"Who are they?"
Steven's frightening voice fall with a deep threat in it, which completely startled Andrew.
"Huhh?" Andrew could not understand whom he was talking about.
Steven's face darkened a bit more balck. Looking at him Andrew realised his mistake.
"Oh... Umm... I forgot that you can't see." He replied with an embarrassed tone as he peeked over their surroundings, then he looked at Steven again.
Steven did not say anything else. He continued to give a blank stare towards the crowd.
Andrew's lips twitched. 'It's getting hard to stay by his side day by day. May be I can tell Third brother to take over this position. It is boring to see a bunch of fools every... Wait, what are they doing.' Looking at the group of ladies in front of the stairs, Andrew got suspicious.
"Looks like someone is going to loose her reputation today." Andrew blurted out.
"Ste..." He just turned towards Steven and got shocked by his terrifying aura. He slowly followed his gaze and discovered that he too saw those ladies planning their little tricks. Realisation blew over him as he snorted, "You... You are not planning to disrupt their plan right? Second brother, did you forget, we should not meddle with other people's businesses." He was going to spout something more but Steven glared at him hard.
This time, he slowly uttered the words one by one, "I said. WHO. ARE. THEY."
Listening to his frosty tone, a cold shiver ran through Andrew's spine. Most of the time, he was the one who stayed with Steven. But it would not be wrong if someone say that he was scared of him.
He looked at the way of those ladies and replied in a quiet voice, "The one in the middle is Miss Macy Carter. Being the Second Young Miss of the Carter's, she is too full of herself. She is a pretty good model and the brand ambassador of the Roy's hotel chains. It could be heard that she wanted to set her foot in film industry. Beside her, is Miss Lily Smith, the gonna be heir of the Smith's. On the other side, she is Miss Daisy, a B grade actress and a top tier model with no strong family background. It is heard that she might have a godfather in entertainment industry, but nobody knew him. She hid it way too well. But if it was true, with his influence if she got the chance to get a role in the upcoming web series of Mister Longford, her prospect will change gradually. I don't really know about the other two but..." He paused for a bit while fixing his gaze on the lady stood silently at the middle.
"I know her. Miss Laura Woodson, One of the top most actresses in this industry. It is known that Mister Ethan Longford favoured her. And she is..." Andrew's lips curled in displeasure.
"She is one of the most scheming woman I have ever seen. She is cold, arrogant, and ruthless. She is famous not only for her classical beauty, but also for her acting skills. But one skill of her surpasses everything, yet nobody knows that about her."
"Manipulation." Steven uttered in a low murmur, "And she is the one pestering you to get married, by all her might." Hearing him, Andrew growled low.
Steven sighed. 'So it's her, again.' He fixed his blank gaze on Macy Carter as he thought, 'This time, she should be taught a lesson. I will let her taste her own medicine.'
In the entire hall, Mantisha did not know anybody else expect Adi and Sylvia. But she could not possibly engage them with her all the time, right?
So she decided to roam around for a while and go towards the desert table. What she did not notice is a woman following her closely, watching her every move.
"Hi!" A cheerful voice chipped near her ear. Mantisha almost jumped off by the intensity of the voice. Pausing for a second to calm herself down, she looked back. A smiling face appeared in front of her.
"Hi, I am Jenifer. Jenifer Stewart."
Mantisha was quite surprised. 'She is just introducing herself to a stranger, there is no need to be so enthusiastic, right? Even Judy is not as loud as her.'
Nodding her head, she lightly greeted her. "Hello, Miss Stewart."
-Silence-
"Umm and you are... How would I call you, Miss...?"
"Oh, it's Miss Sen."**
"Miss Sen?" Jenifer seemed to think something. "As far as I know, there are no Sen families in A Country."
Mantisha was amused. 'Seems like she is here to collect informations.' She mind talked to herself, 'As long as she is not harming me, playing for a while would not cost a damage, right?'
Mantisha smirked, "In this party, people from all over the world have come. Why did Ms. Stewart predict that I am from Country A? Around seventy million people are living in this country, not to mention about the population of other countries. Miss Stewart sure capable. She even knows about every living families in the Earth."
Jenifer's face darkened. She became embarrassed immediately.
"Then I must be a forgotten scientist left in Earth by the aliens, who doesn't know about the last names of the people of Earth."
Eyeing her face turning green, Mantisha continued in satisfactory voice,
"Or some random Young Miss from a Sen family, coming from a parallel universe."
"Pfftttt"
Mantisha turned to her side as she looked at a lady in a scarlet red gorgeous fishtail gown choked on her wine.
Jenifer became more embarrassed when she saw someone noticed them and got choked while laughing at her.
"I think I need to go to the washroom. Please, excuse me." She hurriedly excused herself from there.
Evelyn coughed for a while before calming herself down. Mantisha did not have any idea who she was or how should she help her. So she went beside her and patted her back lightly as she remembered Sylvia's actions.
Initially, Evelyn thought she was reserved, smart. But when she showed her sense humor, she considered her as a sharp tongued daring lady who was too proud to talk with others. But het current action had stunned her. What did she think she is doing! She didn't care about her image or the unfamiliarity between them. She just patted her back like her mom did years ago. She was really not as proud as she thought.
"Are you okay Miss?" Watching her flushed face, Mantisha asked with genuine concern.
"Umm yes. Thank you." Evelyn smiled awkwardly. Then she politely bowed her head slightly, "I am Evelyn, Evelyn Perez."
Mantisha also nodded back, "Hey, Miss Perez. I am.."
"A random Young Miss from Sen family, coming from a parallel universe." Evelyn teased her.
Mantisha genuinely laughed this time. She felt her cheeks got stiffened by maintaining the same smile for so long. She did not know that acting like a noble can be this tiring.
"Or may be a Princess from another dimension." As she said this, both of them laughed heartily.
"Let's go to the desert section and test how much tasty deserts can be served at a Master Chef's wedding banquet. I saw you eyeing them earlier on."
Mantisha rolled her eyes on Evelyn's comment. She took an instant liking to this lady. She was bold, straightforward, and most importantly, not too much curious. She could be considered as a best partner for her in today's party. Mantisha had a feeling that with her, she would not be bored or scared anymore.
Then she also smiled back, "Let's go."
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**The surname Sen used here is not Chinese Shen. It has Indian, to be specific ut has Bengali origin.
Mantisha uses her biological father's, as well as her family's surname.
What do you think of this encounter of Evelyn and Mantisha? Did they encounter each other on another timeline too?
But what about the story Evelyn was trying to write? Will she expose her identity?
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