Free Celtic Magic by Amber LaShell

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down.
    “Wow, Abby you look really great” he said to
her.
    “You don’t look to bad either you know, you
clean up pretty well” She said back to him nearly laughing at how
odd she felt all dressed up.
    He walked over to her and pulled her into a
hug and gently kissed her, making sure not to smudge her
lipstick.
    “You really do look beautiful” he said to
her while looking in her eyes.
    She blushed, “thank you” She mumbled
out.
    He grabbed her hand, “Are you ready?” he
asked her.
    She nodded and they made their way to the
car for what she was sure was going to be an awkward but very
interesting evening.

Chapter
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    As they pulled up to the front on the hotel,
there was a person waiting there to open her door for her, and as
he helped her out of the car she looked around at all of the people
standing around the entrance to the hotel.
    There was a red carpet set up that extended
from the front door of the hotel, to the end of the sidewalk, right
where she was standing. She looked over to the side and saw a mass
of photographers behind a velvet rope, all taking pictures of her.
She had to look away because the lights from the cameras were
making her feel a little dizzy.
    Tom walked around the car, giving the man
who helped her out of the car the keys to park it for him. When he
made it to her, he put his arm around her waist and leaned in and
whispered in her ear.
    “These are paparazzi, and we have to give
them a show, so we stand in front of them and pose, smiling. Then,
we give them a little kiss and walk into the hotel, okay?”
    She looked at him and nodded, then they
walked right to the middle of the red carpet and faced the
photographers and she smiled as he kept hold of her waist. Finally
after what seemed like forever, he leaned in and kissed her softly
on the mouth as the cameras went wild. Once he pulled away from
her, he waved to all of the photographers and they turned and
walked into the hotel.
    The inside of the hotel was even more
impressive than she imagined. The lobby was huge, with a large pond
in one corner that had a waterfall, and as she looked up noticed
that the water came in at the very top of the room, which was at
least two stories high.
    She looked over to her left and noticed that
there were people that were just as dressed up as they were waiting
for an elevator that had another velvet rope in front of it, with a
sign that read, Party Guests Only, with a man checking invitations
before anyone could go into the elevator.
    She looked at Tom, ready to ask him why they
were walking toward the right, while all of the other guests were
walking to the left when he answered her question without her
asking.
    “Those people are guests of the party, but
since my family owns the hotel I don’t need an invitation” he
explained.
    She nodded as they reached a small elevator
that had gold shiny doors, and nearly rolled her eyes as she saw a
small plaque that read VIP next to it. Tom punched a code into the
keypad under the sign and the door popped open.
    As they walked in and turned around she
looked for buttons, but there were none in there. Tom must have
seen the confused look on her face because he laughed.
    “My family has the top two floors as our
living suites, and this elevator takes us right to them without
stopping. The main elevators are usually locked, and unable to open
there, but for the party they have unlocked that one elevator for
guests. They also blocked it off on every floor so that there
aren’t hotel guests accidently getting into the party.”
    She shrugged her shoulders, she didn’t
understand how all this worked, and didn’t really care at this
moment. What she mostly cared about was meeting Tom’s parents, and
the tiny butterflies that had settled into her stomach as the
elevator continued to climb.
    When the elevator door opened, Abby’s
stomach lurched, and she nearly puked right there on the floor she
was so nervous. But, she knew it was time to meet the