I Choose You by Kemi Adejumo (classic novels for teens txt) 📗

Chapter Thirty two

Author’s Pov

Jessica wore the red dress and made herself up before stepping out of the room. Everybody were already at the lounge waiting for her.

“Were you guys waiting for me?” She asked as she entered the lounge. She looked at how beautiful and handsome all her friends are but when she set her eyes on a particular person, she sucked in her breathe.

Christian looks ravishing in just a casual shirt and jeans with Jordan’s and an expensive looking watch strapped to his hand. Of course she knows how handsome Christian is but he never fails to take her breath away. He is always perfect in every sense. He has the shining black hair, those green eyes that glows in the dark, those long eyelashes that every girl wants, that natural pink lips that just makes you want to commit sin ,the perfect body structure with all those muscles and abs and the perfect smooth skin that makes even a new born baby jealous. He doesn’t even have to try , he just takes her to another world. It’s like she is hypnotized .  He smiled sincerely at her and that is when she realized that she was in trouble.

She knows it’s not good for her to continue like this. She quickly removed her eyes away and it landed on Evelyn. Evelyn frowned at her before shifting her eyes away.

When  Evelyn saw the way Jessica looked at Christian, it just proved what she had been speculating. Jessica is in love with Christian but he is unaware.  This made her feel scared again, She couldn’t tell if Christian feels the same way about his best friend.  She knows he loves Jess but she doesn’t know how much. Christian is her fiancé and she doesn’t want to be in a love triangle with his best friend.

“Hmm pretty girl in red “ Luke complimented Jess  and she laughed.

“Yeah she finally wore the dress” Molly teased her and she rolled her eyes.

“It definitely has to be the dress because Jess does not look this good” Christian continued the teasing.

“Christian!!”  She screamed and frowned at him. He laughed at her and pinch her cheeks.
“Stop teasing her guys, I think she looks amazing “ Sharpay complimented and Jess smiled at her.
“Sorry ok, I can’t help it. Teasing you is my favorite thing to do “ Christian added while laughing  making Jess use her purse to hit him.

“Ow!! Ok fine. You look cute okay. You are the most beautiful girl in the world “  Christian said and Jess cheeks became red immediately.

Luke, Molly and Jake are used to seeing Christian and Jess act this way but Evelyn and Sharpay aren’t. Luke saw how sad Evelyn looked as she watched them.

He felt bad for her that she fell in love with someone that will never place her first no matter what.

“Alright you two shut up. Are you guys going to continue acting like Children or are we going to go?” Luke said to break the tension in the air.

“Fine grumpy, let’s go”  Christian said and was about to grab Jessica’s hand but  Luke beat him to it.

“Hold your own girl man” Luke whispered only for his ears before grabbing Jessica away from him.

Christian came to his sense and held Evelyn’s hand. For a minute, he forgot that she was beside him. He made a promise to keep her happy, he cannot let his stupidity ruin it.

“Shall we darling?” He asked Evelyn, she nodded and they all walked out of the house.

They finally got to the hall and everything looks luxurious. The waiters immediately showed them their table and they took their seats. The place wasn’t so crowded because only aselected few were invited.  

Before the couples game begins, the guest that knew each other were greeting each other. Some Famous people in the business, fashion and football world also came to greet Christian, Luke, Jake and Molly. Even some people who knew about the selection also came to greet Evelyn and Sharpay. They gushed about how beautiful Evelyn is and said that she deserved to be the next princess.

This made Jessica sad, when Everybody else were making a name for themselves, she was busy having an unrequited love. She already feels left out. This is not her world no matter how much her friends tries to make her feel like she belongs.

“Who do we have here?” A very familiar voice said and  they all stared at the person in shock.  

“Mirabelle?” Molly sneered “ What are you doing here”

“She’s with me”  a guy said, walked up to Mirabelle and held her waist.

If the appearance of Mirabelle made them shocked, then the appearance of the other guy made them utterly shocked.

“Raymond??” Christian, Molly and Jessica exclaimed while the rest of the group looked at him curiously.  

“Hi cousins” he said to Christian and Molly and then looked at Jessica “Jess. Long time no see”

“I can’t believe you are here , I thought you were still in the states, when did you return “ Christian asked.

Raymond is Christian and Molly’s second cousin. Christian’s grandfather and Raymond’s grandfather are brothers. At that time, Raymond grandfather was the senior son and the heir to the throne. Unfortunately he was an irresponsible man who had no respect for females and the people of the country at large. It was found out by the royal family that Raymond’s grandfather molested a girl who ended up getting pregnant out of wedlock. Their father was so disappointed that he punished Raymond’s grandfather by stripping him off his tittle. At that time, Christian’s grandfather knew he was not in line to the throne and he studied business in school. He decided to start up a company which he named Kingston company. The company was already gaining and succeeding when Christian’s grandfather was given the title instead of his brother. He could not abandon his company nor say no to the title, he decided to do the two and he succeeded greatly in both areas. As for Raymond’s grandfather, he left the palace out of shame but he was not allowed to take the girl or his child. The child who is Raymond’s father also grew up and found himself a wife who had a child for him. Because of the way he was born, he felt people looked down on him in the palace so he left the palace for the states with his wife and ten years old son.  Years later, Raymond’s father came back to Orlander and started his own company which is going to be inherited by Raymond. Although The Hunt company is not as big and successful as the Kingston company , it was still one of the best in Orlander.

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