Stay with Me by Awesomekristii (primary phonics .TXT) 📕

The door opened and Damien slide out before he forwarded his hand to me. I took it and moved out immediately facing the blinding lights and the flashes of cameras. They almost blanketed us with how much force they exerted pushing the guards aside.

“Is it true that you are finally joining hands with Lewis?”

“Did you never break up with Sydney Lewis?”

“Or are you guys getting back again?”

“Who is this gorgeous lady by your side? Your recent girlfriend?”

They were throwing questions in every possible direction. My ears buzzed with the chaos, and I felt my mind going numb with the persistent questions. Damien on the other hand was cool about it all. His stony expression didn’t crack even a bit, his fingers wrapped in mine tightened as we moved further inside and finally left them behind.

“Are you alright?” I nodded at him, giving him a smile which he returned with the soft curve of his lips.

“Oh look who is here?” I looked away from Damien and found Steven walking toward us, a smile on his lips. I immediately smiled back, while Damien rolled his eyes at him. Quite common for them.

“uhh uh… I didn’t know Damien is getting you as a plus one, I thought you will not agree otherwise I would have asked first.” He pouted which made a chuckle leave my lips, however, for Damien, it wasn’t funny. He just tightened his hold around my waist, pulling me more towards him before narrowing his eyes at Steven.

He laughed at that and excused himself when someone called for him. “Let’s go inside.”  With that, we walked inside the huge building which was decorated no less than a Hollywood party. We reached a large hall, which was screaming nothing but money and high class. Men and women in suits and dresses, glasses in hand, chatters and murmurs echoing everywhere. Each of them looked posh and pristine that even in this beautiful red dress, I was feeling so little.

Damien met with some more people who talked about him and his new project. I stood beside him, feeling him as the only one known in this wilderness. “Damien Black!” I found a tall man walking towards us, his hands shifted inside his pockets and a smirk over his lips.

“Lewis.” I saw his jaws clenching the more the man walked toward us. I didn’t know why he looked so familiar like I have seen him before. Just not like this, as if there was a deep cut on his cheeks and a cut on his eyebrows too. Left one.

“I didn’t think you would be here.” His eyes fell on me and I shifted uncomfortably towards Damien. It wasn’t feeling good with how he was running his eyes all over me. I felt Damien’s fingers around my waist tighten more, pulling me more to himself.

“Eyes up here, Lewis.” He looked back at Damien at his voice, sipping from his glass.

 

“Sure, just the lady is too beautiful to ignore.” My heart thudded the more the man had his eyes on me, making me feel some grounded emotions evolving.

“If you can’t comply, I can use my hands to do so.” There was a finality in his voice. A promise, not as if he had joked.

The man chuckled and sipped more from the glass. “Possessive uh?” his laugh was not funny from any side. “Fine. Taste of her will make you one.” Damien’s jaws clenched more and I could feel the anger building in him. “You-“ before he could do anything I gripped his suit. The man took the opportunity and left us. He looked back at me, and my hold.

“Don’t please. There are people here.” I could see how his jaws were set tight and his knuckles white with the tight hold, but he didn’t object to me, and wrapped his arms around me. Tighter this time.

“Damien!” I saw a man in his late fifties maybe walking towards us, a lady beside him must be his wife. I shifted closer to Damien and found him offering him a small smile. “Mr. Santiago. It’s nice to meet you here.”  

He let out a deep chuckle before taking him in a hug, and most surprising of all Damien neither objected nor showed any irritation. We couldn’t tell the latter one too well, considering he could mask his emotions too well.

The man patted his back, before leaving him. “We don’t have to stick to formalities.” He looked over at me, a warm smile grazing on his wrinkled face.

“And who would this beautiful lady be?”

“Delilah,” Damien spoke from beside me. “My girlfriend.” I wanted to correct him that we decided this just in front of Grandma only who wasn’t here but it sounded too good to be tagged as his so I kept mum.

“That’s such a beautiful name.” I saw the woman offering me a smile, which I returned. Mr. Santiago nodded at that. “And this lady is my wife, Rose Santiago.”

“It’s nice to finally meet you, considering how much he talks about Damien and his achievements.” She chuckled lightly, and I saw from time to time Mr. Santiago dropping kisses on her head.

“Did you meet with Ethan?” Damien shook his head and looked over at me.

“She can accompany my wife with the other ladies while we meet him.” Damien looked a little conflicted and looked at me as if silently asking. I blinked at him, giving a nod and a smile.

He seemed to be relaxed with that a little before they two finally left while Rose tugged me with her towards a table where some women were sitting.

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I sipped into my orange juice feeling bored and suffocated in here. They were discussing just jewelry, the new dress collection, makeup, and boyfriends. It surprised me that despite how they all were married, still they included that as their topic. Rose had to excuse herself to meet her best friend who was there, and I was left among them.