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Third-person pov:
"You never told me about your sister..." Richard asked Theodore with a naughty smirk, but Theodore glared at Richard.
"Come on, she is hot and now we are friends..." Hearing Richard's words, Theodore fisted his palms in rage, as he was already aware of Richard's casanova image among girls.
"Keep your damn d**k in your pants around my sister, or else I won't hesitate to empty my gun's bullets between your head..." Theo warned Richard
Before Richard said anything else to irritated Theodore, he got interrupted by the melodious but frightened voice of Nessie.
"Bro...." Theodore instantly turned his gaze toward Nessie, who was hurriedly striding toward him, and in the blink of an eye, she embraced Theodore in his arms.
**Such a crybaby! But you like her...** Richard said in his mind, staring at her from top to bottom, as she was looking like a cute bride in a gorgeous white gown which Leonard had gifted to Kathy last year on her birthday.
Theodore also wrapped his arms around his sister, " What's wrong baby girl...?"
Nessie shook her head, fisting Theo's suit jacket tightly, " Can we go home please, I am not feeling good here..."
Theo frowned and looked at his wife, who had been standing behind Nessie with alert expressions.
"What's wrong with her?" Theo directly asked Ariel, holding his sister possessively in his arms
"I don't know honey, she was standing with Leo, and when I..." Before Ariel could complete her words, they all heard the loud booming sound of Leonard.
Nessie flinched and snuggled deeper into Theo's arms, as a rabbit hides in its burrow
"Relax, just calm down okay!" Theodore said to his sister, kissing her head in an assuring manner, that he won't let anyone hurt her.
All the guest's gazes were stuck upstairs, Richard also look upstairs.
They couldn't see Leonard, but they all could hear the sound of trashing which Leonard had been creating due to his rage by kicking and throwing the things here and there.
"What happened to him?" Richard asked Ariel, with a worried expression.
"I think we should go up and see him!" Kathy said, with a panicked expression
"You know if we go upstairs at this time, he would only get angry at us or maybe he would take all his anger out on us, " Ariel said with a worried expression but didn't remove her gaze from upstairs.
"You stay with Ariel, I'll be back in a minute, " Theo said to his sister but Nessie tightened her grip on her brother's arms.
Theodore smiled and patted her cheek, " Calm down, I'll be back in a minute, " Theodore said
"He can... He can hurt you bro! " Nessie let out.
Theodore smiled in assuring manner, "He won't! "
"I am also coming with you, " Richard said, moving upstairs with Theodore
"What must have happened that he has been raging like a bull, " Kathy asked Ariel
"You know he just needs a reason to get upset, " Ariel said
Nessie didn't say a word but kept staring at them from the distance, "Deal with the guest Kat, I need to check Nick," Ariel said to Kathy and moved toward the room.
Kathy turned back with a huge smile on her face and told the guests to enjoy the party in her cheerful tone.
Seeing Kathy's smile all the guests started enjoying the party as if they were habitual of such scenarios.
Nessie was a little stunned because a few seconds ago all the guests were as shocked and surprised as she was but now the guests had been behaving as if nothing happened.
She also noticed that there were not many guests, but only 20 guests and almost all the guests were male and the powerful people of Australia, including the president and the son of the president.
Suddenly someone hugged Nessie from the back, Nessie cringed but when Kelly's fragrance hit her nose, she calmed down and twirled back then pulled Kelly for a tight hug.
"Oh my God, you are shivering!" Kelly said,
"Love I am going upstairs to check Leo, " James said
Kelly only nodded her head, as her whole attention was on frightened Nessie because she was aware of Nessie's scared nature. She knew how easily Nessie gets frighten hearing loud screams, "What's the wrong girl...?" Kelly asked again, rubbing Nessie's back
Instead of telling her the reason of her shivering Nessie told Kelly about Theo.
"I got Theo! (Nessie looked into Kelly's eyes)
I found him, Kelly, I finally found him!" looking at Nessie's face at that moment it was hard to say whether she was smiling or crying as her eyes had been filled with tears and there had been a cute smile on her lips.
On the other hand, Kelly was completely surprised, then after a minute, a huge smile appeared on Kelly's lips.
Kelly started jumping up and down in pure enthusiasm as she was happy for her best friend after all Kelly had seen how much Nessie had been struggling to find her brother.
Both friends hugged each other in pure joy, "This dress has been looking gorgeous on you, Ness,..." Hearing Kathy's voice, both Nessie and Kelly turned their gaze toward her.
"Thanks, but I must say you have amazing taste in clothes, " Nessie replied, with a smile.
Kathy came close to them," Well the credit for choosing this dress goes to my brother Leo, he was the one who had gifted me this dress last year on my birthday, "
"Oh" that's the only word Nessie said,
"Come let's have drinks!" Kathy said, but Kelly smiled
"She doesn't drink, "
Kathy looked at Nessie with a surprised expression.
Nessie nodded her head with a sorry expression.
Kathy wrapped her arm around Nessie, " Come on babe don't say no, today is my birthday, and your best friend also got engaged to James,"
Hearing Kathy's words, Nessie instantly turned her gaze to Kelly who had been showing her ring proudly to Nessie with a giant smile.
"Oh babe, I am so sorry I got late, " Nessie said while pulling Kelly for a hug
"I am so happy for you..."
But Kelly made little distance between her and Nessie by grabbing her hand, " So you were already aware that James was planning to propose to me? "
Nessie passed a tight lip smile to Kelly while nodding her head, " He told me at Mall, (Kelly narrowed her gaze at Nessie) Hy I honestly wanted to tell you but James said he wanted to give you a surprise, that's why I agreed to keep his secret..." Hearing Nessie's explanation, Kelly hugged Nessie once again.
"Relax, I was just teasing, " Kelly said, patting her back, then she freed her from her arms and looked at Kathy
"If I got engaged with James today, she played an important role in it,"
"Really!" Kelly asked in pure excitement, seeing her excitement anyone could say that she was interested to know the whole story.
"Stop Kelly, " Nessie said and turned her attention on Kathy and told her
"Happy Birthday!" While hugging her tightly
"Hey you can't drink but you can give us company while drinking,..." Kathy said and Nessie happily agreed, as she can't say no to the birthday girl.
Upstairs in the sitting area:
With heavy sigh, Richard, Theo, and James entered the sitting area at the same time, they all were looking extremely serious and their expressions were looking as cold as ice.
The entire area was looking like a trash bin as there were many glass pieces scattered over the floor along with alcohol, broken tables, and pillows, even the walls of the room were also painted with wine stains.
It seemed as if a storm had come into this room and destroyed everything.
Seeing the condition of the area, they understood that Leonard must have been burning in anger at this moment.
All three friends stared at each other, then look around the room, They found Leonard standing near the giant window.
Leo had been staring out of the window and had a bottle of wine in his hand, His aura was looking very scary and powerful, And the way he had been staring at the shining moon, could fill terror in anyone's heart...
They noticed How tightly Leonard was clenching the bottle, it had been looking like it would break any second in his palm.
Theo was about to move toward him, but James grabbed his hand, " I don't think he is in the mood to talk, "
"At least we should ask him what's the matter..." Theodore said,
James was about to say no but he was cut off by Richard, "he is right..."
All three started moving toward Leonard, while carefully looking at the floor as there was darkness and the whole floor was slippery and dangerous because of the glass pieces and alcohol that were squirted over the floor.
"What's wrong Leo?" Theo asked, his gut feeling had been telling him that something bad has happened.
"You have to go to Switzerland with Ariel tonight for a month," Leonard said, in a cold tone.
"That's not possible Leo, my sister is here and I can't leave her here all alone, " Theo said
"Then take her with you, I don't care but you have to go there and you have to leave tonight..." Leonard said, with a sigh turning his gaze toward Theo
"What's the matter?" Theo asked again, seeing the cold and ferocious expressions on Leonard's face.
"I don't want to lose the Switzerland hotel project,
Right now only you can save that project ( Theodore was about to say something but Leonard showed his palm to him)
That project is not a matter of business but a matter of my ego, and you know I bear anything, but I can't bear even a scratch over my ego..." Leonard said, putting the bottle on the broken glass table.
"James will accompany you and if you want Richard, you can take him too..." Leonard said, but Richard instantly raised his hand
"I can't go, I need to deliver a consignment to India and that needs my attention because the meeting will take place under my supervision..." Richard said.
"I have no problem accompanying him (Theo) but I'll take Kelly with me..." James said in an equally cold tone as Leonard
On the other side, Theodore was standing quiet, he couldn't say no to Leonard as he was completely drowned in the ocean of Leonard's favors.
"I need to talk to my sister on this matter..." That's the only words Theodore said, and without hearing anything he left the sitting area.
Theodore didn't ask Leo why he wasn't going to Switzerland as he was already aware of Leo's reason.
Downstairs:
Many gazes were fixed on Nessie, everyone was looking curious about her identity but no one dare to approach her.
Nessie was laughing hard as Kathy was doing Richard's mimicry but suddenly Theo stood in front of her, Nessie got excited to see her brother.
"Can we go home now, bro...?" Nessie asked Theo grabbing his palm like a toddler as she wanted to discuss loads of stuff with her brother, she wanted to tell him all the past four-year story she had spent without him.
"We need to go to Switzerland tonight!" Theodore said,
"Switzerland?" Nessie asked, and Theodore nodded his head.
"You are leaving me again?" Nessie asked with moist eyes, but Theodore instantly cupped her face.
"I am not going alone, you are coming with me...!" Theodore explained,
"Tomorrow I have an interview and I can't skip it nor I can come with you to Switzerland at this moment because I have been doing a job here..." Nessie explained because she had already applied for her Master's program here.
"I can't leave you all alone here Ness..." Theo said,
Nessie grabbed his palms by which he had been holding her face, "Then don't go anywhere, "
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