He bent down and placed a lingering kiss on my lips, and I kissed back immediately before pulling away. “As much as I’d love for this to continue, you actually have investors to talk to. That’s the reason this thing was hosted in the first place, remember?” I grinned, before wiping my thumb across his lips to get rid of the red lipstick that was transferred.
Adrian groaned and placed his forehead at the crook of my neck. “I hate everyone.”
“You sound like a whiny teenager.” I laughed, pushing his head off gently. “Come on, go charm them to a stupor.” I smiled while fixing his tie.
“I love you,” he mumbled, before pecking my cheek and walking away. I watched as he stopped at a small group of men and women not far from where we were standing, and he plastered on a smile as he began shaking their hands and nodding.
“You guys are the cutest,” I heard a female voice sigh.
I turned around in confusion and found Anna standing behind me with a smile on her face and a glass of white wine gripped tightly by both hands.
“Thank you.” I smiled. “You look really nice!” I complimented, observing her black cocktail dress and royal blue high heels.
“Are you kidding me? Nothing compares to how you look tonight,” she gushed, freeing one hand from the glass and motioning at my dress. “You’re literally distracting everyone with your beauty and your laugh. Seriously, I’ve seen so many people around you look at you while someone is talking to them, or they’re talking to someone. You look amazing!”
I blushed and nervously looked around the room briefly; noticing the small looks she pointed out, before smiling slightly. “Thank you.” An all too familiar light blue dress caught my attention, and I sighed before looking back at Anna. “I’m really sorry, I’ve just spotted something I need to take care of… I’ll find you later and we’ll talk more?”
“It’s fine! I understand, you have to run around a lot since it’s your boss and your boyfriend’s event. I’ll see you around.” She smiled.
I nodded briefly and instantly made my way over to where Amy was now blinking into a worried looking man’s face.
“I’m so sorry, she tends to observe people a bit too closely to know what to write about when we ask about how the night went.” I smiled sheepishly at the man before grabbing a hold of Amy’s left arm. “Thank you for coming tonight. Enjoy the rest of your evening.”
I dragged Amy off to the ladies’ room.
“Amy! What did I warn you about when I told you about this event?! This is serious! Pull yourself together!” I stressed, fixing her flattening curls.
“Why couldn’t Rita do my hair?” she grumbled with a pout. “Yours looks so pretty. So does your dress. So do you.”
“Amy,” I growled, beginning to lose my patience.
“What?” She whined.
“Sober up and pull yourself together,” I snapped. “I’m going to get you a glass of water, and then I’m giving you to Blake.”
She instantly straightened up. “Blake’s here? Oh my God… I mean, no! I don’t want to go to Blake.” She attempted to glare, but failed from her eyes still being wide with surprise and admiration.
I smirked before dragging her out. “I’m sure you don’t. Come on, let’s get you some water.” I led her to the bar. Amy began to sip on the glass of water put in front of her just as Blake and Allen appeared.
“Amy?” Blake called out, mirroring Amy’s previous expression once Blake was mentioned.
“Well, if it isn’t Flakey Blakey,” she drawled out, before taking another sip of water.
“Are you drunk?” he asked with a slightly amused expression.
Amy turned to both men and squinted one eye as she pressed her thumb and forefinger close together. “This much.” She grinned, before her eyes went wide. “Hey, you look really hot!” she blurted.
Blake, Allen and I burst into a fit of laughter then, causing Amy’s face to turn red with embarrassment. “I- I was talking about Allen.” She tried to cover up with a glare.
“I’m sure you were, sweetie,” I spoke up, still laughing.
Blake shook his head at my best friend before looking up at me. “I’ll take care of her from here.”
I tried to fight the smile that was threatening to jump onto my lips and nodded briefly. “Are you sure? That’d be great, thank you so much.”
Allen and I left the pair alone and we began to look for Adrian again.