Chapter 3: Flirty
"Zhander, what do I owe you this visit?"
I grabbed a cream puff and licked my lips while locking eyes with his. Zhander wasn't affected the least (𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲), he just shrugged his shoulders.
"I want to invest in your oil and mining business."
I restrained a frowned.
"Nothing sure escapes you, Zhander~," I chimed, not averting my gaze from his.
"Little Stela, I want to help you."
Zhander's face turned serious as he placed his hand on the headrest of the sofa. He then turned his body towards me while he crossed his legs and put his other hand on his knee.
"Why do you want to help? I thought you hate my brother?" I knew Zhander was interested in Leanna. That was why he was so angry, or should I say, he couldn't accept that my brother beat him to Leanna's heart.
"My personal enmity is with Cain and him alone. Our families are still friends."
"Tell me honestly. If I'm not a Fay, will you still help?"
Zhander look stunned for a moment. He didn't hide the confusion on his face. He wanted to say something, but his lips remained shut, couldn't find the right words.
𝑰 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒊 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔.
"I . . . Well . . ." Zhander's tone grew deep and gruff like
something was holding him back from answering.
𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒐𝒏, 𝒁𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓! 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒅𝒐 𝒊𝒕
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"Of course, I will!" he said after a long pause and added, "The Fay's and the Jansen's are longtime friends."
He then forced a laugh.
𝑱𝒆𝒓𝒌 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆!
I resisted rolling my eyes.
I mirrored his position. I placed my elbow, the hand holding the cream puff, on the headrest of the sofa as I turned my body towards him. I crossed my legs and placed my other hand on top of my knee.
I made sure my bodycon dress exposed half of my thighs and cleavage. My breasts might not be as big as Leanna's, but it wasn't small like Zoe either. It was a little bigger for my petite frame, maybe because I was chubby when I was a kid.
In slow motion, I ate the cream puff and 'accidentally' dropped the filling on top of the slope of my breast.
I smirked when I heard Zhander's low gasped.
He pulled his handkerchief, grabbed my hand, and
shoved that piece of fabric against my palm. He then gently guided my hand and wiped the cream on top of my cleavage.
"Little Stela, be careful, your dress will get stained."
Zhander's worried voice was like a slap on my face.
𝑫𝒐 𝒊 𝒏𝒆𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝑵𝑨𝑲𝑬𝑫 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒂 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒓𝒌𝒎 𝒉𝒊𝒎?
"Right." I shook his hand away from mine and wiped off the remaining cream myself.
"Sorry~ I'll get this clean-up for you." I pursed my lips and looked all coquettishly at him as I waved his hanky.
Zhander patted my head and flashed me a warm smile. "Don't worry about it. I won't get angry at you for this simple matter. You don't have to act all cute."
𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒕𝒆! 𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆!
I sighed and turned my body forward, releasing my hold on his gaze. "If you want to invest, I'll have the papers ready for you to sign," I said in surrender.
Zhander got up and fixed his clothes. "Alright. I won't hold your time anymore."
He patted me on the head like an older brother would and grinned before he went for the door.
"Zhander."
He stopped halfway out of the office and looked at me.
"Thank you," I said after a brief silence.
Zhander smiled. His usual loving smile, reserved just for me.
"Anytime, little Stela."
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"Eh~! You wanted to go fetch my brother?"
"Yes, will you help me?" Leanna's voice, on the other line, was pleading and a little helpless.
I jumped from my seat.
"Say no more. I'll be down there in your unit in an hour."
I ended the call then dialed Three to get our jet ready. After which I dashed to take a bath, got dress, and shoved everything I needed in my bag.
𝑶𝒉~ 𝒊 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒎𝒚 𝒃𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒆 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆! 𝑰 𝒘𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆?! 𝑻𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆!
After me, Leanna and Zoe arrived in Vegas and got dress for the masquerade party, we drove all the way in front of an enormous newly opened Casino.
I'd gotten acquainted and became friends with Zoe
through Leanna.
I like the girl.
𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒅.
I held my purse tight, which contained my customized folded camera and strode inside. The place was pack as expected. I brought out my camera and roamed my gaze, impatient to find my brother.
I grabbed Zoe's hand when I noticed that Leanna was heading towards a man wearing a silver mask.
As expected of my brother's lover. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒂 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒔.
I restrained a squeal when my brother led Leanna into the dance floor. Seeing my brother radiated with warmth, I almost wanted to kiss Leanna's feet for making him so happy.
When the dance ended, I was frustrated and disappointed that they didn't even kiss. They just hugged each other. I wasn't even surprised when they just strode off, leaving Zoe and me behind.
𝑶𝒉𝒉𝒉~ 𝒊𝒕'𝒔 𝒈𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒂 𝒉𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕! 𝑻𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆𝒉𝒆!
"Zoe, come on. Let's go back to our hotel! 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤!"
I shouted while my brain was racking ideas on how to enter Leanna's room and spy on them making love.
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I glanced at Zoe when she didn't respond and found her gaze was lock somewhere . . . or someone.
"Where are you going?" I grabbed her hand when she just motioned to ran away
.
"I . . . I . . ." Zoe didn't even glance at me as she stammered like I was invincible. Her stare never strained from a certain spot, not even blinking like she was possessed.
"I'm sorry, Estela! I have to go! Go back on your own! I'll call you!"
She said in a panic as she shook my hand and ran towards the exit.
"𝐙𝗼𝐞!"
I was about to run after her when a familiar voice
stopped me.
"Little Stela."
Of course, Zhander has to be here.
"Zha––!"
My words got stuck in my throat when I saw him in his princely outfit. His mask, nowhere to be found.
"So it was really Leanna . . . ," he mumbled, but I heard it, clear as day.
I ignored the cut in my heart. "Yeah, she wanted to fetch my brother, so I helped her."
Zhander closed his eyes for a moment, expression hurt.
I gripped my hands to shackle it in place, not allowing them to caress his cheeks to ease his pain.
"Little Stela, where are you staying? I'll take you there," he said, accompanied by a forced smile.
I didn't have the energy to argue with him, so I told him our hotel.
Zhander nodded and held my hand as he guided me out of the casino.
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