Chapter 17

The day before the wedding

"Emilyn, if I'm not wrong. You are going to accompany Christopher to a wedding, right?" Grandma Lou asked.

"Yeah," Emilyn answered munching on a chip watching the tv.

"Have you got your outfit ready?"

"Outfit, oh no. I didn't" Emilynstood up from the couch and close the chip bag. "Thanks for reminding me." She rushes into her room to look for something nice to wear. Going through every formal wear dress in her closet, but can't pick anything to wear. Emilyn groaned in defeat.

"Ana!" She shouted, Emilyn grab her phone from her pocket and call her. Ana is the only one who can help Emilyn now. Ana told her that she will come over in 25 minutes.

25 minutes late, Ana announces her entrance when she walks into Emilyn's bedroom."I'm here," "Let me see." She walks towards Emilyn's closet. After going through Emilyn's closet, Ana pulled out a dark blue dress with a decorative pattern on the skirt. The bottom is slightly poofy but not too much and is sleeveless(Picture above, don't mind the model is about the dress.)

"Wow, I didn't know I have this." Emilyn stares at the dress.

"I bought this for you, a few years ago, and it is hidden at the back of your closet," Ana said. "You wore it before."

"This is so beautiful." Emilyn traces the pattern of the skirt with her fingers.

"Try it on." Ana pushes the dress towards Emilyn

Emilyn walks out of her room and change into the bathroom, "I'm ready." Emilyn told Ana before entering her bedroom.

"Wow." Ana looks at Emilyn and smiles. "You look amazing." She gushed. "Christopher won't be able to keep his eyes off you." Emilyn shakes her head and chuckle.

Emilyn walks towards her closet's full-length mirror and stares at the image in the mirror. This girl in the mirror, she doesn't recognize who is that girl staring back at her.

"So, what do you think?" Ana stand next to Emilyn.

"I can't recognize myself. Is this really me?" Emilyn asked.

"Of course, who do you think it is." Ana slapped lightly on her arm. "I told you so many times that you are extremely gorgeous, but you never listen."

"I'm going to change." Emilyn heads into the bathroom to change back to her regular clothes, after she came back into the room; she hands it nicely on a hanger and places it back into the closet.

"Do you need help for tomorrow?" Ana asked sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Definitely," Emilyn reply. "Want to stay over?" She asked.

"Of course." Ana smiled. "I can't wait for tomorrow." She squeals and Emilyn rolled her eyes at Ana.

"Here, I got some clothes for you to change in." Emilyn passes her the clothes.

"Thanks." Ana took the clothes and heads into the bathroom to change.

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"Good Morning." Ana and Emilyn greet Grandma Lou in the kitchen.

"Good morning girls." Grandma Lou greets back. "I'm making some pancakes, you girls have to wait for a while."

"Grandma, have you taken your medicine?" Emilyn asked, pulling out three glasses and pour some orange juice into them.

"Yes, I did. You don't have to remind me every day, I don't have amnesia."

"Sorry, I just want to make sure," Emilyn told her.

"I know. Thank you." Grandma Lou smiles "Here you go." She places 2 stakes of pancakes on a plate for Emilyn and Ana.

"Thanks, Grandma Lou." Ana took a bite of the pancake. She moans, "I forget how good this is." she took another bite.

"You should stay over more often then." Grandma Lou chuckle.

"I definitely will." She cuts another piece of pancake.

"So, what are you girls doing today?" Grandma Lou asked, sitting down on the table next in front of the girls.

"I'm helping Emilyn to get ready." Grandma Lou nods. "Why did Christopher ask you to his family's wedding?" She asked.

"I'm not sure. He just told me that he needs a plus one or his mom will set him up with someone random." Emilyn explain.

"I think that Christopher Evans likes her." Ana snickers.

"Oh." Grandma Lou eyes lits up and nod agreeing with Ana.

"Grandma, are you agreeing to this?" Emilyn asked.

"I guess so. Look at this way, why would someone you know for not long invites you to his family's wedding?" Grandma Lou said.

"I don't know. He asked me and Ana told me to accept it." Emilyn points her finger at Ana.

"Hey, Don't blame me," Ana argues. "I did convince you, but you are the one who agrees at the end."

"I don't know why, okay," Emilyn said. "I just did a favor for a friend that's all."

"I see." Ana raises one of her eyebrows and smirk.

"What's with that face?" Emilyn frown.

"Nothing, let's get you glam up." Ana got up from her seat and place her empty plate into the sink.

Emilyn narrowed her eyes at Ana suspiciously, "Stop looking at me like that." Ana waved her hands in front of Emilyn's face. "Come on, let's get ready." Ana pulls Emilyn out from her chiar.

"Why do we have do this so early?" Emiln whined, reluctantly got up from her seat. "Christopher told me that he's coming at 2 pm. But now is only 9 in the morning."

"There are so much prepping to be done, time is a bully. In a blink of an eyes, it will be two." Ana told her.

"You girls get ready, I have an activity to plan for the kids." Grandma Lou said.

"Fine," Emilyn sigh and let Ana dragged her to the room. Ana did everything from the eyeshadow to my lips and to my hair. She put on a natural shade of eyeshadow, some mascara and blush, and light pink lipstick. As for the hair, Ana put it in a slick ponytail with some stands fall in Emilyn's face. "Wow, I look so different." Emilyn stare at herself in the mirror. "Thanks, Ana."

"Now get your things ready and he'll be here soon." Ana said. Emilyn find a small bag to put her things in such as her phone and wallet. Ana and Emilyn sat on the bed to wait for Christopher While they wait, Emilyn asked, "So, when are you going to tell your parents?"

"Probably next week." Ana shrugged. "They are very busy people."

"Remember to tell me earlier, so that I can fix my schedule." Ana nods. A message alerts on her phone, Emilyn open it to Christopher text, "I'm here."

"He's here," Emilyn told Ana.

"let's go, I want to see his reaction." Ana giggled. They walked out of the room just in time for Grandma Lou to open the door for Christopher to step into the house. Once he steps into the living room, Emilyn can't keep her eyes off him. He's wearing a suit with a black blazer and black pants with a blue tie. His hair is gel up neatly to keep his hair out of his eyes.

"Hi." Christopher said with a charming smile.

"Hi," Emilyn reply back softly with a small smile.

"You look amazing." Christopher looks at Emilyn up and down, a smile forms upon his face at the beautiful sight in front of him.

"Thanks."

"Shall we get going?" Christopher asked and Emilyn nods. He turns to Grandma Lou and said, "Grandma Lou, we are leaving. I'll bring her back before midnight." Grandma Lou nods and they head out the door. But not before hearing Ana shout, "Have fun!" Emilyn chuckle as they walk to the elevator.

Once they arrived outside of the apartment, Christopher opens the passenger door for Emilyn. "Thank you," Emilyn sat down on the seat and said before he closes the door. Christopher then makes his way to the driver seat and then they are on their way to the wedding venue.

"There's something I forget to tell you." Christopher said nervously after the 5 minutes of silence. Emilyn turn to face him, curious about what Christopher is going to tell her. "When we are at the venue, you got to pretend that we are dating."

"What?" Emilyn was astounded. "Why?"

"I'm terribly sorry that I didn't tell you earlier. I knew if I told you, you'll not accompany me."

"Seriously?" Emilyn scoff. "Are you kidding me?" Emilyn was so stunned, she barely know what to say next. "Christopher how could you." Emilyn cross her arms and pout.

"I'm really sorry, but I really need your help." He turns to look at Emilyn for a few seconds before facing back to the road.

"I can't do anything now, is not like I can jump off the car." Emilyn look down at her dress. "So, how do you want me to play this game?"

"You really want to do this?" He asked.

"Is not like I got a choice," Emilyn said in an obvious tone.

Christopher chuckles, "You got a point there." Emilyn glare at him, even though he can't see. "All you got to do is pretend that you're helplessly in love with me. And you have to hold my hand the entire time."

Emilyn groaned, "Why can't you get someone you are crushing on or they are crushing on you to do this. Don't you have admirers who would be willing to do this?"

"I do have admirers, but they are too annoying. And yes, I have a girl in mind."

"You have someone in mind? Why don't you ask her to go with you instead of me, if you like her just tell her, and there you go you have an official date to the wedding, not a fake." Emilyn said.

"I can't she's different than other girls I used to date." He answered.

"But who would reject the No.1 hottest bachelor. She must be out of her mind."

Christopher chuckles, "She is."

"And why can't you tell her? Are you scared?"

"Yeah, a little. I don't know how she will react. We just became friends not too long, I don't want to scare her."

"I see." An evil smirk appears on Emilyn's face. "Christopher Evans is a wimp, he's scared of rejection." She laughed.

"I'm not." Christopher voice raise a little to shut Emilyn up. "She's slightly different, she doesn't fall easily for me compared to those girls I date. It took me so hard to get out of the frenemies zone."

"Okay, whatever you say." Emilyn shrug her shoulders. "Do you need help with asking her out? Girls can always help each other out. I can always make her like you better." She offer.

"If you want to." Christopher looks at her for a split second. "sure, I'll call you if I need your help." Emilyn gave him a thumbs up and Christopher smiles while shaking his head.

"So what do I get in return for helping you?" Emilyn asked

"I'll let you have anything you request."

"Deal."

"Just like that?" He asked shockingly.

"Yeah, if you can get the richest bachelor to get you anything, the request is limitless" Christopher didn't say anything after that. "So how do you want to do this? What's our story?"

"Story?" Christopher turned a second to look at Emily, confused.

"Yeah, as in how we met and where we met."

"So what do you want to say?" He asked

"So where did we meet?" Emilyn asked

"How about we say at my race track? Since we actually met there." Christopher said

"So what if they ask how long we have dated?"

"Let's say about 5 months." He said

"Okay." Emilyn agree with him. Christopher stops at the parking spot, "Here we are." Emilyn take a look around from the car window and saw there are less cars around

"Why is there no one here?"

"Because I'm supposed to arrive early as a family member." Emilyn nod. "So are you ready to do this?" She took a deep breath and nod her head. Emilyn's hands are on the car's door handle, "Wait here." Christopher told her. She watch him walk around the car and open the door for her.

"Thank you." Emilyn said, stepping out of the car.

"Give me your hand." Christopher asked her and put out his hand. Emilyn look up at him confused. "I need your hand. Or else they will not believe that we are dating." Christopher told her.

Emilyn look at the hands in front of her and slowly puts her hand in his. Once, Emilyn skin touches his. She felt sparks fly through her body. "Ready?" Christopher asked, I nod

Hand in hand they walk towards the entrance of the venue. The entrance is wide and is an open area with a transparent canopy, decorating with fairy lights around it with some beautiful pink and white flowers surround the whole venue.and we walk towards the entrance of the venue.

"Wow, this is so beautiful." Emilyn look around amazed at everything.

Christopher chuckles, "You've never been to a wedding before?" He asked. Emilyn shook her head embarrassedly, "Well, let me be the one to introduce to you something new." Christopher smiles.

"Okay, so what's on the agenda now?" Emilyn asked.

"First on the agenda is which is checking up on the bride and groom." Christopher pulls her to inside the building. Christopher lead her to a door and knock before opening the door. "Hi, how is my sister in law doing?" He greeted the woman who is standing with her white wedding dress on. The room is filled with lots of girls and a makeup artist.

"Christopher, you are finally here." She hugs him. She was facing me and asked, "Who are you?" She broke the hug.

"Sera, this is Emilyn." He introduces.

"Hi, nice to meet you." She shakes Emilyn's hand.

"Nice to meet you too." Emilyn said while shaking her hands "Congratulation on your wedding,"

"Thanks." She smiles. "So, this girl is your...." She looked at Christopher for an answer.

"She's my," He put his hands over Emilyn's shoulder. "girlfriend." He said it with so much ease.

"Girlfriend?" She said shockingly. "How long have you guys been together?"

"5 months." He answers.

"And you never thought of introducing her to your family?" She said.

"Sorry, I've been too busy. And Emilyn wants to keep our relationship a secret for a while." Christopher looks at Emilyn and smiles.

"Aww, she's so precious." She cooed. Emilyn smiles, she have no idea what she should say.

"You should go to your brother's room, your parents are there. They will be so surprised." She giggles.

"Okay, then I'll be going now." Sera nods and they walk out of the room.

"Wow, that's interesting," Emilyn said. "She's really beautiful." Christopher didn't say anything but just chuckle. They stop in front of another white door before he knocks on the door. He turns around to face Emilyn.

"Are you ready?" He asked. "You are going to meet my parents and brother and maybe my other siblings."

Emilyn take a deep breath before answering him, "I think so. I've had no idea what I'm supposed to be feeling." She said nervously.

Christopher snickers, "Don't worry you'll be fine, you did great at my sister in law's room." He places both hands on Emilyn's shoulders. "I'm well aware you will do great." He gave an assuring smile. He waits for a approval from Emilyn before knocking on the door and then proceeds to open the door.

A/N: Hey, Hey readers. Today is a long chapter, what do you think? Does Christopher have another girl he likes? Who is she?? Comment and vote.

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