Going to destroy

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen! Today you are going to witness the biggest fashion runway ever of New York city! Congratulating the MM queen once again, we may begin the glamorous night!" The host, a beautiful woman, said and walked to the side of the huge stage. 

She was also wearing one of the MM queen's collections. Every person present in the room only screamed elegance, high class and glamour. 

Darius Henderson, the sponsor of the show, finished his introductory speech just before the host announced the starting of the show. After some typical buzzing statements over this show to the media, Darius takes his seat at the front of the ramp. 

The Show begins. One after another models are coming out and flaunting the dress that they were wearing for which they consider themselves lucky. Everyone sitting in the audience was awed by how they were looking and they can't wait to meet the showstopper. Wondering if the side models are so beautiful, how beautiful the showstopper might be! 

The first two models walked the ramp. Darius Henderson has no interest in looking at these models. He made himself busy with his phone, checking the hype of this show on social media. He did find some real cool headlines on their Company page at which he just smirked and scrolled down to check the rest. Someone sat beside the empty seat. He looked at the person with a playful glare while the person mouthed a small 'sorry' at him and looked at the models. 

Darius shook his head at his best friend aka business partner, Noah Weber. Apart from his family, Noah is the only person with whom he is free enough to joke around while he is the coldest and rudest person ever for the rest of the world. He looked down back at his phone.

Melissa stands with the Model at the backstage, looking at the screen of the plasma TV to see how the models are performing on ramp. She has high hopes from this show. Her life depends on it. Even though she saw her life getting stumped under Darius Henderson's feet. But as she looked at her right, her showstopper getting ready, she breathed out a sigh of relief.

Darius suddenly looked up and glared once at the CCTV camera, so as to make Melissa see his expressions and know what will happen if this messes up. He knows she will be watching him from the Plasma TV backstage. His eyes spit fire at her with some real warning kind of gestures to make this show happen at any cost. Melissa breathed high and looked at her left once again.

"Ma'am, please. I have never walked on a ramp before." Anastasia said out of nowhere as she started to feel a lump forming in the pit of her stomach. 

"But look at the heel you were rocking! It's a seven inch heel." Melissa rolled her eyes at Anastasia in irritation. 

It's just the girl is really beautiful and she needs her to be her showstopper. Otherwise Melissa, the queen, will stop eating her diet salad but will never even look at any 'lower class' people. That's how high sophisticated she is!

"Yes, I can walk on heels and all but I never walked on a ramp. Neither did I face so many people before." Anastasia exclaimed exparastedly. "Not that I remember." She muttered that under her breath to herself so the make-up artists don't hear her.

"Look, girl!" Melissa snapped at her. 

"We are of the same age." Anastasia cut her off to state the fact while it did nothing but irritated Melissa some more. "Maybe you are one year older than me. But you don't look like that and that's because of makeup maybe. I wonder how you will look without makeup." She added which followed with a small giggle. Her makeup artists joined her. 

Melissa was going red in anger. She put her hands down on the table very loudly and looked at Anastasia in intimidation. 

"I don't care who you are or whatsoever. It was you who stood in front of me very proudly, saying that you will be the showstopper. Now I don't care if you have walked on the ramp before or not. You are going to do this. Your account will be loaded after this. But if you fail my show, I swear to God that I will make your life so miserable that you can't even imagine." Melissa threatened and after one last glare, she looked back at the screen. 

"I bet you can't match up with my already miserable life." Anastasia said with a sad smile adoring her beautiful face while she was inhaling from her inhaler to tame her anxiousness. 

"I am doing it for me and Selena who did a lot for me. Since the start of my miserable life." She boosted her confidence even though there was a small voice at the back of her head, which is giving her signals about something really dangerous which was eating up all her confidence.

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The models keep coming, cameras keep flashing and people keep clapping around Darius but he has no regards to all this. He is busy on his phone. Till now the show is going smoothly and he hopes it continues till the end. Otherwise he doesn't know what to do.  

"When will the showstopper make her entry?" Noah looked at his best friend who finally raised his eyes up from her phone to the stage. 

The Showstopper.. his only worry for the show. Hope Melissa took his warnings seriously and managed something.

"When the perfect time comes." Darius answered curtly while he fixed his eyes to the curtain from here the showstopper will come walking out. 

He doesn't know why his gut feeling is not working very well since morning. He felt like this ago. Almost four years ago and three years ago was the last time when he felt it. 

"The wait ends, now it's time for the last and final show for which we all have been waiting to calm our eyes with… Here comes the showstopper!" The host's irritating voice brought him out of his thoughts. He will make sure that this girl doesn't host any of his programs from now on. 

Making a note of that to himself, he looked at the stage which suddenly turned dark. There was a spot light just in front of the curtain for the showstopper to walk out.

The host announces the final and the best collection of Melissa Millar's designs which the showstopper would be wearing and walking the ramp now. 

A gust of wind blew on his face as he heard the name of the Model who is the showstopper. 

"Anastasia Samuel!"

His eyes widened as soon as he heard the name. He raised his head and looked right at the center of the ramp. The entire light focus is on the model. Her face was still in the dark while the spot light was on her beautiful dark red prom gown. 

The gown has thin straps and a long cut near her chest area. It was a backless dress with this strip making a cross sign at her back. The dress has a long piece of clothes floating behind like a huge blooming red rose while the front reached just above the mid thigh. It hugged her body so perfectly, complimenting all her curves.

She had kept her hands on her waist, prepared to walk. Soon the music changed but she was still in her place. Darius could feel his heart beating and his body getting tensed up. Noah could feel the tension radiating off his best friend. He kept his hand on Darius's shoulder.

"There are a lot of Anastasia around the world. Calm down. Also you know that she is NO more in the world." Noah whispered to him but he was still like a rock. 

She suddenly moved her leg a little and he could feel his heart going crazy. She started to catwalk on the ramp, looking right ahead of her. She is breathing hard, there is some sort of fear running inside her which she is intelligently trying to subside. There is no expression on her face, no smile. She is rigid but yet flexible enough to walk the ramp effortlessly.

The lights suddenly focused on her face, making it clearly visible to him. He is astounded. He stopped breathing and could almost hear his heart beating right next to his ear.

"No way!" Noah breathed out in disbelief as his hand which was on Darius's shoulder, dropped down to his side. 

Anastasia was having difficulties in breathing. She was having a hard time taming her panics. So many eyes, so many eyes looking at her, she was hating the feeling. Moreover she was not comfortable in such a revealing, short yet gorgeous dress. One more thing which was making her heart crazily. Someone's burning gaze. The look was so intense that it was flaming her nervousness and anxiety more, which was not good. But she couldn't find whose gaze it was.

She turned around, he got a view of her back as it’s a backless dress. She is flawless. Just like the way he knew her. 

He grips his phone, swallowing hard, trying his best to move his gaze away but fails miserably. 

"No, no, no! What's happening? It's not possible! This can't be her!" Darius started to murmur under his breath while shaking violently. Noah gave him a worried look which he ignored. "She lied to me!" He growled in a lower tone while coming into a conclusion. 

"Darius! Calm down! Don't do what you always do! Don't judge or take any stupid steps!" Noah said in a warning tone. 

The audience clapped as Melissa walked the ramp with her showstopper again. She waves her hand in the air while Anastasia stood beside her, clapping appreciatively, while trying her best to not get affected by the burning gaze. Everyone stood up and continued clapping, except Darius Henderson who was busy throwing daggers to the woman whom he hates the most and at some point of his life loved the most. Whom he thought was dead.

"Hello, everyo-" Melissa started to say. 

"STOP IT AT THIS MOMENT!" Darius couldn't contain his anger anymore and yelled out. His tone was so loud that Melissa almost jumped. 

The music stopped and everyone looked at Darius Henderson with anticipation. Melissa gulped loudly while trying to remember what she did wrong. While Anastasia's eyes met his for the first time and she stopped breathing. Something took over her body. 

Fear..

It was fear. This feeling was really new to her yet so known. Suddenly she started to feel someone hammering her head. Even though the place was silent, she felt a loud buzz in her ears. Her body started to shake and she was having difficulties in breathing. 

She is going to have a panic attack if she doesn't move her eyes away from his but as if her eyes were stuck there.

He started to walk toward Melissa and her with quick steps ignoring Noah who tried to stop him. He was like a raging bull. He stopped in front of Anastasia and looked directly into her eyes, ignoring Melissa completely. 

"HOW DARE YOU?! HOW DARE YOU LIE TO ME! I AM GOING TO DESTROY YOU COMPLETELY FOR THIS!" He growled on her face. 

She blinked her eyes at him with a blank face. One blink… two blink… three blink… 

And she lost her consciousness and fell directly on his arms.