CHAPTER 35: Christmas with a Stranger

"We can endure much more than we think we can; all human experience

testifies to that. All we need to do is learn not to be afraid of pain. Grit your

teeth and let it hurt. Don't deny it, don't be overwhelmed by it. It will not last

forever. One day, the pain will be gone and you will still be there."

– Harold Kushner, When All You've Ever Wanted Isn't Enough

When the car we are riding stops at our destination, a huge modern-classic door welcomed us with fancy vibes all over the place.

Two men in black guards with a bulky body built are there ready to open the door for us. The guards seem to know the guy beside me, for as soon as they saw the guy they immediately opened the door for him without asking a word just like those other guests wearing an expensive fancy gown.

He doesn't even need to line just like them, he just walks down the red carpet with his usual 'I'm the boss' look, and start cutting the line with his poker face.

He even took my hand, with handcuffs and intertwined our fingers.

I am wearing a red four-inch stiletto, which is very unusual to me. These hills get me to feel so uncomfortable walking, so him holding my hand is fine for if I don't hold to him I feel like I'll be outbalanced because of these freaking hills I am wearing.

He walks past the crowd of fancy people while holding my hand, as the people around us followed with a shocked look in their eyes.

As soon as we reach the venue one of the guests there wearing so many hairpins on her hair, walk past our direction. I immediately grabbed one on her hair secretly and start to raise my hand with handcuffs and stir its lock with my Bobby pin, but couldn't manage to do so because his walking so fast, and in a pretty annoying way.

"Can't you freaking slow down for a bit, jerk?" I hissed at him angrily.

But the guy just glances at me while smirking before almost dragging me to every places.

The guy introduced me as his fiancée to every people inside that gathering. I always want to disagree with him, but then whenever I was about to say a word and tell all the people there that I don't even know this asshole, his bodyguard wearing all black keeps on showing their guns at me secretly. GRRRR!!!!

When we are about to pass through the direction of the buffet table, I immediately grabbed a plate and put in as many foods as possible, and start eating them.

I know that the people around me were already giving me disgusted looks because of how many foods I put on my plate, and to also think that almost all of them are already a mixture of almost every food that was inside the buffet table.

But since I don't give a damn about what are they about to say, I just rolled my eyes and continue what I am doing.

I am so hungry, I could eat a human if they would ever stop me.

As I put food on my plate, the guy keeps on dragging me out of the buffet area, but I do my best to stand still and get food.

I don't care whatever he is up to right now, all I know is that I am hungry. I don't care if what I am doing would make him feel ashamed and embarrassed.

When I think my plate is already too full, I am afraid the other foods will fall off my plate, I decided to start eating them, while others look at me in disgust.

I think, the only time I stop myself on putting foods on my plate, is when I realize I already put almost 1/4 of the menu above the buffet table on my single plate.

"Can't you quit that? You're embarrassing me!" The guy complaint while giving out a bitter and a fake smile to other guests who are already eyeing me.

"Stop what?" I asked acting dumb while stuffing my face with foods.

"That!" The guy pointed using his lips at the plate I am holding with so many foods in different dishes.

"What?" I smirked at him sarcastically, still acting dumb while still stuffing my mouth with food.

"Oh God! You are being so impossible!" He frustratedly said while doing a face palm, as he shrugged his head in dismay.

"Well, your fault. I am trying to take these stupid handcuffs awhile ago, and yet you keep on annoying me." I told him with my mouth full.

I gulped before completely facing him this time.

"Now, it's my turn to ruin your mood by annoying you too," I added sarcastically.

The guy looks at me as if I grew another head.

I ignored his disappointed look at me, and start eating again.

I soooooo loved the buffet food! It's so great and so mouth-watering!

This is my first time, eating this fancy food which I don't have any idea what they were called at all.

I tried eating the duck, which I don't know what it's called but it has the skin, served with sugar, as it melts in your mouth.

The little sides of cucumber, spring onion (alongside various other surprises). There are variety of different sauces you can enjoy in your Duck Pancakes such as Sweet Bean and Plum flavors.

Then I also tried eating the crescent-shaped dumplings, then a fork cooked with a combination of ginger, aromatic spices, garlic, chili peppers, soy sauce, rice wine, and sugar.

The dish with the main ingredients is diced chicken, dried chili, and fried peanuts, and eat many more foods inside my plate.

I was in the middle of stuffing my mouth with foods when suddenly a woman in her late 40s approach us.

She has this sophisticated but deadly aura as she walks in our direction.

She kisses the guy's cheeks and eyed me with disgust.

"Is she the girl you are talking about son? The fiancée?" She asked the guy emphasizing the word fiancée.