Rose pov :
His brows furrowed when he stared at me like he knew me from somewhere, and he made to say something but Lucy.
Bless her sweet Soul grabbed my hands and stood up which made him to divert his gaze to her.
"My name is Lucy and my friend here is Rose" she said extending her hands to Mr. gentleman who just dashed a smile her way but reluctantly shook her hands while I just stood there gripping tightly to my cloth.
God... this is so embarrassing, I practically threw myself at this man that night because I was tipsy and he looked undeniablely delicious... I don't think I've learnt my lesson yet.
Lucy must have sensed the tension so she just cleared her throat and sat back down.
Mr. Gentleman stuffed his hands back into his pocket and straightened.
"Well since you're safe, I think it's time I leave... just saw the commotion over there and decided to say hi ."
Lucy still being oblivious smiled back at him, " Sure, were fine just a little... yeah "
He bowed his head then turned and left.
I suddenly breathed out, I didn't even know I was holding in my breath till he left.
I slowly sat down but could still feel Lucy eye's boring into me, god can today get any better.
"Lucy you're staring too much, I could literally feel your eye balls from here"
"Well it isn't guilt that made you talk right... do you know that man from any where ?"
I shook my head and stood up heading for my car but my gown suddenly got stuck and I turned to see Lucy stepping on it.
One false move and I'd practically be naked here.
I groaned and sat back down, " Just say it already "
"Do you know him..."
I sighed then rubbed my forehead, " Look, I just met him one time okay... and you know "
She stared at me with a furrowed brow, " Nope I do not know ... tell me what happened "
I rubbed my neck feeling unknown heat creep up my throat.
"Are you that tensed to just say what happened, it is okay yeah... you don't have to..."
I stopped her before she could stand up, " I kissed him okay, at a bar... a mafia bar actually "
Lucy eye shot wide open as she stared at me with obvious shock, " You kissed someone at a mafia bar !?".
I shrugged my shoulders, " I mean um... yeah, you know I kind of got drunk"
Lucy stood up and walked a distance then back at me, " you can't even manage one drink Rose, what were you thinking..."
I felt defeated when she said that, " I know I'm irresponsible but that was when I found out that Jonah cheated on me... I wasn't thinking straight so I just..."
"Hey... it's okay, you don't have to tell me yeah" she said tapping my back but flashes of what happened that night came to me again and I started crying my eye's out.
"Hey... stop it you are ruining your dress, that shit cost a thousand bucks so stop it"
I nodded and wiped my face while sniffing in my nose so as to not make a mess of my face also.
" Are you ready to leave yet, the reception is almost empty and there is no sign that Jonah would want to confront you... your dad must have left immediately "
I stood up grabbing the fabric's that was spilled out everywhere, and Lucy helped me grab the other end so nobody would step on me as we walked up to the car.
She opened the passenger sit for me and I sat down while muttering a thank you as the door went shut.
She quickly got to the driver side started the car and we left my supposed reception venue.
Out of instinct I looked around and my eyes caught that of Mr . Gentleman which made to look away.
"Do you want to go grab something to eat first before we head home"
I shook my head as I looked down at the weight I was carrying, this cloth is really expensive but another hour with it felt like torture.
"No, I think I'm going to grab mine after I change out of these... it's so uncomfortable "
She looked at me and sighed, " Sorry, I forgot you were still in those..."
" It's okay..."
"So from the rate of 1 - 10, how are you feeling right now after what happened today "
I snorted at her being unnecessarily nice, " Girl don't go all therapist on me, I'm fine ."
she shook her head and pressed on, "No you're not, you don't have to bottle up the feeling, it's going to chock you and make you not to breath properly... so tell me"
I smacked my lips as we turned into our building complex, " uh.. 4"
Lucy nodded and unbuckled her seatbelt, " that's just perfect at least you're not... depressed "
I laughed at her new change of tune, " What the heck is wrong with you... I didn't even get married it's not a divorce so tune your lawyer mode down"
She smiled and got down ready to dash into the house, while I was struggling to get off the car with all the weight of this dress.
"You won't break a bone, if you helped a friend in need here" I shouted as Lucy made to open the door and dump me here to kill myself.
She turned to me and sighed but walked back to me though, that why I like her ... always considerate.
"Remind me not to support you on a wedding ceremony again... I know everything worked out fine" she said as she helped me down and we started walking into the house.
"But there would be rumours around town ..." she said as she closed the door.
I turned to her as I slumped right into the couch practically throwing the hills I had on to God knows where.
" Rumour... I don't care about rumours I can deal with it"
She shook her head then grab two bottles of water and threw one to me while I muttered a little "thank you."
"You don't understand what I'm saying Rose, these people would eat you alive... most of them are your ex - fiance's fan, most girls would die to be in your position and you fucked it up according to them..."
She sat down beside me, " Let's take Rebecca for example, you saw how aggressive she was... I could have finished her off if you didn't hold me back..."
I nodded and took a sip of my water without thinking much of what she was saying, " I'm aware of that ?"
"So what I'm trying to say is that if they bring trouble you give them double, don't feel intimidated, it's your right ... Jonah was the one that fucked up, so he should suck it up and deal with the consequences though I even doubt he would feel anything "
I laughed when I remembered how his face looked when he saw me come up the podium for our marriage oath and how he was carrying himself like he had won a treasure.
"He thinks I was after his money "
Lucy looked at me with a bored expression, , " Well it's not like we are not after his money though, he's not a plank but a cheating ass that's the least he could offer"
I snorted at what she said and stood up to go change my clothes so we could go grab food already.
***
We entered the car and drove to the closest restaurant because I was .. starving big time.
We walked in, the waiter there smiled at us and directed us where to sit.
Immediately I sat down I took up the menu and went through it quietly.
"What are you going to order ?"
I looked through the menu once more and answered Lucy, " I'm taking the spaghetti and suace... you ?"
She looked at the menu like what she want wasn't there and looked back at me, " I'm going to order some fries and chicken wings "
I raised my brow at her, " That's not food, get something else... don't worry I'm paying "
She smiled at me and just in time the waiter came and we have out our order.
Five minutes after with me and Lucy talking rubbish, the food came.
The way I pounced on it, if the food knew how to talk it would definitely sue me but I was too hungry to stop and the food is Soo... good man.
Thirty minutes in, I was already done and the waiter came to clear the table and dropping some table water, they kind of forgot to drop it before the food.
I grabbed mine and chucked it down.
"Take it easy so your food doesn't chock you, Jesus..."
I smiled while wiping my lips, " I don't know I just felt hungry, so are you..."
I paused when the bills board came, I gave him my card and turned back to Lucy.
"I feel so free right now"
"So you were not feeling free before... wait so you've been feeling stuck up and you didn't..."
Lucy was interrupted when the waiter came back with my card and I took it muttering a small thank you but he still stood there.
I turned to him, " umm, do you need something..."
He nodded then lowered his voice so the people behind us won't hear what he wanted to say, " I'm sorry miss but your card declined .."
I released a low laugh when I saw how he was shaking maybe he was new here, " It might be glinch or your machine okay, you can check it again "
He nodded and went off to grab his machine while I waited, he handed it to me and I swiped my card but paused when I saw "Error Insufficient balance !?".
I laughed it off and looked at Lucy who just shrugged, she didn't understand what was going on yet.
I shook my head and waved off the thought that Jonah must have deactivated my account, he was the one that personally went to the bank and opened the account for me so he knows everything.
And it's kind of very muchly impossible that my account that had over a million bucks suddenly couldn't pay for a meal ?.
I breathed out and looked at the boy who was staring back at me confused as hell.
God please don't let this embarrassment come through, I am so done for.. and to think I encouraged Lucy to take an expensive meal, she is going to eat me alive.
I swiped my card again and it still showed the insufficient funds, I felt hot trinkles of heat dripping down my face that was when Lucy sat up and looked over at the machine then at me.
"What's wrong, you look beaten..."
I turned it to her and she saw the words written on it before she brought out her card, I wanted to tell her to not worry that I can sort it out.
But when she shot me a glare I kept quiet and handed the machine to her.
She swiped the card once and the transaction went through.
I opened my purse and brought out the little cash I had to tip the boy, I already wasted enough of his time.
He thanked me and left, I sat properly taking sips of my water dreading to look at Lucy, I would never hear the end of today.
"I hope your eyes somehow, get stuck up where you're looking..."
I laughed and looked at her, " I'm sorry I swear I had enough funds there, I didn't know what the heck happened "
Lucy nodded then stood up which told me it was our queue to leave, " When you get home, you call your bank since it's still within the time range of twenty - four hours"
When we got home I hurriedly room off my shoes and grabbed my phone, I can waste time in other things but not my money... I worked hard for them.
The line picked up after three rings and I sighed on relief, " Hello this is Arena bank speaking..."
"Yeah, good day... I had complications with my bank earlier today"
I heard keyboard sounds before the person muttered a little okay, " So your name "
"Its Rose... Rose McGowan"
"Okay give me a minute" it took some time in the other line and a lot of keyboard sounds before the person sighed.
"Ma'am I'm sorry but you'd have to come in person for this situation...have a nice day"
And just like that the line went cut ...that is rude, friendly bank my ass.
