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THE duo were so shocked and gobsmacked to see the intruding lady enter, and they kept mute, watching her come in, in horror, most especially Jasira.
She never wanted to be caught this way, and in this manner. Pinned down to the wall by Jeremy, the billionaire CEO.
He has a fiancee, which the world knows about, he is also well known. Now, what would people say, seeing them in such position?
And not just that, the lady that has just entered was his fiancee’s best friend. Oh jeez!
Zoey fully entered and was shocked to the bones, so shocked to see these two people standing there, and she made to hurriedly leave.
“Oh! Oops, I’m sorry”, she said and was about leaving when the greatest shock hit her this time, and she paused to stare at them.
“Huh!”, she gasped, “Jeremy? Um… Jeremy, what you doing in the ladies?”, she asked then turned to the lady on the wall, “and with this woman?”, she added.
Jeremy fumed, how dare she ask her such question? Was she his guard or what?
He fumed so well prepared to give her an answer that he didn’t know when he softened his grip on Jasira, and instantly, she forced herself out of his grips, sliding down under his hand on the wall and scuttled out of the toilet.
They both turned to watch her leave, with disgust on Zoey’s face. It seems she couldn’t recognize the lady as Jasira, because of her dressing that night probably.
What! This meat was gone again? This angered him the more and he turned to Zoey, fuming, and glaring at her straight in the eyes with his own eyes filled with anger.
Zoey noticed it and shivered, and instantly turned to leave. Immediately she left, she walked into another restroom for she was really pressed.
And then Jeremy sauntered out, and gracefully walked back to the hall where the party was still going on.
***
Zoey has just finished dancing with the man who had come to the table at first to ask for a dance. You might be surprised right?
Yeah, because the master of ceremony had asked for a change of dancing partner huh? Hmph, Zoey’s partner had refused changing her, and so they had danced till the end.
After dancing, she felt pressed and decided to visit the restroom. And it so happened that at the minute she opened the door and entered, she saw two people; a man and a lady.
The lady was pinned down to the wall by the man, her both hands were backed on the wall, his hands held her wrist to the wall, and he had his face down and close to hers, like he was going to kiss her or something.
Shockingly, she said she was sorry as courtesy demands, and immediately turned to leave. Then she decided to glance at the duo one last time before leaving, only to meet another shock of her life.
What! What the hell. The man was Jeremy! She gasped.
“Huh!”, she mouthed staring at them with her eyes widened in shock, “Jeremy? Um… Jeremy what you doing in the ladies? And with this woman?”, she dared ask.
He didn’t answer her question but just stared at her with anger in his eyes. And without warning, the lady released herself from his grip, slid down under his hand on the wall, and ran out of the restroom.
She watched her leave, trying to see if she knew her, but from all perspective, she was a stranger, she didn’t know her.
Then she turned back to Jeremy, he was by now beside himself with so much anger that Zoey became restless and immediately hurried out and into another restroom.
As soon as she entered the restroom, she locked up the door and heaved a sigh of relief. Then she went to sit on the toilet’s seat and peed.
As she did, she reminisced what just happened, what she just saw. She just couldn’t comprehend the whole thing and this got her befuddled, all the more.
Was this not the same Jeremy whom Amelia was rejoicing about, saying he was now becoming sweet? She has just caught him in the restroom, with another lady.
Hold on, was he cheating on her with that lady? And who the hell was that lady?
Well yes, she knew Jeremy didn’t love Amelia, everyone knows, that they were just trying, but cheating on her was the last thing she expected from him.
“Who knows, it might even be that same lady he had gone to have a date with at the cafe weeks ago”, she muttered to herself.
She got up after peeing and dressed herself up, flushed the toilet and washed her hands.
Then she sighed deeply, calming herself down for she was so filled with so many questions inside of her, she was about to loose it.
Looking at herself in the mirror, she did some little touchings to her makeover, then she walked out of the room.
As soon as she got out into the hall, a waitress with a tray of drinks approached her immediately and handed over to her, a glass of drink and she accepted it instantly.
“Ahhh! Thank you so much, seems you know what I needed at the moment”, she said and straight into her mouth, she gulped down almost half of the drink.
The waitress smiled and nodded satisfactorily, then stood to watch her leave.
Still with the glass of drink in her hand, she walked up to their table and happily sat down, smiling so broadly.
Amelia who was chatting away with Jeremy, sharply turned her head to her.
“Hey, where have you been?”, she asked and Jeremy listened.
“Been at the dance”, she replied and sipped some drink.
Amelia laughed.
“Dance that had ended for a long while”, she laughed, “come on. Did anything happen between you two? Tell me”, she asked and Zoey tilted her head in puzzle.
“Between who?”, she asked.
“Come on, do not pretend you don’t know what I am asking about. Between you and your dancing partner?”, she asked.
Zoey laughed.
“Ohh! Nothing really happened, just that we maintained partners throughout the dance, and after dancing I immediately visited the restroom”, she said.
Amelia blinked her eyes, laughing.
“You maintained partners, meaning, you didn’t get another dancing partner?”, she asked and Zoey shook her head.
“Nope”, she finished off the remaining contents in the glass and dropped it on the table, “I didn’t. He had refused changing as every other person did”, she replied, splaying her fingers on her forehead.
Amelia nodded knowingly.
“I see, hmph, Zoey?”, she called.
“You see what?”, she asked smiling sheepishly.
Amelia shrugged her shoulders.
“As for me, I had a very sweet and good dance with Jeremy”, she whispered.
Zoey gasped.
“You both danced?”, she asked and Amelia nodded.
“Yeah, he was the one who asked for the dance, and I hurriedly said yes”, she said giggling.
Zoey laughed.
“Only that, I had become so annoyed the moment we changed partners, I had never wanted to”, she said making a face.
Zoey laughed again.
“You should have told him then”.
Amelia scoffed.
“Before I could, he had already left me and began dancing with some lady”, she pulled up a disgust face.
“Hahaha”, Zoey laughed and then splayed her palms on her face, covering her face.
Then she began staggering, like she was gonna fall. She removed her palms from her face and noticed, she was seeing double of everything.
She turned to Amelia.
“You are two”, she said.
“Huh?”, Amelia was confused, “what do you mean I am two?”, she asked, noticing the uneasiness of her friend.
Immediately, she wrapped her arms around her.
“Are you okay? Zoey, are you okay?”, she asked and instantly, Zoey fell asleep on Amelia’s shoulder.
Amelia snorted.
“What is going on? Sleeping? Why are you sleeping?”, she asked and that was when Jeremy turned to them.
“What is the matter?”, he asked and Amelia turned to him, still holding Zoey in her arms.
“She just began filling dizzy and then fell asleep on my shoulder”, she replied.
Jeremy looked around, the party was still going on. He turned back to Amelia.
“Just lay her head on the table, she would come around. It must be the effect of these alcohols we are taking”, he said.
“Okay”, she replied and laid Zoey’s head down on the table, then she sat back on the chair and sighed deeply, glancing intermittently at her friend.
***
The waitress who had approached Zoey and had given her a drink was still standing and watching Zoey, from where she stood.
The moment she saw her becoming dizzy, and then slept off, she stealthily walked away and tiptoed into a dingy room by her left.
***
Jasira got to her table and sank into her seat, panting heavily. Mico was already back and sitted. They were actually eating, food had been brought to their table.
“Hey, you stayed so long. Were you giving birth to a baby?”, Lord Lucario asked as he put in a spoonful of stewed chicken sauce into his mouth and began chewing on it.
Jasira looked at him and instantly looked away, sighing. What has just happened in the toilet was enough to make one ignore a stupid question, and even go crazy.
But thank God she didn’t do the latter, but the former. She instantly turned her gaze to the table and saw an empty in front of her.
“There are a lot of food here, help yourself”, Lord Lucario said and she smiled to him, nodding.
Picking up the tongs, she began filling her plate.
At this juncture, Faruk, the celebrant approached their table, smiling broadly. Lord Lucario was the first to spot him.
“The man, the one and only celebrant”, he hailed.
Faruk laughed, and others raised up their heads to look at him.
“Lord Lucario, thank you for honouring my invitation”, he said and extended his right hand for a handshake.
Lord Lucario nodded and took out his hand, and they shook.
“My pleasure Faruk. Congrats on this lucrative business of yours”, he said.
Faruk smiled and nodded.
“Thank you Lucario, thanks so much”, and he turned to Jasira.
“Hi Mr Faruk”, Jasira was the first to greet, waving at him. He smiled.
“Beautiful Boss J, always stunning no matter how dressed, you look so charming”, he complimented and she smiled and bowed her head.
“Thank you Mr Faruk, and congrats, the business paid off”, she said.
He laughed hysterically like a satisfied rich man.
“You were part of this business remember? You are part of my success”, he said and Jasira shook her head.
“No Sir, I was only doing my job”, she said.
“Thank you also for coming, I’m glad you did”, he said.
She smiled.
“I was practically dragged here by father”, she said and glanced at Lord Lucario, “but I’m so enjoying myself”, she added.
Faruk laughed.
“I’m happy to hear that, enjoy yourself”, he said and turned back to Lord Lucario.
“Alright Lucario, enjoy the rest of the party, I hope you are enjoying your food huh?”, he asked.
He nodded.
“Sure”, he said.
“Alright, have fun”, Faruk said and walked away, waving his both hands at them in appreciation.
***
As soon as the waitress tiptoed into the dingy room, she sighed deeply, exhaling out.
She properly locked up the door and dropped the tray of drinks carefully on a plastic table in the room, then quickly, she took off the uniform she was putting on, and the wig on her hair.
Then she dragged out a paper bag from under the table, took out another clothes and began putting them on.
After putting them on and now looking different, she shoved the waitress’ uniform into the paper bag and walked to a door in front of her, at the other end of the room, still with the bag.
Bringing out a key from her back pocket, she inserted it into the keyhole and the door opened, and she walked out.