Chapter 3 Three

Mary pov

"Thought you said that you won't be able to come here?" Smith asked as he held my hand, kissing it before he twirled me and shaked his head gently.

"It's seems like you were expecting me to come, considering the fact that you came here alone" I teased while he chuckled as he pulled off his blazer.

"Something in me just told me that you'll come here" he shrugged as he wore his blazer for me.

"Smith , I'm not cold" I said with an eye roll.

" I'm not blind but I can't have you walking around this place in this lingerie you call a dress. Your body should be seen by me alone, I don't like it when people look at things that belong me, it makes me feel some how" he groaned as he ruffled his hair, he placed his hand on my back and helped me to our sit with his hand still on my back. I smiled at how he glared at other men staring at me.

"There's nothing wrong with this dress, you're just been skeptical. You don't expect me to dress in a sack bag here right" I snorted.

" With this body of yours, I think that's what you'll later start wearing whenever we're going to an event" he answered with a serious gaze and i threw my head backward laughing.

"For real, I hate the way they're staring at you. Don't ever wear this type of dress again except we're just chilling at home" he said and I chuckled at how jealous he is.

"This place is so nice, everyone here look so rich and beautiful" I said.

" They're wealthy" he corrected.

"I'm sorry for ruining the atmosphere of our date yesterday" i apologized suddenly and he smiled gently.

"It's fine, I'm just happy that you changed your mind and came here for me. I was feeling so bad seeing everyone with their partner while I'm alone" he muttered.

" I'm sorry" I apologized with a innocent but flirtatious voice while blinking my eye lashes in a slow mode.

"It's fine, your father asked about you earlier" he said as he showed me my father who was staring at us with a smirk and I felt uncomfortable but I ignored it feeling like I was overthinking things because of how our last meeting ended.

"He might have thought that we're still having issues or something but it's weird that my father talked to you" I said with a shrug.

" I was as surprised as you're when he walked to my table with his wife" he replied, " forget about that and enjoy the party" he said as he poured wine in to a glass and handed it over to me with a playful bow.

"Thanks, my prince in shining armor" I giggled as I collected it from him.

"That sounds so odd, give me a sweet name" he said with a cute puppy eye.

" Erm... I don't know, give me one first" I said.

" Erm, what about Lolita?" He asked with a smile.

" I like it. What about my Romeo?" I asked with a shrug.

" You don't like Jericho" he said sarcastically and I laughed.

"What about Xav?" I asked

"That's not quite romantic but we can actually start from there" he muttered with a smile as he stared at me with so much emotions and affection in his eyes. He suddenly started moving his hand around my back drawing some stuff on it while I just sat there enjoying the burning sensation his touch left on my skin, I was enjoying it so much and I felt my inner chrun in pleasure and I almost moaned out as my pussy throb. I rubbed my thighs together feeling hot in my lower region while he stared at me with a smirk as if he knows the effects he has on me

"Smith ! Good morning" a lady walked to our table greeting Smith with a wink and flirtatious voice while she ignored me, she was on a short tight gown that was threatening to rip off her body, I was surprised when Smith didn't spare her a glance, he just continued with his sweet assault.

"Mrs Sa.., sorry what's your name again?" He asked with a serious gaze as he kept on drawing different pattern on my back with his second hand on my laps.

"I'm Lydia" she said as she tried to touch his arm but he moved away gently.

"I asked for your husband's surname not your name, and yeah let this be the last time I'll tell you to stop addressing me by my first name, we ain't that close. I'm Mr Anthony to you" he said.

" Pardon my manners then, is this one of your fling? Heard that your marriage ain't going that well" she shrugged as she eyed me.

" Meet.." he trailed off when he saw a man smiling at him with open arms, " Don't tell me that this is my man!" He suddenly yelled in excitement as he released me and stood up to shake the man but the man pulled him in to a bone crushing hug and i smiled.

"It's been a long time I saw you! Geez, that little Smith is now big and..." He trailed as he stared at me.

" Gideon, meet my wife, Mrs Anthony Mary " he introduced as he winked at me.

" It's nice to meet you" the guy he called Gideon said smiling at me in respect before facing Smith and they sat down talking about their university days while Smith just placed his hand on my laps while I was operating my phone.

"You suddenly became the touchy type, you hate physical contacts with women then" Gideon muttered stating at his hand on my laps.

"I still hate physical contacts with women but I'm addicted to touching her" he replied as he squeezed my thigh gently.

"Geez! That's new to what from you, I actually thought that you'll die as a virgin. I mean who the hell yell at a girl cause she mistakenly bumped in to him?" He chuckled and I stared at Smith who was smiling sadly.

"Lol. How's your girlfriend? I hope you've stopped that your promiscuous ways?" Smith asked trying to change the topic.

"Smith , I'm also married. It's an arranged marriage but it seems like we'll divorce each other anytime soon. She's a dog and..." He trailed off as Richard walked to our table with a beautiful young girl beside him.

"Richie, you're still single. I think it's high time you stop taking your younger sister to parties as your date" the guy said with a mocking smirk.

" Bastardo! What have you been discussing with Smith ?" He asked as he hugged Smith whispering stuff to him before he disengaged from the hug and exchanged pleasantries with me before settling down on our table with his supposed sister.

"Sierra, how have you been?" Smith asked the young girl who looked like the shy one.

"I've been good, I heard that you got married. I'm sorry that I was unable to attend your wedding, your wife is beautiful" she replied innocently while avoiding Smith 's eye contact.

"She's still as timid as always" Smith replied.

" I'll catch you guys around" the Gideon guy said before he walked away and Richard snorted in annoyance.

"It's been ages, richard. Why can't you just settle the beef between the both of you?"

" You know how much i hate traitors, so please" he said before sipping his wine while I just stared around with a bored look.

"Good day beautiful ladies and gentlemen" the MC said as he stared at everyone.

"As we all know that this event is not just a business meeting but a grand party for awards presentation to great companies that deserves it and there's a price for the company with the highest number of awards, I'll start by calling the name of the nominations while our prestigious event organizer will present the awards to them" claps filled the air after he was through with the speech.

"Which company do you think will win the highest number of awards today?" I heard Smith ask me.

" Yours!" I said with a hopeful smile as I stared at my dad who looked so prepared to collect all the awards that'll be presented today.

"I feel like the De Luca's family will be the one with the highest number of awards" Richard said as he stared around the room.

"The award for the company with the best sell of the year goes to, wow! This is so surprising. This man needs to tell us how he did this cause how will a new company win the highest sale for the year, I mean a business that's not up to a year. But sadly, his profile is anonymous but the award will be given to his manager. The company's name is..." He trailed off as stared at everyone before he laughed.

"It seems like everyone is impatient to know this company, this company name is Mary automobiles indutry" he said and my father stared at me in surprise while I just sat there wondering if it's a coincidence or something, since the company is not mine.

He kept on giving awards to a lot of companies, I was happy beyond words when Smith received the highest number of awards. It was like a dream come true as he walked to the stage with me beside me smiling.

"I'm grateful to y'all especially my employees and stakeholders, they stood by me through thick and thin, I'm happy that the bad days are finally over. I just hope that we'll all put in more effort to move the company forward. And yeah, I'll dedicate all these awards to my wife, my surest person, my employees, my stakeholders and to everyone who supported my industry in one way or the other" he said and loud applaud of clap filled the air, while my father scoffed and walked away angrily with his new found love.

"Thanks to..." He was interrupted by a gunshot and....