Chapter 9 - 9. Ugly Duckling… (1/2)

”Oh my God! They're finally here.” Lucy exclaimed excitedly after seeing both of the handsome men.

Veronica also looked at them uninterestedly for some time and took her eyes off from them.

A man in a black suit approached the girls and introduced himself to them, ”Hey, beautiful ladies. I'm Mathew Anderson. I must say you both are looking so beautiful that I can't take my eyes off from you.”

”Thanks for your compliment.” Lucinda replied whereas Veronica didn't even bat an eye on him.

”Are you both alone? Actually me and my friend want to dance with you.” Mathew said pointing his finger towards another man.

”No, we are not alone. Our parents are here with us.” Veronica said sarcastically.

”Oh. I see. So can I get your number miss?” he tried to flirt with Vero.

Right then, a waiter got bumped into him, making the drinks on his platter fall on his expensive suit.

”Ahhhhhh!! You bastard…” Mathew shouted out of anger.

Soon everyone looked at him in astonishment as none had imagined that a person could use slang words in this high end party.

”Sorry sir. I didn't notice you. Let me take you to the washroom.” The waiter said.

Mathew hissed angrily and followed the waiter.

Lucinda looked at him in dissatisfaction showing on her face.

”Hmph! What a jerk! Tried to flirt with us without any manners?” Lucinda silently cursed.

Without giving Mathew or the waiter any stance, Veronica looked directly at certain someone and thought in her mind, 'Cunning'.

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10 minutes ago…

Reuben was talking to other business partners but his eyes kept on roaming around a figure. But his lips twitched slightly when he saw a man was approaching towards the figure. He now kept his full attention to those two people and when he saw that the man tried to become cozy with the girl, his eyes darkened.

He signed to a waiter to come near him and said something in his ear. The waiter nodded his head and went to follow Reuben's order.

The waiter walked towards the group of three people and intentionally knocked onto Mathew.