Chapter 2: Beverly's Party

" I hope it's not Stephen?... Jesus just tell it's not him" Mandy refused to believe that she will be getting married, and the worst it's with that jerk of all people. What the hell was going on?

"It's him" she said quietly, she didn't understand why none of her relatives appreciated Stephen meanwhile he is such a nice guy.

"Why don't you like him? I mean he has never acted mean with any of us" she questioned Mandy, she was her friend she had to support her and not the contrary.

"Are you blind that much not to see that he is using you? All he wants is your money that's all, he doesn't love you Lia". Mandy tried to reason out but peculia was blind in love so it was useless

"I am tired of all of you. Stop judging him when you don't even know him!" She yelled making people in the cafeteria turn around

"He is going to be my husband whether you like it or not" She said annoyed and this time in a low tune

"I am sorry" Mandy told her friend who was red because of her blood boiling out of anger. Mandy was about to say something else but was interupted by beverly, a girl from their team

"Hi girls" She greeted looking at Mandy and ignoring peculia

"Today is my 25th birthday and I expect both of you to be at my mansion because I'll be throwing a party tonight". She said and then finally looked at Peculia giving her a dirty smile before leaving

"Are we going?" Peculia asked Mandy unsure because she knew that this beverly girl did not like her a little bit. Everyone in the team will listen to her except her, she will always do how she likes

"Why not? Do you have other plans tonight?"

"No I don't"

"Then we should go. And you should ask Stephen to tag along so I can...learn how to know him...more" Mandy suggested with no expression on her face. Peculia beamed with joy happy that her friend wanted to try to know her boyfriend personally.

She seriously didn't want her friend and boyfriend to be on bad terms. Plus she will be marrying him soon.

"I will have to ask him to come as the director of the company and not my boyfriend. And I guess we won't spend that much time together..." Peculia giggled a little sad that Stephen didn't want their relationship to be made public. But she understood him, he didn't want people to think that it is because they were going out that he got the post of director even though it was the truth.

"Okay if he won't mind" Mandy said

"He won't, we barely spend time together this days, so I am sure he will be as excited as me" Peculia said with a smile

"I am sure he won't come" Mandy said finishing her drink

"He will!" She argued

"Okay, okay let's finish work and get ready to go" Mandy said

.......

Peculia and Mandy booked a hotel to get ready for the night. Peculia wore a short long sleeve green dress, the back was nude and the front had spider laces starting from the neck to her collarbone. She wore matching green heels, soft makeup and some jewelries which all made her look way too mesmerizing. While Mandy wore a short black silky dress with red lace at the side, bold makeup and red heels. She too looked as mesmerizing as her friend.

They went out of their place with their hand bags and before entering the black Lamborghini which was waiting for them, Peculia remembered that she had to text Stephen.

*Peculia*

'Baby, I am heading to a party with Mandy, do you want me to send you the address so you can join us?'

She wrote excitedly with a huge innocent smile on her face.

*Stephen*

'No, I am having an important meeting tonight, some other time'

He wrote almost instantly, and her smile dropped. She didn't know that he had a meeting tonight, her secretary told her that he was free tonight.

Mandy came behind her and read the message. When she did she laughed while Peculia's expression saddened even more

*Peculia*

'okay'

"I don't want to say that I told you but I did" Mandy said entering the Lamborghini. Peculia queitly joined sitting beside her

"Please try you best not to annoy me more than I am, throughout this party"

"I'll try...or maybe not. How can I not? When I know that you will be someone's wife and we will not have time to spend together anymore" Mandy complained making Peculia smile faintly

"Do you really want that life? I mean don't it scare you to have kids, take care of them and your husband. You know even if he is like kind with you now he can change after he marry you. And I don't really trust him-

"Don't worry about me it is what I..want" Peculia said and forced a smile "And I will always have time to spare you because you are my favorite person in the world" with that Mandy hugged her tightly

"I love you" Mandy spoke

"I love you too"

"I am sure that he tells you that he loves you all the fucking time that is why you are so blind in love with him right" Mandy said nonchalantly and kinda jealous

"Did he ever tell you that he loved you?" She now asked after peculia didn't react to her comment.

Peculia realized that Stephen has never ones said that he loved her orally, he has only being writing that on the letters he will leave in her locker in highschool. Even the day he proposed to her, he didn't say that like they do in those romance films. She didn't know what to feel right now, she just made her best not to show her disappointment and shove it away

"Yes" Peculia said with a smile, it was obvious that she was lying but Mandy didn't want to investigate and make her spit the truth so she just said.

"Okay" Sad for her friend who wanted to give herself to a man who doesn't merit her.

......

When they arrived at beverly's mansion, they were queit surprised to see saw many cars parked here and there. This was one of the biggest parties they ever saw someone throw for a birthday.

Anyways beverly was rich rich, there was a large swimming pool, a large garden having trees and flowers and lights all around the house, from outside, the mansion looked like a castle and was really old but still beautiful. The interior was just as magnificent as the exterior, having a high ceiling, paints decorating the walls, chandeliers, luxurious fabrics here and there. Of course she was coming from a royal family which are really rare and mostly exist in country x. Here in country A they were only two royal families the Johnson's, Beverly's family and the young's Mandy's family.

There was a ball in the main room but Mandy and Peculia were sitter at the bar sipping some drinks as they were counting the number of celebrities who entered the place.

"Oh! That's Cha Eungo my favorite Korean actor, he is also an idol" Mandy said surprised by his presence here.

"That's Bella hidad, my favorite model" Peculia said also surprised to see all of them.

"That's what happens when a royalty throws a party" Mandy said completely drunk. The girls kept talking about the celebrities forgetting that they were also celebrities, which was the only reason why beverly invited them.

"Do you know where the toilets are?" Peculia asked Mandy.

"I don't know just look for them girl, I need to look for myself a man" Mandy replied too drunk to stand and search for toilets, but not for men.

So Peculia entered the elevator and decided to go to the last floor which was the 4th. When she stepped out of it she cat walked like a woman coming out straight from the modeling industry despite the fact that she was shorter than most of them. Only 5ft4

She was surprised to hear moans coming out of some rooms here. The 4th floor was build like a hotel, they were chambers lining the corridors. She decided to go back down after walking and only hearing moans. Surprise that none of them seem sound proof.

She stopped in front of one particular room where she could hear Stephen's voice or was she hallucinating because she missed him so much. She had to check whether it was really Stephen or not or she won't be at ease.

She went closer to the door and saw that it wasn't completely closed so she looked inside and was shocked to see beverly lying on Stephen's chest, they were both naked and covered by a blanket

"Fuck" Peculia cursed under her breath. Stephen was stroking beverly's hair and looked so affectionate with her, that it made Peculia sober up immediately.

"So tell me why did you propose to that bitch?" She heard beverly ask him.

"Thanks to her, her father made me the director of one of the biggest companies in country A and you know-

"I know that already!" She yelled cutting him off

"I want more, being the director of that company doesn't give me the money I want as her dad is still having the biggest shares. So maybe if I marry her I will be able to have access to her properties which I will sell and I will now be able to give you the luxurious life you merit" he told her

"And what about her?" She asked him, noticing me and looking my way with the most devilish smirk she has ever plastered

"I don't care about her, you r father said that the only way for me to marry you is to be wealthy enough to be able to take care of you, so she will just help me turn into a wealthy man" he said and laughed. Then he leaned down and kissed her

Peculia's heart dropped

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