CHAPTER TWO

"What is it?" Lia was already expecting what was going to come next.

" Please forgive me, but I'm pregnant and it's Jack's" Lia pretended to be shocked.

"Which Jack, is there another Jack I don't know about?"

"Your boyfriend," Mabel said with a straight face.

"Please Forgive me and him but I love him and I will do anything just to be with him," Mabel said while forcing out crocodile tears.

"Oh" Lia also began to tear up. Two can play this game.

"It's ok if you don't want to have anything to do with me anymore, but I just couldn't contain the love that I have for him, so please just let us be"

"Why didn't you tell me about your feelings for him earlier?"

"It was because I didn't know how you would react and I didn't want to lose you, I love you so much, Lia"

"If that's how you feel about jack then I won't be a burden to you and him anymore, I will break up with him I promise you" Lia assured Mabel.

"Thank you, sis you are the best"

How naive, so easily deceived. I'll take everything away from you one by one. I'll pay you and you're pathetic father for humiliating me and looking down on me all these years, Mabel thought to herself.

Not long after Mabel left Lia began to pack up her things to leave, she was done with her shift for that day.

" Lia" it was Mary again.

"What's wrong?"

"I was wondering if you would be able to join us tonight, we are all going clubbing," Mary said 'we' including their other colleagues.

"Thank you for inviting me, but I think I'll pass this time"

"Ok, but if you change your mind we are all meeting up at the Night king"

"Ok, thanks again." Lia doesn't do clubs, she has a very low alcohol tolerance. Just one shot could get her on top of a hill.

Lia wasn't also very good at socializing, Mabel had always managed to convince lia that she didn't need anyone else except her and Lia's dad. While doing that Mabel would go behind Lia's back and spread false rumors about her.

People hated Lia without even trying to get to know her.

When Lia got to her apartment she noticed that her door was already unlocked. She grabbed an umbrella for protection just in case.

Everywhere was completely dark, suddenly the living room lights were turned on. She was about to smack that person in the head but stopped in her tracks when she saw who it was.

"What are you doing here and how did you get in?"

"Surprise, surprise babe I missed you so much. You know keeping your spare keys under the rug isn't a good place right?"

"What do you want?"

"I want you, love"

"Get out"

"Why? but you just got here babe"

"Leave before I call the cops on you jack"

"Are you mad at me?"

" I don't know, maybe I just don't want to associate myself with someone who slept around and got them pregnant"

"Shit" the color drained out of Jack's face.

That bitch, she couldn't just keep her mouth shut now, could she?. Mabel wasn't supposed to tell Lia anything about her and jack.

They had agreed that jack was going to be the one to tell Lia himself. But deep down Mabel knew that he wasn't going to do that. So she did it herself and also why would she want to Miss the look on Lia's face.

"It was a mistake, Lia, I swear to you. I love you. I will get rid of the baby if you want, but please don't do this to me" Lia lost it and slapped jack on the face.

"How can you even say that? Goodbye Jack"

"Fine, you are going to regret what you just did to me, when you come back to me I'll make sure you kneel and beg me" with that jack stormed off.

"I have to change my lock now" Lia sighed, what a shitty day it was today.

At last, Lia finally decided to join her colleagues at the club. She needed to relieve herself. Even if it were just for a night.

Lia didn't go out that much so she didn't have many clothes. But she had a dress for that night it was her mother's favorite dress, at least that's what her father told her.

She informed Mary that she was going to join them tonight.

When she got there the first thing she noticed was the strong stench of alcohol lingering around the place. She wasn't much of a drinker she had only had about three glasses of wine in the twenty-five years of her life.

All her colleagues were already present and having fun. When she finally went over to meet them, they all stopped what they were doing and stared at her.

"Oh, look the Queen has finally arrived" that was Karen speaking.

"Sorry, I'm late" Lia apologized.

After a while, everyone continued with whatever they were doing right before she had arrived. I guess they were not comfortable with Lia. After all, she always seemed so reserved she had never come out to one of their outings before.

A few of them, however, tried to make petty talk with her. Lia had never felt so awkward before in her life. Maybe it was because she didn't have to talk to people.

After a while, lia loosened up and started having fun. She even took a sip from alcohol, a big mistake.

"Hi my name is Christian, Chris for short" one of her colleagues tried to introduce himself.

"I know who you are"

"You know my name?"

"Of course, what kind of person would it make me if I didn't know the names of my colleagues"

Everyone kept quiet again.

"So you're telling us that you can mention every one of us names?" this was Benjamin speaking.

"I am saying that, yes"

"I don't believe you"

Lia cleared her throat and mentioned each of their names while pointing at them.

" Benjamin, Mary, Chris, Sophia............. and lastly Karen"

"Didn't your mother ever tell you not to point at strangers?" Karen barked.

"No, she didn't. She was already dead before I took in my first breath" that seemed to have shut Karen up for now.

"We are so sorry to hear that" Mary apologized on behalf of the others while Karen earned a scowl.

Lia was more than tipsy at that moment and she felt as if she was going to throw up all her organs.

She told Mary and a few others where she was going. Chris offered to follow her but she politely declined.

She went straight to the bathroom, did her business, and came out.

As she was heading back out she stumbled and waited for the impact with her eyes closed but luckily she hit a wall. The wall was warm and also had abs. Why would a wall have abs? Lia unconsciously started running her arms on the wall.

Why is this wall breathing? Lia was now getting kind of confused. She finally opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was the naked chest of a man.

His button was half done. The second thing she noticed was her hand inside his shirt. She quickly withdrew herself back away from him and covered her face with her hands out of total embarrassment.

She was about to go when the stranger suddenly held her right by her hand. That's when she finally mustered the courage to look up.

He was handsome, she thought. He had his piercing grey eyes staring at her face as if it was something he had craved but been deprived of for a very long time.

"Handsome stranger, won't you let me go? " lia asked

"No, never again" with that the stranger carried her away from the crowd. Nothing was going to get in between him and Lia that night.

The employees didn't bother to utter a word about what was happening after all it was his club. Why would they sacrifice themselves for someone they did not know?

Even her colleagues were too drunk and wasted to notice that lia was gone for too long. Well all of them except one person.

Ring ring ring

"What?"

"Boss, where are you? the meeting is about to start"

"I'm out"

"Should I cancel the meeting?"

"No, handle it"

"But boss they specifically asked for your presence"

" Gideon, I don't like repeating myself, and you know that so fucking handle it"

He hung up on the poor guy.

"Handsome stranger, what do you want from me?" Lia didn't wait for his reply before she fell asleep.

Leo continued to drive into the night sky while stealing glances at her every now and then. He felt as if she would just disappear into thin air and he would never be able to see her again.