The Royal Contract

Chapter 842: Another reason to celebrate

Everyone seemed to be having a great time, especially her. She did not doubt that this was one of the best nights of her life. So far, she could not think of anything else she would want.

After all the hardship she had been through, she never even thought, not even in her wild imagination, that she would end up in this situation. Her life would suddenly spin upside down.

Looking at the man dancing with her, she could only consider herself one of the luckiest women in the world, engaged to marry this not-so-perfect man, but her soul mate as far as she was concerned. What else could she ask for, nothing?

“You look so lovely, my darling,” Marcus whispered in her ears as he guided her across the dance floor, swirling her around the music and cradling her in his arms. It was like God made him for her and only for her.

Yes, both of them had a past. But somehow, both were able to overcome the things that haunted them. Together, they fought for this relationship. Now, both were happy to be in each other’s arms.

The only thing lacking was the ring to seal the deal. But as she had said before, she was willing to wait. All she needed was his word because she trusted him implicitly. The perfect time will come for their wedding day.

“You don’t look bad yourself,” Jacky responded with a cheerful smile. Who would not be glad at this moment?

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But before she could say more or Marcus could move her around, someone interrupted them. His secretary appeared beside them, catching their attention.

“Jacky, I think you are needed backstage. Something about a problem or something. I am just not sure what.” Alona told her, pointing to several people converging on the other side of the stage.

When she looked around the massive room, everybody was still on a high after the successful auctions. Many of the guests were currently dancing on the dance floor.

The others were either on their way home after a long night or just hanging around, waiting for the night to end. But who would want this wonderful evening to end?

“What could be the problem?” She asked her friend, trying to figure out what else could go wrong.

Yes! Alona had been her friend since the time she was still a secretary. Who thought she would get a promotion, working as a boss with her corner office? Not her. She always thought that being a secretary would be the highlight of her career.

But here she was.

“I have no idea. Why don’t you check it out?” Alona shrugged her shoulders, seemingly no clue as to what was happening.

The party was about to conclude. What else could go wrong? She could only wonder since she thought that everything went according to plan. But she had no choice. She had to check it because it was part of her job as the planning committee head of this event.

“Marcus, I need to go check this problem.” She excused herself, reluctant to leave her partner. But this was not just a party. It was also her obligation.

She strode towards the backstage where Dani and the rest of the gang had some meeting. She immediately joined them, hoping to understand what the problem was.

“Jacky, thank you for joining us, but it seemed that one of the event organizers had an issue with the payment.” Dani quickly expressed her concern.

She was in charge of the billings, and as far as she knew, all suppliers and the people involved in the event had received their payments in full. Therefore, she could not see where the problem was.

“Let me check on my people if they had missed a check or something.” Still, it was not unusual for errors to happen. After all, all of them were just humans capable of making mistakes.

Quickly, she got to her phone and started calling her staff, who was in charge of that department. She would get to the bottom of this before the party was over. That was a promise.

“Let me know when you have some answers.” Dani excused herself. “I still had to deal with some other issues.” She nodded in her direction, pulling their other friends to the other side of the room. Googlᴇ search novelenglish.net . (f)ire.ɴet

“If you need any help, I will just be here.” Alona stayed behind, promising to help her out.

She doubted she would need her help, but Jacky did not mind the company as she held the phone in her ears, either talking or waiting for her staff to get some answers.

Still, she would not stop until she had settled this issue. Those people already provided their services. Now, they needed their just compensation.

“Any news?” Alona asked after a few minutes of waiting as she sat on one of the chairs.

“Nothing yet.” She also wondered what was taking her staff so long to check on the records.

“Jacky!” Suddenly, someone shouted her name. She turned around, trying to locate the source.

“Jacky, come quickly.” She shifted her eyes to the stage and found Dani standing at the center of it.

Now what? She could not understand what else could be the problem. Still, she rushed to her side. She could see the entire room from this view. She remembered, just like before, she never liked standing in a large crowd, much more speaking to them.

“What is it?” She asked, growing concerned about the tears in Dani’s eyes. “What is wrong?” She carefully asked, not wanting to worsen the situation.

She could only hope those were happy tears because of the event’s success and nothing worse. Dani just had been in a difficult situation. Her friend deserved a break.

Automatically, her eyes sought Alex, who stood just below the stage. Then, Laura, who was with Alex. At least she could conclude that it had nothing to do with them.

“Nothing. I only want everything to be perfect and for you to be happy.” Dani whispered as she suddenly hugged her. She returned the favor, but she was still confused.

“I think we did it.” She concluded, seeing the happy faces before her. Then, her eyes sought the one person she wanted to share this moment with, but he was nowhere.

Where could he be?

“Not yet. We still have one more program left.” Dani stated, finally letting her go.

She was baffled more. She had planned this party to a perfect T. She knew all the programs by heart. She was sure that everything went as planned, smoothly without a hitch.

Therefore, what else was Dani talking about because she could not come up with anything?

“I have no idea what program you are talking about,” Jacky told her friend, who seemed to be either drunk or delusional.

“I think you forgot about this.” Dani suddenly announced, using a microphone in her hand. “Let me call everyone’s attention.”

Soon, all the guests were looking at them, probably wondering, just like her, about what was happening. Then, Marcus went on stage, looking dashing as ever. But what was he doing on stage?

Then, she remembered the last time they were in this similar situation. That was the day he proposed to her. Of course, she would never forget that day.

However, it was not likely he would be proposing again to her. There was no need since she was still wearing their engagement ring. So, what was he planning to do now?

Whatever it was, she was not worried. In truth, she could not wait to know what it was. She believed it probably was another reason to celebrate.