”Stunning!”

The men applauded as she stood in front of the giant mirror.

Tiana smiled. She looked beautiful.

”Alright, let’s go now. ” Tiana said after taking one last look at herself.

As she stepped out of the house, she was surprised at the incredible number of guards waiting for her.

She smiled; it could only be Nicklaus.

She just got into the open car. Without complaint, not as though she could stop them from guarding her, Nicklaus wouldn’t hear of it.

All night she had thought of what to say to Gwen when she saw her, but even at that moment she still didn’t know what to say.

She had a lot of questions to ask her, but she didn’t even know how to start, but in the end, she knew there was no running away from this; she had to confront her.

Tiana was drawn from her thoughts when she saw the incredible amount of reporters standing in front of her agency.

”Who told them I was resuming work today? ” Tiana asked;

”We don’t know. The news must have leaked. ” Her makeup artist replied.

Tiana sighed. She couldn’t be happier that Nicklaus had told the guards to escort her.

As they stepped out of the car, the guards covered her, preventing the reporters from touching her as they led her into the building. The reporters weren’t backing down as they took a million pictures, asking a thousand questions, even though they weren’t getting any replies.

Tiana heaved a sigh of relief when she got inside the building. Her manager was with all smiles, ready to receive her.

”Who told them I was coming to work today? ” she asked, looking disappointed.

”Don’t look at me like that, it wasn’t me; ” she replied, but it was obvious Tiana didn’t believe her, because she was the only one she told she was resuming work that day.

”Well, someone must have overheard me telling a few models you are coming today. You know nothing stays secret for long in this industry. Don’t mind the paparazzi, I’ve asked the security to send them away, and besides, this would make you get more contracts for commercials, don’t you want that? ”

Tiana rolled her eyes; ”whatever, she was about to say something else but was cut short when her manager opened the door to a room, and she was met with a loud shout.

”Surprise!”

Tiana’s lips fell open when she saw several people in the room, with a few decorations, and balloons with the inscription ”welcome back” on them.

”Oh my,” she smiled, her hands on her chest, ”this is so thoughtful of you all. I wasn’t expecting this, thank you. ”

Tiana greeted each of them happily as she took the wine bottle from Claire.

”Welcome hunnie, I’m so excited that you’re back.”

”Me too. ” Tiana replied.

She hugged Claire briefly and looked around the room, secretly searching for Gwen, but Gwen was not there.

After greeting the rest, Tiana went in with her manager to discuss her schedule.

”You have a lot of work to do, Tiana, but interviews should come first. I accepted a few commercials for you but none has been concluded yet. I wanted you to take your time and choose from them the ones you would you be able to do and wouldn’t have too hard on you.”

Tiana nodded; ”that is okay. How many interviews are we talking about? ”

”More than ten, but we’re only going to be attending four. Your schedule is too tight to attend to all. I’ll send your schedule to your email and let you know if there are any changes. Once again, welcome back, it’s great to have you back. ”

Tiana smiled; ”thank you. ”

After discussing other matters, she stood to leave. She wanted to see Gwen that day, but it seemed Gwen had specifically skipped work because she knew she was coming.

She wondered how much longer she was going to avoid her.

Tiana spent some time with Claire before finally going back home. During the ride back home, Tiana took out her phone. Her mouth fell open when she saw over fifteen missed calls from Nicklaus and then she remembered he had said she should call him when she got to the company.

Quickly she dialed his number;

”My love, I’m so sorry, I didn’t know the phone was on silent, I didn’t see your call until now.”

She quickly apologized before Nicklaus could reply.

Nicklaus breathed out; ”I was worried about you. I had to call one guard to make sure you were safe. ”

”I’m sorry, baby. I didn’t know you called, and I forgot you asked me to call you, don’t be mad, okay?”

”How can I ever be mad at you when you call me with that sweet voice of yours, it’s practically impossible for me to stay mad at you? ”

Tiana laughed. ”I know right, don’t worry, I’m going home already, so don’t worry about me. ”

”Alright. I’ll be home late today, don’t stay up. Did you see Gwen today? ”

”No, I didn’t. I’m not sure she came to work, or maybe she avoided me. ”

”I don’t want you to get hurt, okay? I would actually love it if you avoid talking to her. ”

”You know that’s not possible. I still have to talk to her. ”

Nicklaus sighed; ”Beautiful; ”

”Okay, okay, I would try my best, but I’m not promising anything. ”

She knew Nicklaus wouldn’t let her rest until she agreed to his demands, she just told him that so he would let her be.

”Just be safe for me, okay? ”

”Alright, I will. See you love you.”

”You too. ”

When Tiana got home, she had a warm bath and ate lunch. After which she lay on the couch and went to her social media.

Well, she was trending again. Many pictures of her, which were taken earlier, were already circulating online. She wouldn’t say she hated being a celebrity, but everything came with an advantage and a disadvantage, and one of which was her lack of privacy. She literally wouldn’t be able to go to work with no one knowing.

Tiana sighed and dropped her phone on the table. Standing up, she took a tour of the house.