Emily's POV.It was Elisha.I swallowed hard as our gazes clashed. She had a smug smirk stretched across her face as she danced with an unknown man. "Are you okay?" Adrian's voice sounded through my head, I quickly snapped my gaze away from her."Yes, I am," I flashed him a warm smile. "Are you still bothered about what my mom said earlier? I told you to disregard that alright? She's all bark and no bite," "I'm not bothered about that, Adrian, I'm a little flushed with the number of influential people here," I lied. He pulled me closer to his body, while we moved slowly to the tune. "You are here as my date, Emily, that automatically makes you my woman, and as such influential, don't ever look down on yourself," Usually, I would have blushed sheepishly to his charming words and gestures, but right now, I was far from being moved by his words as my head was in turmoil.The little smirk on Elisha's face couldn't mean nothing. I could tell she was up to something. Adrian was right,
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