26.

Gold's wishes had come true.

When Ron called her later that night, laughing and sounding so happy and cheerful about his dinner with Vine, she felt so relieved.

Ron had been the first to get there. He didn't want Vine waiting for him, it wouldn't be very nice. He had booked a very expensive restaurant, a little distance away from his home, away from anyone he knew.

He has to book the entire restaurant, so that he and Vine would have the privacy he wanted them to have. It was also to prevent Marilyn from accidentally seeing them together.

Marilyn had never spoken about Vine and he wanted to keep things that way.

When he saw her walk into the restaurant in that dress, he felt his heart do a backflip. He scoffed, not knowing how to react to it.

The gown hugged her body, perfectly, bringing out every curve that there was to see.

Was it a coincidence that it was the exact shade of blue he liked? That was far fetched. He knew that Gold had something to do with this, and he couldn't tha