Sofia POV
Very quickly, the day of the auction arrived. I was woken up by Cosimo with a peck on my lips. Just wanting to sleep, I burrowed into his chest, burying my face into it.
"Baby, it's time to wake up. We still have an auction to prepare for," I suddenly heard in my ear, feeling his hot breath brushing lightly against my ear.
"Let me sleep for a little bit," I whined. After saying this, he used his hands to wrap around my waist and pulled me towards him.
Amidst the sound of his heartbeat, I fell asleep.
The next time I opened my eyes, the place next to me was empty. I used my hands to rub it, trying to see if I would feel warmth.
But the coldness hit my hands, telling me that Cosimo had been up for a while. So with a pout, I sat up from the bed.
Cosimo, as if knowing I wanted to call out his name, came into the room holding a cup and a tray containing food.
"You're awake. I went to get you breakfast." Then he glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "I guess it will be brunch by that time." As he said this, I felt sweet inside as he placed the tray on the bed. After which, he placed a kiss on my forehead. As he moved to kiss my lips, I quickly used my hands to cover my mouth.
"I have to brush before you do this," I said, slightly muffled due to my hands covering my mouth.
After saying this, I left the bed, ignoring Cosimo's wronged look. I even laughed when I saw that sad expression.
By the time I was done brushing my teeth and washing my face, I felt refreshed. I left the bathroom, and the first thing I did was give my wronged puppy, Cosimo, a huge peck on the mouth "mwah" then I hurried to eat breakfast. Though I love my man, food is still the only thing higher than him on the scale in my heart.
With this thought, I took a bite of my sandwich, and the only thing I thought was, this is delicious.
As I continued to eat, I saw that Cosimo was eating nothing, so with a complicated gaze, I took the other sandwich and handed it to him to eat.
Instead of eating the one I gave him, he took the one I was eating, then took a bite into it.
"Hmmm, delicious."
I blushed as I smiled, then took the other one and began to eat it. After I was done eating, Cosimo then said, "It is time you prepared for the auction."
"I thought it would be happening later today," I said, trying to convey that there was still time since it was just noon some minutes earlier.
"You have got to prepare the makeup artist and stylist were already here since morning." After saying this, he hoisted me up.
"Yelp, fine, I will go prepare."
Then we went to a room recently renovated into my personal dressing room. The door was slightly open, and I could hear some individual voices.
This made me struggle out of his embrace, feeling shy. "Why don't you put me down," I protested before he could open the door any wider.
But he acted as if he did not hear my words, carrying me into the room. As we entered, the room became quiet as everyone who was talking stopped.
Feeling a bit shy, I covered my face with my hair, but I was still put down. So after a few seconds of shyness, we went straight to work.
Preparing for the auction was more complicated than I thought.
I first had a scented bath, after which we moved on to dressing, hair styling, and then makeup.
The makeup artist gasped after getting a closer look at my face, which was poreless.
Since I usually wore glasses, they prepared a pair of blue contact lenses.
By the end of everything, I was hungry, and at the same time, amazed by the version of me I saw in the mirror.
I was so sure that if Cosimo allowed it, the makeup artist and the stylist would like to use my video to showcase their work on Black App.
After several comments, the artists and stylist had to leave since they were done with their work. Thinking I would finally be able to eat, another knock came from the door. Hearing the familiar voice of the designer, I just knew it.
"Come in."
"Gasp, you are looking gorgeous," the designer said as she entered. Right behind her was the dress I would be wearing for the auction.
The red dress was as flamboyant and elegant as it could be. It was not too revealing, and we could not call it conservative either.
Fitting into the dress did not take as long as I thought it would. While we were at it, snacks were sent over to me from Cosimo.