Page 87 of Mr. Big Mistake
She took my hand. “Girl, all we wanna do is treat you to something. So, yeah. Sue me, if I told Karina this would all be fine. We’ve had this party in the works since you told me yesterday you were going to finally approach Dad. We just want to treat you to something nice. Let us do that, okay?”
I really didn’t want to. But, I saw how much it meant to my sister. And I knew better than to tell a pregnant Karina ‘no.’
“Give me ten minutes,” I murmured.
Roxy clapped her hands. “Yes! All right! It’s time to party, girl. We’re going all out tonight.”
I made my way into my bedroom and decided to get gussied up a bit. I mean, why not? It was my night of triumph, and I deserved it after everything I had been put through. I pulled my hair up and wore my best jewelry. I changed into a flowing dress with a sparkling belt around my waist. I slid into my best heels and threw on a bit of makeup, making sure my eyes sparkled and popped with a careful smoky eye.
After gathering everything I needed into my cream-colored clutch purse, Roxy and I set off for the club.
“Girl, you look hot. If Brenden were coming, he’d be jealous as hell,” she said.
I grinned. “You really know how to make me feel better, you know that?”
“Remember that sentiment when we get there.”
I paused. “Wait, what?”
Roxy cackled as we pulled into a parallel parking space in front of the club. And while I knew it was still a bit early for a crowd, I didn’t see anyone outside at all.
“Are you sure they’re open?” I asked.
My sister opened her door. “Just come on and stop asking questions, would you? Damn it, you’re worse than Dad.”
I furrowed my brow. “I just want to know what’s going on. Is that too much to ask?”
“It is when there’s a surprise to be ruined. Now, get your ass out of this car and come on, girl!”
I had no idea what I was walking into, but I did as I was told. Roxy linked her arm with mine as we approached the doors to the club, and two men inside appeared as they opened them for us. Roxy nodded her thanks while I looked warily at them, trying to figure out what the hell was about to happen.
I figured the dance floor would be pretty empty, given the fact that it was still only six in the evening. But, I didn’t expect the place to becompletelyempty.
“See you upstairs,” Roxy said.
“Wh-wh-wh-wait. Uh, what--where are you--Roxy!”
She pointed to the floor. “Try to give him a chance, all right?”
And as Roxy disappeared into the darkness, my eyes slowly panned back over toward the dance floor.
Watching, as Brenden emerged into the spotlight shining down in the middle of the floor.
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Brenden
She was a vision. Draped in a beautiful dress with heels that made her legs pop, she didn’t seem to walk. No, no, she glided across that floor. With her arms crossed over her chest and her lips pursed in frustration, even in anger, she was the most beautiful woman I’d ever set eyes on. I had to get her back. It had to work. I knew it was last minute, and I knew Zane pulled off a lot for me to make it happen, but I was desperate.
I couldn't go another day without Kelly Crown in my life.
“What do you want?” she asked.
I drew in a deep breath. “Your perfume smells wonderful.”
She blinked. “Don’t change the subject. What’s going on? My sister dragged me down here for some congratulatory party, and I find you standing in the middle of an empty dance floor. With dust.”
She waved her hand in the air, and I smiled. Her forehead wrinkles beckoned to my lips. The frustration behind her eyes only made me want to kiss and pet and soothe away her woes. I was proud of her. Prouder than I’d ever been of anything in my entire life. I knew how hard she had worked for something like that. For her fashion line and her debut day and her own office space. I had listened to her type away on her laptop and take 10 P.M. phone calls for the past month. All of it, building up to the moment when she finally had everything she could have ever wanted.
