CHAPTER 5

The dress was a long off shoulder red gown with a shiny bodice. I stared at it in awe. It was just a dinner and yet the dress looked very costly. I took off my dress and wore the dress. I stared at the mirror when I heard a knock on my door. I walked to it and opened it expecting to see Roman but instead I saw a young girl about my age, in a short white gown. She had short black hair and freckles on her face.

“good day miss, I was sent to help you prepare” I opened the door wider for her to come in. she walked in and set her equipment down. “I’m Elena”

“Camila, please” I sat down on the stool and she got to work doing my makeup first then my hair. Once she was done. I opened my eyes and stared at the mirror.

“I must say you look pretty” she said in a small voice. I smiled at her and stood. It was already quarter to 7 and I had to be down soon. I took the red purse ash handed me and walked out of my door. I walked down the stairs slowly to ensure I didn’t trip.

Roman stood at the edge of the stairs, putting on his cufflinks. He looked up when he heard footsteps. He just stood and stared. I walked down until I was beside him.

“you look extremely beautiful” he complimented.

“and you too” I replied with a smile. He cupped his arm and I slipped my arm through his and he led us to the door. We chose the rolls Royce for the dinner. Roman refused to let go of my hand when we entered the car.

The dinner venue was a huge restaurant and it looked quite expensive but it was Roman we were talking about. He probably owned the restaurant. We were led to the door where the person I suppose was the manager stood waiting for us.

“good evening Mr. Romero, your parents are waiting, let me show you” the manager said leading us past the bustling restaurant to a quieter area with fewer tables. I faced the two people standing. Mr. Romero was a tall man with dark hair and blue eyes, he looked a lot like Roman whereas Mrs. Romero was shorter, rather petite with dirty blonde hair tied into a bun. They were both exquisitely dressed. I felt small compared to them but I didn’t remember seeing them at the engagement.

“mother, father” Roman said stepping slightly away from me. “this is Camila Santiago” Mr. Romero put out his hand and I shook it softly. Mrs. Romero kissed my cheek gently and gave me a wide grin.

“very pretty, quite the lady” Mrs. Romero said as we took our seat.

“thank you, Mrs. Romero” I replied. She shook her head slowly. “call me Judith and he is Thomas” I nodded slowly. The waiter came to take our order for drinks. They all ordered wine while I resorted to juice.

“so, how old are you Camila?” Judith asked.

“19, will be 20 in a month”

She smiled showing perfect white 32 teeth “just a year younger than Roman” I gasped in surprise. He was only 20 years old but behaved like someone who was over 30 years.

“so how is home?” he asked his parents and they divulged into a conversation that I knew nothing of. We took our orders and made small talk while the food was brought.

“I heard Camila, goes to school don’t you?” Thomas asked.

“yes, I want to study psychology” he nodded and sipped from his drink.

“you seem so enthusiastic about school unlike someone I know” Judith exclaimed staring mischievously at her son. Roman rolled his eyes at her.

“I finished school already even though, I hate it, college was the worst” the night was full of surprises. Roman was done with school already though he was only a year older than I was. We finally finished dinner and got ready to leave.

“it was a pleasure meeting you Camila” Judith said ‘If he causes too much trouble call me immediately” I nodded my head. We walked out of the restaurant quietly getting stares from people around us. I was glad once we finally got home.

“I think your parents are nice, they weren’t at the engagement, were they?” I said to Roman as we headed to the front door. He turned to me with an amused look and then he laughed. He laughed.

“yeah, that’s until mum hits you with a wooden spoon and they were on vacation” I giggled and we fell into silence again. “I like your laugh, it’s cute” I looked up to face him. His blue eyes were twinkling with emotions I could not comprehend.

“and you too” I murmured not once taking my gaze away from his face. Roman was handsome with his icy blue eyes and chiseled jaw.

“you know, I like people admiring my face” he said with a smirk. I blushed a bright crimson and started to walk away very embarrassed. I can’t believe he caught me. As I walked up the stairs, I could still hear his deep laughter downstairs. I don’t know what was happening to me but I seemed to take a certain likely for cocky Mr. Romero.