Karla Kuznetsov's POV
I was nervous about this performance even when I was not the main lead. I have to say that the pressure of being the supporting character was too much for me. I don't think I would survive if I was to cast as the main lead.
"Hey, are you okay?" Bella asked me when I was turning to look at her. She was smiling at me with a concerned look on her face before I was smiling at her. The memory of my unplanned dinner with Scott McBaran a few days ago was not going away from me.
He told me that he was happy that his smirk was annoying to me. The nerve of the man!
I was trying to forget what he was doing that night but man, it was hard.
His sexy smirk.
His garnet eyes, glistening with mischief.
His toned body that was a few inches away from me.
I shook my head before I was trying to focus on this moment, the moment that I will be doing my dance on the stage. I was happy to know that I was going to be performing for so many years that I have stopped doing so but right now, I felt right.
"Okay, let's do this,'' the dancing instructor said before I was turning to look at him. He flustered before he was clearing his throat and tried to get over this as soon as possible. I think he was scarred for life now that he knows not to mess with women.
I smirked before his retreating figure and I was ready for my part. The sone began and I was walking to the stage, hoping that my performance will catch the eye of the audience that was here tonight.
Scott McBaran's POV
"Are you that will be a good idea?" Lucas asked me as I was tying up my tie and I was looking immaculate for the show tonight.
"Yeah, why not?"
"Well, considering that you know who she was but she did not even know who you are, do you think it seems fair?" He asked as I was rolling my eyes at him.
"You know that I like to play some revenge on her for leaving me so suddenly and no thanks to Edmond that was keeping this secret from me,'' I said as I was putting on my jacket. Lucas sighed before I was exhaling my breath. Then I turned to show my clothes to him.
"What do you think?" I asked Lucas as he was looking at me through our video call. I was adorning the black Armani suit with a red necktie before I was arching my eyebrows at him. Lucas was tapping his chin before he was nodding at me.
"Well, it suits you," he said as I was rolling my eyes.
"Can you explain more than that please?" I asked him before he laughed.
"You know, I am not a fashion designer. Why don't you ask someone that was one?" He asked me before I was sighing as I was looking at my reflection in the mirror.
"Well, I think this is enough for me to have the best impression for the backstage pass tonight," I said as I was smiling like an idiot.
An idiot that was in love.
I was looking around before I was whistling. Lucas coughed to remind me that he was still here.
"Why are you here? Go on. I am done with your advice right now and I think your wife is looking for you," I said as I was hearing some foreign sounds in the background as Lucas sighed.
"Ari was restless now that I asked her to stop stealing," Lucas said as I was turning to look at him.
"How was therapy?" I asked as Lucas was nodding at him.
"It was okay, we're still making progress though but she was preoccupied with something else," Lucas said with a smirk on his face. I arched my eyebrow at him.
"Do I want to know what it was?" I asked him before he laughed at me.
"You don't even have a girlfriend. Why would I share this part with you?" Lucas asked me before I was smirking at him.
"I would not be so sure, Dow," I said as I was messing with my hair a bit. My red hair was being messy these days. I was messing it up again so that it will be bearable before I was smiling at myself.
"Okay, time to go," I said to myself before Lucas was shouting at me.
"Good luck, buddy!"
I was surprised to know that he was still here. I was staring at him before he smirked at me. I was rolling my eyes as I was taking my phone and I was smiling saccharinely at him.
"You still here?"
"You don't end the call," he said before I was hanging upon him. I was pinching my nose bridge before I was taking my keys and wallet before getting out of the room. I was walking toward the elevator as I was punching the button to go to the lobby.
Then, I saw something that was moving from the room that was 2 doors away from me. I was trying to get some insight on the tenants but it was too late as the elevator was opening in front of me. And when I turned to look at it, they were gone.
"Well, that's odd," I said before I was entering the elevator and I was punching the lobby level before I was adjusting my cuff links before the lobby was in front of me and I walked out of the hotel.
"Good evening, sir," I said as I was nodding at him before I was looking at the car that I have in store. It was a sleek black Jaguar before I was getting inside and I was shifting the gear into D before I was out of the foyer and onto the street.
I was setting the GPS to the Teatro dell' Opera di Roma. I was smiling before I know that Karla was playing the supporting role in the dance sequence but I have to show up so that she knows that I am supporting her.
And also, I wanted to take her out after that.
I smiled as I was accelerating through the traffic before I was smiling like an idiot. Man, I need to get this smile under control. People would start to think that I am in love.
It was hard to say our feelings when I don't even know what Karla thinks of me.
I sighed and wished that I can turn back time and say to her what was trapped inside my mouth this damn whole time.
I wanted to tell her what I feel and what I lost after she was gone but she was not getting paid yet for hurting me and so, I was waiting for the right time to do it.
I was looking at the rearview mirror before I saw two cars that were coming behind me. Are they following me or is it just my imagination. I was turning to the right before I was weaving through the traffic of Rome.
Then, the two cars were following me again. Okay, so I am being tailed.
"Alright, you want to play? Let's play," I said as I was shifting the gear and I was speeding through the traffic. Thank goodness I know all the shortcuts and the ways of Rome traffic worked. I was moving across the traffic to lose the tails as I was looking in the rearview mirror. They were losing me.
I smiled before I was parking in the hidden spot that was close to Teatro dell' Opera di Roma. I was getting out of the car before I was slipping through the crowd. I was looking for suspicious people that might be following me but there was none.
I smiled before I was entering the theater and I was giving the ticket for my VVIP seat. I smiled at the person that was checking me in before I was making my way into the private booth that was my own.
And I was right on time for the show of Karla's part before she was dancing on the stage with so much more emotions that were showing on her face. If I don't know any better, the show was about long lost love and I can see that she was carrying her character very vividly like she was the one that was suffering from this as well.
I think I know how that feels.
I was watching her as if she was an angel and I did not blink with her face that was showing to me. I was happy to know that I was here on this night and I was looking at her. I was smiling, despite what I have in mind. The scene ended and that's when the shit was going to hell.
Fuck me!