4 04. Encounter.

Running towards Mandy I jumped over her and yelled in fraught while stammering. "I-I lo-loosst." And she winced in her sleep. "O-ouch! What the hell Spark?"

"M-my mo-money mo-money is-isn't here, Ma-Mandy!" I stammered anxiously.

Taking a few moments to realized from her deep sleep, her eyes slightly extended out and her jaw dropped at my words.

"I lost everything, Mandy." I cried.

Abruptly, a big realization hit me and my eyes popped out. "My pa-passport. My clutch bag has a passport and the credit card. I can't go back to my parents. I love my parents." Memories of my parents flashed back in my eyes.

"Oh shit! Are you serious! How can you be careless!" She squalled and added. "Wa-wait. Let me guess, the clutch bag was with you after paying the bills, right?"

"Of course, it was with me. When I was in-" All of a sudden, I halted in midway and my eyes slightly bulged out from the socket while I stammered. "I re-remembered, the last night when I was in the cab you have called me and hastily, I searched the phone in the covers. Probably, that moment I lost my clutch bag."

She tugged the messy strands of hair behind, on either side of her ear and twitching her eyebrows she asked dumbfoundedly. "Spark, the cab indicates that handsome driver?"

The rage started boiling within me and unintentionally, I furiously back and forth her shoulder while I vexedly pronounced. "Ugh, that jerk. I have to face that prick again and he is a complete form of a devil." And my hands increased the pace of squeezing her upper arm and I hissed. "I'm going to smash his face, I will ruin that handsome."

"Right now, you're smashing me. That is my hands, not his face!" She winced awfully.

The moment her words reached my ear, in a realization I swiftly withdrew my hands from her and softly, I frowned with her. "Oops, sorry Mandy. I didn't realize I was smashing you." And started rubbing her hands in a pain and she stated. "We have no choice, but to search him."

I bring the palm to my face as an expression of dismay and agitatingly, I whispered. "I am not sure when he dragged me out from the cab he swiftly sweeps my shopping bags from his car and made me hold." While I laid my head on her lap and cried. "I exactly don't remember, probably the clutch bag fell on the sidewalk. Oh, damn it! Please help me out."

"In an unknown city, how can we search for that random guy. I have no clue about his identification or know the number plate of his car. We're hopeless, Mandy. I lost my passport." I cried again.

"We do have time, Spark. Stop cringing!" She tried to console me.

Abruptly, a sound of message 'ting' echoed and she grabbed her phone. The moment she read the message, her chocolate shade eyes widen up and lips apart in a wonder while she exclaimed. "Oh gosh! He's calling me out for the dinner!" And she started bouncing in her place.

Frowning my brows, I bewildered. "What? But with whom?"

A huge grin was plastered on her face and her embrown eyes was beaming with the happiness. Straightening her posture from the raint she said joyously. "Damn, let me tell you about him. He's a complete pack of goddess with a pure crimson heart." While she intertwine her hands and placed close to her chest. With the wide open eyes she was dreaming in a daylight and fell back on the bed.

Leaving behind my doomed state I held her upperarm and constantly shook her. "You have got to be kidding." And added raising my arched brow, I teased her. "We have been in Paris for four days and this charming lady has already spelled her witchcraft on the handsome, ah?"

Slowly, she rose leaving behind her lying posture and a smile was not escaping from her face.

"How did you guys get together and he is actually calling you on a date." I shoot her with the question.

Nodding her head, she timidly blushes while bouncing. Shortly, I joined in her bounce and together we screamed in raint. "Aaahhh!"

More than my loss, I was happy for Mandy.

She found love in the city of love.

For me, A new journey of love awaits.

******

"You think this color suits me?" 

Scrunching my nose I said. "Yellow? No way! This color similar to puke." 

Tonight Mandy has her first date in Paris. For her happy ending, for giving her appearance a new look she dragged me to a mall for a new dress.

Rolling her eyes, she puffed. "Better than rejecting why don't you select a good dress for me?"

"Alright, let me bring you something called perfect." I exclaimed and sent a wink in her direction.

Heading towards the section of the apparel, I took a look at all the dresses and a classy cream off-shoulder frock caught my attention. Abruptly, my sharp hazel eyes aware of an unknown hand which was about to reach for the exact dress. Before a pale hand approach, I grabbed the dress and without giving a slight attention to the stranger's frown, I headed toward Mandy to surprise her.

When her cocoa brown eyes landed on the frock, she rejoice in surprise. "Wow!" And I hand over the dress to her while I pronounced with an excitement. "Give a try!"

After a few moments, she left behind the trial room and an emotion of happiness was flaunting in her smile.

My eyes widen up at her creamy appearance and I exclaimed. "Oh, darling. You look beautiful."

"I love you." She pronounced her joy and went back to change.

And again, I went back to the section of the apparel.

All of a sudden, a firm yet cold hand gripped my wrist as I was unaware of the action. I stumbled and landed on the unbendable structure.

Charcoal color hair, perfectly sharp eyebrows scrunched in perplexed. Well-known violent grey eyes glaring back at my innocent eyes. Pointed nose and his devilish thin lips slightly agape.

Without averting his eyes from me, he whispered. "Damn, back to you." And his pink lips curled into a smirk.

His slight whisper helped my frozen mind to recover from the action and widening my eyes I gasped. "Aah!" I pause and stammeringly, I added. "Ho-how you dare!"

Dragging a death glare at me he gritted his teeth and ordered. "Give me that dress, now!"

My lips curled into a smirk at his cruel remark and shrugging off my shoulders I lied. "That dress is already under a billing process."

Abruptly, he placed his other hand on my waist and pulled me towards him. His facade exactly facing mine and the close view helped me to recall the last night incident. My eyes widen at the reminisce.

My clutch bag.

As I was trying to shoved him off I frowned at my fail attempt while narrowing my eyes I hissed at him. "Did you take my clutch?"

He frowned his perfect arch brows and scorned. "Excuse me?"

"That last night when I was in your car, I lost my clutch bag. It has all my money and a card. Is it in your car? Did you steal?" I groaned stretching on every word while I tightly gripped his wrist and scowled. "I won't leave you before, you return my purse."

I moaned with disappointment because my grasp didn't matter him, but instead he jerked me towards him and said. "That's the obvious consequence of carrying more than unnecessary bags." He laughed off.

"I'll snatch off your face." My hand was almost near to his face.

He chuckled.

"I will file a complaint against you!" I hissed at him.

He withdrew his hand from my waist and shove the hand in his pocket. He took out the key of his car and begin to swing in front of my face. His wicked scheme caused me to glare at him furiously and his eyes were fixated on me.

I intentionally rolled my eyes as I was not trying to gain his attention while snatching the key. Swiftly, my sweaty hand almost reached to snatch from his hold but his hand moved back.

Displaying his arrogant grin, he mumbled. "I don't have a time for your immaturity as your offensive to my mind."

My nerves started to tensed up and clenching the jaws tightly, I scorned. "Such a prick-" I was cut off in midway when an unfamiliar female voice exclaimed from behind me.

"Fade!"

Averting his eyes from me, he stared at the person who was standing behind me and he whispered back. "Hey."

I swirl around to confront her directly, she has dark brown eyes with a perfect sharp nose and slightly plump lips painted nude. Her auburn hair pulled up in a ponytail and a few strands scattered on the shoulder. She was dressed in a white knitted sweater and paired it up with a black mini skirt that reaches her upper thigh. Her legs covered were in a black stocking socks.

A sound of 'tap' 'tap' on the floor of her heel snapped me out and her eyes were only fixed on the Mr. Driver.

She approached him with a warm smile and slid her hand to meet with his hand and she said. "Let's go."

In a thin air, they together disappeared.

She didn't even glance at me, once! Soon, I'll kick their superior ass.

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- dusky_haze