Red Mall

    The lady sits by me and asks subsequently from taking a sip fr her Coca-Cola drink.

   " Why are you not with your husband? " 

   " And why are you not with yours? " I wave at the bartender to get my order.

   She laughs " I am J...Yeimy Hart " 

  Of course, I know her, she's a famous Forensic Anthropologist .

  I only nodded and we say in unison " Pearl Smith Lin ".

   My eyes stare at her in pretty shock, though we have met several times, I classified her as a posh. In fact she was never this friendly. 

     " You are a famous car designer and Aziel's wife " her voice is delightful but not as much as she looks.

   " I would like a cranberry beverage and strawberry Cooler please, " I tell the bartender. Who shivers before replying " Sorry ma'am I am not authorised to serve you alcohol " his voice is shaking and he keeps a stern glare at Aziel who smiles at me.

    I am not allowed to drink because he said so. How could he? If not for such a grand gathering, I would have slapped him. Lol 😆 like I can.

    Yeimy who is now sitting by me sips her juice and sputters " He is only looking out for you "

   " No, he thinks if I get drunk he would lose face " I reapply my lipstick watching Aziel and Daniela from my mini mirror.

   She nodded in denial " His eyes have not left you, since he saw you saunter from the kitchen. He loves you "

   In order not to get into a fight with Yeimy,  I pretended to agree and call for another bar attendant.

   " And you too. You have been stealing glances of him because you are insecure because of that girl by him " she leans over and says " She is not half pretty as you. So don't be insecure. He would be a fool to leave you for her and if I know Aziel he has always been madly in love with you. "

    The part which echoed in my mind is ' I know Aziel '.

   " How do you know Aziel? "

   She strokes her braid in panic and says cordially " He is my husband's best friend " 

   I can tell she is telling an untruth by the way she bit her lips later. She is the wife of the biggest multi-billionaire in this city who happens to be one of Aziel's best friends. I notice her steal a glance at her husband, Henry Hart so I teased " And you have been staring too ".    

    Yeimy blushes and takes another sip.

   The new bartender says the same bullshit. In my anger, I face Aziel who smiles at me and motions me to check my phone.

   Picking up my phone, I get notified of one new message from Aziel " Remember the doctor advised you  to stay from alcohol "

    Firstly, I can't remember when she said that and secondly, he is probably right. If I want a child I need to stay away from alcohol then yet again a voice in my head said otherwise ' He is only worried about the future child and not you, any way you are the boss of yourself and not anyone push over. If they would not serve you alcohol there is somewhere you can get some. You only have to give grandma Vera's gift and go home to your stock of alcohol. He is with Daniela and would not notice you leave '

   Soon after giving grandma Vera's gift, I made up an excuse and left for my car. 

    On my way, I bump into Kattie, B  rent's wife. Brent Alodia is another close friend of Aziel who leaves in the primate city. 

  She is tall with black long hair, a sharp nose, and thin red lips and quite breathtaking. She is seven months pregnant and gained some weight which only made her look sexier.

   " In haste, the party only began," she says in a Texas accent.

    " Where is Brent? " I inquired in order to change the topic and not sound rude.

   " With Daniela, Isn't she lovely " 

   I fake a smile and reply coldly" Yes, Like a rose in winter ".

  With that, I took the kitchen passage to the parking lot.

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