Darcy POV—-)

I was at the pool when all of a sudden, a man with striking black hair that was just the right length pulled back from his face and secured with a hair tie. His good looks caused me to become temporarily blinded, almost drowning in his gaze. Then I saw Brayden, the honey bather, come over to stand by the swimming pool.

“Hello handsome, do you want to come in?“

“Nah, but thanks, I'm just going to chill here for a second” Brayden responded

I swim to the other side of the pool, He's eyes never come off me, I see that and I come back.

"It occurred to me that, with everything going on, we hardly ever get time to go out and enjoy ourselves by ourselves. But I might change that… There's a masquerade ball tonight. Will you come with me?“ He proposed

“With pleasure, but isn't it a little bit late now? cause I don't have anything to put on for tonight”

“Let me see” He takes a look in his watch, and he continue “it's 2 p.m., so I think you have all the time to do this”

I left the pool quickly and was on my way to go shopping he grabbed me by my hips, pulled me closer to him, and started kissing me.

“At what time does it start again?“ I asked him will wrapping my arm around his neck.

“5 pm” He responded

“What?“

“I believe if you go now, you'll make it on time,” He said

“But you refuse to let go of me. How did you expect me to go now if you keep holding me like this... He heard me admit, though, that I truly enjoy this moment and do not want it to end. Then he grabbed my ass and I let I moan out.

“Oh pardon me madame” He said while he let go of me

"Grrr, I detest you," I uttered.

“Why, what did I do?“

On my way out, I turn and look back at him. He winks at me, and we smile at each other.

Upon arriving at my preferred dress store with my driver Javis, I inquired, "Are you, by any chance, an expert in purchasing dresses?"

He replied, "Yes, I am Miss Darcy. When I was with my wife, she was a model, I was the one who frequented the dress shop. May I now ask you why did you ask?"

"Because I already know you have a sense of style from the way you dress when you are not working, so I was not wrong, was I?" As he opened the door of the shop for me, I answered.

“Not at all. Is that a compliment, miss?“

“Yes, it is ended, I'm so sorry to hear that your wife left you. She's the one who's messing” I responded

“Well, it's not like that. i mean, she's dead. She had alzheimer. It's been 5 years now”

“Oh shit, I'm so sorry, I didn't know” I responded.

It was sad hearing this. Because life says otherwise, even though he is so sweet and deserves better. How come sometimes life can be so cruel?

“No, no, no, you don't have to apologize for that miss” he said without hesitation

“My sincere condolences!”

“Thank you. And also thank you for the compliment cause got a sincere compliment from a queen of fashion like you, it's not every day you see that, you make my day” Wow, how sweet

“Aww!!! Well, not gonna lie. I don't really know anything about fashion, but I know exactly who to call” I responded while making my way towards my purse to grab my phone.

“Say hi to her for me please,”

“will do…wait for me here. I'll be back shortly”

After a few minutes, I finally reached her.

“Hey girl, it's been a while” I stated

And she was angrily talking to someone else next to her “No, the one in your left…yes I want you to return it and tell them to call me, because obviously this is not the one chose(in Portuguese) cause she is in Brazil at the moment.

And when she's done Screaming all she want she get back to me “Hey girl, I missed you so fucking much”

“So do I, you become more and more beautiful days and days”

“You don't know what you talking about, you should have let me say that to you instead. Cause Well, Damn…hold on, are you in the dress shop right now?“ She asked when she saw the dresses that I chose.

“Duh, why do you think that I call you?“

“What am I missing, girl? Is he proposed?“ She asked

“What? No, don't you think it's a bit too early for that?“ I stated

“Hell no, two fucking years and without counting in the other years you guys wasting in that Romeo and Julliet situation, he should have probably done that by now…it's not like you guys didn't know each other back then” she replied

“Right? But it's not why I call”

“Wait…let me see that dress on your right real quick”

Then I turned the camera angle to show her.

“I call you to ask you which one you think I should choose for a masquerade ball tonight between these two?“ I asked her

“The right one without a second thought. Aww, did I hear clearly or? A masquerade ball?” she screamed

“Yes, you heard Clearly”

“Go get'em girl”

“Where are you right now? I know you never pass a week in the same country?“ I rambled

“I'm in my home country Brasil right now, visiting my family and then I'm going to Quatar for a fashion show tomorrow and in two days I'm coming back to New york”

“Well. Damn” I said

“What can I say, our life really change at this point, thanks to A+”

“You and Dora was near to win this game but I had other plans and I got ahead of you bitches” I stated

“I know you were about to say something like that to me once we talking so you prove me right”

“What can I say…okay I gotta go Ruby it's almost time, well talk soon babe”

“Yes babe and make me proud please post on IG earlier in the morning”

“I will” I rambled

Brayden after being in a call with his best friend on the other hand.

“Okay my man, it was nice to hear from you” Then he hang up.

He got inside the house and started talking to his parents “ I was on the phone with Danny he told me that they went to our old house and that it's totally a mess now”

“It's getting out of hands now, I didn't want to put you all through this, I'm going to deal with them myself” suggested his dad

“No, Grayden, you are going to stay here like the FBI told you to. You are not going to mess it up more than it's already is” ordered his mother

“But it's my mess. I don't want anyone to get hurt all that because I didn't have any control over the ones below me”

“Grayden please” begged his mother

“Dad we've been here before. We are going to deal with it as a family. There's no need to feel guilty about anything. We're all make mistakes”

Grace “Right? As long they don't mess with us here, we are good”

And mommy Grace turn towards Brayden and say “Did you move the books, before they got in”

“Yes, I know what's all these mean to us, so yes, I did, I don't want our family to get ruined worse than it already is” He responded

Then I finally make my grand entrance in the room ready for the ball with a beautiful black dress on.

“Baby, are you ready?“

I said while my eyes fell on him, Got Damn, come il est Beau!!! i learned these words from Mommy Grace by the way french is not my strong point… Of course, his hairstyle had already changed, and he braided them.

“Wow Darcy” says his Dad while his mom and his father wrap their arm around each other's.

“My dad said it all” responded Brayden

Then I smirked

“You are lovely as always” He continues

“So do you” I replied

“Thanks” He also replied

We kissed each other, and then Brayden say “ Let's go”

We put our mask on and headed outside when Javis opened the limo's door for us, and then we went to the ball.

When we first arrived at the masquerade ball, we were dancing, and while we were having fun, he kept making me laugh. At the same time, though, that guy, whose dance was as ridiculous as hell, kept staring at us.

After Brayden left to get something to drink a few minutes later, I was still dancing alone when the man approached me. He immediately began dancing with me and said, "I like your mood, it is really contagious."

"Really? Hahaha," was my straightforward response.

After that, we continued, but regrettably, he began to grow quite close to me. When I realized that, I stood up for myself.

“Are you gay? Unless you gay my warning to you is to get the hell out of here while you can cause my boyfriend is really jealous and you don't want to see that side of him”

Suddenly Brayden saw that, he suddenly got up and came as fast as he could towards us, he saw Brayden and then he suddenly disappeared into the crowd.

P.S.: Brayden saw what happened. And that is when something happened—someone dressed like a bodyguard touched Darcy's ear and began speaking to someone else. The guy who had been circling Darcy immediately vanished after he finished speaking. Sensing that they were in danger, he went to see how Darcy was doing.

He began examining every inch of my body as soon as he got close to me to check for scratches.

“Are you okay?“

“Yes I am, thanks for asking…did you see that gay guy who was dancing with me?”

“Yes and I'm afraid that he wasn't really gay. Let's get out of here” he stated when I started to have the most fun.

“What? and go where?"

“Somewhere else with privacy that is not here” He ordered me

I listened to him, and we headed outside. we got in the limo and started making love.

A few minutes After the sex, I was still mad at him for making me leave earlier when I was having the most fun, so I asked him

“it was because of something else, you wanted us to leave, didn't you?“

“What are you talking about? Because of what exactly I'm here with you, aren't i?“ He rambled

“Because I can see that you were somewhere else in your head even when we were fucking but never with me”

“Oh come on, that's not true”

“Are you sure, if it's wasn't for that person you were talking to on the phone while you left me dancing by myself that would've never happened”

He didn't respond, maybe he knew that was true. So I didn't say shit either until we arrived home.

As we got there, just as I was ready to get out of the car, he grabbed my arm, pulled me in, and planted a kiss on me. Naturally, I was not happy about it because I felt like he was keeping something from me. Don't get me wrong, i'm not talking about the dangerous situation we are in just now, but it's all started shortly after he came back from France. He seems off lately always on the phone, and when his phone rings, he stepped outside, so I can't hear his convo.

So I stepped outside the car and said goodnight to him “Goodnight Brayden” harshly, then slammed the door after me.