Nicole threw her body on her bed, closed her eyes and sighed. She was tired. It was Tuesday evening and she had spent the majority of that afternoon moving from one shop to the other looking for a dress to wear to the charity event the next day. She cursed at Marko, though he was not even in the room with her. After dropping that bombshell, he had given her a quick kiss on her slacked mouth and walked away, not before placing a platinum bank card on the table.
The first thing that Nicole had done when the morning finally arrived was call the one person whom she knew could help her choose the correct outfit-only to be disappointed to learn that Fey had traveled for work and was only going to be back over the weekend.
“You gots this girl!” Fey had told her that they FaceTimed together. “Al
