Chapter 324 - A Rushed Wedding (8)

19 April, LY Studio, City K

"And you want me to keep the secret? Do you want people to lynch me when they find out?"

"Yes and no. All I am asking you to do is keep quiet for a few hours, not to keep quiet about it forever. In the end, too much of a fuss will draw the attention of the one person we do not want."

"Fine, now I better figure out what dresses Abigail needs with the staff. Ready to wear clothes are easy. I will just get some additional items pulled from the store…"

"Do not make her too uncomfortable please," came Steven's quiet voice.

"Me, never," same the immediate somewhat sarcastic reply. "Seriously I need to head out, but you have two choices, wait here as I want some mystery for you or go and pick rings for Abigail."

"The former, we have already organised the rings which are being resized and will be delivered to my father to bring along."

"I will get someone to bring you in a tea while you wait then."

"Make it coffee please."

Throwing her hand against her head in a mocking tone Lexi said, "Oh my god, wonders will never cease, and Steven Gu used the word please."

Picking up a cushion from the chair he was sitting on Steven lightly threw is at Lexi laughing as he responded "Idiot."

Laughing Lexi turned and left the room shutting the door behind her and headed straight into the design space. As she entered Abigail was standing there being fitted for one of the simply multi-purposes dresses in the ready to wear collection. Observing her from a distance, her staff made the right call. The design itself suited Abigail, elegant and age appropriate. But if she had the time, the exact shade of ivory with pink undertones would be changed to better suit her colouring. 

While time constraints would not allow the dress to be made in the right shade of ivory, they would just have enough time to make it tailored to fit Abigail better and add just the right amount of crystal embellishments to turn it from a ready to wear collection item into a suitable wedding dress for a friend's bride.

Walking closer, Lexi said "How much work to tailor that better?"

One staff member, and Lexi realised who it was as soon as they commenced speaking "Luckily not much for the dress. We just need to take it in a fraction and adjust the hem slightly."

"You know the shade is not, quite right?"

"We had the same idea boss, but there is nothing in the exact right shade. We could make one in a couple of days…"

"Not possible. Friends seem to expect we can perform miracles and produce a wedding dress that is perfect immediately for a short notice wedding."

"That is impossible boss, hence we convinced you…"

"To allow you the opportunity to design wedding dresses along with everything else. I know. I am still working out who will head the team. But stop getting me side-tracked Georgina. We need to…"

"Figure out what else has to happen to this dress. Crystal embellishments?"

"That was my thought boss. But not on the front. The back has a lace insert in the plunge and we are tossing up already in customising it whether to embellish along the join or on the lace?"

Walking around Abigail, Lexi looked and said "A sprinkling on the lace is my thought. Abigail is only eighteen and too much will overpower her and ensure she looks older than her age." Lexi paused and said "Are you alright with that Abigail? In the end, despite this being a ready-to-wear dress it is your wedding dress and to the best of our abilities you deserve it to be what you want."

Hesitantly Abigail said "I really do not know. While I know what my mother brought me to wear did not suit me, I really have no idea what will suit me."

"If you are happy with that, my suggestion would be to have your hair pinned up, no veil but a tiara and exposing the back of the dress. I have access to the tiara my mother used when she was married, nothing dramatic, but it would work with this dress so you could borrow it if you…"

Lexi was cut off by her mobile ringing it. While the number appeared as an unknow number there was something familiar about it, so she quickly answered, and heard "Lexi…"

"Uncle Gu why are you bothering me. Your son has made me busy today."

'That is why I rang. I knew he would come to you to sort out the clothes for Abigail."

"He told me to send you the bill."

"That brat, but in this case, I will not argue with him because with what Abigail has been through for years she deserves to be spoiled with nice things. I have arranged for the Gu family tiara to be removed from the bank vault and sent to you to finalise the dress. It is nothing special but ever Gu bride has worn it for four generations. Steven does not know that I have removed as he has always said it has bad vibes because his mother and I divorced acrimoniously despite our financial agreement. Every other bride that has worn it, either has had a successful marriage or if the marriage has ended it has been harmonious. I want Abigail to follow the family tradition and be the first bride of the fifth generation to wear it."

"With the dress that I have chosen, I was thinking about a tiara, so assuming it will work with the dress we will use it rather than the tiara that I was thinking about."

"Thank you. I will leave you be then."

As she hung up the call, another staff member walked in saying "Boss, this was just delivered from CEO Gu."

Lexi took the box and moved over to Abigail. As she opened the box and carefully removed the tiara Lexi said, "Your father-in-law to be would like you to wear this."

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