Guardian Angel

The beautiful fireworks display, beautiful fairy lights, beautiful happy couples, even the moon looked unacceptably beautiful at the moment. There were cheers, laughter, giggles and tears of joy in the air but Grant was on the opposite camp. It was the miserable camp to be precise. Well.. he couldn't blame anyone but himself, he was determined to attend the party to be somewhere near Bia, just looking at her from the distance would be enough, he thought. He missed her so much, especially tonight. Back then, he was the one by her side to celebrate all the festive events. He needed to see her badly and indeed he forgot the cost of seeing her was his own heartache. He didn't expect seeing her in other's hands was more painful than the longing feeling he had for her.

'Well, this is it.. chin up, strengthen your heart Grant and just protect her from the dark', Grant said to himself.

A few weeks ago Grant found out everything about Akira Abe. Even though he was rather disappointed that he couldn't find anything bad about that guy but his grandmother was the whole different story. That old lady had been trying to hurt Bia with her dirty tricks. She used petty tricks like hiring people to throw eggs or dirt at Bia, she also asked someone to puncture Bia's car tires and one time she asked someone to pour oil on Bia's doorstep but luckily Akira saw it and wiped the mess. That old lady also used cruel ways to make Bia's life hard like paying people to hit Bia's car and luckily Akira's people stopped that accident from happening. Her other tricks like when she paid people to kidnap Bia, destroying the restaurant's reputation and so on, the list was endless. Akira was aware with those incidents and he tried his best to protect Bia by hiring bodyguards without Bia's knowledge. But what Akira didn't know that for a few weeks Grant also helped to protect Bia. That old lady is a monster so Grant decided to protect her secretly.

"Hi, handsome.. the glass is going to break if you hold it like that," said a very beautiful lady to Grant whilst she just snatched the glass in his hand and drank the wine up.

"Since when you drink this cheap stuff, hmm?" she asked him again.

"You're here?" Grant asked with his confused look.

"Yup, I reached a few hours ago and not to complain about you forgetting to pick me up at the airport. Somehow I could reached your house safely without any scratch on my beautiful body and spent my wonderful new year's eve with my son and mom when you were trying to finish all kind of alcohol here to make yourself numb. Just stop looking there, your eyes are going to fall off. Oh my, oh my, still no progress with Ms.Little Daisy, hmmm?"

"How can I forget you talk too much. Hahaha..." Grant laughed so loud.

"Very funny, Grant," the lady hit Grant's head and body.

"Ouch, you crazy woman." Grant tried to dodge but he couldn't because that beautiful lady is good at martial arts.

"Okay, okay.. I'm so sorry that I forgot to pick you up Celine, sorry.." Grant put his hands together and begged her to stop hitting him.

"Fine.. I'm feeling better now and back to the topic, shall we?"

"Celine, stop making me your punching bag and we have those bags in our garage.. next time please do punch them."

"Don't change the topic, Grant.. how's your relationship with that Miss? hmm?" celine was pointing at Bia with her chin.

"No relationship." Grant poured the wine into her glass and his glass.

"What? wait, why? did you follow my advice?" Celine asked him.

"Who's in the right mind will do that?" Grant just shook his head.

"Well.. it worked for me before." Celine answered and shrugged her shoulders.

"Celine.. she was freaking out when I went a little too close at first and it's getting better now. She used to avoid me in every turn at the beginning after my return so I'm okay to just watch her from a distance. Your advice won't work, I cant just force her to sleep with me. She looks happy and it's enough for me now." Grant sighed again and again.

"I'm so sorry Grant for making you lose her."

"Don't say that.. at that time you and Nicky needed me more."

"Thanks Grant, let me wrap up my work and hand over the company to my cousin. Once everything has settled, I'll be back here then I'll help you to get her back. You won't just give up, will you?"

"Ya, I thought of not giving up before but now I know what kind of person Akira is so.."

"So what Grant? You'll regret it one day."

"I'm regretting it now, let her be happy and don't do anything Celine."

"I'll see about it."

"Celine.." Grant said sternly.

"Alright.. I won't and enough of sad story and Let's start our new year with the dance, let's go my guardian angel or are you her guardian angel now? Come on.." Celine pulled Grant to the dance floor.

When they reached the dance floor, the music changed into slow dancing song. Grant and Celine danced beautifully, the looked perfect together, everyone's eyes were on them.

At Bia's table, Kim and Bia were whispering to each other whilst Akira was talking to his friends at the next table. " Look B, who's the woman in Grant's arms? They look perfect together, two very fine creatures as beautiful as fairies.."

"I don't know, Kim and don't care. I like her style though and she's really beautiful." Bia answered.

"Maybe we can ask her to be our model for the next fashion week, hmmm?" Kim asked. Once in a while Kim and Bia will bring their best collections to the capital and join the fashion week. They've been doing that for a few years now.

"Good idea Kim.. you can ask Grant to introduce you to her, I saw you two were very close earlier, right?" Bia teased Kim.

"That because.. oh, wait. It's your fault for abandoning me earlier so I have found a single person to talk to. It's really annoying to be single in the this couple's heaven, since he was alone too so why not talk to him and he is really pleasing to the eye too."

"Ya.. he is" Bia agreed.

"Who's pleasing to eye, honey?" Akira was back without warning and caught the girls of their guard.

"Aaa.. what eye?" Bia didn't know how to answer Akira and sending Kim signals to help her.

"What a beautiful melody, go and dance you two love birds.. go, go, don't waste time here," Kim pushed Akira and Bia to the dance floor.

Actually, Akira heard the last sentence in Bia and Kim's conversation. He's not going to push further, he's not going to ruin the mood by asking more. With that thought he led Bia to the dance floor and danced away.

After sometimes, the music stopped and the DJ asked them to change partner.

Bia was surprised to find her next dance partner then before she could reacted or said something, the music had already started and her dance partner had already started to swing her around the dance floor.

"Do you still remember this song, Bia? This is our favourite song."

"No, I don't and no talking Grant, just dance."

"Sorry B and thank you for not rejecting me."

"I wanted to but no chance." Bia answered sulkily.

"Hahaha, you are too cute B, hahaha.."

"Stop laughing! didn't I say no talking."

"I shut my mouth now but before that can I say something."

"Whatever.."

"Happy New Year Bianca." Next, Grant returned Bia to Akira and left the party with Celine.