Ella was nervous. She adjusted the mini dress she was wearing before approaching the security personnel who guarded the place. Her knees were shaking because she wasn’t sure if she could handle the live show of naked men while dancing.
As she imagined about Damian’s reaction, she was positive that the man would probably expire with anger. She was sure his nostrils would flare and he would glare at her in exasperation. Well, she couldn’t wait to see his reaction. She took a crisp bill from her wallet and handed to the man at the entrance. She was waiting for the door to open when someone grabbed her arm.\
“It’s a good thing I followed you, otherwise, I don’t know what will happen to you, Ella. Don’t you know that the show here is obscene?” Damian said angrily to the woman.
“Would I come here if I didn’t know? Of course, I know!” Ella replied. When she looked at the man’s face, his cheeks were red with anger. It was funny to look at but she restrained himself. Even though he’s angry, Damian remained pleasing to look at.
“Are you so desperate for a man, Ella?” He almost strangled the woman in rage.
“Sort of. Look, Damian. If you’re jealous, we can watch them together.” Ella’s suggested haughtily. She really meant to make the man even angrier so that he would notice her. It’s an old trick, but it’s working well.
Damian couldn’t believe what he heard from Ella. She just invited him to watch the men dancing naked. My God! He wanted to squeeze her neck until it was out of breath. Lately, pure useless words have come out of the woman’s mouth. He glanced at the high line of women at the counter and snorted with disappointment.
“Let’s go, if you want to watch a show, we can just watch a movie.” Damian pulled Ella away but she didn’t budge.
“Nope, I’m not leaving here Damian!” Ella was stubborn.
“I already bought a ticket for your information – Damian!” she hung up the rest of what she was going to say because the man had already loaded her out of the building where the bar was.
“Why are you acting like this?” Damian asked the woman.
“Why, did I tell you to watch over me? I’m old Damian and I can handle myself!” Ella reasoned out.
“Really? If I hadn’t followed you earlier, you probably would have continued to watch naked men!”
“I’m old enough to be on my own! I guess you forgot how old I am because you’ve been busy with your girlfriend!” Ella didn’t care if the words came out of her mouth a bit bitter.
“As if I can forget your age, when you reminded me every day. For your information, even if you’re fifty, I still won’t let you do anything bad!”
“There’s nothing wrong with what I’m doing. It’s normal for women. Or do you really want me to just stay a virgin until I die? Damian, I have no intention to remain a virgin until the day I die! I have to find a man!” She insisted stubbornly.
“If you repeat this again, I assure you, you won’t be a virgin anymore!” She disturbed him when she made such statements. “Ella, I can’t believe you’re willing to pay just to see naked men! It’s disgusting!” Damian continued to lecture to Ella as they were already inside the car back to the hotel.
“I don’t think so. When they are as handsome as you, I’m sure I will enjoy it!” Ella teased Damian. She enjoyed when Damian seemed to explode in anger. Instead of being afraid of the man, she fueled his anger even more. “Besides, maybe it’s better when they undress me, what do you think?” she added.
Damian didn’t answer because he couldn’t quite imagine another man approaching Ella. Why did she propose to him that they should just get married? She really had no idea that her words have affected him. “I might kill that man,” he said angrily.
“I already felt bad for my future husband then,” Ella replied.
“You’re too young to think about marriage,” Damian said. Ella sighed loudly, which meant she was tired of listening to him. He just started the car and made his way back to the hotel where they checked in. “Why did you think of going to a gay bar?” Damian asked Ella seriously.
“Nothing, just for fun, it’s also my new experience. Besides, all my friends, Sofia has been there too.” Ella knew Damian didn’t like Sofia but she still mentioned the woman’s name.
“Sofia? I don’t like your friendship with that woman. She’s a bad influence on you. I can’t believe it that you’re having a close relationship with a flirtatious woman!”
“Damian! My friend isn’t a flirt!” she was disgusted with what Damian was saying.
“I don’t want us to talk about that woman anymore, just follow what I say. Stay away from Sofia,” Damian scolded Ella.
“Sofia is still fine and she can do everything, unlike me who is like a prisoner in your house!” She complained.
“Why are you so stubborn? Why can’t you understand me? I forbid you to do things that will hurt you!” Damian’s voice rose as well.
“Sofia is fine, she’s an expert on men, while I, I’ll probably die a virgin,” she continued to complain.
“Can you just shut up!” He warned her.
Everything has failed. She wasn’t able to attend the job interview. She wasn’t able to check the city alone. She wasn’t able to watch the live show. The worst of all, Damian brought her back to Victorias!
“I can’t forgive you for what you did to me,” Ella said and slammed the door.
“I am only trying to protect you!” He shouted from the outside, and Ella just snorted.
Ella thought that maybe she needed to change her style. One time – big time! She picked up the cellphone and called Sofia, who immediately answered. “Hey,” she said as soon as Sofia picked up.
“What’s up, Ella?”
“I need your help, Sofia. I need to change myself so that the man I want to marry will notice me,” she informed Sofia who laughed out loud at the other line.
“Who?” Sofia asked.
“Who else but Damian?” Sofia already knew about her feelings for Damian.
“Why him? My God, he’s too old for you, dear. You look like a beauty and the beast,” Sofia reminded Ella that Damian wasn’t that handsome in her eyes, although he looked like that.
“Damian is handsome and he’s not old yet. He’s only thirty this year,” Ella defended Damian’s age and appearance.
“Ah, thirty, it’s too old for you. You’re only twenty-five!”
“I don’t care. So, will you help me or not?”
Damian’s father is Greek-American and as far as she knows, his mother was a former beauty queen. Damian inherited the good features of both parents. He inherited brown skin and black hair from her mother. Damian got the blue eyes and his height from the father. Damian was six-footer like his father. And hairy too . Overall, he’s sexy and hot. The only thing she didn’t like about the man was his arrogance towards her. He wanted to control her. Why did he become so serious as her guardian? He was worse than Jack.
“Of course, I’ll help. The first thing we do is go shopping for trendy and sexy clothes, game?” Sofia is obviously already excited about their new project.
“Okay, let’s do that, I’ll get dressed and I’ll just walk you to your apartment, bye.”
Then, she immediately dialed Damian’s number to inform him that she’s going out with Rebecca. However, she was disappointed when she didn’t get her desired response from him. Nevertheless, she would still go out with Sofia and Rebecca.
She immediately told Rebecca that they were leaving to go shopping. While she and Sofia would do the shopping, Rebecca could stay inside the cinema as long as she wanted. Ella took a quick shower and then she chose to wear a blue skinny jeans and a white blouse. Then, she applied a faint lipstick and a little powder to her cheeks. She took Damian’s pick-up because she would need a bigger space for the things she would buy.
About five hours later, Sofia and Ella were tired from shopping new clothes. She was sure that Damian would be upset at the total amount she spent at the mall. Most of what they bought were cropped blouses, plunging necklines, short skirts and shorts. There were halter jump-suits, two-piece bathing suits, as well as thongs. They also bought new-trend jeans, shorts overall, high-waist denim shorts and much more like sexy nighties. Others were see-through, often worn by newlyweds.
They were about to leave the mall when Sofia pulled her back. Then, they were heading to the ink shop. She was shocked at first but Sofia just grinned. The woman was a fan of tattoos and piercings, but she had no idea that Sofia would ask her to get inked too!
“Ella, go ahead and get in there. The artist is ready for you.”
“Why me?” She asked in confusion.
“You’re going to get the tattoo. That’s part of your change. And I’m sure Damian will notice you when he sees your new tattoo and belly ring.”
“Is that so? Okay, but wait, doesn’t that hurt?” Ella was skeptical because even though she had never had a tattoo before, she knew it would hurt.
“Don’t worry, there are numbing creams. Go now,” Sofia said.