Chapter 4 Unlocking New Positions
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A man on the central stage was talking into a microphone. “I’m so delighted that you can all be here to join my engagement party. Then please witness this glorious moment with me!”
Julie suddenly felt nervous. That sound...
She slowly turned her head towards the stage, and to no surprise, there was Andrew, holding the microphone.
His engagement party?
She hadn’t heard anything about this, so it was clear that she wasn’t the one being proposed to.
Julie raised her head, and angrily stared at her companion’s chin. “Are you trying to make fun of me?”
Hadn’t he said that they were here to see his ex? How had it turned into Andrew’s engagement party? He had momentarily saved her from Andrew, only to bring her back to him? What did he want? Was it his intention to embarrass her in front of all these people?
Then Julie regretted her instinct to believe this strange, dangerous man. He looked so calm, but was he actually plotting some evil plan?
That man lowered his head to look at the angry woman by his side. He took out a cigar, and lit it.
Surrounded by a cloud of smoke, she could no longer read his expression, but she managed to catch a glimpse of his twitching lip.
At that moment, she wanted to escape that place.
She could see a smiling Andrew, still on stage, bringing forth a pretty little box. Julie’s feet were fixed to the floor. She couldn’t seem to move.
Andrew hadn’t yet noticed Julie’s presence, but many of his guest already had. They mostly knew about their relationship, so they kept their distance, and let her walk past them towards the stage.
At first, Andrew was surprised to see her; then he was furious.
After a mere three seconds, he got off the stage, and walked towards another person. A very beautiful woman among the crowd.
That woman acted as though she was surprised, and softly said: “Oh my God, what are you doing?”
Andrew kneeled, and lifted his hands high, which held the ring.
“Jasmine, would you marry me? I will love you forever with my whole heart.”
It was so beautiful, and all the guests looked so surprised. They looked back and forth, from Jasmine to Julie.
At that moment, Jasmine timidly replied: “Andre, I love you too. But...”
“That’s enough!” Andrew said with frustration. “No one can tear us apart.”
He looked at Julie, who was not too far away, and glared angrily. Then he softly gazed at Jasmine.
“Jasmine, I don’t love her. I love you. Please say yes.”
Jasmine’s eyes turned red, and she looked beseechingly at him. “Don’t be like this. My sister would be heartbroken. She treats you so well. I can’t do anything that’ll disappoint her.”
Andrew suddenly looked at Julie with a cold expression, and raised his voice at her: “Julie Finch, we’re broken up now. Don’t even think about hurting her!”
Hurt that b***h? What a joke!?
A few hours ago, Jasmine had been begging her for forgiveness!
Laurence Finch and Linda White had dressed up for the event.
So, was she the only one who hadn’t known about the engagement party?
Was she the black sheep in her family?!
When she looked around, she saw Laurence in the crowd. But he didn’t seem to want to do anything, besides hide amongst the other guests.
But she noticed that he looked her way with hate. It was like she was an embarrassment to him.
Her sister had stolen her boyfriend, and he blamed her?!
Then she began to hear to whispers around her:
“What’s happening? Two sisters have the same husband?”
“What can she do now?”
“I said it before. Andrew wouldn’t love a woman like her. He must like cuter girls, like everyone else.”
“Julie Finch is doomed. She has so many enemies now, because of Andrew.”
“She’s pathetic.”
Even though Julie was heartbroken, she had to act as if she didn’t care what happened, or what people said.
She had to fight back.
“I’ve got to say, you play it well, Jasmine. I was thinking about how to dump him and now here you are. I must thank you.”
Julie smiled happily, but Andrew felt guilty when he recognized the man standing next to her.
That man looked at them. Though he didn’t speak, everyone could feel his power. Then, he placed his hands on Julie’s shoulders.
Julie instinctively wanted to push his hands away, but she realized that Andrew wanted to embarrass her, and she couldn’t let that happen.
She grabbed his tie, and pulled his ear close to her mouth. From a distance, they looked like a sweet couple, but Julie angrily whispered: “Asshole, if you don’t want me to kill you, then do what I say.”
The man gently touched her head, which made Julie’s heart beat faster. Then he whispered into her ear: “They call me Lord P.”
Lord my ass! Julie thought.
She was furious, but continued to smile. “Actually, I’ve been with Lord P. for a while now. He’s so handsome, and we’ve unlocked some new positions together. It’s so unforgettable.”
Unlocked new positions?
That was maybe the best, strangely-put phrase Lord P. had ever heard. He was smiling.
Watching them being so close and comfortable around each other, Andrew was shaking with anger. Julie had loved him for five years, but she’d never been so warm.
That Lord P. he barely knew, had stolen her away in front of the coffeeshop.
He wasn’t happy to hear the news, so he pointed at Julie and spoke: “Julie Finch, you shameless b***h! You said you loved me, but you immediately went to find yourself another man!”
Julie shrugged helplessly, and said: “I didn’t want it to happen like this. But when my options are a needle mushroom and a king oyster mushroom, of course I’d choose the king oyster!”
“You...who are you calling a needle mushroom?”
“Oh, why do you ask if you don’t think it’s you?”
Everyone was laughing.
At that time, Jasmine was jealous of her sister. She had been lying on her face after the events of the coffeeshop, so she had never seen the man’s face.
But in comparison with Andrew, who was wearing the same black Armani suit, that new man looked much more handsome. He looked cold, but powerful.
And whoever was invited to the banquet came from a wealthy, notorious family. But Jasmine couldn’t place which family this outstanding man belonged to.
Most importantly, she wonders, when did Julie get to know him?
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