She's My Sleeping Pill

“Let’s try go with this wedding gown first.” Monet said and brought Cayenne to the changing room. After putting on the clothes, she came out to get her hair and makeup done. David was there to help Stefan with his look that would match his bride. Kai was also present since he knew which places would be suitable for prenup.

“This feels like a prenuptial.” Cayenne joked to calm her nerves because she felt like her heart would burst out from her chest. She was just modeling for the wedding gowns but it feels like she was really getting married. “Can you guys send me a copy of the pictures later?”

“Sure.”

Thomas came in with his camera and walked toward Monet, looking professional and serious. Cayenne even thought that they had an argument because they never joked around like how they did during their trip to London.

“Monet, do you think she can get on one of these?” Thomas asked while showing the picture of the lake with swans and a boat. “I asked the caretaker about the swans and they gave me a go signal. We can do anything with them as long as we don’t hurt them.”

“Alright.”

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Thomas showed more pictures to her and Monet just replied with ‘good’, ‘great’ and ‘alright’. For some reason, it irked Cayenne that these two friends were acting like strangers in front of her.

Since it wasn’t her character to be nosy, she just watched them and let them do whatever they want. If there’s someone who can help them, it should be Stefan and Travis.

Once she was done with her hair and makeup, Cayenne went out and found Stefan leaning on his car. All the thoughts inside her head flew out and she stopped on her track. He looked so handsome with his black outfit which made her fall in love with him all over again. It sounds crazy but it feels like the first time she laid her eyes on him.

“Handsome?”

Cayenne blinked her eyes several times and looked around her. She didn’t realize that she was gazing at him for a long time and everyone was even looking at them. “You are handsome with clothes on.”

“I am still handsome without these.” Stefan retorted and winked at her. “I know you’ll look good in wedding dresses. I should make one for you.”

“That’s the epitome of beauty for you.”

The two of them chatted and were complimenting each other even though they always see each other at home. He knew she was beautiful and she knew he’s handsome. There was no need for words but just for fun, they were boosting each other’s confidence with their compliments.

“First picture will be done in the lake. Let’s get you guys on the boat.” Thomas stated after showing them the picture of the place that he got earlier.

Hearing his words, Stefan’s eyes widened in surprise. “You want me to row a boat? I don’t know how to do that. I’d fall into the water.”

“You don’t know how to row a boat? That’s a first.” Thomas retorted which made everyone laugh. “I thought you are Mr. Perfect like everyone said.”

“I’m not okay. Without my wife, I’m incomplete.”

Silence. Silence. Silence. This man never misses his chance to boast his love life.

With the help of many people, the emotion and the view that Thomas wanted to capture with his camera came to life.

“Look at her in the eyes.” Thomas shouted from the lakeside. “Yes, just like that. Make her fall for you again.”

“I’m the one falling in love again.” Stefan muttered which caused Cayenne to smile beautifully. The timing was so perfect that Thomas wanted to send the picture as an entry to another photography contest.

They moved from one location to another, taking pictures and videos here and there. Changing clothes, hairstyles and makeup; everything was so tiring for Cayenne because she was wearing high heels. Thankfully, Stefan was always there to rescue her feet by massaging them before and after taking pictures.

Kai filmed everything using many cameras hidden around the corners when Cayenne and Stefan went inside to change their clothes. He has his own team who helped him set up everything and he was holding his drone to get a great footage from above.

Since this was pre-planned, even the makeup rooms have hidden cameras. They were able to get Cayenne’s complaints about weddings and how tiring a model’s work.

“I wonder how models manage to walk in those high heels for a long period of time. I think I broke my toes.”

“If I eat something now, my stomach won’t rip the dress, right?”

“How much do models eat to keep their figure?”

“Weddings didn’t really need prenup photos, right? I have seen so many without getting those.”

“What do you mean, I need to prepare wedding vows? Is it part of the video?”

She has endless questions and Monet was there to answer all of these. Since she was responsible for Cayenne’s look, she has to endure the chatter from this bride-to-be. She even had to lie about the wedding vow.

“Since it is just a video, I don’t need to make it long. Also, I can just pretend like I’m saying something.”

“Uhh...Yeah...we can do that, too.” Monet said but she knew that Cayenne will be able to come up with something when the real wedding happens.

Suddenly, Cayenne stopped talking and she was staring at her face in the mirror. “I think I know where I’ve seen that gown.”

Monet’s hand stopped midair when she was about to put on Cayenne’s lipstick. She started to worry for Stefan’s surprise. “Which gown?”

“The last gown. The one that I will wear tomorrow for the finale.”

“You must have seen that in my collection book. Remember, I showed them to you last time when you visited London.”

“No, before that...well, you might be right.” [There’s no way it was the same gown as the one that Stefan sketched. His sketch was messy and it didn’t have the veil and tiara.]