Pre-party

POV

Millie

"Millie!" All the girls say in unison when I open the door.

I get to Steph and Julian's place a little after 7 pm. All the other girls have already arrived and Alina is currently working on Steph's makeup. I give Steph a half hug on the opposite side of Alina.

"Oooh loving it!" I say to both Steph and Alina.

Steph is full glam tonight, I'm almost positive that if I looked at her head on I'd be able to see my reflection in her glossy lips. Her blonde hair is beautifully curled and the light is catching from root to end. I'm not just saying this because she's my best friend but she seriously looks like she can be on the cover of a magazine.

"I'm so glad you came!" Steph says getting spritzed with setting spray.

"You know I would never miss it," I say meaning it.

"Okay, all done birthday bitch." Alina says putting down the setting spray.

"Millie or Mia? Who's up next?" Alina asks with hands on her perfect hour-glassed hips.

"Millie, you go I'm not ready yet," Mia says waving me off.

I sit in the chair, "Ugh Alina.. it's been too long since I've felt really good about myself, please just do something sexy."

"Mmm someone trying to have an after-party with their very rich, very sexy, boyfriend?" Ellie chimes in.

I laugh because she's not wrong, "Yeah I'm trying to."

"Trying to?" Alina asks while starting my hair, first running a brush through it.

"Yeah, during our time apart we tried it and my emotions got in the way and we stopped. Ever since, he's like afraid to touch me, he'll kiss me but anything more he just says I'm not ready. It's really getting to me lately and then on top of that frustration, there's the frustration of the new girl working for him." I say rolling my eyes, just the thought still irks me.

"I'm sorry, what?" Ellie asks all confused.

"Yeah, some new girl," Steph adds in from behind me.

"Thoughts Steph?" I ask searching for her opinion on the matter.

"I'm not really happy about it either babe, I guess the way I see it, anyone is better than Adria," she says picking up a glass of clear liquid and downing it in a second.

"I guess," I say shrugging my shoulders.

"As long as she can keep that cooter in her pants well be fine, besides X would be a fucking idiot to pull that stunt again," Steph says and she's right, he wouldn't make that same mistake twice, right?

"Smokey brown or Smokey black?" Alina asks holding out her eyeshadow pallet to me.

"Smokey brown," I say and she pounces the makeup brush into the product, circling the Smokey brown powder onto my eyelids.

"Bright or deep red lip?" She asks holding one of each in her hand.

"Deep red," I say.

"And….done!" Alina says moving out of the way to allow me to see my reflection.

Damn, this girl knows how to make someone feel like a million bucks. My hair is curled, but not smoothly curled, it's almost like a freshly fucked sort of curl and my makeup is stunning. I hardly recognize myself in a good way. I needed this.

"As always Alina, you deliver," I say playfully bowing down to her.

In response, she waves her hands towards herself making me laugh.

Time to get dressed to finish up this look.

I put on my gold bracelet and gold necklace, my red stilettos, then look in the mirror. Sexy, very sexy.

I bought a new dress yesterday just for this party. It's a lace, two-piece dress with thin spaghetti straps that showing off my midsection and the bottom half falls mid-thigh, it's nicely complimenting the tan I have going.

Right now, with this dress on, I look like the other girls. This look is so much more up their alley but tonight, I don't want to be regular old Millie I want to be sexy, sultry Millie.

I step out of the room and Steph whistles at me, "Dayyuuum girl!"

I laugh feeling embarrassed.

"Oh my goodness Mills, if X doesn't screw you tonight I will," Mia says hopefully joking.

I let out a deep breath rolling my eyes, "at this point, I wouldn't deny you."

"C'mon, ladies! It's party time!" Steph says jumping up and down like a fool.

Little does she know, "It sure is," I say.