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It took several minutes for Lucia to finally come down. She didn’t want to break down completely in front of everyone but she couldn’t help it. She could only blame the pregnancy hormones for fanning her tears and sobs. After she finally calmed down, Kiel pulled her and sat at the empty coach. The rest of the people had already settled on their seats and were watching the show with interest. Looking at her friends, Miranda realised that Just in a span of two weeks, their lives had changed drastically. She has a fiance herself, Ava had found herself a boyfriend, Lucia was pregnant for God knows how long ànd Stacy, her condition seemed more absurd. It seemed like Stacy had acquired a stalker… No no.. that man was a loyal lap dog, following Stacy wherever he went.
This was supposed to be a girl’s day out, it has turned into a reunion event.” Ava said giggling.
” Says the one who got a boyfriend and chose to keep us in the dark.” Stacy snorted.
” What are you snorting about, aren’t you the same? Bringing your pet to our meeting?” Miranda said, rolling her eyes at Stacy surprising her friends. She was never the one to do girly stuff like eye rolling.NôvelDrama.Org copyrighted © content.
” Okay girls, you don’t need to argue. The boys and I will leave you alone to do your thing. I just wanted to warn you not to get my Miranda in trouble like what you all did the last time.” Justin said and the girls rolled their eyes on him rendering him speechless. What do they mean by rolling their eyes on me? Didn’t they hear me talk? He wondered.
” Stop that already. It was your woman’s decision to take the challenge and I think you are the one who benefited from that scandal. If anything you should thank them for bringing the two of you together.” Ronald said, earning approval nods from the other two girls.
” Whatever let’s go boys.” He said, gesturing to them to head upstairs. Kiel who had Lucia in his hands was adamant to let her go but he knew that he had to. They could spend time together later on but by now he had to leave. He had come here because Justin had summoned him back from abroad. ” Baby, I have to go… I will come accompany you as soon as am done.” He said kissing her forehead and standing to leave.
The three boys though not reluctant to leave their women had to, they had crashed their girls day but since they had important matters to attend to, they could only force themselves to leave their sides. But the man by Stacy’s side did not make a move to leave, causing the girls to look at him awkwardly.
” You can follow the boys, we need time alone to catch up.” Stacy gently said to him and he shook his head.
” We need to discuss private matters with the girls or do you want to eavesdrop?” Stacy asked raising her voice and the man shook his head again.” Then follow them.” She said pointing to the three men who had somehow stopped by the stairs and we’re now looking at them but the man shook his head yet again. He looked at Stacy as if he was a puppy about to be abandoned by its master. Stacy ran her fingers through her hair letting out a frustrated sigh. ” Look here, I am not going to run away, I already promised you that I will be responsible, I just need little time with the girls and take a fresh breath from having you on my neck twenty four seven.” She said and the last part of the sentence was of course said inwardly. Stacy could only cry inwardly cursing alcohol for dragging her to this mess. She vowed to never touch alcohol ever again.
The man removed a note and a pen and scribbled something before showing it to Ava.
‘ I don’t want to go with them, I only want to stay beside you.’ the note read and Stacy gritted her teeth after reading it. She couldn’t understand how a mature man could be this clingy. ” I am really going to get mad if you don’t listen to me and you don’t want to see me angry.” Stacy said in a threatening voice and the man finally stood up, looking like a dejected small child. He then walked like a programmed robot towards the three men and Stacy finally heaved a sigh of relief. She could not believe why of all men in the world, she had to be tangled with this One.
After the men disappeared in the hallway, the three girls turned to look at Stacy, their faces filled with anticipation and questions.” Don’t look at me like that.” Stacy said but she knew there was no way the girls were letting him go without spilling the truth. ” Come on, you know what we want. Shoot!” Ava said, her words representing what was going on in the other girl’s minds.
” I don’t even know how I ended up in this situation. All I remember is walking to a bar and having a few drinks. I remember leaving the bar and meeting a man seated outside the bar as if he was waiting for someone and I mistook him for an escort. One thing led to another and before I knew it, I woke up in my bed, with a man besides me and that’s how I earned myself a shadow.” Stacy explained.
” Oh ! I didn’t know you were into these things Stacy? How come we never realised this before?” Ava asked jokingly. She couldn’t control her urge to tease Stacy.
” I have never done that before, that night I just found him too handsome and with the alcohol manipulating my mind, I dragged him to my bed.” Stacy said, frustration in her words.
” Okay, let me get this straight. It’s you who took him to your house?” Miranda asked, seeking clarification.
” According to him, I lied to him that I was taking him to his home because he was lost by then and then I ended up doing that to him.” Stacy said, embarrassed by her own actions.
” So you practically raped him?” Lucia asked, speaking for the first time after her breakdown earlier.
” He’s a man so how could I possibly rape him? I bet he was enjoying himself. He was so rough that I had to spend two days in bed. What is worse is that I don’t have a recollection of what happened after I took him to my house.”