Chapter 2

"Who is there?" Keith stared at the door, while Audrey hurriedly wore her clothes. 

"The event is about to start, mum asked if I should call you to meet some important guests" Tiana, Keith's sister said.

Audrey let out a sigh of relief, she had thought it was Sophia. 

"Okay, I will be down in a jiffy," he said, Tiana nodded her head and walked away. 

Keith turned to Audrey giving her a flattering smile "I need to go and check on Sophia" Audrey perked him and stood up. 

"Okay, make sure she doesn't make crazy questions for the wedding, I'm not sure how long I can keep up with her," Keith said grabbing his phone. 

"You should trust me, on that" Audrey put on her heels and blew a kiss to Keith before leaving the room. 

Keith smiled looking at the door Audrey just walked through, he dropped his phone and went into the bathroom to wash himself up. 

A few minutes later, he was now dressed in a black suit and his silver cufflinks were shining coldly in the light. 

He walked out of the room to find his mother Georgina and his sister Tiana. 

"Mr. Winslow, congratulations" Keith turned in the direction of the voice and meet Miguel smiling at him. 

"Thank you" He felt awkward taking his handshake but he had to, he stared at him wondering who put his name on the guest list, the last he checked his name wasn't there. 

"Oh, I now partner with Winslow-Bio, your mum thought it wise to send an invitation across to me" Miguel seemed to have read his mind. 

"I see, Welcome, I hope you enjoy the party" Keith grinned, he didn't have a good relationship with Miguel and obviously wasn't aware of the stupid partnership. 

Georgina was naturally greedy, Miguel might have made a mouth-watering offer she couldn't resist and decided to partner with him without even letting him know. 

"I'm already enjoying the partner, nice suit by the way," Miguel said still smiling, If Keith was handsome then Miguel was a dim god. 

Keith muttered a "Thank you" while walking away, he didn't want to continue with the conversation, to him Miguel Flyheart was bad news and a joy killer. 

"Why are you just coming now, Sophia’s parents arrived a few minutes ago and you weren't here to welcome them" Georgina nagged seeing Keith. 

Keith rolled his eyes, he was tired of this all trash, and Sophia, he didn't even want to marry her in the first place, it was Georgina, who schemed the whole thing and he had to oblige because she threatened to kill herself and never forgive him. 

"I was busy with some office work" Keith didn't find any better excuse. 

"Today is your engagement, stay away from work, Sophia is going to find you boring if you work on your honeymoon night," Georgina said and Keith smirked ‘Honeymoon, that ain't happening’. 

"Did you invite the Flyheart Family?" Keith asked.

"Yes, but too bad, only the CEO, Miguel, and the chairwoman Diana attended, I was hoping to meet the chairman, guess he must be busy with some other stuff," Georgina said and sipped her wine. 

"And you didn't dim it fit to give me a preamble?"

Georgina raised a brow at Keith and meet his frown face. 

She sighed "It's been over a decade now son, don't tell me you are still angry?"

"Are you serious now, mum?" Keith stared at her. 

"You do have the right to be I'm not saying otherwise but for goodness, it's getting boring and childish, I'm sure Miguel came because he still feels guilty over what happened, you need to let go, move on and amend your relationship with Miguel, you might need his help in the future," Georgina said 

‘I rather die than ask Miguel for help’ 

"I won't be needing his help, I'm successful myself," Keith said taking a glass of wine from the staff tray. 

"You are a businessman son, I'm not talking about riches here" Georgina smiled. 

The guests keep coming in, and they welcome them receiving the never-ending congratulatory message.

Audrey used the door passcode to open Sophia’s room and meet Lindsey sleeping on the couch. 

"Hey, Lindsey why are you sleeping?" Audrey said shaking her. 

Lindsey muttered opening her eyes, she had a stressful day and was tired, all she needed was a good long sleep. 

"Oh, Audrey you_" Lindsey stared at her, she might still be feeling a bit sleepy but could still perceive the strong male cologne in Audrey’s body ‘She didn't smell like that a few hours ago’. 

"Where is the bride?, have you met her?" Audrey asked and Lindsey shook her head negatively. 

"I haven't seen her, I got tired of waiting and decided to take a nap," Lindsey said adjusting on the couch and trying to stay awake, she was the event planner so her presence was highly needed. 

"What!, what's that supposed to mean?" Audrey walked back into Sophia’s room leaving just Lindsey in the lounge again. 

She walked out a few minutes later with a worried face, she unlocked her phone and dialed a number but it rang without any response, Audrey tried again, pacing around the room. 

"Is anything wrong?" Lindsey couldn't help but ask. 

Audrey stared at her wondering whether to tell her or not, but at last, she decided to do so, besides she was the event planner and had every right to know. 

"The bride, I can't find her and she's not answering her phone"

Lindsey stood up alerted, she wasn't concerned about the missing bride but herself, the Winslow family had made a deposit of fifty thousand USD, for the engagement and part payment for the wedding arrangements and she has spent almost all the money on a debt. 

"So the wedding won't hold?" Lindsey asked subconsciously making Audrey glare at her. 

"Do wedding hold without the bride, what manner of question is that?" she snapped busy making the hundredth call, but still got the same reply from the service care center. 

"I need to inform Keith about the situation," Audrey said walking out of the room. 

Lindsey slumped into the couch, she reached for her phone and quickly checked her account balance. 

She closed her eyes saying a brief prayer for the bride. 

Audrey walked up to Keith who was now seated with his family. "Can I talk to you privately"

Georgina stared at Audrey, she didn't like her and tried to get her name off the invite list but Keith won't hear of it. 

She was Keith’s childhood sweetheart, they grew up together and loved each other but the Winslow family didn't find her fit for their son, thus they kicked against the marriage when Keith proposed it. 

"As you can see the party is about to start, can't it wait," Georgina said holding Keith from getting up. 

"It's very urgent mummy, this party might not hold if Keith doesn't attend to it" Audrey smiled.

Georgina’s face was stiff, nothing about Audrey amuse her so there was no need to fake it by smiling. 

"I'm not your mother, I have enough children already" Georgina snapped, she never filters her words when talking to Audrey, she despised her more than any other member of the Winslow family. 

"Mum!" Keith said "That was uncalled for," he said standing up. 

"Whatever, be fast with whatever you have with that bitch and come back here, you need to propose to Sophia," Georgina said as Keith left with Audrey. 

Audrey stared at the both of them, she just didn't trust Audrey and will never trust her. 

"Follow your brother and know what that bitch is up to" Georgina whispered into Thalia’s ear. 

Thalia turned towards the direction Audrey and Keith were walking and seeing Audrey dress, she frowned. 

"Why would a married woman dress in such a manner, was she trying to seduce her brother". 

She stood up immediately and followed keeping a close distance. 

Thalia and Tiana were identical twins sisters and it was extremely hard to tell which one is, but not hard for family members who know them and know their fashion preference because it wasn't as identical as they were.

Audrey stopped at the stairs and looked around before turning to Keith "Sophia is missing, I can't find her and her phone, she isn't picking up her calls" Audrey said worriedly. 

"What?" Keith stared at her, he just can't imagine what will happen if he fails to propose to a lady tonight, the reporters would surely make caricatures of him and his business associate will see him as a joke who can't even get a woman to marry. 

He didn't even want to think about how happy his enemies would be. 

"Did you check everywhere, her parents are here, so there is no way she would just disappear like that" Keith said. 

"I think she must have eloped with that good-for-nothing Frederick," Audrey said. 

Keith stared into thin air thinking of what to do next but he couldn't think of any, his mind suddenly went blank. 

Thalia listened with keen interest as their discussed, on hearing the situation at hand, she quickly rushed back to inform Georgina about the present situation. 

"So, no one is in her room now?"

"Well, aside from the event planner, I asked her to wait while I inform you," Audrey said and Keith rushed upstairs, straight to Sophia’s room. 

He yanked the door open and meet Lindsey lost in her thought. 

"Is she the event planner?" Keith asked looking at the lady seated on the couch who seemed to not have noticed his presence. 

"Yes, Ms. Lindsey Roach, the one I recommended" Audrey replied with a raised brow, she couldn't figure out what was going on in Keith’s mind. 

"Ms. Roach!" Keith called for the third time with his pitch high while tapping her. 

Lindsey jumped up, touching her heart which felt like it was falling off. 

She looked at the man in front of her and quickly recognized him, she has seen his face on TV, in magazines, newspapers almost everywhere. 

"Hi, Mr. Winslow," Lindsey said, now standing straight and looking up at him, she had removed her heels, a few minutes after Audrey left, out of frustration, which now revealed her real height. 

Keith stared at the short lady in front of him and he believed he must be two feet taller than her. 

"Can you stand in for Sophia, just for tonight"