Seamless Lie.

Lisa’s brows furrowed. Now, she was really curious about the gazes she got. Plus, Belinda’s naughty smirk irritated her. “Did something happen?”

The other ladies exchanged known glances as if deliberating if to let the cat out of the bag. On Belinda’s face was a dirty smirk, like she was about to face an enemy. Now, Lisa had no doubt there was trouble.

  “Oh! It’s actually nothing. I just got an exciting piece of information. Would you like to hear it?”

On a normal day, Lisa would have turned it down without a second thought. Belinda was no bearer of good news, but now, with nearly everybody’s gaze on her, she was indeed willing to hear whatever piece of information it was. She nodded, swallowing the lump in her throat.

Belinda didn’t rush. She raised her glass to her lips to take a sip of wine, her face still carrying the dirty smirk. “Well apparently, your beloved husband was seen seconds ago fucking one of those girls on a black uniform; whoever they are.”

Lisa froze. Of all the expectations in her mind, it hadn’t clicked in her mind that the piece of news might be related to her disgrace of a husband. She swallowed the bitter lump in her throat, searching her brain for what to say. Now that all eyes were on her, if she didn’t speak, the ladies would assume it was true and realize their ‘perfect’ marriage on social media was all a sham.

  “Cat got your tongue?” Belinda taunted, clearly enjoying the helplessness written all over Lisa’s face. “Aww! I am so sorry. I never meant to hurt you. Poor Monalisa.”

As if jerked into reality, Lisa reached out for her glass and took a sip, her smile returning to her face. “Don’t be sorry, Belinda.” She refuted. “Your girl saw wrong.” She didn’t know when the lie slid off her tongue so smoothly. She scoffed inwardly. It wasn’t the first time she had had to lie for stupid Raymond’s sake and she could guess it would not be the last either.

Loving the challenge, Belinda took a sip of her wine too. “How so? You were not there, were you?”

Lisa didn’t know where the boldness that took over her came from. She wasn’t about to let Belinda trample over her that easily. “My Ray would never cheat on me. Even if he does, he wouldn’t stoop that low.”

She was indirectly referring to Belinda everyone knew. Beside them, the girls gasped, talking in whispers about Lisa’s direct attack.

Belinda went livid with anger. “You…! You can cover up for him all you want. It doesn’t make what she saw in the female bathroom wrong. Moreover,” She leaned closer to Lisa, her dirty smirk returning. “Do you have any evidence to prove it is false?”

The girls hummed in support and the grin on Belinda’s face widened as her eyes danced in glee.

Lisa sighed in relief when her eyes found Raymond in the crowd, sitting among a group of friends. “Actually, Ray has been sitting over there since he left me here. Is that proof enough?”

Sure enough, Belinda followed her gaze, and truthfully, there was Raymond sitting with a group of friends. As if sensing their gazes on him, he turned, winking at Lisa with eyes filled with nothing but tenderness and love.

  “Is that evidence enough?”

Belinda scoffed. How could she let Lisa beat her? However, before she could speak, Raymond had already appeared by their table.

  “Hey, are you hungry?” he asked, his gaze filled with tenderness while ignoring the girls around the table. Lisa’s heart skipped a bit. Now, she was wishing she had texted him beforehand. She couldn’t give him an eye signal either and risk getting caught by Belinda or one of her goons.

Lisa swallowed the urge to roll her eyes at him and nodded. “Are you?”

He pretended to think about it. “I am, but I’ll rather eat something else.” His seductive, low voice told the others what he meant by ‘something else’ and as if to prove if, he bent his head to nibble on her neck.

Lisa felt her skin crawl but looking at the disappointed expression of Belinda, she felt it was worth it and acted all coy. “Stop it. There are other people here.”

He frowned and raised his head as if only noticing the others, “Oh, are there? We’ll leave early then. Make sure you get ready to stay awake all night.” He winked at her.

This time, it wasn’t just Lisa but nearly all the ladies at the table had colors rising to their cheeks. These two! Could they not be a bit conservative?

Belinda’s face was red with anger.

As if remembering something, Lisa returned her gaze to him. “What have you been up to?”

Now, there was the real challenge. Somehow, she felt confident Raymond could handle it but it didn’t stop her from praying he would handle It properly and not blow it all up for her.

  “Defeating Old Brown in a game of chess.” He boasted, his grin growing larger. “Father is quite a master, I must confess, but somehow, I managed to win the bet.”

Lisa secretly thanked her stars. “Oh, really? Did you go to the bathroom earlier?”

He nodded.

Lisa’s heart sank degrees down the drain.

  “Did I forget to mention? I met an old friend on the way there and we chatted for long till we both used the bathroom and returned.” As if suddenly remembering something, he paused. “Why are you asking?”

Lisa bit down the urge to clap her hands loudly at his perfect performance, making a mental note to remind him he could join the entertainment industry with his level of acting. Sure enough, the ladies were beginning to look apologetic. “Oh, nothing. It’s just that someone was trying to slander you earlier saying she caught you fucking a waitress in the female bathroom.” As she spoke, her eyes never left Belinda’s.

Raymond frowned and shot the ladies a look of danger. “Do not hang out with such people in the future. They are bad influence who knows nothing but how to gossip. Perhaps, they are trying to make you as single as they are.”

By now, Belinda’s ear was red with anger. The couple ignored her still.

  “Come on; let’s go grab some food.”

Finally! “Sure.” She allowed him to help and up and then lead her far away from the circle. The minute they were in a quite secluded place, she let go of his arms almost immediately like it was a plaque.

  “What? Don’t I deserve an accolade for effortlessly saving the situation?”

Lisa resisted the urge to send a slap across his face. The audacity! She was in the situation in the first place because of his carelessness. However, this was not the proper place to deal with him. Who knew if they might end up in a loud brawl that would give the media something to talk about? She glared at him coldly, before turning to take her to leave. She could look for her mother and manage to keep herself busy until the party ended.

Raymond found an empty table to seat, sighing at the thought of what had happened earlier. Luckily, he hadn’t been too engrossed in that whore of a waitress and had noticed when Lisa’s friend walked in. he sighed, taking a large gulp of wine. He had promised Lisa he would behave. Despite the constant twitching on his lower half at the thought of the many beauties in the room, he had meant to keep that promise, until she came.

As if sensing his gaze on her, the waitress had dropped her tray to the ground, bending just low enough to give him a perfect view of her backside. He swallowed heavily. He wasn’t used to holding back, especially when it came to what he wanted so badly. As if sensing his confusion, she winked at him, biting her lower lips and sliding the tray over her D-cup perfect breasts. As if that was not enough, she even had the guts to moan silently.

That was the last straw that broke off the camel’s back. He glanced at Lisa, who seemed busy with her circle, before strolling into the female bathroom, barely resisting the urge to grab her along and spank her perfect round backside. Gosh! He could still remember how hot she was and how quickly she grabbed him. Unfortunately, he had to end the affair almost as soon as he started, knowing fully well that Lisa’s friend would go off running her wide, little mouth that he was sure could take his length if she put it to good use.

  “Having fun, Mr. North?”

Raymond jerked out of his reverie, shocked to see who had taken a seat beside him.