When you blush at their gaze, feel butterflies in your stomach just by their one touch, your heart starts beating at an abnormal pace, you know it then and there.

You can never let the unknown love in your heart die for them.

~♥~

" I really need to go shopping " I mumbled to myself as I rubmagged through my closet trying to find some sort of party wear.

I needed to wear it for today's party. Yesterday, I hadn't even thought of all this because of work and all the arrangements I was looking for, it totally skipped out of my mind and it was already afternoon, I was freaking out now.

" What do I do now? " I groaned, banging my forehead.

Not having anything to wear is a real struggle for girls.

I picked up a piece of cloth only to keep it back inside with a huff. Why do we girls have to be so fucking choosy! I mean, boys don't really have to do anything.

Just wear the tuxedo, even if it matches with someone then too, no problem at all. No makeup, no hair setting. And here, we women, try our level best to stay unique.

I was still thinking of what to do when a knock on the door interrupted my thoughts. Taking long strides towards the door, I opened it.

There was a man standing, dressed in black uniform, maybe he was a bodyguard. With a box in his hands.

" Bon aprés-midi" he bowed his head down and I nodded. He greeted me in French, it means good afternoon.

" Mr Johnson has sent this for you " he said.

Oh OK.... I took the box from him and he left from there, not forgetting to bow once again.

" What can be inside? " I thought.

A smile formed on my lips as I kept the box on the bed. It looked really elegant, it was peach in colour from outside, a little white heart drawn at the top right side and a silver line outlining the detail of it.

It was wrapped up beautifully with a white transparent ribbon and a card was stuck in the bow of the ribbon. I took that out and it read

'For you belle ♥'

I blushed, this Ashton! Even though he is not present here he still manages to make me blush. Belle means beautiful in french.

I opened the box and saw a beautiful, soft material inside. I took it out delicately.

The soft net fabric came in contact of my hands as I brushed it softly with my palms. Woah! It was a dress. He literally solved my whole problem.

I walked in front of the mirror, holding the dress in front of my body, I looked at the reflection of mine. It indeed looked sumptuous.

I looked down at the length and then back at the mirror, a faint tint of blush appeared on my cheeks and earlobe.

I walked back and kept the dress on the bed, there was a piece of paper inside the box, just beneath the dress which was kept.

I want you to wear it for today's evening Alaia. Hope you liked it.

Your Ashton ♡

I blushed even harder, gosh! Seems like I will turn into a tomato today.

I took deep breaths, OK.....OK Alaia.... control and compose.

Clutching the dress in my hands, I took few deep breaths, yet a small smile didn't leave my face. I will definetly wear this tonight.

♥

Standing in front of the mirror I adored myself and how perfectly the dress blended with me.

Beautiful.

It is what I felt after I looked at myself in the mirror.

The dress was blush pink in colour, off shoulder but full sleeved which were slightly puffed at the end and embedded with beautiful white stones.

It had a simple sweetheart neckline but not too deep. It fitted me perfectly at the waist part, the skirt down was beautifully decorated with soft blush embroided flowers and few diamond stone emblished above.

There was a slit near the thigh which exposed my right leg. This dress screamed elegance, I don't know about how will I carry it but this is just......beautiful.

I paired it with my white heels and a bracelet which had a heart charm attached to it. I wanted to keep my look as simple as possible because this dress was enough for all the charm.

My long natural wavy hair was open and I had not done any experiment with it, I hated doing so. Like it could damage your hair for God's sake!

And now the most dreading part I had to do even though I did not wanted to. Makeup. So I did very light makeup which could match with the outfit

A call interrupted my thoughts, I picked it up from the bed and looked at the callers name. I sighed, a small smile appeared on my lips.

Ashton.

" Hello Alaia, where are you? The function is going to start " I heard his voice as soon as I picked up the call.

Uh....oh, someone seems impatient.

" Yeah I am ready. Just coming " I said, picking up my clutch. I looked around for it, damn! Where the hell is it.

I rubmagged through my clothes and the comforter to look for it. Yes! finally found it.

With a deep breath I looked at the broach in my hands. This is really important for today, I attached the broach on my dress and looked at myself for the last time.

So all ready for today.

" OK and I am standing right in front of your door " with that he cut the call.

I suddenly felt butterflies in my stomach, a faint tint of redness made its way to my cheeks and neck.

My heart beated at an abnormal pace, I took few deep breaths to calm myself and this fluttering heart.

Damn, I was never this nervous before but now what just happened! I am feeling nervous just by going in front of him. No... Come on Alaia, you are forgot sake owner of Houston's and today is the golden jubilee.

I walked near the door and opened it with a click.

My breath hitched for a moment, there he was standing. Dressed in royal blue tuxedo with light pink tie.

My eyes traveled from my gown to his neck tie, a faint smile appeared on my lips.

His hair set perfectly, his deep green eyes complementing his look. I was literally and shamelessly ogling at him.

I could feel his intense gaze on me, I was trying really hard not to blush

" Beautiful " I heard him whisper.

I craned my neck down to hide my smile. He smiled widely looking at me.

" You are looking gorgeous Alaia " he cleared his throat before speaking.

" Thank you " I muttered trying to fight back the wide smile erupting on my face.

" Let's go " he forwarded his hands and I held it with a smile.

I wanted to live these few hours, maybe I won't be ever able to again. Who knows if I even see him again?

His grip on my hands tightened as we walked hand by hand together.

I looked at him, particularly his eyes which had some different sort of shine today.

Ashton's p.o.v.

Patience. This word, I most definitely lack this quality in personal life. I am the most impatient person when it comes to Alaia.

Here I am, standing in front of her suite, waiting for her to come. I took a deep breath to calm down my nerves, I rubbed my sweaty palms on my pants and looked at the watch.

It is not that I am impatient to go in the party but I am, for the plans I made after it. I was really nervous today. My heart was beating wilder than ever, it seemed like I would really get an anxiety attack today.

And the reason is that I will propose Alaia today.

Yes! I finally got some balls to finally ask her out to become my girlfriend. I am really nervous about how will she react.

What if she rejects me?

This chance is really high but she can not deny the feelings she has for me.

She gets equally affected from our closeness just like the way I know, it might be hard for her to accept me but I can not see her suffering more.

She deserves all the happiness and I want to shower her with that. I want to pamper her like a princess.

I had planned everything today just the way she likes or atleast how much I have understood her.

I believe that she is the believer of nature, she is someone who adores nature and has some wierd fascination with sky.

Especially night sky. The night when we were at the beach, she was looking at the sky with fascination.

So I planned to ask her out under the beauty of Eiffel Tower and a date on the beach. Where she could gaze at stars, we would talk for hours and she would fall asleep in my arms. where I would be adoring her face and her cute sleeping figure in my arms.

Damn! I seriously need to get out of my LA LA LA land. Ugh! I am behaving like a hormonal teenager.

But what if she rejects me?

The whole night ends then and there. And also me crying to sleep.

Gosh! I need to stop thinking all negative too. It will badly affect my heart and I might get heart attack or maybe even cardiac arrest.

The sound of clicking door snapped me out of my thoughts. It felt like my heart stopped beating for a second, there she stood in front of me, looking like an angel.

" Beautiful " it unknowingly came out of my mouth as I checked her out shamelessly.

What I was proud of more was that this dress was my choice and it suited her perfectly. A proud smile formed on my face.

I had imagined that she will look really beautiful in the dress but I never thought that she would look this drop dead gorgeous.

Her hair was open and without any experiment, just the way I like it. Her makeup was so simple and the way she was carrying the dress with elegance was commendable.

I really need to protect her today from those lusty eyes of men. I am damn sure, they will eye her as if she is some kind of meat.

" You are looking gorgeous Alaia " I said, after clearing my throat.

She looked down to hide that cute smile that was forming on her face.

I frowned, she does not needs to hide anything from me. I wanted to hold her chin and make her look at me but refrained myself from doing so.

" Let's go " I forwarded my hand and she held it with a smile. A wide smile formed on my face as I held her hand tighter.

I looked at our entanglend hands and then at her. A smile formed on my face, her hands fitted so perfectly against mine that as if they were just made for me, only me.

It seemed like they were lost pieces of puzzles and now joined together. Her hand seemed so small and cute in front of my large ones. The entanglement of hands is the symbol of not letting go.

We were walking hand in hand until the limo I ordered came into the view. Unwillingly, I left her hand. Suddenly the cold air collided with my bare hands and I missed the warmth of her hands

There was a ting of emptiness, but a small smile formed on my face.

Whenever we leave each others hand, an invisible thread will keep us joined.

And my love will be that invisible thread.

I opened the car door for her and for the first time I could see excitement in her eyes. They spoke various emotions today.

It seemed like everything after that happened in a flash. Us reaching Houston's industries, those paparazzi not leaving a chance to take our pictures.

The cake cutting ceremony and not to forget those lusty gazes of men on Alaia. To be honest, she was actually the most beautiful woman in the party.

I was eagerly waiting for the party to get over so that I could execute my plan.

But when has destiny been good to me? I was searching for her but when I did not found her after good one hour, I lost it.

I was madly searching for her, yet could not find her. I even saw Macey in the party, when I asked her about this, she had no idea where Alaia was.

She was not even aware that we were here. All the negative thoughts occupied my mind.

Was she hurt? Or maybe she left in an emergency but she could have informed me dammit!

Those unleashed layer of tears in my eyes blurred my vision as I still kept searching for my heartbeat.

♥

Love is fire. It makes you laugh, cry, and be restless at your faith together. His heart burned thinking about the worst consequences, his heart tried finding it's heartbeat but failed to do so.

She was his heart beat. And when she is gone, she took his soul away with her.

~♥~

Done!!! Ugh. Finally. But you can't miss the next chapter, it gonna be a hell of a ride! I hope you liked it and I am looking forward for the responses.

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