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“Anthony........... It is all my fault. I did not tell you. I just did not want to.........”
Before she could finish her explanation, her lips were locked furiously with his.
He used his tongue to devour her mouth roughly. Anthony was not in the mood for any of her petty explanation and just wanted to keep her calm.
His raising heartbeat became calm. The fear of his woman being raped by another man caused him to be afraid but now she was safe, he calmed down.
The kiss lasted for a long time. He broke the kiss, raised the blanket and kissed her goodnight.
Never would he have thought that his first kiss with her would be in the hospital and not somewhere romantic, anyway, their current menace was solved and that was all that mattered to him.


Next Morning,

Alexa patiently waited on the chair in the café opposite her photoshoot site. Her hands danced on the table and she tapped her feet.
The door bell rang as a lady in her stylish outfit came in. She had a one deafening aura and sat on the chair next to Alexa.
She removed her glass and had a little smirk on her cheeks.

“Have you finally decided to divorce him?” Emily said with mockery.
Her scars of the chemotherapy treatment were almost gone, therefore, she did not need any scarf to cover herself. She was almost healed of her heart disease or she thought she was.
At least to some extent, she felt a little better.

“Mrs.Hudston.......I want to talk to you about something. ”
She pointed her fingers to Georgina to let her leave. Emily laughed and waved her hands. Georgina took her leave and stood behind the entrance of the café.
It was only the two women in the café. Alexa brought out the old picture and kept it on the table.

“Who are you to my mother?”
Emily turned the photo with her fingers to her side and took a look at it. Her fist were balled underneath the table as her eyes glanced through the photo.
It reminded her off her past family. The family which threw her and her own mother on the street and left her to die.
They were not but stone hearted hooligans. She folded the paper and tore it into pieces right in front of her.

“I repeat again, who are you to my mother?!” Alexa said when trying to keep the urge to yell at her.
Her silence made it more suspicious to her. If they both knew each other then her death could be caused by her, but why?
Emily cleared her throat and glanced at the woman who was hiring in fury.

“If I had said yes, would that make you divorce Ray?”
Emily's statement grew more suspicious. Was she indirectly saying that they both were families or what?

“Make it clear to me and stop all your suspense. ”

“The fun has not yet started. Why make it rush? You want to stay and bear a child for my son right? Then go ahead and try your luck .” Emily got irritated by their current conversation.
The horrible memories resurfaced in her head. She tried her best to calm herself down. Any form of anger would increase her blood pressure and there would be high chance of the cancer coming back.

“Mrs.Hudston, you are a true devil. I wonder who the hell would have given birth to you?”
Alexa tried her best to control harsh words from coming from her mouth but it became impossible. She pondered how life was with such a mother who had no heart and no emotions.

“Miss Parker, I hope you are not making a huge mistake. Ray is not someone you try to mingle with for benefits. At one point, you will heed to my warnings. ” Emily got up from the chair with her limited edition of handbag in her hands and strode out of the café.
Alexa's gritted her teeth and watched as Emily's leaving shadow becomes impossible to be seen again.

“Alexa, you are needed urgently at the set .”
Her phone beeped with a new message. She swiped it, read the message and went ahead to the set.

In the Set.

The director assumed an anxious face as he moved impatiently on the floor. They had only five minutes till the photoshoot had begun, yet no sign of hired male model.

“What is going on?” Alexa tiredly demanded. She had been standing in a wedding dress for about five minutes and no sign of her male model.
What kind of arrogant person was hired to shoot with her. Madison Kristine, her manager came with a fan and water.

“Apparently, the male model cancelled at the very minutes. They are trying their best to get one but it is kind of hard ” She explained while switching on the fan.
Everyone on the set became so tired and exhausted. It would be unfair that after paying such huge amount of money, he would bail out a second to the time.
The director gave up and went to announce the news to them.

“I am sorry. The model bailed out and we can not get any male model like him. We are very sorry for the inconvenience. ”
He bowed his head and apologized. This whole thing was just a waste of time.

“I have an idea. Let me call someone.”

Alexa excused herself and went far away from the crowd. She dialed a certain number and waited for it to ring.

“Ray........... I have a little favor to request from you ”
Her voice stuttered upon hearing his tone. She was afraid seeing this was her first time asking for a favor from him.

“Go ahead .” Ray answered. They were currently in a business conference and the use of phone were not allowed.
When his phone rang, the whole conference were put into silence, some murmuring while some were in silent.
They all looked at him waiting to reject the call but was thrown into a turmoil when he picked the phone call, everyone were very shocked to see him defiling his own orders.
Everyone except for Gabriel who had a little guess who might have called him.

“ See this is what happened, We were about to shoot for a wedding photo to promote GQ wedding designs and the male model hired backed out at the second. Are you busy? If you are not......then maybe you could........”

“Sure! Be there under five .” He added and disconnected the call. The whole shareholders were kept in awe.
Were they not in a serious meeting? Why did he say that he would be there under five minutes.
Not caring to explain his action, Ray stood up, walked out of the conference and was followed by Jimi.
Jimi nodded and went ahead to conclude the meeting.
...........
“He said yes! Seriously, he said yes?”
Her face brightened up in a second. So they could still be saved after all.

“Who said yes?” Kristine queried her.

“Get the makeup artist ready. someone is coming .”

Few minutes later.......
A white luxurious maybach parked in front of the set as someone stepped out of it.
His hands were tucked into his pocket and his hair were parted to the left. He walked into the building and stood in front of the entrance.
His seemingly rich appearance made the director leaped for joy. He was perfectly the person they needed, but who was he?
Alexa led him to the dressing room to help him dress up.

“Here is the script...... Your attitude has to be great and enticing ” She explained the script to him while adjusting the golden tie.
He smirked as his little woman tiptoed to reach his neck.

“Do you need some help?”
He pointed out to the height difference and she embarrassingly looked away and let him do it.
He laughed at her awkward position and knotted the tie.

“The set is ready. You just........” The director held his mouth from gasping. Now he knew where he had seen the man.
He was the almighty big boss. His eyes could not believe it any more. Was he trapped in some kind of fantasy?
How the hell was she able to bring him out to take photos with a B list model?

“Mr. Ling.......”

“...........”
As usual, he was ignored by Ray who only faced his little wife trying to apply her lipstick.
If not for Alexa, he would not have agreed to accept such nonsense favor.

“Hmmmm......Miss Parker, it is time for the photoshoot ”
He sneezed awkwardly as his hands itched his hair. Not that he was used to it, it was just that he thought the boss would give him some kind of recommendations.

“Sure. Ray, could you help me zip up the wedding dress, my arms are short to reach the zip .”
She asked again after she could not zip the dress fully. It was a beautiful gown indeed.
With ruffles and flowers at the bottom, an off shoulder design as the hem. The gown was embroidered with real silver, only the most expensive one ever in existence.
The gown was special and any girl would like to have it as their wedding dress.
Ray nodded his head as an agreement and zipped up the dress. He smiled with his white teeth showing and glimmering.
This gown really fitted his woman to the extent of making him smile.

“Let us go. Your smile is making me blush ”
Her playful attitude spoke out and they walked out of the dressing room to the aisle.
Everything had already been set. The aisle, swing and red carpet spread on the floor.

“The theme is all about wedding and I want a multi billionaire smile on you two's face, ACTION! ”
He yelled as the lighting and camera prop men positioned the props, turning them on and shooting them.
Alexa's emotion got the best of her while walking. She made some stumble steps which made her at some point trip on the carpet.

“Cut! Miss Parker, would you like to take a break? You seem a little tired and confused .”

“Go on......just getting new to it ” She waved off the feeling and faced what was more important, finishing it off with professionalism.
Her eyes locked with Ray before gazing at the camera. Suddenly, she felt a hand raising her from her leg. she gasped and looked down.
Her feet were not on the ground anymore. Every body on the set leered at the sweet moment.
The indifferent boss had just carried her in a bridal style. The perfect look of a couple.
They could not help but take private pictures of the event.

“What are you doing?” She whispered in her ears. Her cheeks burned from embarrassment. she was nothing compared to him when it came to heights which made her flustered.

“Showing my wife how it is done .”
He lowered his head closer to her face and planted a kiss on her forehead. From the camera view, it was highly impossible not for the audience to screech at the image.
They were perfect and nothing could change that fact.

“CUT!” He clapped happily while revealing his smile.
The picture, lightning and most of all their professionalism were off the charts. This was surely going to be toping the charts at fashion awards and might even get best wedding cover of the year.
Alexa was snapped out of her unending fantasy by the director's voice. She quickly came down from his hands and adjusted her hair to cover her cheeks.

“Miss Parker........” Kristine ran to her and helped her with her wedding dress, and took her