rooftop tea

Morgan's POV

The tea party was on the rooftop room of the Loveson's Mansion. The room wasn't particularly a room but looked more like a luxurious apartment of its own. It had been well lit with golden lights on its inner walls at strategic places, to give the place an ethereal look.

There were flowers in their beds, close to the lights, she raised a veil over the apartment to give room for the golden lights to illuminate in their full glory. I caught myself smiling within. She should have just made it a night party if she was looking for such an effect.

And in the center of the main room, there was a table for ten. I recalled being here last year, for Mia's birthday, where she had almost fallen off the roof due to her drunken state. Typical Mia.

But today was much more different. Maybe because it was morning or maybe because it was just a tea party for the ladies.

But I was wrong. There, among eight of the women at the table was that bitch.

"You look gorgeous." A husky female voice snapped me out of my annoyance.

"Thank you, Mia." I turned to her. "And so do you." She was wearing a simple long-sleeved green flowery gown that stopped at her knees and a matching pair of green shoes while I was wearing a similar outfit, except it was white.

"Thank you." She smiled with a little courtesy. "Let's get you to the table shall we?" She hooked my arm with hers and walked me to the table, taking her seat.

I took a deep breath and walked to the only available seat, which happened to be beside the last person I wanted to sit with.

Mia with a wide smile, stood to welcome all the ladies at the table. "I welcome all of you respectable ladies of London and thank you for honoring my invitation. I want to especially thank one of us who happens to always be a bee..."

This caused giggles to ripple through the table, and I immediately knew that she was talking about me.

"But amazingly," she continued. "She's here with us. Let's give it up for the CEO of Rosewood Enterprise, Morgan Rosewood. "

A round of applause thunders around the table, even from the person beside me that I had been ignoring all this while. I was inwardly glad that she had decided to keep her mouth shut and not speak to me. Just as Mia was through with her speech, maids began to troupe in with tea cakes, cookies, snacks, and all kinds of tea.

"You never told me that you had become the CEO of Rosewood Enterprise."

"I didn't?" I asked with sarcastic surprise in my voice. "Oops."

"You sure are funny."

I shrugged, taking a bite of the piece of cake I had been served. "You taught me well."

"I sure did. So tell me..."

"So Morgan," Mia called cutting Nova short. "After all these years, how's life as a CEO treating you? "

"I'm sure it's treating her terribly," Nova said before I could even get an alphabet out of my mouth.

"I'm sorry what?" Mia asked tilting her head in curiosity.

"Let's not talk about boring stuff like work here Mia, let's discuss something else. You know, like our love life."

There were murmurs of 'yes' around the table.

"Sure," Mia responded with a bright smile on her face. These were the things that made her super happy. "Let stuff get juicy!!"

Thelma Ducalion opened the floor for the relationship statuses, and one by one, the ladies spoke about their love lives till it got to Nova.

"I have a boyfriend and he is like the sweetest one ever, and we are planning on getting married soon."

The last part of the sentence caught me of guard as I almost spat the tea in my mouth out. Nova looked at me with a wicked grin. Dante and Nova? Getting married? I shouldn't have come for this party, if only I had known.

"So over to you Morgan." Nova said.

"Nothing, there's no man in my life." I said shrugging.

"Oh don't go lying Morgan, I know that's not true." She said touching my shoulder. "Is he better that the old one or was the old one better?"

"She said that she has no man in her life Nova, so cut it." Mia snapped.

"Relax Mia, I've known Morgan longer than any of you here. So tell me, is he nice to you? Are you guys getting married?"

Dear Lord! If only I could stab the knife into her eye and walk out scott-free, I would have done it the moment she had begun to show her true colours. I looked at her, all traces of my smile, gone!

"What's your while point about all this?"

"My whole point?" She asked toying with the remaining piece of cake in her plate. "I was just wondering if he was going to stay or leave just like the other one."

"Okay, that's enough!" Mia commanded, banging the table. "Stop right there Nova."

"Why?" She asked with a sly smirk on her face. "It's the truth. Isn't it Morgan? Aren't you going to tell them? Come on Morgan, don't make me look like the bad person here."

"You should leave my party." Mia said to Nova in a serious tone while I looked at the fork in my hands, the same wicked idea roaming in my mind. The other ladies were looking at Nova with a look of annoyance.

"So tell me Morgan," Nova continued, behaving as if Mia's had said utterly nothing. "Are you going to try any keep him this time?"

"I'm done here!" Veronica, one of the ladies said getting up. "Let's go Vanya, I can't stand this nonsense anymore." She spat looking at Nova then at Mia before walking out with Vanya.

"Are you?" Nova repeated.

I scoffed and tutted twice before looking up at her. "At least I don't steal him." I said to her with a smile.

All the excitement and joy that her face held, disappeared in a flash and the next thing I felt was extreme heat on my boobs.