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CHAPTER ONE
"I'm not interested in attending the party." Sophia said as calmly as she could but honestly, her creepy manager was starting to get on her nerves.
"It's not your choice to make, Soph.-"
"Stop calling me that. My name is Sophia." She glared at him.
"Sorry, Sophia. The big boss is coming today and as his employees, we need to be present at his welcome party." Andre smiled.
Sophia huffed and stormed out of his office and with every step she made, she could feel Andre's lingering gaze on her backside.
That pervert!
"Are you okay?" Indira, one of her colleagues asked as Sophia plopped on her chair.
"No, it's this stupid party." She bit her lips in anger.
"What's wrong with it? Aren't you excited? Everyone says he is handsome and quite the catch. I heard he's also single." Indira giggled.
"I'm not trying to gain his attention."
"Not if you're dressed that way." Indira made a gesture at her entire outfit, "That black jumpsuit you have on is hugging every curve God bless you with and then you packed your hair in an updo exposing your neck. You look like you're hunting."
"Hunting for who?" One of her eyebrows shot up in pure genuine confusion.
"An unsuspecting god-level hotness billionaire, perhaps?" Indira shrugged.
"Honestly, if I had a body like yours, Ben would not be leaving my bed tonight." She grinned.
Sophia shook her head, Indira was not a slut but the words that sometimes came out of her mouth would make one think otherwise.
It's not the notion of the party that made her upset, it was the lingering feeling in the pit of her stomach, the kind that she got whenever something was going to go wrong.
Somehow, she could feel that something bad would happen at that party and that's why she didn't want to go.
Might as well finish my work for today... She thought to herself and began clicking away at her keyboard.
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*AT THE PARTY*
"Come on girl! Loosen up! You're sticking out like a sore thumb." Indira grinned as she grabbed Sophia by her hand and pulled her to the dance floor.
"I'm not in the mood, Indira." Sophia whined.
"Silly! Come on. Wait! Let me get you a drink."
Mary, who had been watching Sophia all night to make sure she tried nothing funny, saw this as an opportunity and immediately swooped in.
She was going to get Sophia out of the way. She would not let her steal the spotlight from her. All night, Andre had been eyeing Sophia and she knew that if Ben saw Sophia, he might fall for her.
Mary couldn't let that happen.
She grabbed a waiter and stuffed some cash in his hand.
"You see that girl over there,"
"The pretty one in black?"
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