Fate

Chapter Fifteen

Valérie stepped out of the bedroom to find Henry coming to find her in a tux.

"Wow, Henry! You look amazing!"She said, grabbing the lapels of his jacket, pulling him into a kiss as he rested his hands on her waist.

He pulled away to look at her in her long red dress and he asked "Me? Kitten, you look beautiful."

"Do you like it? I wasn't sure red was my colour."Valérie asked.

Henry laughed "It's perfectly you. I love it. Come on, the car is waiting."

"How does it work? Walking with us both..."Valérie breaks the silence once they were in the car together.

He grabbed her hand to link their fingers as he answered "We'll walk the three of us and I'll take some pictures and then my publicist will escort you guys to your seats while I answer a few questions."

He sees her nod as her knee begins to shake until he grabbed her thigh and assured her "Don't be nervous, love. It'll be fine, I promise."

"You look really pretty, Valérie. I like your red dress. You look like a queen."Marianne offered as Henry gives her a thankful smile.

"Thanks. I am a little bit nervous."Valérie said as Henry sighed "You can go straight inside if you want, Valérie. You don't have to do this."

"I want to. I'm just nervous. I love you, and if we want to make this work, I need to get used to this stuff."She sighed, looking up at him, grabbing his hand.

"No, you don't. I can do shit by myself and came back home to you. There are plenty of couples that remain private and do this stuff alone. I would never make you do something you don't want to do. And I love you too, Valérie."He said as he nudged her with a smile.

She laughed, shaking her head before leaning up to kiss his cheek "You're sweet. I can do this. I need to do it at least once. If I don't like it, then I won't do it anymore. But I want to support you."

"I appreciate that, love. Come on."He said.

She swallows hard as he turned to get out of the car and she motioned for Marianne to get out and said "He should help his mother before his girlfriend."

She accepted his hand after Marianne and stepped out of the car to yelling and lights as she feels him grip her hand. He leaned down to her ear, kissing her just below the lobe and whispered "Hold my hand and smile. That's all you have to do, kitten."

She nodded, linking her fingers in his as she'd led by him to where they were photographing all celebrities. She noticed her twin Julien being one of the photographers. Henry takes a few pictures alone and then with each of them, pulling her close to him and kissing the side of her head as she relaxed slightly before she was ushered away by his publicist with Marianne. She lets out a deep breath once they get inside and Marianne grabbed her hand.

"You did fine, dear. You really love him?"Marianne asked.

Valérie smiled widely as she nodded "More than anything. He came out of nowhere into my life and now I can't imagine him not being in it. But I prefer the Henry without all this. I find all this a little overwhelming."

Marianne chuckled, squeezing her hand "It is, I know. You'll get used to it or you'll learn to drown it out. Whatever works best for you."

"Thanks..."She said as she felt someone bump into her back as she turned around to find apologetic blue eyes.

"Good, I'm so sorry. I'm a clumsy doof."He apologized.

Valérie smiled up at him as he offered her his hand "Chris Evans... I'm a big fan."

He grinned, shaking her hand as he sees Henry coming up behind her "Aah. That Valérie. Nice to meet you."

Henry chuckled, shaking his hand "I made her throw away all her Captain America shirts."

Chris laughed as Valérie blushed, groaning slightly as Henry grabbed her hand "That's a shame. We all know Marvel is better."

"You wanna take this outside?"Henry teased as they all laugh and Chris holds his hands up in surrender.

"Definitely not. Good to see you, Henry. Valérie."Chris said as he winks at her and she blushed before he walked away.

'"He's so cute in person. Not as big as I would expected though."She commented.

Henry rolled his eyes, leading them to their seats, sitting between his mother and Valérie. She leaned up to his ear and whispered "Are you jealous, Cavill?"

"Should I be?"He smirked back at her as he squeezes her thigh and she chuckled, resting her head on his shoulder "Of course not, you know I'm firmly a DC girl. Besides, Julien was the one who was more into Marvel than I was."

"I was asked some questions about you; the pretty girl on my arm."He said.

 She groaned, looking up at him to find him watching her "And what did you say?"

"That you are my girlfriend and that you aren't in the industry and want your privacy and we're happy getting to know each other. Move in with me, Valérie."He said, leaning closer to her, hovering his mouth over hers with a grin.

"It's barely been 24 hours since you asked me, Henry. I need time."She stated.

He closed the distance to kiss her before pulling back and he sighed "I leave in a few weeks. I kind of want an answer before then?"

"Kind of? Are you giving me an ultimatum, Henry?"She asked.

"No! I would never do that. I just want confirmation we are on the same page on where are going and what we want, Valérie."Henry said.

Valérie thinks for a moment before she tells him "Actually, I would love to. My dad told me he got a new position in his job to be transfer in the city of Bath as a teacher in the Bath University. So they will be moving there. I just need to talk to my boss once we'll get back to Nîmes, as you know sometimes I can live a few years to another country because of my job. I will talk to her to see if she can transfer me to London to another Book Publishing House."