She was thankful that her outfit for today was at least covering up a decent part of her body, because she wouldn’t be able to bear the shame of dancing that way while her boss was sitting there looking at her. Since she couldn’t afford to forfeit her pay just because someone unexpected showed up, she played professionalism, and just concluded that she would pretend as if nothing happened.
She finally went to change, quickly received her pay from Mike and rushed out of the club before he could come out, and they would bump into each other. She was still panicking when someone grabbed her from behind and she yelled.
She shouted “It is not what you think” in shock and turned to see her confused roommate standing there.
“What am I thinking?” Emily asked, raising her eyebrows in return. She was also shocked at the reaction of her roommate.
“Oh! It’s you. When did you get here?”, She asked, comporting herself as she wiped her sweaty hand on her clothes.
“I arrived just now when Mike told me you were here. I was around the area, so I thought I should wait for you”, Emily answered, walking close to her and linking arms with her.
She sighed a shallow “I see” and turned to walk up to the street.
Emily took a short glance at Amber’s face and nudged her by the shoulder. “Did something happen? Why do you look dejected?”
“I am so tired, I want to go home right now”, she murmured in a tired voice, and flagged down the taxi for both of them.
She didn’t utter any word throughout their ride and Emily was tempted to ask what happened to her, but she decided to pass it off. She wouldn’t need to bug her to open up, she wanted to let her know what was happening to her, she would just have to wait for her to open up herself.
Amber just showered, ate an apple and slumped into her bed when they got home, and she didn’t get up till noon of the next day. She woke up with a loud yawn and headed to the fridge where she gulped down a bottle of cold water and a loud belch followed.
“So irritating”, Emily blurted out with a disgusted expression on her face from the other side of the room.
She was about to close the fridge when what happened at the club yesterday rushed to her head again, and she screamed before running to grab her phone. She had forgotten all about it as she slept like a baby throughout the night thanks to the tiredness of both her work and the club.
“Do I have any texts or missed calls?” she groaned as she frantically scrolled through her phone, but she didn’t find any.
She sighed in relief and dropped her phone before going to clean up and finally eating proper food. She was busy glancing at her phone all day, even when she was watching a movie with her roommate. She was expecting her boss to call or text her about what happened in the club, but he didn’t, and his silence was making her scared.
Emily became tired of her unsettled attitude and lashed out “It’s not like you have anyone calling you, why are you checking your phone every five minutes? You are getting me distracted.”
“It’s because my boss might call” she responded with a sigh.
“Why would he call or text you? He has never for once disturbed your weekend”, Emily countered with anger etched on her face.
“You have been acting weird since yesterday, did something happen at the club yesterday?” her roommate pressed her further to squeeze whatever was wrong out of her, and she finally spilled the beans. “Tom Holland was at the club yesterday, and he saw me dancing on the pole”, she confessed and Emily spat out her water in shock before experiencing series of coughing session
“Tom Holland? Your boss? How come? He’s the most boring person I have ever seen on earth, so why was he at the club randomly?” Emily poured out as water ran down her eyes thanks to the coughs. She could not believe her ears.
“I know right? I wonder what he was doing there yesterday. I almost dropped down the pole” she sighed, slumping deeper into the sofa.
Emily blinked severely to digest the situation at hand. She was so confused for a bit that she didn’t know what to say before she suddenly snapped her fingers, “But why is that an issue? It’s not like you are violating any work rules. You don’t need to expect a call or text from him because it is your private issue”, she said to her.
The moment she said that, Amber also reasoned with her. It was as if her senses had just opened, and she whispered, “Wait! That’s true. It’s not like I was there during work hours, and it’s my private life, so he has no business with it”, and decided to brush off the issue.
She finished the movie with Emily and Eddy’s call came as she went to her bed to rest for the rest of the day. She planned to finish her report the next day and prepare for the office as usual. That was her normal weekend routine because Saturday was the only time she could get enough rest.
Eddy told her to get prepared with Emily in the evening because he would be coming over to take them out. She agreed, and he ended the call after telling her that he would be there by seven in the evening.
Eddy is her boyfriend she started dating a year ago. She had met him at the college festival she attended with her roommate. He was already a graduate but according to him, he came to have fun because he had missed school and he was having free time.
He was working as the manager of a delivery company and earning a cool amount of income. That wasn’t a burden to her, because she was not the type to run after rich men.
She texted her roommate, and they got ready in the evening. He came around seven o’clock and they both entered his car, which zoomed off to one of the night parks.
“Where are we going to? Is something happening somewhere?”, she asked as soon as he swerved to the right side of the road.
“Today is the cultural night at the park. Have you forgotten already? You were the one that said you were interested the other day”, Emily responded.
“Really? It’s really today? Oh my God! I had totally forgotten. I would have sulked over it if not for you both and that’s why I love you” she said with a broad smile.
“You should try reducing your workload. You are forgetful these days”, Eddy remarked.
“Well you are there to remind me, so I am rest assured”, she pouted and gave him a quick peck.
“Before you display any form of affection, please remember that I am here so don’t cause any accident. I still have so many things to do that I don’t want to go to heaven right now”, Emily said at the back, and they all giggled.
They got to the park and everywhere was lit up prettily, everyone was moving around with a light stick as they waited for the event to start. There were different stands displaying many beautiful items, and they decided to check them out before the main event started.
Emily and Amber ended up buying a couple's bracelet and also got their names embedded on it to avoid confusion or being mixed up, while Eddy and Amber got matching key chains. The event started, and they went to their seats. They enjoyed every bit of the event as the performers delivered their performance with quality moves and exciting events.
Eddy dropped them home around past ten in the night, and she pecked him on the lips before rushing in to watch her favorite show. She ended up going to bed around midnight without even remembering the encounter with her boss at the club. She had decided to mark it as a past event, and she would not have that hinder her daily life, but little did she know that it would be a big problem for her.
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