390 Weekend in Sin City 6 (1/2)

The nightclub is dimly lit and full of patrons that are here to enjoy their night.

There is a bar along one wall, a dance area in the middle, and the booths are arranged in one area of the club where people are leaning close to each other so that they can converse over the loud music while sipping their beverages.

In one of the booths are Mia, Liz, and Brianna, each with a glass of wine.

Brianna looked at her phone with a complex expression on her face. It was vibrating and the ID 'Quentin' was displayed for the umpteenth time.

”Don't you dare answer that.”, Mia warned Brianna.

Brianna frowned. ”What if he is worried?”

”Worried about what?”, Liz asked. ”Max and Hunter know where we are, and they should be with him by now. If he says he is sorry, what will your response be? And if he is not sorry, are you willing to continue like this?”

Brianna took her phone and shoved it in her purse. It is easier to ignore it when it's out of the visual range.

”Why are we doing this?”, Brianna asked Mia and Liz even though she knew the answer.

Brianna was not willing to head to a nightclub without the guys. It is full of partiers. Some of them are drunk, and some of the guys at the bar are definitely single (for the night, at least) and looking for their prey. Brianna is too familiar with this setting.

Sure, she wanted a break from Quentin, but this is a bit exaggerated. They came to Las Vegas to enjoy the weekend WITH their partners, not to be separated.

Brianna remembered how Quentin was excited as the weekend approached, and now she feels guilty for leaving him behind and being here with Mia and Liz.

”We think that you need an intervention before it's too late.”. Liz said.

Brianna was surprised by Liz's choice of words. ”Intervention? For what?”

”You are too deep in your relationship with Quentin to notice that something is off.”, Mia responded. ”How can you be fine with your boyfriend having a female personal assistant you are not familiar with? She called him on a Friday evening, he took the call so that we can't hear what they are talking, and you are fine with that?”

”What do you want me to do, Mia? Ask him to put her on speaker in front of everyone?”

Well, that is what Mia would do, maybe not in front of others, but she would definitely ask Hunter for an explanation.

Stopping their date in order to take another woman's call in private, is not OK. The fact that he did it in front of others is making the whole thing worse. Quentin looked like a macho-stud who can do whatever he wants while trampling on Brianna's image, and Liz and Mia could not bear to see their usually proud friend be humiliated. The only good thing was that it was only a few of them, and none mean harm to Brianna. If it was someone else, vicious gossips would start spreading.

Now that Brianna is dating, and in a serious relationship, Quentin is supposed to make her life easier and not to be one of the problems. If this was any of the guys from Brianna's past, she would not tolerate such behavior, and even though Quentin should get better treatment from Brianna, he should not get a free pass either.

”Did you ever ask him to talk to women in front of you? Did you check with whom he is talking? Did you check what he is doing with women who dare to call him outside work hours on his private number?”, Mia demanded answers from Brianna.

”No. That is his life. Why are you making it sound like I'm doing something wrong? Should I go and snoop around? I don't want to live with doubt.”

”Sweetie…”, Mia said softly while patting Brianna's hand. ”You changed everything for him. You gave up on seeing other guys, moved to a different city and into his apartment, changed your job, you have business deals with him, and you even helped him sort out his company and family. He is in every part of your life. It is not unreasonable to ask the same from him in return. And if he is not willing to share, then maybe you should take a step back as well.”

Brianna frowned at Mia. ”Why are you talking to me like you didn't do the same thing? Didn't you leave New York and moved in with Hunter? And Liz… you are living with Max.”

”Yes, but we do everything together, equally.”, Mia responded for both herself and Liz.

Brianna didn't see the difference. ”I decided to give it my all. I don't think that what I am doing is wrong.”

”You are not.”, Liz said. ”Only by giving it your all you will have no regrets no matter how it turns out. But it should be balanced. Quentin is part of your professional and private life. You should be part of his as well. Not knowing someone who is his personal assistant is a big flag.”

”I know who Kendra is. But I don't want to be friends with her.”, Brianna admitted.