THE BILLIONAIRE'S CINDERELLA

< U.S.A~ HILL TOP HOTEL>

A girl could be seen running into the hotel foyer, if she hadn't been occupied with her thought, she would have notice the admiring glance sent her way by the men around the restaurant.

On seeing her three friends two tables away, Tiffany quickly went to join them.

"Am sorry girls, I was caught up in traffic" Tiffany explained as she took her seat.

"See! I told you that that would be her excuse" Lucia said which got them all laughing.

"Mind explaining what that meant?" Tiffany asked.

"The thing is that we were debating on the excuse you will give when you arrive and Lucia got it correctly" Cassey answered.

"I was really held up in traffic. You three are crazy!" Tiffany said which got them laughing.

"Since Fanny is here why don't she do it?" Brianna suggested while addressing her by the nick name they gave her.

"Do what?" Tiffany asked.

"The dare" Lucia whispered having a naughty smile on her face.

"We were playing a game of dare when you arrived and since you arrived late it's only right that you take up this dare" Brianna said in excitement.

"And what is the dare?"

"You go up to Sarah Morgan's room, put on one of her expensive dress then you send a picture to us as prove" Brianna replied.

"And who is Sarah Morgan?" Tiffany asked.

"A model, am surprise you don't know her well anyway, she's a very well known model and she's currently staying here for her video shoot. So you are to go into her room and put her clothe on then take a picture for us as prove" Brianna explained.

"But isn't this Sarah in her room? What if am caught?" Tiffany asked.

"Don't worry, as long as I work here you will be fine and have got the keys to her room" Brianna stated showing her a key.

"I still think this is a bad idea" Cassey muttered.

"We all think it is but a dare is a dare and Fanny is some one who never runs from a challenge right?" Lucia asked Tiffany who nodded in return.

"All I have to do is to put on this Sarah clothe and then take a picture right?" Tiffany asked and they nodded.

"Fine then! I accept the dare" she added getting out of her seat to take the key from Brianna.

With Brianna's help they got to Sarah's suite in the hotel and went in.

"I will be keeping guard outside, let me know when you are done" Brianna said leaving the room to keep watch outside.

"So this is how a suite room is?" She murmured walking around the room.

She was still checking the room out when she remembered her reason for being there and so she quickly went to Sarah's ward robe.

On the other hand Brianna was keeping watch at the door when the hotel manager approach her.

"Why are you here?" The manager asked.

"Well I...I...."

"Haven't you heard that a worker meeting is being held downstairs?" He asked while she shook her head.

"I thought the meeting is until seven in the evening" Brianna replied with a nervous smile.

"The time have been change and so I suggest you get going before you end up being fired" he barked at her and quickly Brianna took to her heels.

When she was out of sight, she called Cassey and Lucia but the two weren't picking and worse, Tiffany too wasn't picking her call.

What's she going to do? Brianna thought as she head down stairs.

On the other hand, Tiffany had dressed up in one of Sarah's expensive gown.

She picked up her phone only to see Brianna missed calls.

"Is she calling to confirm if have done it or not? You all are going to be shock when I send you the picture" Tiffany muttered as she took a picture of herself.

Noticing how beautiful she look in it, Tiffany couldn't resist checking herself in the full length mirror.

The pretty self she saw got her gasping inwardly. Never had she tried putting on some thing like this.

It's not that she don't have the money but the little she earn at her secretary job in a small law firm have always been used on her brother and Father.

She hardly has enough to spare for herself and since it's become a part of her, she's used to it.

But seeing herself in this expensive dress....Philip would certainly stare at her twice if he sees her in this dress...she thought with a shy smile.

She was still admiring her look when the door open to reveal two men dressed in black.

"Who are you?" Tiffany asked backing away from them.

"Miss Sarah, we've been told to come escort you " One of them said.

"Hold on a sec! What did you just call me?" Tiffany asked.

"Miss Sarah" the guard who had addressed her before replied.

Do they think she's Sarah and where is Brianna?

"I think you've got the wrong idea, am not Sarah" Tiffany quickly said.

"We've been told about you and one thing our boss mentioned is that you will try to put up an act to get out of this blind date but we were told not to give you a chance to" the guard replied.

"Blind date! Am going for a blind date?" Tiffany wailed out and he nodded.

"This was decided by your father who hired us. He told us to take you to where the date will take place and that we shouldn't give you a chance to escape and so please kindly come with us" The guard inform and before she could say jack.

The other guard took hold of Sarah's expensive fur coat and her expensive hand bag.

"Shall we miss Sarah?" The guard said ushering her out of the room and slowly Tiffany followed.

"This is wrong, you've got it wrong. Am not Sarah" Tiffany said.

"I won't be fooled by your lies and please don't make my job a hard one. Am only here to escort you to the venue where your date will be taken place, I don't want to lose my job" he begged having a pleading look on his face and Tiffany followed not wanting to complicate things.

Her friends were no where to be found as she walk out of the foyer with the two guards who came for her.

She was led into a waiting Mercedes and when she was safely in, the guards got in and drove them away from the hotel.

All through the ride, Tiffany kept hoping some thing will happen that will get her out of the mess she created for herself but nothing happened.

She got a call and when she saw that it was Brianna, she quickly pick.

"Are you still at the hotel?" Brianna asked.

"No. Am being taken to a restaurant for a date! They think am Sarah" Tiffany whispered into the phone.

"Oh God! I didn't expect this to happen. There was a meeting going on but never mind. Did you tell them that you are Tiffany and not Sarah?" Brianna asked.

"I did but they won't believe" Tiffany replied.

"Then don't say anything. Whatever you do keep pretending to be Sarah" Brianna adviced.

"Why?" Tiffany cried out which got the guards attention on her, she waved them off with a smile and spoke more gently into her phone.

"Why?"

"From what I heard from my superior, this date is very important to Sarah father. It will earn him a big contract and if it's known to him that some one else is attending the date, it will be hell for everyone. He is a very scary man and he won't hesitate to destroy you and me so please Fanny keep pretending to be Sarah" Brianna pleaded.

"But I don't want to be....."

"Just show up there pretending to be Sarah, I will try to see if I can get a hold of her but until then...please help me Fanny, I don't want to get fired" Brianna begged.

Being a soft hearted person, Tiffany found herself agreeing to do as she said.

"Thanks, I will try to get you out of it but until then keep pretending to be Sarah. I will call again" Brianna told her briskly before ending the call.

Tiffany let out a sigh as the car stopped in front of a prestigious restaurant.

"This is where your date will be taking place miss" the guard informed as they open the door for her.

"Thank you" Tiffany said as she slowly made her way into the restaurant.

This is crazy but she will just have to do it for every one sake, she thought as she stood at the door way.

If she goes in there then the act of pretending to be Sarah Morgan will begin.

In the past, she has often participate in school drama and so she should be able to carry this off, she thought as she wipe her sweaty palm on Sarah's expensive dress.

She was about to go in when she change her mind. Turning to leave, she walk straight into a hard wall or is it a hard chest, she thought as she fell back ward but the hand on her waist prevented her fall.

Tiffany open her closed eyes to stare at the most handsome guy she's ever seen.

"Are you a human or a demi God?" She let out her thought before she could stop herself.

"I don't know about the demi God thing but I do know that I am a human" he replied jolting Tiffany back to earth and immediately she pulled out of his arms.

"Am sorry, I didn't mean to say that out loud. For a while you look like a demi God and I.....what am I saying" she muttered when she realise the nonsense she was spewing.

"You must be Sarah right?" The stranger asked quickly masking his smile by asking the question.

"Er, yes. Who are you?" Sarah asked hoping he would just be a waiter so she can make her excuse and leave.

"I am Frederick Davis, your date for this evening" he said introducing himself.

This is bad, her plan to escape only got her running into the hands of Sarah blind date.

"Shall we?" He urge as he walk her back into the restaurant where there was no customers except for the workers.

"Where is everyone?" Tiffany asked as he pulled back her chair for her.

"Gone. I booked the whole place" He answered and that got her jaw dropping.

"Why are you surprised? You should be used to things like this since you are a model yourself " he stated as the waiter approach them.

How can I be used to it when am not rich... she thought within as she check out the menu.

"I will have the oyster soup and beef stew and the hors d'oeuvres can be brought in later " He said to the waiter who nodded in reply.

"Have you chosen yet?" He asked and she shook her head.

Truth is that she's not used to expensive food like this and so it's hard to decide on which to eat.

"I will have the same thing he's having" she added quickly giving the waiter a smile.

The smile disappeared as soon as she saw Frederick watching her.

"Is some thing on my face?" She asked as he kept scrutinizing her.

"No. You are just different from what I had in mind" he replied.

Did he notice her not to be Sarah? She thought as she quickly gave him a reply.

"And what do you have in mind?"

"Since you are a model, I thought you would only be striking in features but I never thought you to be very beautiful" he admitted and that got her coughing slightly.

Is this him being a sweet talker or did he really think her to be beautiful?

She was saved from giving a reply when the waiter return with their food.

"Enjoy" the waiter said as he left them on their own.

She wrinkled her face on seeing the oyster soup. Is this what people waste their money on? She thought as she look up to see him scrutinizing her again.

"So, tell me about yourself?" She said quickly.

"I thought you weren't interested in knowing" he replied.

"Why would you think that?"

"Our date is some thing forced upon us. You by your father and me by my grand mother. They both have marriage in mind for us and ...."

"What! " Tiffany half yelled.

"Relax. I have no plans of getting married" he said which got her feeling relaxed.

She didn't know why she's getting worked up when it has nothing to do with her since she's not Sarah.

She ate a mouthful of oyster soup and was delighted by the taste when he spoke again.

"But I think I will be changing my mind soon since you are what have been looking for in a woman" he said and that got her coughing out the oyster soup.

To be continued