Chapter 5 Episode 5

Thursday morning, the day of the event. Liliana yawned herself awake as the morning sun shone brightly, filtering into the room.

Rubbing her eyes, she sat up properly in the small bed, trying to be quiet because her little sister was still sleeping beside her.

Of course she did not forget what event was to happen that day.

It was the day that was agreed that she would carry out her first task which was getting Mr Harrison Daniels to notice her.

The task got her wondering 'how on earth do you get someone to notice you? '

'do you just sit and wait for him to notice you?, Or do you misbehave in front of him to get his attention? '

Or perhaps you " mistakingly "create a scene by pouring some water or wine on him?, Or purposely bumping into him and then making it look like a mistake? '

So many crazy ideas swam inside her head, leaving her in confusion of what to do.

"Oh... Lily, you got this!" She whispered encouragingly to herself as she dragged her lazy self out of bed and headed straight to the bathroom. "And don't forget to keep your heart out!" She cautioned herself.

Liliana had much time before the big event of which she wasn't even invited to.

Much of her time was invested in showering that morning, taking her time to wash her hair properly.

She did not have to worry about work because she had already taken permission from her boss the previous day, saying that she won't make it to work because she wasn't feeling well.

After a thorough bath, she dried her body and applied her cheap body lotion, it was the one she could afford even though it was not giving the expected effect it was supposed to give on her skin.

The sellers told her that it would make her skin glow but her skin was not even close to glowing.

Acting as though she was heading to work that morning, she got dressed and headed out after bidding her parents good bye.

A guilty feeling washed over her after her mother wished her a successful day at work not knowing that she wasn't going to work.

Now she wasn't only lying to her boss at the restaurant, she was also lying to her parents, such a disappointment, she thought.

Her mind suddenly went back to the deal and how much she was expecting to get from it, eight hundred dollars! To her, it was definitely worth it.

She flagged down a cab and got in, her mind was made up to continue with the deal, no matter how ugly things turn out to be, the prize money would definitely calm the situation at the end.

"Where to miss?" She heard the driver ask her.

" Tris's beauty and fashion " she muttered, not sure if the driver knew about the place but she got convinced as he did not ask further questions.

It was a pretty long ride and in about thirty minutes, the car came to a stop in front of a huge building of which ' TRIS'S BEAUTY AND FASHION ' was boldly written at the top.

She made payments for the ride before heading into the building.

"Good day miss, how may we help you?" The attendant who was stationed just by the entrance called her attention.

"Oh... Hi .. I'm looking for...." It was at that moment she realized that she did not know her boss's name.

"You're looking for who?"

"I am looking for a lady, medium height, blonde hair, pretty face"

" Medium height?... Blonde hair?... Oh!, You must be looking for madam Tricia!, Follow me " the attendant lead her into the building.

Liliana had no idea who madam Tricia was but if this madam Tricia fit her description then she probably might be the person she was looking for.

"Alright" Lily follow behind the energetic lady as they both got into the elevator.

On the fourth floor, the doors of the elevator slid open and both women walked out, one leading the other.

They came to a stop in front of a particular door.

"This is her office, just a minute let me inform her" the lady knocked on the door and a faint 'who the fuvk! ' was heard.

The lady pushed the door and went in

"I'm sorry ma'am but you have a guest, come in miss!" She called out and Lily slowly came into the office while the attendant bowed before walking out.

"Good morning boss" Liliana muttered as she stood in front of Tricia who leaned back on her chair in relaxation with her legs crossed and placed on the edge of her table.

A smirk appeared on Tricia's lips on seeing Lily in her office that morning. It gave her so much joy to know that Lily took the deal so seriously and that was exactly what she wanted.

Tricia brought her legs down from the table and sat up, her eyes moved to the wall clock hung at the corner of her office, the time was 08:30am.

"You're here early" she remarked. "That's a nice effort and if you keep it up I might just increase the money at stake"

Liliana only smiled without saying anything, she couldn't bring herself to say anything because in the next six to seven hours she would be in a hall full of rich ass people trying to gain the attention of one Mr Harrison Daniels.

Nervousness and guilt kept tugging at her stomach which kept churning at the thought of the ordeal.

"Follow me" Tricia stood up from her chair and walked out of the office, Liliana following behind her not knowing where they were heading to.

Though she tried to look around her and memorize the places they came across just in case so that she won't get lost if asked to go on an errand.

Unfortunately, she could not memorize the place because Tricia kept talking to her and she had to listen.

"The event will commence at exactly two pm and I know Harrison very well, he will not be there early so you too do not have to be there early "

They both took a turn and came into a fashion unit where so many beautiful dresses hung in display.

'Wow' she gaped quietly as she followed behind Tricia.

"Good morning ma'am -"

"I need something that would be her size" Tricia spoke to the head of department, gesturing towards Lily whose mind had wandered away.

"Okay, this way ma'am" the lady led Tricia to another section, Lily hurriedly went after them as she regained her senses, she had never seen so much beautiful dresses before.

Getting into the section, she was in awe to see another round on beautiful dresses.

"What type of dress ma'am?"

"Ball gown, long, flowing, not too flashy though, we wouldn't want to steal the spotlight "

The lady walked round the section and brought out about five different dresses of which they would have to choose from.

A good amount of time was spent in searching for a dress, after that they began to do a little make up on her face which took another good amount of time.

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Harrison sat in his large living room, his leg crossed over the other with his usual unsmiling face, eyes buried deep into his phone.

He was waiting for his clothes which were being ironed and straightened. While he waited, he got carried away with his phone and his attention was only called when the young man was done pressing the clothes.

"Sir, I'm done"

Harry lifted his head and saw the young dry cleaner holding up his clothes which had been straightened to his taste.

"Leave it on the sofa over there"

He dipped his hand into his pockets and brought out some money, not even bothering to check how much it was, he handed it to the man who bowed deeply as he collected the money with both hands.

The young man's smile broadened when he realized that the money was a couple of hundreds of dollars.

"Thank you so much, boss" the man bowed deeply before leaving.

Harry stayed at home all day, not doing anything till it was two pm.

That was when he started his preparations, he showered and got dressed in his sleek all black tuxedo adorned with diamond studs at the edges of the collars.

Before he would finish with preparation, it was already 02:30pm. He put a call through to his assistant, asking him to start going to the venue, stating that he was already on his way.

Harrison finished up and headed out of his house, his car was already set for him so he just entered in and shut the door before his driver schemed his way out.

After minutes of driving on the highway, they arrived at the prestigious Grande Lux Resort. The celebration had already begun so he just slipped in unnoticed and blended in, though it wasn't easy to blend in being a person of great fame.

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While at Tricia's enterprise, lily had been successfully transformed into a very beautiful version of herself, the make up on her face coupled with her beautifully styled hair really enhanced her beauty.

She was dressed in a beautiful purple coloured dress, she was looking so beautiful there was no way she would not be noticed.

Liliana stared at her reflection in the large mirror and she could not believe her transformation.

"It's almost three so get leaving already, my driver will take you and also bring you back. If anyone asks you anything about work, tell them you work for Miss Tricia Morgan "

"Yes boss"

" Benjamin!, Drive safely "

" Yes ma'am " a young man who had been standing at the far end of the room replied her with a bow.

Tricia rolled her eyes in annoyance as she walked out.

"This way miss" the driver directed lily out till they got outside, she got into the car, saying a silent prayer while Benjamin drove away .

Once they got to the venue, she slowly alighted the car and moved towards the entrance, she had not even stepped inside the hall and she was already receiving stares from different men.

"Oh well, I guess it's going to be easy then" she walked in with a smile on her face. As she looked around, all she could see was wealth and riches.

She knew that normally she would never even think of being among such people, she was not even close to being in their class. She was one broke a•s girl who was only there for an assignment.

Emotions threatened to surface but she pushed them back inside to the back of her mind, now was not the time to be sad, now was time to get noticed by Mr Harrison Daniels.

Speaking of Mr Harrison Daniels, where was he anyway?

She took a Champaign flute filled with wine from one of the waiters and sipped on it slowly as she searched through the hall with her eyes.

Momentarily she would adjust her bold framed glasses to enable her see properly, knowing that they were due for a change but she did not have the money to renew them.

While she searched, she tilted her head to the side and immediately her eyes caught a man who looked very familiar and immediately she felt her heart threaten to skip a beat.

She recognized him as the man she had admired in the restaurant that day, she did not have the chance to get close to him because he left before she would come out.

"He's here" she whispered to herself as a smile formed on her lips but the smile disappeared almost as immediately as it came as realization dawned on her.

"Wait.... No. Way." She placed her wine on a table and fished out her phone from her small bag, going through it to get a picture of Mr Harrison Daniels that she had earlier saved from the internet.

She zoomed in on the photo then looked at the man again, indeed there was a resemblance but how come she was only realizing it now?

"He's Mr Harrison Daniels?, No. Fucking. Way."

"Impossible!, How am I going to do this now?"

Being someone she had admired and ogled and even daydreamed about, now she was supposed to get his attention?, Make him love her and then break his heart?, How possible was that?

She needed no angel to tell her that the plan wouldn't work out.

"Oh no... What do I do now?" Frustration lingered in her heart as she thought hard about what to do.