After driving for a while, the limo they were in finally got to the entrance of the party hall, dropping them off. They walked from the entrance to the main hall that was littered with reporters taking numerous pictures. The Quinn family walked majestically to the backdrop and red carpet. They got their pictures taken, and various questions were thrown at them. "Ronan should have come with us," Isla murmured to her sister's side."I know, right?" Elara replied with a smile. It would have been nice to have a picture from an event like that together as a family."We've put the worst behind us," Elara said as she walked into the hall with Isla draped on her hand. The experience was shorter than she thought it would be, but still it was too draining to be done very frequently."I thought you were excited for the party," Isla said, trying to make her voice audible over the music as they stepped in. One would think that Old Mrs. Smith would have classical music or some smooth jazz playing w
Elara walked around the hall greeting people as she moved; some people stopped to have a light conversation with her before moving onto the next person. She was searching for Ezra because she found it kind of ridiculous that she had yet to see him. The hall was not so big that she could not locate him, but somehow he seemed to be missing. She took out her phone and sent him a message asking where he was, but there was no response.She stopped by a table and had a light conversation with them, and as soon as she lifted her eyes, she saw Micah and his mom walking in through the main door. "Why are they here?" she found herself saying."What was that?""Oh, I am sorry, I must have said that out loud," she said to the people at the table, and they nodded in agreement. "Can you please spare me a moment?" she asked. She walked a bit and found her sister at a table filled with men."Excuse me, can I steal her away for a moment?" Elara asked in an anxious voice as she stopped by the table."N
Elara closed her eyes in anger; she could not believe how shameless he and his mom were being. Even though they had gotten in there, wouldn't common sense tell them that it was polite for them to avoid her? "Aren't you going to speak to me? Are you still angry?" He asked. "Angry?" Her eyes flew open, and she wanted to tell him that she was livid at him. He had been so shameless as to cheat on her and throw her out, and now he was showing up in front of her asking if she was angry. "I do not need to talk to you, so if you can please move over." She wanted to know how he had managed to get in there, but she did not want to be involved in a conversation with him. Hearing his voice alone was making her so angry that she wanted to scream, but that would only cause a scene for no reason. "Elara darling," Cora said, taking a step forward. Elara threw her head back with a surprised expression on her face. "What?" She could not help but force it out of her mouth. "Darling?" Cora had nev
Ezra pulled Micah out, with Micah trying his best to free himself from the strong grip, but Ezra was stronger than he thought. Cora followed behind because she could not understand why this strange man was pulling her son away. She knew him but what she could not understand was what Ezra Thatcher had to do with Elara. Ezra did not stop until he was away from public eyes in the garden outside. He let go of him, and Micah stumbled a bit. Ezra looked around with eyes going from side to side to make sure that they were alone."Are you okay?" Cora asked, rushing to her son and checking on him. Micah ignored his mom and charged at Ezra instead."What do you think you are doing?" Micah asked, raising his voice a bit."Don't raise your voice," Ezra said in the calmest voice. He was so angry to see this man cosy up to Elara, and that made him even angrier."I was having a conversation with Elara and you just came in and..." he trailed off and tilted his head. "What is your business with Elara?
Ezra walked into the hall and scanned for Elara. He was worried about her and he wanted to check on her. He was sure that if they had their relationship out in the open, then Micah would not have been that bold to do what he wanted to do. He saw her at an empty table all to herself and walked to her."Is this space taken?""Oh yeah, I am waiting for my very handsome boyfriend," she said, lifting her eyes to him with a smile. She gasped with her hand over her mouth as if she had just realised something. "Or you don't think he stood me up, do you?" she asked and he laughed."I highly doubt that; I mean, maybe he is still coming," he said, and she did not say anything in response. The table fell silent, but Ezra changed it almost immediately. "Are you fine?""Yeah, sure," she replied with a nod and a high-pitched voice."Yeah, that sponaro just told me that you are not fine," he said, mimicking her tone. She gasped and shook her head at him."That was just Micah being the most annoying i
Isla had left her sister to go talk to Mr. Smith but got caught up talking to her aide instead."Hi, hello, can I talk to Mrs. Smith? I have something important that she would need to know," Isla said when she met the man standing alone. "I have looked everywhere for her, but I can't seem to find her, so if you can lead me to where she is, I would really appreciate it," she added."Hello, nice to meet you. I am Marcus," the man said instead with a smile at her. She forced a smile and tilted her head."I am guessing you already know who I am, so there is no need for us to waste our time with instructions," Isla said. She had to admit that the man standing in front of her was too handsome to be an aide. He looked like the kind of man that is cast to play the richest man in the city in movies. He had a clean finish and looked more like a rich man than someone's assistant. She was not there for that reason; she was there to talk to Mrs. Smith, and she did not want to get sidetracked by an
"What are you doing here? Wait, did you just take a picture?" Elara asked as she took a step back from Ezra."Yes I did, and I should be asking you what you are doing here.""I am just out here to take some air.""Yeah right, I am sure the air was in Ezra's mouth and you were just using your tongue to bring it out." Isla had a judgy expression on her face, and a frown followed it. "I thought you weren't in a relationship with anyone.""I never said that.""Every time I caught you going on a date, you always dismissed it and told me that you were going on a solo date, or did you decide to stick your tongue down his throat just because?" Isla asked. She was going to pull the truth out of her sister no matter what it took."Well, I could have been going on solo dates for all you care, and I could be kissing him just for fun," Elara retorted."Kissing him just for fun?" Isla scoffed as she crossed her hand over her chest and pushed her head forward. "You aren't the kind of girl who would
"I can't believe you right now," Elara said with a surprised expression. "Your answer to that is that he is cute?" Elara lifted her eyes to Marcus, who stood in front of her with reddened cheeks. She scoffed as she crossed her hand over her chest. "There is no need for you to blush that hard; she thinks a lot of people are cute," Elara said, bursting his bubble.He coughed to try and cover the fact that he had been blushing. Isla looked to him and threw her sister a questioning look. "Yes, I do think a lot of things are cute, but I don't know, Marcus is just cuter.""Marcus?" Elara asked."That's his name.""You are on a first-name basis? What is wrong with Mr. Marcus?" Elara shot back."You don't call Ezra Mr.,' do you?""I am dating Ezra, and you just met this man today!""Once you meet your soul mate, you'll know!""Oh my gosh, you little brat. How dare you?" Elara was not angry at her sister. It just felt weird that the little one she wanted to protect forever now seemed to know a
Noelle got into her room and lay on the bed, still in her dress. She could not help how giddy she felt; the butterflies in her stomach had been on a rampage since they had kissed earlier in the evening."Never say never," she said as if she were trying to give someone a motivational speech. She had been so sure that no matter what Ronan said, she was not going to give in. All it took was for her to see she was about to lose him to Chloe. She knew that if Chloe won, she would not even be around him to admire from afar. She knew that she would have kept her composure till the end of the day if they hadn't kissed, but she could not help but feel thankful that she had done something she would never have done, and this was the result. After fantasising about their relationship, she stood up and changed into something else so she could retire to bed.She wanted to call Celeste and tell her what happened, but after glancing at the clock and seeing it was almost two am, she decided against it
Ronan was still over the moon that Noelle had finally given in, but his excitement was cut short by a sudden slap across his face. He looked up and Chloe was standing there with anger written all over her face as she heaved at him, her chest rising and falling rapidly."What do you think you are doing?" he asked with wide eyes at her. Why had she walked up to him and slapped him for no reason?"How dare you think of humiliating me like this? What on earth do you think you are doing?" She screamed as if she had caught him cheating on her. "I came back to you; I told you that we should be together, that we should get married and be the power couple but you do not want to do all of that; all you care about doing is to humiliate me like this?" She was shouting so much that Noell was glad that all of the people who were supposed to be outside had gone in for the cake cutting."And I have told you that there is absolutely nothing between us. You broke it off with me because you found someon
Noelle looks up to Ronan and giggles. "Of course I am drunk; if a person drinks a ton of alcohol, then they become drunk," she murmured as if she was disappointed in him for not realising how alcohol and drinking were supposed to work. "Do you know that if you drink a lot, then you would be drunk as well?" she asked. Her speech was still understandable, but her body swayed from side to side."I know that.""Good, because I think it is important you know that.""Why did you get drunk?""I was not planning on getting drunk," she said with a pout and then shook her head. "Well, I intended to get drunk; if it were you, the one, I am sure you'd be looking for a coping mechanism too," she said.Rona wished he could help her but he knew that taking her side in front of all those people at a time like this was going to backfire for them both. He was not going to be like Chole and spread gossip angrily. "I am sorry; this is my fault," Ronan said."You know your girlfriend really does not want
Noelle got back to the table just when Ronan had finished talking; she could tell that things were different from how she had left them, but she had no idea what had happened. She gently slid the drink to Chole and stood where Chole had left. The smug and extremely proud expression that Chole had before seemed to be missing. The table was silent as no one was saying anything."One more thing," Ronan said, breaking the silence as she started to feel uncomfortable with it. "This is a self-service party, meaning you do not ask people to get your drinks for you, so you should do that yourself," Ronan said."Oh, please, Ronan, you are definitely not going to nag me for that. We might all be at the self-service party, but the truth is that not everyone is on the same level, and those lower than us should serve the rest when we feel a bit tired," Choel said. The other three people on the table knew that this was an outright attack on Noelle but they were even shocked that she had the balls t
Chole walked away from him as fast as she could; she hoped she had made herself clear about the matter. They were done, and there was nothing he could do to turn back the hands of time. If he wanted her to stay with him, then he should have either made sure she never found out his intentions or told her the truth from the start. If she had known from the start, maybe she would not have felt so played. She walked into the hall and looked around. She had been seething with anger when she saw Ronan come in with his dolled assistant, but she was not surprised. After all, she followed him everywhere, and if they had still been together, then they would have had to come together, but now the case was different.She straightened her long black dress and walked over to him. She stood by the table and greeted everyone around the table, stopping at Ronan and ignoring Noelle. Noelle did not even care about her actions because she truthfully did not want to be out there; she would rather be in be
Ephraim had been trying all night to get to Chloe, but she seemed to know his intention because she moved even further every time he moved closer to her. He would not let her get away with him having a chance to talk to her. He watched her leave the table where she had been chatting away to the snack table to get something to eat, and he saw that as his opportunity so he jumped right into it without a second thought."You have been ignoring my calls and messages," he said slowly and silently as he stood beside her."And for a good reason too," she said without looking up at him. She could tell by his voice."Good reason? What good reason?""Ephraim I really do not want to talk to you because if I do, then I would be screaming my lungs out and at the end of it there would be a big screen here where we wouldn't be able to explain what happened." She smacked her lips together and pushed one cake roll into it, biting off at the edge."Is that all you are going to say?" he asked, and she n
"Are you and your sister usually like this?" Marcus asked as they walked in the same direction they had come from."Like how?""Bickering and at each other's throats," Marcus said, shocked that she did not understand what he was asking."Oh yeah, but don't worry about us; that's the way we are. Very soon we would be back to normal," Isla replied with a laugh. "It's all part of being a sibling. I did not let her get my brother earlier because I knew that he would take her side, and they both would gang up against me," she added."So rich siblings act the same as normal people.""What?" She didn't expect that to be his conclusion. "I mean, why not? We are just like every other sibling; we were born as children and grew up together, so yeah, if siblings who are poor act one way, I can bet that we would act the same way," she said."That is kind of cool. I mean, I like the dynamic of your family and all," he replied. She almost laughed, but she decided against it."So do you have siblings
"I can't believe you right now," Elara said with a surprised expression. "Your answer to that is that he is cute?" Elara lifted her eyes to Marcus, who stood in front of her with reddened cheeks. She scoffed as she crossed her hand over her chest. "There is no need for you to blush that hard; she thinks a lot of people are cute," Elara said, bursting his bubble.He coughed to try and cover the fact that he had been blushing. Isla looked to him and threw her sister a questioning look. "Yes, I do think a lot of things are cute, but I don't know, Marcus is just cuter.""Marcus?" Elara asked."That's his name.""You are on a first-name basis? What is wrong with Mr. Marcus?" Elara shot back."You don't call Ezra Mr.,' do you?""I am dating Ezra, and you just met this man today!""Once you meet your soul mate, you'll know!""Oh my gosh, you little brat. How dare you?" Elara was not angry at her sister. It just felt weird that the little one she wanted to protect forever now seemed to know a
"What are you doing here? Wait, did you just take a picture?" Elara asked as she took a step back from Ezra."Yes I did, and I should be asking you what you are doing here.""I am just out here to take some air.""Yeah right, I am sure the air was in Ezra's mouth and you were just using your tongue to bring it out." Isla had a judgy expression on her face, and a frown followed it. "I thought you weren't in a relationship with anyone.""I never said that.""Every time I caught you going on a date, you always dismissed it and told me that you were going on a solo date, or did you decide to stick your tongue down his throat just because?" Isla asked. She was going to pull the truth out of her sister no matter what it took."Well, I could have been going on solo dates for all you care, and I could be kissing him just for fun," Elara retorted."Kissing him just for fun?" Isla scoffed as she crossed her hand over her chest and pushed her head forward. "You aren't the kind of girl who would