CHAPTER EIGHT
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"You have a sweet laugh and it sounds familiar too." Stella muttered absentmindedly.
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Ariel's lips pressed together in nervousness, she placed her spoon down and drew back from the table ready to leave.
"Where are you going to?. You have to stay and continue eating."
Alan said to Ariel when he noticed that she was trying to leave from the dining room, Ariel bit her lips nervously. Stella realized what she had done when Elias hit her legs,
"I'm so sorry mistress, please ignore my blabbering." Stella remarked, her master's gaze sent shivers down her toes.
Ariel nodded her head with a hmmm and continue with what she was doing, Ariel finished eating in less than five minutes and then she ran out from the dinning to return to her room.
After Ariel left, Alan's gaze turned grim. "Stellaaa"
Stella choked on her food when she heard her name, swears formed under her feet resulting from her nervous scratching. "Master, I am sorry. I didn't mean to."
Stella begged and pleaded with her eyes. Alan sighed, he knew she didn't mean to make Ariel uncomfortable on purpose but still she ended up making her uncomfortable her.
"Don't speak recklessly next time."
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Maria arrived at the address that was sent to her by Bluce. It was a club house but secluded and hidden within the city houses, she paid the taxi man and climbed down from the cab and then went inside.
Maria's face scrunched into a frown when she walked into the club, the place reeked of cheap alcohol and the music was overbearing, the people inside danced around like little flies.
"How dare he invite me to a place like this, it's full of dirty and disgusting humans." Maria muttered to herself looking around if she would find him.
Bluce noticed Maria standing at the entrance from far away, he climbed down the stairs and walked towards her, a smile hanging on his lips.
"Hey Maria." Maria was startled when she heard the voice behind but when she turned, it was Bluce and a sigh of relief left her mouth.
"Bluce!! What the hell is this place? It's so dirty and the people here are uncultured too." Maria scolded almost immediately.
Having being birthed as a princess, Maria had never been to these type of places before. She had only been to high end bars and clubs where it was only people of high class like the masters and mistresses of the city who stayed there.
Bluce held back a chuckle, he knew this would be her reaction and he enjoyed it.
"Sorry for keeping you waiting, I was getting us a private room. Come on, let's go up." Bluce gestured giving her a smile, Maria frowned but she went along with him regardless.
Soon they were out of the first floor and the next floor was somewhat better than the previous one, Maria sighed in frustration. She should have rejected the invitation.
"I chose this place because you didn't want to be seen by others and right here no one knows you. Or rather, they mind their various business and won't care about you being here."
Bluce explained knowing fully well what was going through Maria's mind, he led the way down the hallways to the very end where it was quiet. The hallways had blue and red bulbs which illuminated the hallways.
Maria realized Bluce was right, "Thank you for being considerate." Maria muttered expressing gratitude for his smart thinking or else, her father would be done with her if she had another scandal.
Bluce came to a stop at the front of a door and the door was pushed open by Bluce leading her into the room..
The room looked nearly average than the standard in which she had been to in clubs before. "Looks quite okay." Maria commented.
"This is one of the best rooms around here, although it's not as pretty as the others in high end clubs, I hope you like it?" Bluce remarked while taking off his jacket.
His blonde hair made him stand out in the room, he was tall and had a well proportioned body. Maria blinked looking at his back, she couldn't lie about not having any feelings for him but he the only problem was that he didn't have money neither does he have a wealthy or well connected family with the right connections.
She didn't want to suffer with a man who was barely surviving on his own, she wanted a fulfilled and rich life to fill her ego.
Bluce sat down on the couch beside Maria and turned the red wine that was in the bottle into a glass. Stretching out his hand, he handed it over to Maria.
"Come on take it." He urged Maria bringing her out of her thoughts.
Maria hummed and smiled, taking the glass from him absent-mindedly. She gulped down the glass in one go, the wine had quite a good taste and it tasted nice too.
"This tastes nice, where did you get it?" Maria questioned placing her glass down.
"I got it from the bar downstairs, other than this place looking shabby, they have one of the best wines here." Bluce couldn't help but brag about it.
Maria nodded, she wanted to get out of here and go back home already so she decided to go straight to the point. "Soooo I wanted to say thank you for helping me out."
"I am sincerely grateful for you spreading that exclusive information to keep my name out of the mouth of the public, thank you so much. If there's anyway I can repay you then place just let me know. I will be more than willing to pay."
Bluce smiled, "I did it because I care a lot about you. You don't have to repay me, all you have to do is love me back and I will keep protecting you."
Maria felt shivers climb up her spine at his creepy smile, he knew she would never love him in that manner yet he was asking that from her.
"Bluce, I have a fiancee. I can't love you."
"You had a fiancee, correct that Maria. I know your sister got married and not you, don't lie to me. You are very much single and free now."
"I remember how you complained you didn't want him, now you are free to be with me." Bluce muttered his eyes flashing with a glint of possessiveness in them.
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