The next day, Evily cancelled her appointment with the real estate agent and went out with Jamie. After dressing Evily up, Jamie brought the latter to a cocktail party.
Jamie sponsored the fancy dress and accessories Evily wore. The former thought she looked like an expensive doll.
"It tastes great!" Jamie complimented. She also praises the bartender and orders one more time.
The two of them clinked their glasses again as they started to drink to their heart's content.
Evily had lost count of how much she had to drink. The others had long dispersed but Jamie was still going at it.
Emily excused herself to the washroom while Jamie kept on ordering.
Jamie's eyes squinted when she saw Bruce and her brother Vince.
"Why are you guys here?" Jamie giggles.
"What are you doing?" Vince snapped.
"Enjoying!" Jamie uttered. She got pretty drunk.
"I will send you back," Vince said but Jamie hesitated. But in the end, Vince took Jamie.
Meanwhile, Evily came back from the washroom, but her friend was already nowhere to be seen.
"Eh? Where's Jamie? Jamie…"
She tried to climb the stairs but her legs failed her. Just when she thought she was going to fall, Evily found herself in a firm embrace.
The alcohol blunted her response. She lifted her head, only to be greeted by double visions. In an attempt to steady the flickering image before her, she reached out her delicate hands and cupped the face before her.
Evily's words were slurred. "D-don't… move."
Moments gone by before she finally registered the face before her.
"Mr Hudson!" Evily mumbled. "Ah...I need to… send Jamie. Did you see..."
She yelped when Bruce scooped her from the ground. "I-I need to search Jamie." Evily tried to wriggle herself from his arms.
"Be quiet! Jamie is outside." Bruce said.
"Okay." Evily calmly said. She clutched his neck tight as she shut her eyes. Her lashes fluttered as she moaned lightly into Bruce's neck.
Bruce let his body stiffen and gulped. He paused in his tracks for a moment before making his way into his apartment.
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"Jamie!" Evily attempts to get up, but her head is spinning around.
"Jamie already slept. You have to sleep now." Bruce pushes her back to the bed. Bruce felt like talking to a child. He heaves a silent sigh. This girl is cute.
"Wait! W- Who are you?" Evily asked, pointing her finger toward Bruce's chest.
"Sleep!" He held her hand.
Evily knitted her brows, forming a little v on her forehead when she realized that she could not move her hand.
Bruce quietly peered at her beautiful face. Her cheeks are gleaming red, her eyes staring tenderly at him.
"Let go...."
Bruce lowered his head and sucked on the woman's slightly parted lips. Everything was as sweet as he imagined as her moans became muffled.
He closed his eyes and drew himself away from Evily's lips. Then, he jolted away from the bed and turned around to head for the bathroom.
Evily was still blissfully unaware, and bit down on her lips.
The next day when Evily woke up, she had no idea what was going on. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw an unfamiliar ceiling.
A huge crystal chandelier hung from the ceiling in the middle of the room; it had a vintage style that was different from the one in hers.
The bed is quite soft and the surroundings…
She turned around and saw the arrangement of the room which was clean and completely unfeminine.
As memories slowly returned to her, her eyes narrowed and she immediately sat up on the bed. She hurriedly jumped off the bed and scrambled for her clothes. She put on her clothes in a jiffy and tried to scurry out of the room.
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A week after signing the contract with BACK Studio, Mr Nolen informed Evily that there would be a gathering with the staff.
Evily sat down to observe her surroundings and found out that the post-production crew was seated farther away from the top management.
The company was still new and recruiting. Therefore, there were not many people around.
The group made a lot of noise until someone announced that their president had arrived. The door to the private room swung open and Bruce entered with his special assistant.
After giving a brief speech, the food was served and everyone was chatting and eating happily. But Evily is the only one who couldn't even hold her spoon properly. Realizing that she could not escape the situation, Evily started to fidget at her place.
"What's wrong with you?" Sasha asked when she saw her friend was acting strangely.
Evily snapped out of her trance and forced a smile. "Nothing." She suddenly wanted to faint.
Director Bruce had finished his round and finally left the room with his assistant. Once the man left the room, Evily slumped in her seat and emptied her drinks. Suddenly, she felt as if the air around her was not as oppressive as it was before.
But in the next moment, her world crashed down when Mr Nolen informed her that Director Bruce wanted to see her in private.