Chapter 6: Meet The Stranger-1

It's evening, and we came to Olivia's house to make ourselves ready for the ball.

Her room was messy as always, and our sounds were echoed in her house.

Olivia's mother was busy in her baking show while her dad was busy on the phone.

We heard a knock on her door.

Olivia opened the door and saw his younger brother, who gave us an angry look.

"You are making a lot of noise, and I am really annoyed with your girly things." He said.

"Go to hell," Olivia snorted.

"Language," a familiar voice echoed in the house.

Her mother warned Oiliva to look for her words.

"Sorry, mom," she made an irritating face in front of her brother.

"You girls don't have work to do? Why you always come here and waste your time with my annoying sister." His words were mainly for Ivy and me.

"Mom, Kevin is misbehaving with my friends. Please call him down."

She screamed.

"Kevin," Mother replied.

All siblings are born to irritate us, whether it's my elder sister Cassie or her younger brother Kevin.

"You keep your voice down. Otherwise, I have to tell mom you spend two hundred dollars on a wine bottle," Kevin threatened Olivia.

Our eyes popped up with fear; how come he knew about all this.

We looked at each other with confusion.

"Who said? I was with Alyona in her house." Olivia tried to hide her fear.

He smiled and showed us the wine shop bill worth two hundred dollars.

"You dumbhead, from where did you get this?" She screamed and pulled him inside the room.

We guard the door.

"So tell me, did you go to the wine shop or not?" He furrowed his brows on us.

We told him the whole story and settled our account with an offer.

Nintendo switch game worth four hundred and fifty dollars.

He agreed and left the room promised us not to spill anything in front of her parents.

"I want to kill him," Olivia banged her head on the door.

We made her calm down and promised we would settle this money thing together.

We made ourselves ready and came down.

"My beautiful girls." her mom came and hugged us.

"You all look like fairies," she added.

We passed our hugs and love to her parents and clicked some selfies.

Ivy called the taxi as we didn't want to get late for this big event where we can take a feel of rich people and their party.

We reached the destination and came out of the taxi.

There were so many people entering the hall.

Olivia stopped us and told us to come from the back door.

"Guys follow me," She said.

"But why are we not going from this entrance?" We asked.

"That is for VIP guests, and for employees, there is a back door."

We followed her.

We entered from the back door while she was busy greeting her boss.

Ivy and I walked inside and saw a beautiful sight.

A gigantic chandelier was hanging in the middle of the hall, sprinkling colorful light over people's heads.

The hall was filled with beautiful people, some of them holding their masks while others covered their faces.

That reminds us to wear masquerade masks.

"Mask," I said to Ivy.

Ivy helped me to tight my mask on my eyes.

The booming sound and colorful lights filled our spirit with enjoyment.

We started tapping our feet on the floor.

We looked around and saw a big bar serving free drinks with hundreds of options.

A big champagne tower glass caught Ivy's attention.

Everybody was enjoying and dancing to the beats played by the DJ.

After some time, Olivia joined us.

"This is amazing," I said

They nodded their head, and we started shaking our bodies on the beats.

After exhausting ourselves, we reached the bar.

Beside the bar, I saw a few men chatting with each other.

Suddenly, a man came up to me and said,

"Hello, Alyona, I am happy to see you here." A familiar but not traceable voice dropped in my ears.

I turned towards him as he took out his mask.

My jaw dropped with the shock,

"Hello," I said in a lower voice.

He pecked a kiss and hugged me; I stood there in shock.

Ivy glared at him and looked at Olivia as she was not sure who is this person.

"He is Shawn," Olivia whispered in Ivy's ear.

They tried to stop their giggles in front of him.

"Can I get you a drink?" He was eager to talk.

"No thanks, I am with my friends," I said and turned towards Olivia for help.

"Hey, Shawn, I am Olivia, and she is Ivy." Olivia introduced themselves.

I stared at her for not interacting with him.

"How come you know my name?" He asked.

"Alyona told us," Olivia replied.

"Oh! really? I never knew she talked about me. All I knew was that she always ignored me and my feelings." Shawn smiled, looking towards me.

My face was pale with this unwanted admirer.

Today I came here to enjoy myself with my friends and with a little hope of finding Mr. Right for me. But It seems like whenever I would think about him, this man will pop up always.

I sighed and turned towards the bartender and asked for a drink.

He passed me a drink, and I took a small sip to gulp my thought.

"Did she told you? she has a boyfriend," Olivia said.

I literally choked with her words; my drink came out like a sprinkler from my mouth; I started coughing.

"Are you ok?" Ivy patted my back.

I took a napkin and wiped my face as I glared at Olivia.

"What is she saying?" I whispered in Ivy's ear.

"I don't know what is she doing?" Ivy replied, pressing her lips.

I didn't know what is going on here; Why I met Shawn again and again in an unexpected place.

"Do you have a boyfriend," Shawn questioned me.

I coughed, tried to think what to say?

I nodded my head with a pretend smile.

"Oh," his excitement gone.

"Where is he?" He fired another question.

I glared at Olivia to answer this question. She smiled and said,

"He is here, will come in some time. Will you, please get us a drink,"

Olivia purred.

Shawn walked towards the bar to get drinks for Olivia and Ivy.

I yanked at Olivia's hand,

"What the hell was that?" My pitch was low, but my blood was boiling.

"You wanted to get rid of him. What should I say?" She replied, rubbing her hand.

"Now, would you please tell me where my boyfriend is?" I snorted.

She looked around to find a handsome man.

"There," She pointed to a man sitting on a big leather couch holding his glass firmly with his back on our side.

"Do I know him?" I said.

"No, just tell him he is your boyfriend." She replied.

"What if he wants to meet him?" My intelligent Ivy came with a twisted question.

"Then?" I shrugged my shoulder.

Confused, Olivia looked at me.

"Ok, what you can do, go and ask him for dance." She said.

"No," I said in an annoyed tone.

"If you want to save your ass, then do it." She replied.

Dancing with him will hint to Shawn that he is your boyfriend; he might leave you.

Suddenly, Shawn tapped our shoulder.

"What are you girls talking about?" He passed the glasses.

"Nothing just girl talks," Ivy replied with her strange noisy laugh.

"So, where were we? Where is your boyfriend? Alyona," he turned towards me and said.

I gulped a big lump of saliva and answered.

"Actually, he is not..." I wanted to answer.

Olivia cuts my words and turned Shawn towards that stranger.

"There he is," She pointed.

"Fuck," I rubbed my temple in stress.

"Let's go and meet him," Shawn said.

We three released a heavy breathe, now what?

I glared at Olivia for such a big mess she created. This literally reminded me of my mom's words; one lie will lead to thousands of lies.

He grabbed my hand, and we walked towards that stranger.

Even though the sight looks colorful, but the environment inside me was heavy and scary.

What if that stranger man shouts at me? What if he already had a girlfriend?

I looked back; both of them were chewing their nails.

Today I am going to die with stress, Oh! God, help me.

My body was cold like ice as Shawn followed me.

He stopped a few steps back.

I walked towards that stranger man and said,

"Hello,"

He stood up and said, "Hello,"

I looked at him as my eyes were stuck on him.

He was attractive. He was tall and looking handsome in his tux.

With the broad shoulder and long hands, he turned to keep his champagne glass down on the table.

My breath was stuck in my throat when I saw his hazel eyes blinking towards me.

My eyes turned into a scanner when I saw his jawline, which seems to be the sexiest jawline I have ever seen.

My eyes glanced down on his chest and realized his body describes as carved by the Roman Gods.

This was the first time I saw a handsome man in front of me.

We all love actors and sports persons but watching a handsome hunk in front of your eyes was like a treat for me.

I stood there for a second without uttering a word.

I didn't want to move; I really didn't want to blink my eyes.

He gazed at me for a few moments; I was about to faint when he touched my hand.

Oh, God! What a handsome man you have created, and what is happening to me?

My body was shivering internally; I looked back, and everything flooded back into my mind; Why I came here?

"Would you mind dancing with me," I asked in a stuttered voice.

He smiled and agreed.

This was a shock for me too. I glanced towards Shawn; he stood there with an open mouth watching this stranger.

Shawn's peer was showing a jealously against this stranger.

I looked at Olivia's face; she seems stressed than before, hiding her face.

I shrugged my shoulder asked what happened now?

She signaled me not to go with this man. It was not the time to play dumb charades with her. I walked confidently with him on the dance floor.

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