Chapter 2 Charity Banquet

The Grand Marshall Hotel is the most prestigious hotel in the country and is owned by none other than Axel Huntington. The mysterious CEO of Huntington Security. It is said that he has never shown up to any of these fancy banquets and has never shown his face to anyone. Rumor has it that he is an overweight old man with a terrible come over. Rumor also has it that the man is single, with more money than is possible to spend in one hundred lifetimes.

The banquet being held there today was located within the Grand Ballroom. The Grand Ballroom looked like its name described. The room was enormous, with floor to ceiling windows on its two outer walls and was decorated to resemble a King's throne room. Marble floors were polished to perfection, The windows were spotless, and the ballroom had a small stage constructed against the long inner wall. That is where the auction will take place later on in the evening. This charity auction was to build quality housing in areas with low-income families.

Although there were many wealthy socialites and celebrities there, none of them sincerely cared about the cause. In honesty, they were only there to show off their wealth, try to create business connections, introduce young daughters to promising sons and the final reason was curiosity. Another rumor had spread that today's banquet was special and Axel Huntington himself was going to make an appearance since he is the one hosting the banquet.

Miranda came strutting through the entrance, completely entranced by the beautiful setup. She always turned heads at social gatherings, not because of her beauty, but because she is known to be a married woman. Yet every time she is seen in public, she's on the arm of a different man. It could be said that her beauty wasn't even skin deep, it was an enhanced beauty. More money was spent on her face, breast and b**t than many people ever earned working all their lives.

Believing this charity banquet would finally change her life for the better, she walked over to the small sign in table for those who wished to be a participants in the auction to register and receive her numbered placard. Also on the table was a list of items to be auctioned off. The last one was a dinner date with Axel Huntington himself. After quickly registering, Miranda accepted her paddle, then left the table in search of her friends. She had only taken a few steps when she heard her name being called.

"Miranda, over here."

She looked to where her name was being called and found Melissa waving at her. Melissa is Melissa Prince, wife of Toby Prince, founder and CEO of Prince Entertainment, the largest entertainment company around.

"Miranda, did you ditch your husband again?"

"God, yes, he may have a hot body, but he's an absolute dunce. Excuse me a poor hot dunce."

"Why don't you divorce him already?"

"I will as soon as I find someone that piques my interest, and I think that someone will show themselves soon."