DYLAN

ANA'S POV

"We're going to be late, what is taking you so long ?", I heard Vincenzo shouting from the corridor.

"She'll be out in a minute ", said Armando.

I looked at my reflection in the mirror and I had never looked so gorgeous before. The smokey eye makeup that Armando had decided to go with really made the whole outfit pop out.

My hair was in curls and tied up at the top of my head showing off my perfect jaw. I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled.

"I'm ready ", I said as I stood up.

"Okay come on let's go, "said Armando as he opened the door for me.

I made my way down the stairs struggling a bit probably due to the platforms I had decided to wear. I could see Vincenzo on his phone and he looked well like he looked every day.

I had never seen anyone wear a suit better than he did. He looked up from his phone and I could tell by the look on his face that he was shocked. 

I tried to hide the smile on his lips but I had already seen it. He put the phone back in his pocket as he came to the end of the stairs and gave me his hand.

"You look amazing ", he said as he looked at me, and those two seconds that he started at my eyes nearly made me fall in love with him.

"Thank you, you clean up well too", I said as I looked at his suit.

"Yeah, I do hear that a lot ", he said chuckling.

You could not even compliment the man and hope to hear the words thank you.

"Thank you Armando ill tell them to send the payment right now, we are getting late we have to rush ", he said as he held my hand and walked me to the door.

What was the point of going to a party if you were not late?

The ride to the party was quiet as no one uttered a word. Vincenzo was on his phone and I was just in my head thinking of impossible stuff.

The car came to a stop and I took it that we had reached our destination. Vincenzo got off the car and came to open my door.

He held my hand and I got off the car to see the most beautiful site I had ever laid my eyes on.

The building looked like a palace and all the lights made it look lively. There were guards on the outside and paparazzi. 

I had never attended such kind of event and the moment the lights started flashing I was blinded. Vincenzo noticed this as he held to my arm tightly and managed to get us inside safely.

"Are you okay ?", Vincenzo asked me as I took a glass of champagne from one of the trays that were next to me and drank it in one go.

Everyone's eyes were on us and I could feel my legs giving up. I tried to smile maybe they would stop looking at me but the stares still lingered on me.

", Yeah ", I said smiling at him.

I had never been to such a big party let alone met such important people. Maybe the liquor was going to help me have some courage to talk to them.

"Don't go anywhere I need to talk to someone", said Vincenzo as he left and I was left there stranded given the fact that no one in the party knew me.

He made his way to a group of men. They greeted each other and I took it that they knew each other.

They turned to look at me and I wondered what he had told them about me. 

Everyone was talking to someone and I just looked as if I had crashed a party. A server passed by me and I grabbed a second drink. Maybe it would give me the courage to talk to people too.

"That color looks so good in you ", said someone behind me and I turned to see who it was.

He looked like he was in his late twenties. His black jet hair was pulled back. The black tuxedo that he was wearing shone in the lights. I couldn't see his face properly as the dim lights were not making it easy for me.

"Thank you ", I said as I extended my hand to greet him.

"Dylan Harrington, nice to make your acquaintance my lady ", he said as he bowed and a squeal escaped my mouth.

"Is that how people introduce themselves here ?", I asked him.

"No am not a fan of these parties I just figured that is how they do it ", he said shrugging his shoulders.

"Am Anastasia, ", I said to him and I debated if I was to add Morello in front of it but I figured it was not necessary.

"I know you have heard this a thousand times but am just going to say it again, you look amazing ", he said and I could not help but smile.

"Thank you, you look good too", I said to him.

"Where is your date ?"_he asked me and I turned around to see if Vincenzo was with the old men he had gone to greet but he was no longer there.

"Well if he has gone somewhere I would like to steal you for a dance before all these men who are eyeing you come ", he said chuckling as he gave me his hand.

"No one is eyeing me ", I said as I laughed nervously.

"Look around and you'll see it you're the envy of all these women in here ", he said and as I looked around I could see them looking at me.

The men looked at me with lustful eyes as the women gave me disgusted looks. I was just a twenty-two-year-old who had nothing in her name they had no reason to hate me. I wanted to be them.

I saw Vincenzo from the corner of my eye as he talked to a woman who looked way older than him and in a matter of seconds I saw them leave together entering the corridor which I figured led them outside.

"Okay, just one dance ", I said as I took Dylan's hand.

Why would I say no when my husband was leaving the party with a woman I hadn't seen before?