Lily and Axel arrived at the venue and as usual, they got everyone’s attention and were welcomed warmly.
Just like every other ball party, Axel and Max had a lot of people to discuss with and Lily was left with Nora.
Since it was the last ball of the season, the guests were entertained. Nora was enjoying the party, the same as Lily.
As the party went on, Lily got curious. She searched around for her mother and Malia but she couldn’t find them.
Curiously, she turned to ask Nora a few questions.
“The McCalls aren’t here?” Lily asked Nora and she nodded.
“Yeah, I guess they won’t be coming. The family hosting this hall are not friends with them.” Nora replied and Lily nodded.
“Why are you asking though?” She asked and Lily shrugged. She recalled the threats she got from her mother at the last ball.
The reason why she wasn’t bothered by it was because Axel told her not to worry, he was going to do something about it.
“Nothing, just curious.” She replied and Nora smiled.
“Of course, always curious.” She said and turned to the table next to her. There were different types of drinks on it so she picked up a vodka and poured it into a glass then turned to Lily.
“Here, have a drink and stop worrying about your crazy mother.” Nora said with a smile and stretched the glass to her, Lily chuckled and took the glass from her.
“What’s in it?” She asked as she made an attempt to drink it.
“Vodka.” Nora replied with a smile and Lily withdrew the glass from her mouth immediately. She recalled she was pregnant and was scared the alcohol might hurt the baby.
“I don’t want it.” She said and Nora drew her brows together.
“Why?”
“Axel told me not to drink.” Lily lied and Nora shrugged and took the glass from her then gulped it.
Lily chuckled and shook her head.
Suddenly, they heard gasps and mutters. They noticed everyone’s attention was fixed at the entrance and they wondered what was wrong.
Lily and Nora walked closer to the crowd and they saw it was the McCalls walking in.
Different people made a lot of comments about them.
“Hmm, I guess they got invited after all.” Nora said and Lily stared at her mother as she bowed her head and walked. They got fully into the room and soon, the stares and mutters died down.
Lily kept staring at her mother as she noticed something odd, her head was bowed for too long. She looked like she was hiding something.
Out of the blue, Axel and Susan walked towards them. Nora wasn’t paying attention to what was going on.
Lily hurriedly grabbed her hand and pulled her towards them too.
They got to them and Lily hurriedly stood next to Axel as Malia was staring at him.
“Mrs. McCall.” Axel called and her head was still bowed.
“Tania, are you okay?” Susan asked.
“Yes, Tania. Are you okay?” Axel asked and she slowly raised her head. Everyone’s eyes widened in shock at the sight before them.
“Holy shit! That is fucking huge!” Nora said and chuckled. There was a big bump on her forehead, it looked so visible and painful. It was really red.
“Oh my God, Tania. What the hell happened?” Susan asked and moved closer to her. She looked so much in pain as tears clouded her eyes.
Malia on the other hand stared at her mother worriedly.
Lily glanced at Axel and saw he had a satisfied expression, she raised her brows as she tried to put a two together.
Did Axel do that?
“Tania, on a scale of one to ten, can you rate the pain?” Axel asked and she groaned.
“Ten.” She groaned in response and Axel smirked then turned to Lily. He leaned closer to her and whispered in her ear.
“Yours was five right?” He asked and Lily’s lips slowly formed into a smile.
Of course, it was him, he got back at her. He said he was going to do something about it and he did. He did it for her!
“Oh, this is so funny.” Nora said and took a picture of it. Mrs. McCall hurriedly bowed her head and walked away with Susan and her daughter.
Lily turned to Axel and giggled happily, she hit his chest playfully and he smiled at her.
“What the hell did you do?” She asked and Axel shrugged.
“Wait, Axel did that?” Nora asked and Lily nodded as she laughed.
“You are so cool.” Nora replied and chuckled. She suddenly spots Scott talking to someone and she smiles.
“See you guys later, bye.” She said and walked towards Scott, Axel stared at her as she walked away and got to Scott.
He watched her kiss him and he rolled his eyes before looking away.
“What? Be happy for them.” Lily said and he sighed.
“I am.” He muttered and she smiled.
“Is that how you will get back at everyone that hurts me?” She asked and Axel moved closer to her.
“They will feel twice the pain you felt.” He replied and Lily bit her lip.
“My husband is a gangster.” She said happily and he smirked.
“A Mafia Lord.” He corrected and she giggled.
Lily noticed the music that came on was the one she hummed most times, she gasped dramatically and Axel raised his brows.
“What? What’s wrong?” He asked and she clapped her hands.
“I love this song. Let’s dance.” She said and grabbed his hand.
“What? No, I… ” Axel trailed off as she pulled him to the dance floor. There were only a few people on the dance floor so they caught the attention of others.
Almost everyone was staring at them. Axel felt uncomfortable as Lily held his hands and danced. It was fast music, not a slow one.
She danced around him and the crowd watched with a smile on their face, the mothers jealous of Lily watched with so much hatred. They wished their daughters were in her shoes.
Axel found his wife cute and funny and slowly, he started to smile then he laughed. Everyone was amazed by this, happy emotions weren’t something he had.
Axel danced with her too, he totally forgot about the people around. It felt like it was only him and Lily in a room.
She looked more beautiful to him as he stared at her, they both held each other’s gaze as they danced.
“Come on, let’s join them.” Nora said and pulled Scott too to the dance floor.
They all danced happily, forgetting their sorrows and wishing the night would never end!
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THE NEXT DAY
MORNING
Lily groaned in her sleep as she felt her head throbbing, she hissed in pain and slowly opened her eyes but shut it immediately because of the light.
She waited a few more seconds before opening it again, she noticed she was in an unfamiliar room and she furrowed her brows as she looked around. She suddenly sat up and her eyes widened in shock as she stared down at her body.
She was naked!
She gasped and suddenly noticed there was someone next to her. She flinched and hurriedly pulled the covers to her chest.
The person next to her was a man, a stranger and he was asleep too, he was also naked!
Lily’s heart started to race as her head went blank.
What the hell happened?!