Chapter 2: Istanbul,Turkey 25 years later... The After party ...
A team of make up artists surrounded her each working on a different space on her face their intentions clear,make her more beautiful.She was a natural beauty with full luscious pouty lips,mid-back long auburn locks,a small straight nose that a sculpture would kill for and clear eyes that reflected her hair color.
Her long lashes shadowed her high cheekbones.She looked relaxed even with the tornado of make up kits poking on her perfect flawless skin.Another full team was working on her outfit,a lingerie of sorts that had artificial wings attached...not her favorite outfit but she had no choice.It was work like any other,like waking up at six in the morning and going to the office or a neurosurgeon preparing for a brain surgery.It was just work...her work and she enjoyed every bit of it.
This was the last night of Victoria's secret runway fashion week at Istanbul's heart and she inwardly felt relieved because she would finally get a break from the whole week's runway activities.Maybe skip the after party and have a bowl of her favorite home made french fries and cheese before the week long awaited rest.
"Girls,keep up that pace...she's up next and I sense the crowd's almost bursting excitement.They love her and I can see why.She would be a masterpiece if she were back in Paris though.Bigger stage."Kitty was the executive make up artist invited in from Paris for the fashion week and she had a meek assistant,Penny,always by her side."Did you pick our gowns for the party yet?"She turned to her assistant who was busy scribbling on her notebook.
"Umh...No,I mean yes.They'll be delivered in a few..."Penny replied taking a glimpse of her wristwatch then adjusting her glasses.
"I think she is good to go."One of the presiding make up artist announced as they all stepped away from her,Elba Rubi Jamal,scratch Kitty's Paris prodigy...she was a masterpiece even at her home stage, Istanbul.She was a rare gem,specifically a rubi, sought after by every modelling agency in the city but hard to come by.
Kitty's smile stretched wider when she caught sight of her through the full body length mirror in front of her.Ofcourse she smiled because she would get all the credit of beautifying the Elba Rubi Jamal!
"Your last run for tonight cherié,you must be nervous...most of the models I've worked with normally are."What Elba was feeling was more than nervous,the knots in her stomach before she walked out to the crowd never loosened despite being in the industry for two years already.She had dashed for her passion as a model immediately after senior highschool attended in Europe and she had only waited that long because she couldn't be a model before eighteen.Not a legally binding law but her father had made sure it was...payback because she defied his choice of career for her.
Elba turned breathing in and out slowly to get a grip on herself.Lamar would be out there watching her so she absolutely couldn't make a fool of herself.
Immediately she stepped out the crowd went wild with cheers and some chanted her name.
"Rubi!Rubi!Rubi!"It didn't sound like her name but it was her's alright.It was her maiden name but she didn't really brag about it much especially because...well,a long story for another day. She preferred Elba,it had no strings attached though it had a story of it's own.
Rose flowers rained down on her and along the runway as she walked,each step graceful and in sync with her swaying hips...like a jaguar.When she got to the edge,she stood at ninety and repeated on the other side as the rest of the models also in their lingerie outfits flowed onto the runway and lined behind her in two perfect files.
Elba caught a glimpse of Lamar,the one and only love of her life,sitted on the front sit directly in front of her.He blew her a kiss and escorted it with a white rose.Elba just blushed...as cheeky and teenage-ish as that sounded.That was the effect he had on her from day one and a bunch of other hopeless romantic girls in the city,the one biting her lower lip all red on her left included,her blush gave her away.And Elba loved him,with his perfects and imperfections... because a guy that insanely gorgeous wasn't expected to be a saint and she was okay with that fact as long as he remained true to her.True to each other.
He mouthed a silent I love you and winked at her before she turned to walk back down the runway the rest of the models trailing behind her.She was the queen of the industry,a people's appointed queen and she had risen to the top on her own.Not even her father's influence made way for her.Her success was all her!
"Elba was so beautiful out there tonight,I'm I the only one who noticed that?"She normally didn't share the changing rooms but she escaped her's tonight to avoid the long unnecessary procedure of wiping her stage make up clean and applying another one all over again only to be wiped clean again after the party.
"We did notice her drooling over Lamar alright!She couldn't wait to have him wrapped between her legs, literally!"The gossip girls burst out in giggles.Modelling,like any other job,has haters of it's own just like every job out there.And Elba's haters didn't try to hide behind fake smiles and applauding comments and she liked it that way better.The gossips were referring to when one walked in on Elba and Lamar half naked in the changing rooms grunting and moaning like horny teenagers, entangled.Elba remembered she literally had her legs around his waist his hands all over her that day and smiled to herself.
"You should get a horny boyfriend of your own if you're jealous,Ines."The other girls made a coo sound at her comeback then turned to look who had dared walk into their changing room unannounced.
"Queen bee..."Even without looking at the image on the mirror,Elba's lovestruck heart skipped a bit when she heard his deep voice.He proceeded toward her in slow lazy strides eyes locked on her's through the mirror.His hands were deep into the pockets of the three piece dark blue Italian suit he had on.The outer jacket was missing and his shirt sleeves folded on his forearms.He never wore a tie,for whatever occasion and always had the first three buttons of his shirts undone.And an honorary military chain never failed to top up the whole outfit.Black silk touch curly locks piled on his crown with an unruly one hanging low on his amber right eye, slightly blocking a fading scar from under his eye toward his temple.The rest of his head had a close cut.
His face looked sculpted,just too good to be true and observant hawk-like eyes...If he were in the colonial war,his good looks would have killed the colonial soldiers.
"What are you looking at,get the hell out!"He said calmly to the girls glued to their sits silently stripping him with their eyes, without dropping his eyes from Elba.The girls made small cute noises then left one by one,still stealing glances at Lamar.Ines was last and saw Lamar wrap his athletic muscular arms around Elba and rolled her eyes.
"You shouldn't be here..."Elba fully turned to look at his ruggedly handsome face.He was dashing,and would be easily recruited as a male model but he wasn't into such staff.
"And miss another look of you in this?There is no place else I'd rather be."He grinned easily lifting her onto the dressing table and capturing her lips on his.Elba tasted and cherished his fresh mint taste or was it sage?She didn't have time to discern as she moved to wrap her arms around Lamar's neck but they were caught mid way.
"I love you..."Lamar held both her hands over her head started with her hair stroking downwards.His hand left little shudders on its way before settling on her breast then went further down."How long does it take to deliver this if I order it now?"He teased taking her lips again.His hand settled on the waistline of her underwear then pulled the secure knot free."I miss you..."He nuzzled her neck and sucked on her pulse.
"I don't know...minutes maybe because you are Lamar Simsek Erdogan..."A long sigh left her slightly open lips when she felt Lamar's on her overheated and dripping center."Someone could walk in on us... again!"She whispered but her body doing absolutely nothing to stop his course.A low deep moan escaped her lips when he deeped a finger into her soaking folds."Lamar... someone's coming..."She breathed again.
"Let them come in."She opened her mouth to say her assistant's name who was now glued to the open door but instead a moan loud enough to wake the dead came out.Lamar stroked his finger in and out of her his head buried in her locks unaware of their audience.
"Your driver is waiting to take you to the party."Her assistant finally spoke her eyes solely on Elba.
"Can't a man get a few moments of peace?"Lamar grunted watching Elba's assistant through the mirror."You can go with the driver Ayla,I'll drive her."He said stressing 'drive' when Ayla made no attempts to move.Ayla left not sure she wanted to look at them anymore.Lamar was and had always been her big-time crush."Now,where were we?Oh I remember,where you were moaning my name."He grinned letting her hands fall.
"I was?"She asked wrapping both arms and legs around his neck and waist then caught his mouth,like he did with her few minutes ago.She trailed one hand over his chest,his abs distinct even under two pieces of clothes,all the way to his belt.She couldn't unbuckle it with one hand so she felt his engorging bulge over his trousers and rubbed her hand over it.Lamar groaned into their kiss.Elba released him and smiled satisfactorily.That was what she had craved doing when she first saw him tonight on the front seat.
"Let's hit that party!"She said feeling vibrant than she felt all day.Lamar didn't look to be in agreement but smiled.If he started doing what he had been wanting to do when she first walked onto the runway tonight,they would miss the party.
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Elba took a sip of her wine looking around the people in the party for familiar faces.Lamar had left her some few minutes ago to go...ugh!He hadn't said where he was going and his absence only made her realize that she had come here because of him.Her eyes landed on Kucuk Bansaki,a real estate tycoon and owner of more than half of Istanbul's skyscrappers,also on the list of most eligible bachelors in the city.Kucuk raised his scotch glass to her but she didn't bother with him as her eyes skimmed through the people talking to him.There was Ali,the governor,Saphire Bansaki,Kucuk's sister and several other gentlemen she didn't remember names.She only remembered Sapphire's name because they had a whole business mall scrapper named after her and she always looked at Lamar as if she wanted to eat him whole.Creepy!
Saphire looked towards Elba and her eyes lit when she shifted them to someone behind Elba.
"Kucuk Bansaki can't keep his eyes off you.I bet he is eye banging you right now."Lamar was back.He slipped a hand around her waist and flattened it on her flat tummy drawing her in.His already hard cock poked at her back and Elba smiled to herself.
"His sister has been doing the same to you since we got here."She shrugged.
"But you are the queen...my queen."He grazed her ear lobe."Let's get out of here.I can't wait to strip this dress off of you and take it's place."He breathed on her exposed neck.
"Are you never horny?"Elba asked feigning annoyance.
"You can't blame me... especially if you are the object of my arousal.Let's get out of here already..."Elba sighed because she equally wanted out the party.Lamar took care of her wine glass and took her hand in his then led her out the back exit to avoid press.
Kucuk Bansaki bit his teeth until his jaw ticked seeing them leave.
"Please tell me you are over your obsession for Rubi.She didn't even spare you a look tonight.She is a tramp."Saphire whispered for her brother's ear only.
"And you can't possibly have designs on Erdogan,he's a ...a...a.He's stupid!Did you see how he touched her?He is so stupid.I should be the one holding her!"
"How far along is the deal to buy the Kempinski,Kucuk.I have some shares I'll need to invest."The governor spoke.The governor using Kucuk's first name shows they knew each other on a personal level.
"So far so good!"Kucuk replied eyes still where Elba and Lamar disappeared.
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