Chapter 14

Alexandra got closer to her apartment with a huge grin playing on her lips. She half skipped and half walked to her apartment,her face bright with excitement. Her smile dropped when she noticed a figure crouched in front of her door.

As though noticing her presence,the person looked towards Alexandra's direction, revealing a family face.

"Aurora!" Alexandra's voice echoed in the hallway as she saw her friend. She had forgotten the main reason she was worried at first and suddenly she felt like a bad friend for forgetting her friend.

Aurora quickly stood up as she rushed towards Alexandra before enveloping her in a very tight hug.

Aurora hugged her tightly,not letting go as tears formed in her eyes. "Thank Goodness that you're safe," she breathed out in a shaky voice. "I was so worried when I couldn't find you in the club. I thought… I thought something bad had happened to you."

Alexandra patted Aurora's back feeling bad that she had caused her friend so much worry. " I tried to look for you but the club was in chaos. I'm sorry for making you worry, I'm so sorry," She murmured,her words muffled by Aurora's shoulder. "You took too long in the bathroom"

Releasing Alexandra from her killer, Aurora chuckled. "I must have drank so much last night" She said, rubbing her temple. "I passed out in the toilet. When I woke up, I saw that the who club was trashed and empty and I tried calling you but you didn't answer"

"...so I called my boyfriend who came to pick me up." She continued. " And he told me about the gunshots that broke out in the club last night which only made me more worried about you. I thought that you were shot or something"

Aurora smiled as her expression softened. "I'm fine," She replied. "And I'm glad that you're fine too. Let's just hope your next birthday doesn't end up this way again"

They both laughed as they entered the apartment with Aurora entering first and then Alexandra who turned on the light to illuminate the dim room. Alexandra wasn't lucky enough to get the apartment that was closer to the gate making her apartment dark most of the time. Turning to Alexandra, Aurora gasped.

"Alex! What are you wearing?" Aurora asked with surprise as she stared at Alexandra with wide eyes.

Alexandra looked at Aurora equally in surprise as she didn't understand why she's reacting like that. She examined her dress to make sure that it didn't have a stain or a tear on it.

"Uhm.. I'm wearing a dress, come on it's just a dress" Alexandra replied in a soft voice trying to sound cool.

Aurora stared at Alexandra like she had grown a second head. Alexandra was worried that her friend's eyeballs might pop out from how wide she opened them. "What! What do you mean just a dress?" Aurora's voice echoed in the room, her tone showing the disbelief in it. "For your information, that's not just a dress okay, That's a very high fashion piece from La Belleza de la Noche collection,"

Alexandra was surprised that her friend has knowledge of such high fashion dresses because she knew her friend can't afford a piece like that. Alexandra told Aurora what had happened last night while leaving out the part that she had met Luca before and also leaving out his name.

"How did you know about such an exquisite clothing collection?" Alexandra asked, looking at Aurora with questioning eyes.

"My…my boyfriend got me a dress from her collection"

Alexandra's eyes widened slightly at Aurora's words. She had never met Aurora's boyfriend,all she knew was that Aurora really loved her boyfriend very much.

"Wow Rory, I didn't know that your boyfriend was very rich" Alexandra said with surprise in her voice.

Aurora eyes flickered around as she looked uncomfortable as though she was considering her next word. "He…he had to save for months to get it for me after I told him that I liked it"

Alexandra smiled at her dropping the topic even though there was this nagging feeling at the back of her head that told her that Aurora was hiding something. The atmosphere in the room changed to a slightly awkward one as they both stood in the middle of the room staring at each other before Alexandra excused herself to change out of her dress.

"I'm glad that you're fine, Alex. I better start going. I have to go to work tomorrow so I need plenty of rest" Aurora said as she hugged Alex before bidding her goodbye.

Once Aurora was gone, Alexandra dropped on the couch, the tiredness from last night finally catching up to her. Her eyes were about to close shut when her phone dinged with a new message.

Picking the phone up,she noticed that it was from an unsaved number. The words read: "I'd like to take you on a date, blushing fairy"

A small smile made its way on her lips as she read the message but then the logical part of her took over making her smile replaced by a frown. She reminded herself that Luca and her weren't from the same social status. "He looks like he's from an old money family and I'm from a no money family" She murmured to herself.

A part of her wanted to ignore the message and go on with her normal life of working shifts to pay her bills but a bigger part of her wanted to go on this date before going back to her normal life. She quickly typed out her reply saying that she'd love to go on a date and then she turned off her phone, scared that she might delete the message.

"Alexandra, you'll only hurt yourself"

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Somewhere else in a very grand restaurant, Luca sat alone at a private table enjoying a glass of luxurious red wine. His dark Armani suit accentuated his powerful build making him have a cold and detached aura. He sipped his wine elegantly,his lips set in a fine line.

Then he heard the sound of high heels clicking against the marble floor of the restaurant. He looked up to see a very beautiful woman cat walking towards his table.

His expression hardened at her sight as irritation marred his feature which he didn't bother to hide. He continued with his wine not saying a word to her.

"Hello Luca," The woman said, her voice buttery to the ear as she sat down on the seat opposite of Luca.

"Hello," he replied in a neutral tone, his eyes having a bored expression in them.

The woman didn't seem the slightest bit offended by his demeanor. She smiled at him as she poured herself a glass of wine not asking him if she should.

"This place is so beautiful, don't you think?" She asked as her eyes scanned the restaurant before settling back on him. "What a beautiful place for our date"

"This is not a date, Adele"