Leo saw Eden coming down and walked over to her, “Did you sleep alright, Lily?“I did. And thank you for everything Leo, it was very considerate of you,” said Eden, smiling warmly at Leo. “Anything for you,” Leo said and held her hand, guiding her to the living room where everyone was seated. All of them had apparently spent the night at Charlotte’s home.“Bongiorno,” said Charlotte, as she got up and poured a glass of orange juice for Eden. She took it from Charlotte’s hand and downed it in one go realizing how thirsty she was. Alex and Marina also said good morning to her. Marina seemed to be in a cheerful mood. Eden smiled thinking that she knew why this sudden mood lift happened to her. She had seen her and Alex getting intimate last night, and as Georgia had told her about their on and off relationship, they must be in the on phase. Eden saw Dante pull out his phone and say something on the mic in Italian. The phone translated his Italian into English. An electronic female voi
“What? Your fault? Absolutely not. After what he did, you had the right to end things with him. And trust me, if he was ever guilty or sorry, he would have waited for you to come back and tried to apologize to you before sleeping with another woman. Honestly, stop thinking about that dick and do your thing,” said Grace before taking another sip of her champagne. She smirked at Eden and said smugly, “Now about this Leo guy.”Eden blushed and sipped on her coffee, “What about him?”“I feel like you’re not telling me everything that happened with him,” Grace nudged Eden to tell her more. “So he flirted with you non-stop in Florence so you ran away to Pisa because you wanted to be away from him, and then you ran into him there too? Sounds like a stalker to me.”“No, I don’t think so. He was there with his girlfriend and other friends,” Eden answered, as she took another bite of her cheese, salami, and spinach sandwich. She noticed hangovers made her extremely hungry and thirsty, and she w
Eden checked into the hotel where Grace was staying. Luckily she got a room on the same floor as Grace. She settled into her new room and changed into new clothes after taking a short shower. She neatly folded Leo’s clothes and kept them in her suitcase making a mental reminder to return them to him before leaving. She knew Grace was not interested in any historical or artistic culture of Italy, so she decided to stay in her room, order room service, talk, sleep, or watch movies until it was time for the party. She had missed sleepovers with her since she left her father’s house. After a couple of hours, both of them were bored out of their mind. But suddenly, Grace had an idea.“You know what’s stupid? You and I getting bored in a hotel room when we are both grossly rich and can go out and do shopping,” said Grace, sitting up and looking pleadingly at Eden.“You know what’s stupider? We’re both still talking,” Eden said and quickly got up on her feet. “Alright, let’s go.”While Eden
“Oh my,” said the old man as he walked towards Grace, with an astonished face. “That dress.” He pointed at the dress Grace was wearing. “M-Mr. Lombardi, it’s an honor to meet you,” Grace managed to say to him. “I’m a huge fan.”Lombardi? Eden thought. Suddenly it hit her. OH! Guiseppe Lombardi! He was the most renowned designer in all of Italy. He owned many lines of clothing, in Italy and in the USA, and worked for LuisaViaRoma too, since he was a former partner.He took a circle around, judging the dress she was wearing. “I can’t believe they are still using this design of mine. I designed this 20 years ago, and I hated it so I sold it to them. I see why they wanted it so bad. You look glamorous, honey.”“Mr. Lombardi, I have always admired your work,” Grace was still having trouble finding her words. “It really is an honor.”“Yes, yes.” He ignored what she was saying and continued talking. “Have you ever thought about becoming a professional model? I never thought this dress would
Eden woke up to her phone ringing. She had finally gotten some quality sleep after days. She picked up her phone and saw it was 6 PM already. Grace was calling her and she picked up to say groggily, “Hey Grace. Yeah I know I know it’s late. I’m coming over to your room.”She got off the bed and washed her face, wore the comfortable hotel slippers and robe, and walked out of the room and went to Grace’s room. She knocked on the door and Grace opened it.Grace put her hand on the waist and looked at Eden disappointingly. “I didn’t come here to watch old rom-com movies in a hotel while you sleep for hours.”Eden walked in rolling her eyes at Grace, and said, “Yeah well, I was just building up my energy for the night. You should have too there’ll be a lot of dancing and drinking.”“Yeah, of course, I am supposed to take party advice from the lightweight queen. You can’t hold in the liquor for the life of you,” said Grace as she picked up her makeup box and bought it over to Eden. It was a
Grace took out one of the three dresses that she had bought earlier at the store. She wore a leather pencil mini skirt, paired with a red lacey short blouse that made her cleavage pop out. There were many laces to be tied in the back, so she took Eden’s help to get ready. She wore black T-strap peep-toe platform heels to go with the dress.Eden couldn’t deny that Grace was definitely a professional model material and that Guiseppe Lombardi wasn’t wrong to want her so bad that he even decided to give her designing lessons. She looked at Grace and said, “You look hot. Like, hot hot.” Grace looked at the mirror and admitted to herself that she did look really good. Eden was ready too, she just had to wear the dress and the shoes. It took her a minute to wear them since it was a very simple dress. Eden was glad that the store had the dress perfect for her fitting. It looked amazing on her and made her features pop out even more. ‘We’re really gonna be the hottest girls in the whole clu
Eden leaned toward Leo, and said, “So basically, all your friends are big flirts?”He smiled and leaned closer to her ear, and said, “I don’t care, Lily. For me, the most beautiful girl tonight is only you.”Eden smiled at him sheepishly and looked away so he doesn’t see her blush. All of them went inside, getting glares from the people who had been waiting in line for hours to get into the club. Grace nudged Eden on her arm and made an impressed face. She leaned in, and whispered in Eden’s ear, “You do have a great choice in making friends.”They walked over to the bar and ordered their drinks. Eden saw Alex approaching her. He said, “I’m sorry for ghosting you yesterday. Marina and I have been having problems for a long time, just needed to make things right.”“You idiot, what are you apologizing for? I am happy for you. Really,” Eden said smiling. “I had a blast last night if it helps.”“Yeah, you blasted a man’s whole reproductive system, that must be fun,” Alex joked. “Alright f
Leo and Eden had a few more tequila shots at the bar. Leo looked up and down her body like he wanted to devour her whole. He leaned closer to her and said, “Maybe I can stay at your hotel tonight.” Eden smirked and got off her chair. She walked over to Leo’s chair and bent down to kiss him. “I would love nothing more.”Leo smiled and took Eden’s hand, walking her back to the dance floor. They danced for a while then noticed Georgia walking over to them. She said loudly over the music, “Hey, I, uh, I’m gonna go somewhere tonight so I’ll see you guys tomorrow.”Leo smirked and said, “Yeah, yeah we know where you’re going and with whom you’re going.”Georgia laughed and left them, disappearing into the crowd. Leo turned to Eden and took her waist in his arms. “Maybe it's time for us to go too.”“Maybe it is,” said Eden smugly, and leaned in closer to kiss him. They walked back to the bar, to get one last drink. They couldn't control themselves from touching each other and started making