Chapter 141: The Girls Night Out II
7 PM, Supermarket.
Sam walked through the Supermarket with a gallon of hydrofluoric acid inside her cart, together with a few snacks for the boys. Hydrofluoric acid that Levi and her needed for an experiment. She had insisted she purchase a bucket instead of borrowing one, and so the redhead went to the nearest store before she headed to his place after work.
"Hi!" A female voice came out of nowhere, making Sam turn towards the source. A woman with a familiar face with curly blonde hair, fantastic curves stood before her with a big smile. Flashes of the woman’s face popped in the redhead’s mind, recognizing the setting on the background of stored images in her memory.
Sam contemplated that she’d met this woman during Lizzie’s birthday party in Eastbourne a few years back. What was her name? She mentally racked her brain but couldn’t recall. She had terrible auditory memory after all.
"Hello..." Sam trailed, unsure how to address the woman.
"Lea." Lea provided, seeing the confused expression on her face. Sam smiled in recollection, ’Ah yes, that was her name.’ "Yes, Lea. Thank you, and sorry about that; I’m terrible with names. It’s good to see you again", she said, offering the woman her hand. Lea smiled politely at her as she shook her hand with hers. "That’s alright; how are you?" Lea asked.
"I’m doing fantastic. Thanks for asking." Sam replied, making conversation. But at the back of her mind, she wondered if she could now take her Leave. She didn’t like prolonged small talk after all, and most of all, she didn’t want to be late for dinner with Levi and the boys.
"You and Levi, congratulations, by the way!" Lea said, feigning enthusiasm on the subject. She had seen the newspaper headlines before, after all. And it was hard to miss when it was also trending on Twitter. The blonde admits Sam was aesthetically pleasing, and she seemed nice enough too. Not only that, but she was also undeniably brilliant, successful, and filthy rich. So yes, she was intimidated--not that the redhead even tried to be intimidating. But there was just something Lea didn’t feel comfortable with, mostly, it was the fact she was her ex-boyfriend’s ’new’ girlfriend.
It might have been the ex-girlfriend syndrome playing, and the vibe radiating from the curly blonde made Sam slightly uncomfortable. She couldn’t put a finger on it why; maybe she was imagining things she considered for a moment.
Sam forced a smile, and she chuckled; she almost forgot she was ’dating’ Levi.