Chapter 7 Drinking Buddy

• She lowered her head and murmured "yeah" but then that was not the point hence she felt aggrieved. She felt like she wasn't able to get the message through.
• "Hey, that's not the point. Can't you see that I am angry?"
• But all she got from the man was.
• "mhmm I see"
• Hearing those words she was stunned for a moment, then immediately ended the call. 'What did I think, I've only just met the dude, he doesn't love me why would I expect him to care'. She felt wronged and poured herself another glass of wine, and then sent an SOS message to her girl's group chat.
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• On the other side of the phone Liam was in a board room full of head staffs from each department, others were there to report the progress of their respective departments while the one who was currently speaking was pitching for their upcoming project. So when Ciara called he wasn't able to speak freely hence he decided to cut the call short, what he didn't know was that his response hurt Ciara.
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• Not even a minute after that her phone vibrated, showing that there was a group call coming in. So she connected, seeing the state she was in Stacey spoke first while pouring a glass of wine, trying to be the best "Drinking buddy" on the other side of the call. She was helping her drown her sorrows, well that's what she thought.
• They continued chatting till Ciara forgot that she was in a bad mood to begin with. After the call she felt lighter and was even in a better mood so after washing up, she called it a night.
• The next day she woke up in good spirits, she was even humming her favorite song ready to take the world. After cleaning up, she changed in to her outfit of the day. She had her breakfast delivered to her room, in that way, she wouldn't have to bump in to Dexter and his knew girlfriend. Well luck was never on her side, she still saw them the minute she stepped out of elevator, they were already at the exit. Suddenly Boity her cousin wrapped her hand around Dexter's waist just like how a couple would do, but soon after that action she turned her head to look at Ciara and smiled, it was more like a victory smile. It was like she was gloating, she had finally got the man that Ciara loved the most.
• What she didn't know was that Ciara had already made peace with how things ended. She wasn't about to ruin her day by getting worked up because of people that didn't matter to her, she had done enough of that the previous day.
• Today wouldn't be that busy as there was only a press conference to introduce the cast and a dinner party later that day, so she won't be seeing much of them anyway. With that thought in mind she held her head up high with confidence and exited the hotel, her driver was already waiting for her outside.
• They then drove to the venue of the press conference. She was only there just to show face as the screen writer and didn't really put much effort in dressing up, as she felt that it was not necessary to do so.
• When she got to the Venue and greeted everyone before going to director Sammie to check in with him, so they chatted for a while, he was just briefing her about what the conference will entail. At that moment Ciara spotted a very beautiful woman coming in the hall in a dramatic manner, she was wearing a silver long dress with a thigh high slit. Her face was meticulously done with her red lips to complete the look she was wearing shades even though they were indoors . Beside her was three people one holding her bag, the other was holding a stack of documents while the third was telling her something.
• The director noticed her and then followed her gaze to where she was staring at.
• "that's Laura the female leas, she can be a handful, so be careful and stay away from her".
• "Noted" she smiled politely showing that she appreciated the heads up.