Page 18 of My Grumpy Alpha

“This?” I point at myself.

“That.” He points back at me.

“Is your dress. Damn, wish I liked—” He shakes his head.

“Never mind. This is the dress. Your dress. His dress. Fuck, he’s going to kill me. Okay, time to check out since you only have two hours to get ready and I booked you some makeup and hair. Hope you don’t mind.”

“What?”

“Hmmm?” He’s looking down at his phone.

“Just kidding, we only have ninety minutes, all right, go change.”

“Um.”

“Try not to do theumsorlikes. Think for three seconds, then speak, otherwise you sound like an idiot.” He grins.

“Go, go, go. We don’t have a lot of time.”

I turn on my heel and go back into the changing room.

What just happened?

I’m not exactly panicking, but this wasn’t what I thought my first day would be like. I quickly put my old clothes back on and walk out with the dress. Gabe buys everything, including the shoes, and then walks me toward the opposite side of the street to a hotel.

“Hair and makeup are inside,” he whispers and hands me the dress.

“Room 221, here’s the card, go up and get everything done, it’s already been taken care of and be down here at eight. Got it?”

I grab the card.

“Yes.” No, I don’tgot it.

“Absolutely.” I need this job.

“I’ll be down right after they’re done and I’ll look hopefully extremely glamorous for whatever event this is.”

“The Hi Gala.” He grins.

“Eli is an idiot and forgot. So you’re right on theme, and you’re his date. Have fun!”

I nearly pass out on the spot.

“I’m sorry, did you say the Hi Gala?”

“Yeah, it’s every year.”

“I know it’s every year!”

“Why are you yelling?”

“Because!” I almost stomp my foot.

“That’s one of the biggest galas ever, celebrities go, influencers, and I’m just now hearing about this? How did he forget?”

Gabe shrugs.

“He’s busy, I’m busy. Things like this are trivial. You’ll be fine, just smile, wave, shake hands, you’ll be good and don’t forget the champagne, they always have the best champagne.”