He withdrew and walked towards the stage for the award. I was still processing what just happened but then got back into the real and watched the smile on his face. A genuine yet rare smile which I witness only when he is genuinely happy. Like the time when I fell into that fountain...

　　He took the award and shook hands with the jury before turning up towards the mike.


　　"Bună seara" (Good Evening) I waited and smiled when he looked fondly at the award and then back towards the audience.

　　"I am really ecstatic to win the award and winning it for the third time just doubles the excitement" he joked to which people laughed and some whistled.

　　"I worked hard for this and when you work hard sleepless nights only running after a certain ambition and when finally you achieve it, the pleasure and happiness you feel is certainly the best thing in this world. But you need support and in my case, my family gave me the support and here I am today" he said and people clapped.


　　"I would like to thanks my mom specially for supporting me in each and every stage of my life and without her, I would have never really had reached this far, accomplished the goals in my life. So thanks, mom, dad and my family. Also, there is another person in my life for whom I made it my aim to reach this far, she is my wife" he said and all of a sudden looked my way. My breath hitched and looked at him with wide eyes thinking what is he even saying but then again I realised it.

　　Acting...


　　I put a smile on my face when people clapped and people sitting next to me congratulated me.

　　"My beautiful wife Mrs. Juliette Sullivan, she is here to support me today and share the joy and happiness and I feel really grateful that I have her as my wife," he said and I wanted to get up and run to escape. What is he saying?

　　"It's her first time being in a public gathering as my wife. She is just shy" he looked at my uncomfortable face and that is when the big screen behind him had to screen my face on it making the situation even more awkward than it really was. People laughed at his joke and I tried to maintain my composed behavior when thousands of eyes were on me, thanks to the big screen.

　　"At the end, I would promise that I would certainly try my best and work even harder for the betterment. Thank you" he said and people clapped and cheered for him when he descended down the staircase and walked back to his seat next to me. He even made me hold his award for the rest of the night until the end until the after party where the chauffeur came and took the award from me to keep it in the car.

　　I walked around with Zachry and greeted every important people he introduced me to. He introduced them to me and me to them and all I did was smile when someone complicated my looks or when someone complicated our pair. In their eyes, we were just some simple ordinary couple who met, dated, fell in love and married to each other, but only me and Zachary knew the truth.

　　While Zachary was talking a man I excused myself and walked to the table to sit down. I sat on the chair and asked a waiter to let me have a glass of water. I was tired now. I put my feet under the table and freed them from the terribly pointed heels. As soon as I did that, I felt relaxed and I remember what Elena taught me. She had taught me some foot exercise to instantly provide relaxation to the throbbing feet. I did that while sipping water from my glass and instantly felt a little relieved after doing so.

　　"Congratulations," I heard a familiar sound and watched as Cosmina came showing her thousand watt smile and stood before me. Hurriedly, I slipped my heels back on and stood up to greet her. She gave me a side hug and I asked her to sit down.

　　"Congratulation! Sir won the Businessman of the year for the third time" she chirped and I said a quiet thank you before smiling at her. She looked different today. Unlike the other days when she wore her formal clothes with her hair tied up into a neat ponytail, today she was wearing a navy blue backless gown and she had her hair into loose wavy curls. She looked beautiful. Before I could open my mouth to compliment her looks, she interjected complimenting me.

　　"You look so beautiful today. I could hardly recognize you. Everyone has got their eyes on you today. They just want to know about you" she said and I looked behind her and surely some people were looking our way. I smiled at her pushed the loose strands of hair behind my ear.

　　"Well, thanks to you," I said and watched as she gave me a confused look.

　　"I mean for appointing the best beautician and the dr-" before I could complete her phone rang stopping me in the middle.

　　"Oh I'm so sorry" she apologized declining the call.

　　"It's okay" I smiled.

　　"And Nah it's not about the makeup but it's you. You look so good in this dress. Undoubtedly Sir made the right choice choosing this dress for you" she looked dreamily at my dress and then at me.

　　What?

　　"Zachary chose this dress.." I muttered to myself but it seems as if she heard me she nodded yes and rubbed her palm.

　　"Yes, he did. He sat hours choosing and searching for the perfect one. Wait! you don't know?" she asked all of a sudden looking confused.

　　"Of course I do know!" I said laughing at the end and gulping the rest of the water from the glass. She seemed to buy my lie as she nodded and smiled back.

　　"Excuse me!" I said and got up from my seat and walked searching for Zachary.

　　All of a sudden, it was like I found that needle in the haystack. So, that man brought the dress for me and he even sat hours searching it for me. So why did he lie to me? It was not as if I would have been angry or toss the dress if he did choose it for me. In fact, it would have been the reverse case.

　　I searched for him and finally found him. I smiled when I saw him still talking to the man when I excused myself beforehand. As I walked towards him in excitement, my excitement soon died and my steps halted when I saw a woman wearing a dress which revealed more than one would ever imagine, walking up to him and tangling her arms with his. He didn't even seem to mind it when she leaned down and kissed his cheek.

　　"Hey isn't that Loana?" I heard a woman from beside me. They didn't seem to notice me standing next to them.

　　"You mean Loana Ularu?"

　　"Yes, isn't she Loana Ularu? Mr. Zachary's business previous business partner's daughter."

　　"Yes, she is!"

　　"What is she doing here? And why is she sticking up to Mr. Sullivan? Isn't he a married man now?"

　　"I had have heard that she used to love him."

　　"What?"

　　"Yes. She was really desperate for him. She would follow him everywhere he went in the past."

　　"Really?"

　　"I swear!"

　　"What about him? Did he love her?"

　　"No, I don't thin so! He never really announced his love for her in public. My husband told me that he only tolerated her for the sake of his business and the relation he had with her father."

　　"Really? Then why are they clinging to each other now?"

　　"Moreover, why would he ever announce his relationship status in public. See? he even got married in privacy."

　　"These Businessmen I tell you! Very cunning."

　　"You can never trust them!"

　　"Businessmen? You mean to say every man?"

　　"Yes, that's right!" another lady said and they laughed.

　　"So-" she began but stopped when they finally realised I was standing right next to them. Another lady hushed her and they walked away glancing my way. Meanwhile, I stood there looking and processing what I saw and heard.

　　What is this new drama in my story?