CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

"what do you mean by that?"
"You will know soon enough" Mr. Black turned around to leave.
"Oh, and be ready by Nine tomorrow"
"Why?"
Mr. Black groaned.
"To fix you up, Mr. King told you, didn't he?"
"Oh, he did. I forgot"
" Mrs. King" It was now the next morning.
" Hmm? " Lia was drinking coffee on the kitchen counter.
" Let's go"
" Go where? "
" To the salon"
" Oh ya, I forgot about that. Again"
" Where you planning to go to the banquet looking like that" Mr. Black eyed Lia up and down.
" What's wrong with the way I look? "
" I'm an honest man Mrs. King. I won't like to tell you anything you can't handle. So don't ask me"
" You are so annoying, do you know that? "
" Mrs. King is the only one who has ever said that to me. Everyone else who has met me loves me. Even Mr. King does, he just doesn't know it yet"
" That's definitely a lie"
" You will love me too, but right now madame is waiting for our arrival. I won't like to anger her"
***
" Black," Madame said with a straight face.
" Madame," Mr. Black said with the manner.
" Where is the girl? "
" I'm right here" Lia came out from the back of Mr. Black.
" Oh, you're so small I almost didn't see you there," Lia noticed the madame's french accent.
Lia was confused. She was almost as tall as the madame if not that the madame wore heels.
The madame walked around Lia and analyzed her.
"You may go, Black"
"Give me a call when you are done, I will come with pick you up" Mr. Black left.
"So, you and king. Have you done it yet?"
"Done what?" Lia asked innocently.
The madame used one of her hands to form a circle, then she used a finger in the other and put it through the circle. Lia instantly got the message.
" Oh no. No, we haven't done anything like that yet"
" Are you joking? Did you use the lingeries I arranged for you?"
" That was you?"
" Ah, I'm guessing you read my note"
" I did"
" Anyways, if you use those lingeries I can assure you that he wouldn't be able to resist you or maybe he prefers tongs and ..."
" I think I'm good"
" Ok, you're lost. Now have a seat"
" Ok"
" What's your name?"
" Ameliana, but you can call me Amelia or Lia"
" Li it is then"
" I guess that works too"
" You are a beautiful girl Lia, king chose very well"
" Hah, I knew it," Lia said.
" What?"
" Thank you"
" We are going to give you a session of pedicures, manicures, facials, massage, Threading, waxing, ma..." Lia's eyes went wide.
" All these just for one night"
" If you weren't pretty, you would have a whole lot more to do"
" That's absurd"
" Let's start the prepping early or you might not make it in time. Let's begin" immediately the madame said that different workers came out of nowhere and surrounded Lia.
Those were the most painful hours of Lia's life. If she was going to go through a lot of pain just to look beautiful then she would rather be ugly. The poor girl almost cried.
"All done," The madame said as she wore back her gloves.
Lia looked into the mirror. She couldn't believe her eyes.
"Is that me?"
"Oh no, that's just a picture of a model I put on my mirror," The madame said sarcastically.
"You have to call Black now, or you will be late"
"Oh yeah"
Lia stood up and made the phone call. When she was done she noticed the same black card Leo showed her just laying on a chair.
"Are you attending the banquet too?"
"I am"
"Aren't you also going to prepare yourself"
"I don't need prepping, I'm perfect" Lia couldn't argue with her on that one. Everything the madame did seemed perfect, the way she talked and walked even her hair was perfect.
"All I need to do is put on my dress and then I'm good to go"
"Dress?, I completely forgot" Lia smacked her head with her palm.
" Hey careful, I don't want my efforts to go to waste"
" I'm sorry, it's just that I forgot I have nothing to wear tonight"
" Of course you do, your dress is right over there"
The madame pointed over to the corner of the room.
Lia's jaw dropped.
" The blue dress?"
" Well I don't see any other dress there"
" it's gorgeous"
" My best work so far"
" You must be good at what you do"
" Good, I'm the best," the madame said showing more of the french accent.
" A lot of people offered me huge sums of money for that same dress, but I'm a fan of king so it's yours"
" That means you must really like Leo"
" Did I say, king?" The madame brought her hand to her mouth and giggled.
" I meant his money. now shoo, Go put on your dress, Black will be here any moment from now"
The dress fit Lia perfectly. It hugged all her curves, not leaving any details behind.
The dress was a simple yet complicated gown. It stopped right above her knees. It was an off-shoulder gown with shiny diamond-like materials forming a beautiful pattern at the chest area.
It also had some other details on it but anyway the point is the gown was beautiful.
Both Lia and the Madame were in Awe.
"Where is that man?, If he doesn't come soon the party will be over and people won't even get to see my work"
Right on cue, Mr. Black arrived.
"Black"
"Madame" They did the same weird greeting they did earlier.
"Let's go, Mrs. King"
"Ok, bye Madame"
"Bye-bye," The madame said and blew two kisses to Lia.
Lia and Mr. Black got into the car. She didn't see Leo anywhere.
"Where is Leo?"
"Mr. King will join you shortly. He gave an order to take you straight to the venue"
"I don't want to go there alone"
"I will be by your side"
"That's even worse"