Lindsey walked out of the bathroom drying her hair with a dryer, she turned to reach for her phone which had beeped. She nodded her head after reading the reminder text message the hotel had sent to remind her of the wine event. She smiled dropping her phone before going into the dressing room to get ready.
Leaving the hotel that morning, Lindsey toured around Paris visiting the French breakfast restaurant where she enjoyed their breakfast meal before going to the mall to get some designer dresses then she went to the beauty SPA where she spent most of her day. She had just returned a few minutes ago to prepare for the wine event.
Lindsey smiled admiring herself in the mirror, she was wearing a silk white gown which had a sexy slit and she matched the dress with a pair of Cinderella heels and her hair was arranged in a ponytail style. Lindsey smiled, if there was something she was sure of about herself, that would be her beauty. She was beautiful even without make-up on and whenever she applies makeover she would became even more beautiful. Right from her childhood, she had participated in pageants and she always wins every crown. A lot thought she would grow up into becoming a model and an actress because of her talent but life doesn’t really go as expected. Lindsey picked up her purse and walked out of the room.
“Good evening ma’am, you look stunning” The hotel receptionist smiled. Lindsey looked at her returning the smile, it was the same receptionist she had met in the morning “Thank you dear” Lindsey said.
“The chauffeur would be driving you to the event,” The hotel receptionist said. Lindsey kept quiet for a while as if thinking about what she said “Is that necessary, I can drive” Lindsey said politely turning down the offer. “I’m sorry ma’am but it’s our hotel policy, you are one of the top VIP customers we have and we need to secure your security,” She said. Lindsey inhaled deeply and smiled “Okay, see you later,” Lindsey said and left.
She walked outside the hotel and meet the chauffeur standing in front of a white limousine “Good Evening Mrs. Winslow” the chauffeur greeted bowing slightly. “Are we going on that car?” Lindsey asked getting uncomfortable. She felt it would be too much for the event and she wouldn’t want people to gossip about her name. “Yes_” the chauffeur replied wondering why she was asking that. “Can’t we use my car?” Lindsey asked sparing him a glance enough to access him, he was the same chauffeur that had brought her and Keith from the airport. Lindsey guessed he might be the Winslow personal chauffeur in Paris or chairman Winslow might have paid for his services during their stay here. “I’m sorry ma’am but we can’t, Don’t worry the limousine is more convenient than your car,” he said. Lindsey flashed him a half smile before getting into the car.
It was her second time entering the limousine, the first was during her wedding with Keith, but it felt like the first time, she looked around the car admiring it and touching most of the things. She didn’t have that opportunity the first time because Thaila was in the car and she was too embarrassed to look around. Lindsey brought out her phone and began to take some cute pictures of her smiling and pouting. After taking enough pictures she quickly log into her Instagram account and was wowed at the number of new followers she had gotten. The last time she checked which was after her engagement with Keith she was at nine hundred thousand almost getting at a million followers but now she was at Six million followers “How long has it been” Lindsey thought with a smile plastered on her face, she looked at her following list, she was just following ten people. Lindsey shook her head vigorously wondering why this number of people were following her, she wasn’t any sort of celebrity. She immediately posted her pictures hash tagging them the Moët and Chandon Imperial wine event. She smiled looking at her pictures but then the chauffeur called for her attention, and they already arrived at the event venue. “Thank you Mr., how do I reach you when the event ends,” Lindsey asked. “Oh I would stick around the venue so I would definitely know when it ends you don’t have to worry,” He said. Lindsey nodded her head in approval before alighting from the limousine.
She was welcomed by a swamp of reporters and paparazzi wanting to interview her and take pictures of her. Lindsey inhaled lightly maintaining the smile she had plastered on her face and praying silently she doesn’t trip and fall, even with the security guards preventing the paparazzi from getting too close she still felt she could miss her step and embrace herself. She could never get used to the numerous attention the elites get at every event they attend. She hastened her steps trying to get into the event but was stopped at the red carpet section by the host interviewer for some interviews.
Lindsey stood in front of a good number of reporters, paparazzi and other guests and all she could do was smile hoping that the interviewer doesn’t ask her a too difficult question to answer. “Oh my God, Mrs. Lindsey Winslow. Hope you know this is your first event as a member of the Winslow family” The host interviewer asked. Lindsey gave her a brief look enough to access her, she had a warm smile plastered on her face and her pixie haircut made her stand out. “Yes, I’m aware of that” Lindsey spoke getting every diction and pronunciation right. A few years ago she had read an article where a popular A-list actress was trolled and humiliated for weeks if not months just because of her letter ‘R’ and ‘L’ mispronunciation which was just a mere slip of the tongue. Lindsey knew then that the media was scary, she couldn’t imagine herself being in such a state for a day not to talk of a day.
“Oh, and I’m sure you are feeling happy and excited right,” she asked and Lindsey nodded still smiling. “Okay, by the way, you look lavishly stunning, and I love your hair” She complimented “Thanks, you aren’t looking bad yourself” Lindsey replied relaxing a bit, the interview wasn’t as hard as she thought it would be but then the interviewer brought up the very question Lindsey has been scared of hearing. “We all are very much aware that you are in Paris with your husband, for your honeymoon but why are you here alone, the invitation was sent to the both of you,” She asked.
The atmosphere became tense as everyone fixed their gaze on her. Lindsey glanced at the cameraman, he was live so she knew that almost everyone would be watching it at the moment and a lot would still watch it. She let out a smile and began. “You are correct, I came to Paris with my husband but he couldn’t join me today because he has something very important to attend to” She paused and continued almost immediately. “And I would appreciate it if I don’t get any questions regarding my marriage, we’ve wedded and I would want to take my marriage off the internet and whether I appear at an event with my husband, alone or he comes alone, I believe it is no one’s business,” Lindsey said. She felt complacent and secretly praised her cleverness in her heart.
At this time, the interviewer started to feel speechless and didn’t know what to say next to say or do. She cleared her throat flashing her a fake smile. “That would be all, enjoy the rest of the evening,” she said. Lindsey smiled at her thanking her before turning towards the paparazzi for them to take pictures of her before she walked into the event venue.
Lindsey’s interview video began to trend on the internet as everyone had their own two cents to say about it, there were a few bad comments as some thought she was being prideful because she got married into a rich family, and some condemned her saying she wasn’t beautiful enough for Keith to fall in love with her saying her marriage seemed fishy the others said she should have done a good job with her dressing and all that. Keith Winslow was one of the most eligible bachelors in the world and his marriage to Lindsey came as a shock to the public. Lindsey didn’t come from a wealthy home to say that was the reason the Winslow family approved of their wedding. Everyone knew Georgina to be very picky when it comes to who she allowed into the family and had married her two son’s before Keith to women from wealthy homes. She even said in an interview that she wasn’t going to allow any of her children to get married to someone unpopular or poor she was very strict about who she allowed into her family. So why did she approve of Lindsey Roach who was neither rich nor popular or come from a rich or popular family to marry her favourite son who was the mainstay of the Winslow conglomerates, it looked rather suspicious to them.
Only a few persons supported her decision to keep her marriage off the internet, applauding her for the perfect decision she had made to make sure her marriage works and not go down the hills like some other elites marriage do.
Lindsey smirked reading the comments from a gossip Blogspot that had presented her video as a case study, lot of people tagged her in the comment section while insulting or advising her. What was she expecting Keith was everyone’s dream husband so they were some jealous people who kept wishing they were the one Keith had married and not her.