Saturday's event at Kiani family's villa (2)

Ellie is chatting with ladies who seemed to take turns in an endless queue. Most of them were asking about the dress and few asked about her relationship with Jasper. After four or five times saying: 'He is my boyfriend', it rolled off her tongue easier.

Ellie noticed that Jasper is not coming back for a while and looked around. She sighed internally when she saw Lily approach her confidently in big strides. Two other young ladies were behind Lily, and Ellie assumed that those two are her henchwomen.

Lily dramatically stopped one step away from Ellie and scrutinized her for a second before narrowing her eyes at Ellie and saying: "I see you dare to show up here!"

Ellie looked at Lily with an unreadable expression and blinked few times. "Excuse me?"