably from all the drinking we did yesterday.

What the hell happ- holy fucking shit.

The memories of last night came flooding back in huge waves, making me re think my life decisions.

Something happened last night. Between me and Alexander. Something not good. At. All.

I looked underneath the covers and only now did I notice I was only in my bra and panties, our clothes

scattered across the room. Luckily, he was still sleeping soundly on the other end of the bed, hopefully.

I got out of bed as soundly as I could and put on my night gown, picking up every single piece of

clothing I came upon and putting it away before he woke up and wondered why our clothes were

scattered across the floor.

I quietly walked out of the bedroom after putting the clothes away in the closet my phone in hand.

"Pick up pick up pick up- Bella I need you to come here right now!" I went into the guest bedroom,

deciding to wash my face there.

"What? Why?"

"Please Bella! Something happened and I don't know what to do." I walked back and forth, panicking

like never before.

"Ugh okay fine, I'll be there soon." She said then hung up.

"Took you long enough!" I opened the door a little wider for her to come in and closed it behind her.

"I'm here now aren't I?" She took off her coat from the chilly weather outside and put it on the coat

hanger.

"Something happened."

"You can tell me in the kitchen now let's go, I'm hungry." I rolled my eyes but lead the way to kitchen.

"Something happened between me and Alexander last night." A sharp pain in my head reminded me of

my hangover, making me wince and grab my head.

"What? No way Amelia! That's amazing-"

"Amazing?! Amazing how Bella?!" She handed me two tablets of Tylenol and a glass of water.

"Wait, I thought you had a crush on him?"

"Bella!"

"Fine fine I'm kidding!" She rubbed the spot I had hit her on, feigning pain. What a drama queen..

"Okay important things first; did you use protection?" She asked and pulled out a pan along with other

ingredients for making pancakes.

"That's the thing! I don't know! My memory has patches in it." I groaned and pulled my hair in

frustration.

"Okay well does he remember or not?"

"He's still sleeping so I don't know."

"Did you cover up the evidence of that ever happening at all?" I nodded my head.

"Okay well-"

"Isabella?" We both froze and turned towards the entrance when we heard Alexander's voice. "What

are you doing here?"

"Umm Amelia called me be.. because she needed Umm help! That's right help." Bella stumbled over

her words. "Okay, help with what?"

"I have a horrible hangover so I can't make breakfast and that's why I needed Bella to come." I quickly

jumped in.

"Okay then.." he looked between us, not looking convinced one single bit, "I need to talk to you." I

froze.

Did he find out what happened last night?

"O.. okay, let's go." I shakily got to my feet and followed him out into the hallway.

"Did something happen between us last night?" This man is blunt.

"U.. um no.." stupid shaky voice! "Because I slept in a different room." Did I seriously need to add that

on?!

"Okay, good." And with that said, he turned around and went in the opposite direction.

"I'm such a horrible person Bella." I walked back into the kitchen to find a plate of pancakes in my spot.

"No you're not sweetheart-"

"Yes, I am. What if he finds out I lied to him, what then?" I stuffed a piece of pancake in my mouth, re

thinking my decision to lie to him.

"Was it worth it?"

"Was what worth it?" I furrowed my eyebrows and looked up at her.

"The sex you idiot!" My eyes widened and my hand immediately flew to her mouth.

"Shut up you idiot! And I.. I don't know." Heat crept up my neck when I finally admitted that confession.