Chapter 177: Bitter Feeling In Her Gut
The Dinner was over and everyone was led to the East Room where the entertainments were arranged.. There was a free flow of alcohol and cocktails. A well organised jazz band performing in the corner of the big ballroom.
Of course everyone was socialising and Talia was stunned by the amount of attention she got. With a smile, she tackled everyone and tried to move away from the crowd. She just wanted to be a wallflower no one notices.
Too bad she was glowing like a moon among the stars surrounding her. And her not realising it, only added to her allure.
She tried to find Arthur. It won’t be hard to find him. There weren’t many men who were seven feet tall, with ginger red hair around. As she searched, she met eyes with Samuel Russell who was only slightly shorter than Fred and had a shade of red hair. With a smile, he raised his champagne glass at her and Talia had to smile back with a nod.
When she found Arthur, some women were surrounding him. Some were the celebrities and some were the daughters of the politicians and businessmen. She couldn’t blame him for being too attractive. He is a man with good prospects many woman would dream for their spouse to have. He is handsome, rich, well-educated and influential.
He was politely refusing the women trying to get his attention. For her, he really looked like a warm winter sun who’d give hope and warmth to everyone. Except he wasn’t smiling and those women weren’t pleased.
She couldn’t get angry at him for the nasty women surrounding him. In fact Talia was feeling a little pity for the women who were witnessing his stone cold face.
He’s a handsome guy with a very handsome smile... A pity not everyone can see him smile.
Hmpf! Why should I pity them? If not for me, they wouldn’t even get to see this man up close. They all should be thanking me... Those ugly women wearing thick makeups and nauseating perfumes. If not for me, he wouldn’t have even graduated high school and would have thought he was so amazing at basketball when he was just average at best. He would have tried to pursue his career in sports and would have failed miserably!
Hmpf! Even today, I helped him wear the bow tie or else, he would have attended with a clip-on!
Looking at the amount of women surrounding him, pestering him for a dance, Talia wanted to pull him away from the crowd and lock him in a bathroom in a tower; where only she has the key to open the thick iron door.