True Love Waits novel Chapter 1374

Paige smiled mysteriously and whispered in Erica's ear, "Aren't you afraid someone's going to steal Mr. Huo from you? You know, I take his office clothes to the cleaner's on a regular basis. They always smell like women's perfume, so we need to get that taken care of. Mr. Huo never cheated on you. But he gets plenty of women approaching him, asking his hand in marriage, and women who want to have his baby. Not to mention those women who just want him because he's hot. Don't you want to go to the party and deal with them yourself?"

"Oh..." It suddenly occurred to Erica that even her sons told her that Matthew was surrounded by women who wanted him. Then she finally committed to it. "Of course I'll go. I'm free now. I can have a little fun too, right?"

Paige breathed a sigh of relief. As expected, Mrs. Huo was still the same as before. With Erica around, she didn't have to watch Matthew like a hawk. Erica would do that for her.

After getting the address of where the party was going to happen, Erica was about to leave, but Paige put a hand on her shoulder to stop her. She looked Erica's dress up and down. Even Erica's everyday clothes were stylish, but definitely not suitable for a large banquet. "Mrs. Huo, maybe a makeover might be in order. I can pull strings at a salon, you can have your make-up and hair done by a professional stylist," she offered.

Erica looked down at her own clothing. That was probably a good idea. "Okay!" she agreed.

Later, when she was in the salon, Erica got a call from Chantel. "Hey, Rika. I'm in Y City. Where are you?"

Erica looked at the make-up artist in the mirror, who was applying liquid foundation on her face, and answered, "Back in the city. I just got here. What's up?"

"There's a party tonight. On 'The Princess' cruise ship. I guess Matthew's coming. Wanna go together? We'll show those guys how it's done." Chantel just flew from another city and was on the way to the cruise ship.

The Princess? That was the ship Paige told her about.

With a smile gracing her lips, Erica answered, "Of course. I'm coming too."

"Okay, see you there!" Chantel was happy to have Erica there. At least that was someone she'd know.

"Okay, bye!"

It was getting dark.

Many luxury cars adorned the marina parking lot. Men and women in formal clothes began to line up, waiting to board The Princess.

The party was beginning to fill up. The guest list was like a who's who of elites, rich men and women, old and young. Some were entertainment moguls while the others were financial whiz kids blown in from out of town. The brightest stars weren't in the sky tonight, they were at the party.

Countless bodyguards in black suits were guarding the ship inside and out, and there were also many plain-clothed bodyguards hidden among the partygoers.

Everyone was on time—all the guests arrived before the stroke of eight. The party was scheduled to go off without a hitch.

Before the workers were about to roll up the red carpet so that the cruise ship could make its tour around the harbor, a clear voice called out to the staff, "Wait a minute!"

The staff members turned their heads in the direction of the voice, and saw a beautiful woman, high heels in hand. She looked like she was from one of the rich families. They didn't dare ignore her. They walked over and one of them asked respectfully, "Hello, miss. Do you have an invitation?"

"I don't have one of those," she answered carefully.

"Well..." The staff members were in a dilemma. "I'm sorry, miss. But you can't board without...ahem...one of those," he mocked.

Just then, another woman came up behind her. She looked a little green and embarrassed. Apparently she got carsick. But face to face with the event staff, Paige put that all aside. "This is the wife of ZL Group's CEO," she announced. "Mr. Huo is on the guest list. Just call her his plus one."

Paige and Owen were pretty well known in the city.

They were Matthew's right-hand assistants. In many occasions, seeing one of them was equivalent to seeing Matthew himself.

The staff members looked at Erica, their mouths open in shock. They thought she was a naughty rich girl, but to their surprise, this was Mr. Huo's wife. They immediately took two steps back and made way for Erica. "I'm sorry, Mrs. Huo. Welcome to the party!"

Erica put down her high heels on the ground and put on the shoes with Paige's help. She was really not used to wearing them.