Chapter 4 4

THE WHOLE RIDE going to the hotel was quite awkward. I didn't give him a single glance even I noticed him always looking at me every time he had a chance.

When the car stopped in front of the venue he first got off and he opened the door for me, offering his hand to support me.

I simply took it and then put it on his elbow. I can even feel his firm biceps but I neglected my thoughts and focused on walking to the red carpet.

Someone stopped us and took a picture. I didn't expect anyone to approach us as a writer. I know him, he's one of the most famous journalist.

"Is she your date for tonight Mr. Abraham Lincoln King?" he asked that made my eyes widen.

I didn't expect this, I didn't know that many knew him. All I know is, he's a psychiatrist and he's helping my mum handling the hospital right now, the reason why he's here.

But wait, Abraham? Seriously?

Mum even told me that he's my Tito and thinking that we're blood-related makes me wanna puke.

"Yes she is, excuse me," Lincoln answered and excused us. I was stunned the whole time we're walking towards my mum.

I only came back to my senses when mum introduced me to her business partner which is also a shareholder of the Navarosa Hospital.

"This is my daughter," she said while pointing at me.

I smiled and bow my head, "Good Evening, I'm Phelli Andra Hasuela," I said.

The woman, which I supposed the wife of Mr. Vazquez, smiled at me while his husband's talking to my mum.

"You're so gorgeous dear, how old are you?" Mrs. Vazquez asked.

"I'm still seventeen Ma'am," I answered.

"Oh! I have a son who's a year older than you but he's currently on Japan right now busy on his basketball career," she said and just nodded.

I don't want to be rude so even if I'm not very interested, I'll just nod unless my opinions are needed.

I looked around and I've noticed that the party had the minimalist vibe because of the formality and obviously it's a party for business tycoons. I even saw Kuya Cip and Ate Areah together with Kuya Allen.

Oh so he's Ate's date for tonight huh. Alani would be broken for this when she found out.

They approached me and Kuya Cip kissed me on my cheeks while Ate Areah hugged me tightly saying that she misses me so much and she's sorry for being absent in all of our past gatherings.

"It's really okay Ate, I know you're busy," I said glancing at Kuya Allen who's now talking with Lincoln. He knows a lot.

Ate Areah again caught my attention, "Oh Andra, this is Allen," she said grabbing Kuya Allen's biceps, "lover."

She added that made Kuya Allen's brows furrowed. I suppressed my laugh while looking at his reaction obviously, he didn't like what Ate was introducing.

"I already knew him Ate he's my friend's cousin Mona, remember her?" I asked.

Her eyes narrowed because Ate's a chinita.

"Oh! Yeah I remember her," she said.

I would have said more but Kuya Allen whispered something to her so they said goodbye to me because they really meant someone here. While Kuya Cip's talking to a businessman which is the owner of a famous firm.

Kuya Cip's an engineer while Ate Areah took up engineering. Yeah Madelo's are bunch of engineers and they are my cousins ​​from Dad's side.

When they left I was looking for something to drink and when the waiter passed in front of me I took a glass of blue liquid.

I drank it without thinking twice but when I almost emptied it, a gripped on my hand stopped me and grab the goblet immediately. He sniffed it and I heard him cursed. His blue eyes darkened when he turned to look at me, smiling at him.

"Oh Tito! I'm still not done with that," I said pointing at the goblet on his hand but he didn't give it back. He turned his back against me and I want to cry because he left me without saying anything.

"Excuse me Miss," a baritone voice interrupted my almost drama. I looked at him and saw how beautiful his sea-green eyes were.

"Wow," I said that's almost a whisper and he chuckled at my reaction. I think he's the same age as my Kuya Riel and Ate Ali.

"Are you okay?" he asked.

"Why?" I countered.

"You're sulking, almost sitting on the floor when that man walked away," he said at pointed Lincoln's way.

"Oh nothing!" I said that made him frown because of my high pitched voice. Must have been the alcohol's effect.

I almost stumbled when I was about to walk to where Lincoln's direction but then a hand gripped both on my shoulders.

"Careful, Miss?" the sea-green eyed man asked.

"Phelli And-"

"Take your hands off her," another baritone voice said but instead of a sea-green eyes, it was a blue one, like an ocean blue.

"Excuse me?" the man asked him.

"She's with me now get your hands off her," he said again and grabbed me resulting to me hugging his torso and leaning my face on his chest.

"You can leave now," he said while wrapping his left arm on my waist, balancing me.

"Okay man, don't be jealous," the sea-green eyed man said and I heard his footsteps walking away.

When the man left, he took me to the balcony near where we had been.

"Hmm," I snuggled closely to his chest and sniffed his scent. "You're so fragrant." I stated and I heard him chuckled.

"But you left me," I added and I felt the sides of my eyes heated.

"F*ck! I'm sorry baby," he said and cupped both of my cheeks.

"What baby? I'm not a baby anymore!" I shouted and punched his right cheek that made him face the left side. I began to panic when I saw him wiping the blood on his lips.

"I'm sorry, please don't get mad at me," I cried.

I heard him cursed that made me teared up more.

"Hey," he hugged me, "I'm not mad okay?" he said as he laid me down.

"I wanna go home," I said because my vision is getting blurry and my head is aching already.

"Okay baby, we'll go home."

His last words before I drove of to my dreamland.

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To be continued...