Chapter 32

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Sahana P.O.V. (Saturday)

It's now 5:00 p.m. and I was getting ready for Blaire's party.

I left work earlier than usual to go shop for a new dress since I wore all of mine plenty of times.

All meaning like 5 dresses.

Repeatedly.

3:30 p.m

I entered into the store, and my mouth dropped in awe as my eyes landed on the various stunning dresses being displayed.

"Ok Sahana, let's get to work."

I shuffled through all the racks, grabbing everything that caught my eye. I headed to the dressing room area, with at least 15 dresses in my hand.

The lady there looked at the pile in my hands.

What the fuck is this bitch doin with all these dresses!? Is probably what she was thinking.

"How many?" she smiled through her gritted teeth.

I laughed awkwardly, "15."

She sighed, "This way ma'am." and led me to a fitting room.

I entered and neatly hung all the dresses and prepared to drop a bomb in there.

14 dresses later, I was beginning to lose hope.

I went through strapped,

to off the shoulder,

to halter top,

to long and flowy,

basically every type of dress you can think of.

I even sent pictures to Cassia and Sami, hoping they would have different opinions,

but no.

Today they decided to agree with me.

Out of all days, it had to be today.

"Ok, lucky 15." I looked up at the ceiling for God to send all the blessings they had for me and put on the dress.

I stared at myself in the mirror.

My lips slowly formed a smile in satisfaction,

"YES, FINALLY THIS IS THE ONE!!"

It was a black mini dress with lace detail throughout and a part showing a line of my midriff.

Baby blue and white flowers displayed onto it, with slight ruffles towards the end of the skirt area.

The dress had long faintly puffed sleeves, that closed at the wrist.

It was perfect.

I squealed in excitement, leaving the store.

5:45 p.m.

I was putting on the final touches to the outfit with silver dangling earrings, and a couple sprays of perfume onto my wrists then rubbed it onto my neck.

My hair was at a half up half down, with the top half Dutch braided from both sides then connected together, leaving the end to be a ponytail.

I pulled out some strands to frame my face and finished the look off with applying a subtle coat of lip gloss, and mascara.

"Ok you're ready." I smiled.

I put on my thin-strapped gold heels and exited my apartment after kissing Monty, then headed towards the garage. Entering my car, I put in the address to the location and drove away.

15 minutes later, I reached the area and was stunned by another thing today.

"Woah, damn."

"This is crazy."

I parked my car in a spot and got out to admire the view.

A large building was the main eyecatcher, that had a contemporary style to it.

Since it was already dark out, lights were lit, leading the pathway to the entrance.

In a separate section, several tiny fountains sprawled out, each displaying a different color, adding to the place's distinctiveness.

I grabbed my handbag and walked my way to the entrance.

The place was already filled with men in high fashion suits, and women with their elegant dresses all making small talk with one another as they enjoy a tall glass of sparkling champagne.

I looked down at my outfit,

"What the hell, I look like the 99-cent store version compared to all these people!?"

I sighed in frustration after seeing all the hard work I went through for my appearance, going down the drain.

"Sahana!!" I turned to hear who called my name.

I grinned, "Blaire!!" she quickly walked towards me, her arms stretched out enveloping me.

I pulled away and praised her look.

A long gold strapped dress fit her petite body, with blonde hair elegantly pulled back in a loose low bun with strands falling next to the sides of her face.

She had a classic celebration look.

A subtle gold smokey eye, with a lighter and more sparkly shade in her inner corner, making her eyes appear even brighter as they already did.

Eyelashes were curled and mascara applied to perfection. Her cheeks were lightly bronzed, enhancing the blush to show through more. Her look was finally finished off with a nude lip and gloss shining over.

"You look so beautiful!!" I beamed.

"But I thought this was going to be some sort of cocktail party, not a whole freaking formal wedding??"

"Look at me! I want to go sit and hide in a corner?!"

"What are we going to do now, dance in the ballroom next door??"

Blaire snickered, "What are you talking about, you look amazing!!"

I scoffed, "Have you seen yourself in the mirror yet?"

Blaire waved her hand at me in embarrassment, "Ahh stapp."

"Blaire!! Come over here, we need you!!"

She turned to me, "Sorry I gotta go to them, talk to you later ok?"

I nodded and watched her walk away with the dress gliding across the floor.

My face scrunched together, "Oof, hope that floor isn't dirty."

"Well isn't it a surprise to see you here, Sahana."

Oh that voice, it seemed familiar.

Too familiar.

I turned around to see a tall man, nicely fitted into a classic suit and tie.

His hair was done and looked like how it always does.

Unfortunately, fucking sexy.

Eyes that bloomed with shades of hazel and brown, were slightly widened due to being suddenly surprised.

The man who stood in front of me was no other than,

My new friend.

"Jai! What a surprise seeing you here too?" I awkwardly laughed.

"What are you doing here?" he asked and walked closer to me.

"Oh, I don't think I told you what I actually do as a living. I'm the CEO of my company, SK Beauty that creates and sells natural beauty products."

"And since Blaire just opened her company, she's just been reaching out for advice from me." I intertwined my fingers together, trying to seem more professional.

"Oh my god, you're right. This whole time I didn't even know what you did for a living, until now." he realized, and looked a little disappointed in himself.

"It's ok, I never mentioned it to you anyway," I reassured him and began fiddling with my fingers.

"I'm happy though, that Blaire invited someone I knew at least." He smiled, "This whole time, I've been stuck in boring conversations with all the older men and women."

"They kept asking the same questions over and over again, it was so hard to escape." He shook his head, making me laugh.

Jai then turned his head and pointed to the bar area, "You wanna have a drink?" I contemplated whether I should have one or not but then realized I have to drive home.

"Do you think they might have a sprite instead?"

He smiled, "Let's go find out."

We reached the bar and took our seats.

The bartender came up to the counter, "What would you guys like to drink?"

"Do you have sprite?" I awkwardly laughed.

The bartender nodded, "Yes we do ma'am."

"Then I'll have that too."

I turned to Jai confused, "I thought you were going to have a drink?"

He shook his head, "I have to drive home too you know?"

"Ah, right." I nodded.

"I honestly don't drink that much anyway because of my surprisingly low tolerance." He looked down shaking his head in embarrassment.

I giggled, "Well then that makes the both of us."

Suddenly I heard,

"Well hello there miss.

"Can I buy you a drink?"

I turned to face a man who I could already tell was way older than me.

"Um, my drink is about to come, no thank you, sir." I politely declined.

The man refused to give up,

"Ok well, then I will pay for that drink and buy you another one, how about that?"

He was starting to tick me off,

"No I'm ok sir, thank you though." I gritted my teeth and gave him a close-lipped smile.

"Oh come on, why would you refuse this offer?"

"I know you want it."

Then I felt the skin of his dry hand slowly cover mine.

I quickly pulled it away from his grip.

Now I was pissed, "Excuse me sir, what the-"

But I stopped when I felt a hand go around my waist.

Strangely, I didn't feel any chills.

Yet I felt a certain warmth from the hand as it slightly gripped me.

I turned my head to see Jai close by my side, interrupting me,

"Sorry sir, my friend here gets very claustrophobic when it comes to being in crowds, so if you will please excuse us."

The man gave us a smug look.

Jai then turned his head to me and smiled gesturing his head towards the door,

"Come on, let's go."

When we reached outside, I felt his hand quickly slide away and shoved his hands in his pockets.

Chills went down my spine as a faint rush of wind passed through us.

"Ah, sorry about that."

"Both about the pervert and for what I just did."

"I couldn't think of any other way to get you out of there." He rubbed the back of his neck.

I shook my head, "No don't be sorry. I should be thankful that you stopped me from going off on that dick." He chuckled.

We embraced the chilly weather and the view from where we were.

I could see tiny puffs of clouds escape my mouth, as I stared at the bright full moon.

I glanced at Jai, as he stared down at the ground, breathing in and out, clouds forming as they escaped from his mouth into the cold air.

I could see his teeth start to chatter.

"I think we should go back in now," I chuckled.

Jai shot his head towards me and nodded, "Yeah, I'm getting a little cold."

We entered back into the building, to see the big group of people crowd around the stage next to the bar.

A spotlight showed on Blaire as she began her speech,

"Thank you so much everyone for celebrating this moment with me and were able to come to this party!!"

"I have some people I specifically want to thank if they would please come onto the stage."

As I was listening to her speech, I realized I never asked Jai why he was here.

I turned to him,

"Hey um, how come you're here?"

But before he could respond, I heard Blaire,

"To start off with, there was an investment banker behind it all that helped me through this process and played a big part in having it be a successful ending,"

She turned to where Jai and I were, initially making me confused.

Why is she pointing here?

Blaire extended her hand,

"Jai, if you will please come onto the stage." She smiled.

My eyes widened

HE WAS THE INVESTMENT BANKER BLAIRE WAS TALKING ABOUT?!

Jai looked at me,

"That's my cue."

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