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2025-04-23 22:46:27As soon as she pulled away from Marcus, she excused herself and ignored Levi. He had to know that what he had done had consequences. She did not care if he was frolicking around with that woman he had met or not; he should know that he had to keep his decency and appear as the perfect husband, at least for the year they were together. She was glad that the crowd in the room helped her keep him away from her all night. She moved swiftly through the room, ensuring not to stay in a spot for a long time; that way, by the time he wanted to approach her, she was long gone from there.
The party ended and she began to head back to the room. It was tiring as they had been made to stand all through the party; it was fun while it lasted, but now she needed to sleep to replenish all of the energy she had expended that night.
"Lila?" Levi said in a loud voice as he moved towards her. She looked awkward and wished that they were in a much more enclosed space; then she could have ignored him without thinking about it. She stopped and waited for him to catch up with her.
"How can I help you?" She made sure that her voice carried the distance between them. She wondered why she deluded herself into thinking of any expectations from him. He was still a sly Beaumont, even though it seemed like they were on the same side; they were enemies with guns to their heads; they would pull the trigger without feeling sorry about it.
"I am sorry about tonight."
"About what?" she stopped abruptly and he did so too. She turned to him with her hand wrapped around her body and her face in a poker expression. She was angry but there was no reason for it to show. All he had done was show up and if they controlled the media well then no one had to know that.
"Showing up late," he said, taking a deep breath and running his hand through his head. "I was so busy with work that I had lost track of time, and then when I was done, I came as fast as I could, but then you were already dancing with this stranger."
"What does my dancing with that man have to do with your apology?"
"People might talk, and I know you were only dancing with him because I did not show up, so I take full responsibility."
Lila laughed, throwing her head back. The laugh that left her mouth did not sound like one that one lets out when they hear something funny; it was more like a dangerous kind that was followed by a shooting scene. "You must think I am a fool," she said as she drew a long breath with her eyes squined at him.
"What?"
"Levi Beaumont," she began with her words dropping with poison as she spoke. "I do not care what you do in your spare time or even anytime. All I care about is making sure I am not wasting time here so you should learn to differentiate between your leisure time and the time to do real work," she said, airquoting her last words.
"What?" He was confused why she was calling his work time leisure time. He opened his mouth to defend himself but she raised her hand to him.
"I am exhausted from the day and I want to rest; stay out here a few more moments before getting in. I want to be happy before I go to bed and see your face," she stopped, pointing her hand directly into his face. "Seeing your face would be good for me tonight," she turned and walked away, doubling up her speed at intervals till she was sure he was not following her.
As she stepped into her room, she felt anger course through her entire body; she was angry at him and at herself. She should not be angry at him. "I do not care."
"Hello Vic," she said, putting the phone to her ears.
"How was the party?" Victoria seemed excited to hear details of the party she was not invited to.
Lila told her sister every detail because she knew that she would nitpick if anything was left out. She tried to keep out the parts of her dancing with a strange thought. It was not good news for any of them. "I am glad it went well; dad and mom would be glad to hear this."
"Dad and Mom?"
"Oops," Victoria exclaimed as he realised her error. "You aren't supposed to know this, but dad and mom are the organisers of the party."
Lila did not like the sound of that, but she ignored it; there were no cameras there, so no harm was done. "I need to get to bed," she yawned, ready to get off the call.
"Okay then"
She threw herself onto the bed as she stared at the ceiling. "The party was a waste."
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"I thought Levi was going to show up in style and stun the crowd, but it seems like I was wrong," Jasmine murmured. Lila had tried to act as if his not showing up was not having an effect on her, but how could it not? He was going to make rumours brew, and that was a disadvantage for them both."You see why I do not like him? He always does things how he pleases. I am here putting on a great show and he is nowhere to be found," she muttered angrily in response. She had been trying her best all night not to get drunk, and she feared that if she drank all of the contents in the glass in her hand, she might be dirty dancing on the dance floor to classic music again."Call him up again; maybe something happened." Lila wished something happened to him; that had to be the only explanation for why he had ghosted like this. "Maybe he got hit by a bus or is having a bad day with stomach troubles.""Sounds like you would wish that for him," Lila murmured, a smile climbing her lips as she though
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Lila groaned in bed as she shifted from side to side. She looked around as she tried to process where she was. She blinked and memories flooded her mind, beginning from when she had agreed to marry Levi to how drunk she was yesterday. She remembered every small detail that happened yesterday and was grateful that she had not embarrassed herself while drunk last night. She sat up in bed and something on the nightstand caught her eye.She picked up the sticky note and a card of hangover pills fell out; she read it and a smile unknowingly climbed her face. 'I have important business to take care of this morning; there is something to eat on the table and this is something for your hangover. Take Care'She smiled but then a frown took over on her face. She could not believe that he was caring for her while running to that woman from the other day. "Why doesn't he just stay with her instead of shuffling back and forth between us?" she murmured as she crumbled the paper in hand and threw it
