At the party, Celestine is drinking by herself at the bar counter, enjoying her own company while others are partying hard on the dance floor. The formal part of the party already ended and the guests are now dancing to some modern songs with neon lights flashing all over the place.
Celestine is wearing a black fitted cocktail dress that shows her hourglass body figure. Ever since, she has been considered as the most beautiful girl among her peers and that no one, not even her own sister, could come next to Celestine in terms of beauty.
The longer you stare at her, the prettier she becomes. One of Celestine's greatest assets is her ethereal beauty which helps her win the hearts of her prospective business partners.
A man then sat next to her and ordered something. Celestine gives him a quick gaze before she gulps down her own drink, she is used to these kinds of scenarios whenever she goes out of her cave and socializes with people.
He is wearing a white button down shirt with the first three buttons unclasped while the sleeves are purposely rolled up to his elbows. Not only does he look good like a handsome demigod, he smells great too which makes Celestine unconsciously scoff out of amusement.
She has never met a man who had it all, some were rich but had extremely poor fashion or hygiene. There was never a perfect guy that she met except this one beside her, at least physically since Celestine has always been a firm believer of inner beauty always winning against physical attributes.
The man clutches the glass of whisky and drinks it bottoms up in precise movements before he turns to Celestine who twirls her glass of wine, "Are you alone?" he finally asked which made her dart her sight on his face, strategically scanning it.
Celestine simply nodded her head as a response and proceeded to enjoy her own company rather than entertaining this man merely for killing time. She has always thought that places like this are not the place where she could find a strong and powerful man who will ever support her with her goals.
She even questions whether that kind of man does exist at all.
The mysterious man fixes his posture and extends his arms forward for a handshake but his introduction is cut off when a woman approaches behind Celestine, she is so uninterested to even turn her back to see who the woman is.
"Hi Timothy! It is so nice to see you here, do you mind if I join you?" The woman asked which made Timothy flash an awkward but respective smile.
Celestine scoffs and thinks to herself, "So his name is Timothy." She shoved her wine glass forward and grabbed her bag from the table but was taken aback to see that the woman asking Timothy is Amira, her sister.
Amira stares at Celestine and then back at Timothy with wide eyes and raised eyebrows.
She narrows her eyes and asks Celestine, "What are you doing here?!" She controls her voice so as not to let Timothy, the guy Amira likes so much, to know her real filthy attitude.
Celestine fixes her hair and gathers it to the other side thus exposing her bare shoulder and then makes eye contact with Amira who seems pretty much intimidated, "I am invited by the President's daughter. How about you?" She stares at her from head to toe.
At that very moment, the President's daughter spots Celestine who is about to leave. Celestine became close to her after they played golf together with some foreign friends in Switzerland.
The President's daughter squealed the moment she saw Celestine and then excitedly sashayed to their direction. Amira looked anxious and as soon as Celestine notices, she asks her, "Oh," she puts a hand to her chest and acts shocked, "Don't tell me you just invited yourself here?" Celestine disapprovingly flicked her tongue and shook her head.
"My dear friend Celestine! And oh, Timothy! It is so good to see you all here!" The President's daughter, Veronica, approaches them and exchanges light kisses on the cheeks as a sign of welcome.
Celestine leans forward and responds to Veronica's hug, "Of course, I had to attend this wonderful party hosted by you!" All this time, Amira stands awkwardly on the side feeling extremely out of place.
The reason Amira attended this event is all because of Timothy. Among her socialite friends, it was only her who did not get an invitation to this party which kind of hurt her ego, she is the daughter of the most influential business tycoon after all.
It is saddening that Amira is not as pleasant as Celestine who effortlessly draws and attracts people in with her amiable and pleasing personality.
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce you to each other. Timothy, this is my good friend Celestine and Celestine, this is Timothy Garcia." Veronica introduced them to each other.
Timothy extended his hand to Celestine, "Tim. My friends call me Tim, right, Veronica?' he playfully asks Veronica and he receives a laugh in return.
After a few minutes of talking with Veronica, Celestine leaves the party. Being in a social gathering like this is not her forte. She finds it exhausting to deal with many people at once.
Celestine takes out the smart key of her car out of her handbag when she feels someone forcefully grab her arms. She shoves it away the moment she sees it was Amira, clenching her jaws and her eyebrows furrowed in rage.
"How dare you flirt around my man!" Amira screams in a high-pitched voice that echoed in the entire parking lot.
Celestine sighed and looked up, gathering the patience left she had for Amira. She then takes slow but huge steps towards her which lowkey scares Amira until she could feel a cement wall on her back.
Amira screamed once again, "Are you out of your mind, Celestine?!" Celestine had enough of her sister's tantrums and she could not hold it out any longer.
Celestine firmly grips her genuine leather medium-sized handbag and slaps it on Amira's face with all her might. Amira then placed a palm on her red cheeks the moment she felt blood dripping from it.
"I work out," Celestine flexes her arms at Amira who is still shocked and is about to cry.
Amira stood erect and her eyes fixed on the pavement, too stunned to even open her mouth for a verbal rebuttal.
Celestine's pointed shoes created sounds against the floor as she was about to leave. She looked back to Amira who was looking down and away, "If I were you, stop messing with me," Her words sent chills to Amira's spine now that she finally realizes that Celestine is now way more powerful than her.