Chapter 10: SOFIA
Pushing my way through the revolving glass door, a wow escaped my lips as I stood surrounded by grandeur.
The lobby was vast and high ceilinged (at least 20 feet) with recessed lighting. Walls clad in polished white and gold marble.
On both sides, right and left were a grand, sweeping staircase connecting the lobby to upper floors.
Between the staircases, two elevators stood demarcated by a floor to ceiling LED screen that showed the current CEO of the company – Richard Wellington, in different attires all accentuated with dark shades. Jeans and shirts, jeans and polos, shirts and pants, suits and coats.
The youngest CEO according to New City Fashion Review, Bogue and other fashion headliners, after succeeding his father, Edward Wellington at the age of 22.
The dark haired Olympian God, dazzled in every picture, no matter the attire. There was even one that showed him wearing a tailored white dishdasha, adorned with intricate gold embroidery. A matching keffiyeh scarf wrapped elegantly around his neck, secured with a simple yet ornate agal. His feet were clad in polished black leather babouche slippers, adorned with subtle silver thread patterns. A sleek, silver-trimmed Oud wood fragrance flask hung from his neck.
Normally the attire would look stupid on most people, but with the dark shades that rimmed his eyes, Richard Wellington rocked the look like a true Arabian prince.
When he stepped in as the new CEO, within just a year, every news channel and gossip column carried the feed about the progress this beau had managed to accomplish.
I started following him that year on all socials because he was a progeny. An icon in the fashion world.
The designs he came up with were second to none. And when he rocked any of them, the eyes just couldn’t get enough of him.
At one point, I thought of him as a mentor, but then I got wind of his character. Especially after the Rosa Ross scandal.
Rosabella Rossi or ’Rosa Ross’ as she preferred to be called, was regarded as the most beautiful woman in 2018 after winning the ’World Most Beautiful’ that year.