《Married By Chance》Chapter 20: Seoul Fashion Week.
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Bridget's office above.
"Hey, Juliet." I say over the phone.
"Amelia, hey, what's up?"
So I spent all this time blaming Liam for our breakup when I'm also at fault. I chose my friends and family over him and he did the same. We weren't each other's priorities.
Knowing that just breaks my heart.
And now I'm realising that being in love with someone that I haven't seen nor spoken to in almost five months is pathetic but I just can't help myself.
I need to let go. I have to so maybe a break might help. I just got out of Bridget's office and I'm now standing by my car.
"I need a jet." Just as I say that I realise that I can't have one. My dad took all the luxury that he gave me so I'm sure he's not going to give me his private plane. "Scratch that, I need first class tickets to Seoul."
I hear scream excitedly. "Oh my God! For the Louis Vuitton show?"
"Yes." I reply.
"That's great! People would be so delighted to have you back on the runway! How many tickets?" She asks with more excitement.
"One for me then you, Leah, JJ, Lee and Rome. I'm sure we don't need a publicist."
"Yeah, Alexa can work from here." She agrees.
"Good."
"So all the tickets should be first class?" She asks in an odd tone.
"Well, duh!" I brush my hair from my face and lean against the car.
"Amelia, you need to lay back on the spending a little. You take first class, the others and I can take coach." She says.
"Not a chance." I disagree.
"That's the right thing to do financially."
Fuck! Since when do finances start getting in my way of doing things. Right! Since my father froze my lovely bank account.
"Juliet, no. It'll be fine if everyone takes first class." I argue. I would honestly feel bad if I take first class and have other people flying coach.
"But Amelia-"
"I insist." I tell her.
She sighs. "Alright, I'll text Leah and she will get the visa, hotel and everything sorted."
"Good, thank you so much."
"You're welcome. Bye!"
"Bye." I hang up.
As soon as I get home, I go straight into my closet. Shit! How do I even start packing? This is a work trip so I need to look fabulous.
I call Talia through the home intercom so that she can help me start sorting things out then send a text to Leah and Juliet.
: Need help packing, please!
I type and Leah's reply is instantaneous.
I'm screaming! I can't wait to go through your amazing closet!!! xx
****
"I can't remember ever being at this side of the airport." I speak, looking around.
On our way here, we stopped by June's to see how her husband is doing. We took them get well soon baskets and they were very happy with our visit.
"Really?" Lee asks.
"Yeah." I respond, slightly rubbing my arm.
There are so many people around dragging their luggages, arguing, kissing, hugging, saying goodbyes, arguing. It's loud.
Juliet is leading us to the first class counter of our flight so that we can check in. When we finally reach there, we meet a short queue of two people and the counter beside us has a very long one for the economy passengers.
After the two people, Juliet and I greet the agent and give her our tickets. We wait for her as she goes through them on her computer and minutes later she clears her throat. "I'm sorry but all your seats have been canceled." She says.
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My body freezes. "What?"
"Your seats were cancelled last night and we gave you a refund." She speaks louder.
"No! There must be some kind of a mistake." I talk, feeling confused.
"No, there isn't, Miss. Please check your emails." She says.
What the hell is going on? I hope this is a solvable problem. I can't miss the fashion show!
Juliet sighs and walks to our bags and takes out her laptop.
"What's going?" JJ asks me.
"She's saying that our seats have been cancelled."
"What?" Her eyes widen.
I nod and close my eyes, rubbing my forehead. "Gosh! This is such a nightmare." I moan.
I really really want to go to this fashion week. There's only two days left but I honestly just need the break. I'm tired of staying here. There are too many things going on.
This can't happen to me right now.
I look over and see Juliet and Leah going through the laptop. Rome and Lee are just chatting. I don't think they know what's going on. I sigh again then turn back to the agent and give her a nervous smile.
"Mrs Black!" I hear an unfamiliar voice call and I turn around. There's a man is his late forties rushing over to us in his sleek grey suit. I have never seen him in my life so I give him a strange look.
"I'm sorry for the misunderstanding." He says, trying to catch his breath.
"Who are you?" I ask cautiously.
"I'm sorry. I'm Stewart Connor, the assistant head of private jet services."
Juliet and Leah stop what they are doing on the laptop and turn to look at him.
"Oh." I just whisper. Does he have anything to do with what is going?
"Amelia." Leah calls and I look at her. "The refund has been made." She says.
Shit!
I turn back to the agent. "Thank you for your time." I tell her.
"Of course." She smiles.
We walk away from the counter and I feel Stewart Connor behind us.
"Your husband has a plane prepared for you." He informs me.
Adam Black! Of course he is behind this.
This is confusing and really weird. How does he know that I'm traveling today? And how can I trust this man? He might be taking to an abduction plane for all I know.
"Umm..." I start.
"There's Cooper!" Juliet exclaims.
My eyes follows hers and I see Cooper, wearing black sunglasses and his full bodyguard suit, dragging a luggage behind him.
He is with a familiar female and an unfamiliar guy, who are also dressed in suits.
It suddenly clicks that this was the woman that I saw in my house the day I went to the Snipe. I remember Adam telling her to escort me to my room. Perhaps she's also a bodyguard.
The other person is a big and bulky and bald man. He has a very serious look on his face and looking at him, I can also tell that he is a bodyguard.
"Holy hotness." I hear Leah mutter.
"Hey, Mrs B." Cooper takes of his sunglasses and smiles at me then turns to Stewart Connor. "Mr Connor, sorry we're late." He says and then they shake hands.
Phew! Stewart Connor is not an abductor.
We're safe.
I look at Cooper who is now looking at me with a smile. "Late? Are you coming with us?"
"Of course I am. Who's going to protect you from all the bad scary guys?" He says arrogantly.
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I roll my eyes and drop my arms from my chest. "Well, then you can push my luggage trolley." I say, pointing to my seven Louis Vuitton suit cases.
His eyes widen. "What? I thought it was a two day trip."
"A girl needs her weapons." Lee answers for me and I smile at him.
Cooper rolls his eyes then clears his throat. "So this is Kristen and the scary guy over there is Dante. They are part of my team."
Team? Since when does he have a team?!
"Are they also coming?"
"To South Korea? Yes. But they are flying commercial." He confirms.
"It's nice to meet you guys." I smile at the two strangers.
"You too, Mrs." Kristen says with a straight face and Dante just nods.
Okayyy. They're cool people.
"Let's go on, shall we? We don't want to miss our flight." Cooper announces.
I shoot him a glare. "Excuse me. You're not the boss around here."
"And we can't miss a private plane, can we?" Leah says in a small voice.
Cooper looks at her. Actually, he more than looks at her. He is shamelessly checking her out. "You must be the new PA." He smirks.
"Yeah." She replies cooly.
"Hmmm." He says.
I hear Connor clear his throat and my eyes snap back to him. I totally forgot that he is here. "Shall we?" He asks me.
"Yes, please." I reply.
We take a car to the FBO and when we get there, there is a big black private plane waiting for us. Stewart leaves after I thank him and say goodbye.
It's kind of chilly so I rub my arm and look at the plane. I've never seen a black airplane.
I head on and climb on the stairs. I'm greeted my two flight attendants (male and female) with a smile. "Welcome onboard, Mrs Black."
"Thanks." I smile and go straight in.
I'm so tired so I go to the last seat and sit down. At the beginning of this year, we went to London with Adam's private jet but it wasn't this one. This one has a nice, simple and cozy interior.
I close my eyes then hear a deep voice talking so I open them and see a man dressed in a pilot uniform coming over to me.
"Yes, she is.......it seems so......Of course.....I will.... Yes......Have a nice day, sir." He ends the call with a sigh and puts his phone in his pocket.
"Good evening, Mrs Black. I'm Leonard Antin, the captain. It's a pleasure to meet you." He smiles. He has a French accent.
"You too, Leonard and please, call me Amelia." I smile at him. I can't guess his age. I know he's old because his whole hair is grey. He might be in his late sixties maybe.
He politely nods. "Is there anything that you would want us to get you? Mr Black wishes for you to fly in absolute comfort."
I shake my head. "No, I'm good."
Adam is seriously the most unbelievable person I've ever met! He's not even in Bluefall. He's in God knows where and he is controlling things around here. It's so fucking frustrating because I haven't seen him in almost a month and here he is, trying to handle my life.
"You can tell the flight attendants if you want anything later on. It is going to be a very long flight." Leonard says and I nod. "Okay."
"The bedroom door is just behind you. There are a few thing that we thought you might need and we have them in there for you."
"Alright, thank you."
"Have a pleasant flight." He smiles one more time and walks away.
Ten minutes later, everyone is settled in except Cooper because he is standing over me. "So Seoul, huh?"
"Yes but I'm so nervous. I haven't been on the runway in a while." I reply.
"You're going to nail it." He assures with a smile.
"I hope so."
He nervously scratches his hair. "Um, so I was the one that told Adam you're traveling. I know you're surprised and maybe a little confused?"
"I am! How did you even know?" I exclaim.
"I heard you on the phone with Juliet after you got out of your therapist's office."
He is so fucking creepy and really good at his job because honestly, I forget that I have a bodyguard. I don't know that he even follows me to therapy!
I close my eyes and shake my head. "Gosh!"
"I only told him that you were going to attend the fashion week. I didn't tell him where or what flight you were going to take, I swear! He found out all that with his billionaire magical powers." He adds.
"Yeah, I know." I sigh. That control freak!
****
Seoul is as beautiful as it was the first time I came two years ago. Louis Vuitton had a car waiting for me at the airport and it brought me to the hotel where I'm staying with all the other models.
In my room, I have a welcome card from them, boxes of chocolates, flowers, a custom made blanket and some clothes all from them.
My glam team and the bodyguards are staying at a hotel nearby which Adam dearest paid for.
My flight was amazing and really comfortable thanks to him.
I knock gently on my friends room door and I see an eye poke through the eye hole.
"Oh my God! What are you doing here?!" Daniella squeals and hugs me as she opens the door.
"Hey." I chuckle and hug her back.
"God! Look at you. You look so good. Have you been working out?" She asks.
"I have actually."
"Please! Work out or not. Amelia would still look hot as well." Natasha says with a teasing smile.
"You flatter me. And I'm not the one that's just been on the cover of Vogue. Congratulations!" I hug her.
"Thank you. It was a total dream come true." She cries.
Being on the cover of Vogue is a huge deal in the modeling world. I've only been on the cover of Teen Vogue. I haven't had my Vogue debut yet. Natasha is gorgeous and really hard working so she deserves it.
"I know. I'm so happy for you." I tell her honestly.
"Heyyyyy!" I hug Jada excitedly.
"Hiii! Look at you. A total Mrs." She grins, hugging me back.
Out of my model friends, Daniella and Natasha were the only ones that were able to come to the wedding. All the others were working.
"I know, I know." I smile, flipping my hair back.
"Can I see the ring?" She asks with a wink.
I show her my right finger and her jaw drops.
"Wowww."
"It's gorgeous." Brianna says as she also stands in front of me.
"Sky blue diamond." I share with a smile then pull her into a hug.
"It's so beautiful." Jada adds.
"Thanks." I mumble then hear Daniella close the door.
"Where is Casey?" I ask when I notice she's not in the room.
"She's probably out brooding somewhere." Jada chuckles.
"Has she and Leo set a wedding date yet?"
"Nope." Brianna replies.
"Alright." I mutter.
"So what's going on with you? What happened this time that made you want to come here?" Daniella asks.
I narrow my eyes then sit on the couch. "What makes you think that something happened?"
"Um, nowadays you only come when you're having issues back home." Jada says.
I sigh and give in. "You guys are right. I had a fight with Adam and he disappeared on me. I haven't seen him in three weeks and two days."
"Wow." Brianna whispers. "Don't you miss him?"
Natasha throws her a look. "Brianna, honey, you know Amelia and Adam are not really together, right?"
"I do but things happen in arranged marriages, don't they?" Brianna replies then winks at me.
"Nothing had happened the last time we spoke. Have things changed now?" Daniella asks me.
"No! Guys, we've spent more time apart than we have together. Even when he was at home, I only see him at breakfast and that's it."
Jada clears her throat. "So you're saying that you're married to that hot ass nigga and you still don't have him wrapped around your finger?" She asks in disbelief.
"Yes."
She gasps out loud. "What is wrong with you?!"
"Jada, Adam Black is hard to be around with, trust me." I say in a tired tone.
"Then you should seduce him or something!" Daniella exclaims and I close my eyes. "Oh my God! You know I'm never going to do that. Can we talk about something else?"
"Something like what?" Natasha asks.
"Like your relationship with Vaughn." I smile.
She clutches her heart. "Oh God! He is just the best. We're planning on moving in together."
"Awww," I gush, "that is so great. How about you, Jada? Anything since you broke up with Elliot?"
"No and I'm honestly not looking." She says, running her fingers through her long and gorgeous curly black hair.
"Brianna has some secret boyfriend." Daniella tells us.
"I do not!" Brianna quickly says, wide eyed.
"Yes, you do." Everyone says except me.
"Oh, come-" I'm get cut off when the door barges open and I see Casey standing there in a tight little black dress.
"I was just told about the hottest night club in Seoul. Who's coming?" She smirks.
"We all are!" Daniella exclaims out loud.
****
"Alright! Who's up next?"
I see a model rush over to the backstage wall and stands.
I feel my nerves going up so I take a deep breath, fighting the urge to run my fingers through my styled hair.
"Are you nervous?" Casey asks.
"Yes, it's been a while."
Last night, we had the best time at the night club. I'm really glad that I decided to come here because my friends are amazing and they know how to make a person feel better.
After we went back to the hotel, we chatted the whole night and I told them that my father cut me off and how I haven't spoken with my mum.
I got to hear their own family and relationship problems and they let me know that I wasn't alone. Everyone has their own problems.
Casey brings out a bag of pills from inside her bra. "Want some?"
I shake my head. "No, thanks."
Taking drugs is quite normal around here but I don't do drugs. Ever! It's just not me.
"Here then." Casey gives a bottle of water.
I collect and take the water down my throat. "Thanks." I smile at her.
She winks and walks away then I hear the coordinator call Brianna's name so I walk over to the wall because I'm after her.
She disappears onto the stage and some seconds later, I follow.
I keep on a straight face and start doing a catwalk on the stage. There are lots of people here and I'm honestly not surprised because come on, it's Louis Vuitton.
My insides suddenly freeze and if I wasn't trained so well, I would have fallen because sitting right there, at the front row with his legs crossed over the other is my dear husband, Adam.
****
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