Milly's pov
As I entered the room a strong smell of alcohol hit my nostrils. Linda was sitting on the sofa with a glass of whisky she asked me " have you arranged any place ? You know na you have to leave the room by tomorrow. "
" Yes Yes I know. You don't need to remind me all the time . " I replied instantly.
" Don't you dare to talk to me like that, Milly.Neither I invited you here nor I promised for a shelter. So stop showing your attitude . " she hissed at me .
" I will shift tomorrow. I have found a place to stay. " I said taking a step back.
" Good . Don't you ever dare to show me your face again " she again concentrated on her glass.
Linda is my friend or I can say Linda was my friend . She lives in this city for 2 years . After highschool she shifted here and started her career as a model. As it is a totally new city for me , I asked her for a place to stay. She offered me to stay with her. But last day I came to know that her roommate is going to arrive with in two days and now I have to find a new place for me. Once she was a good friend of mine but now instead of helping me out she is treating me like a piece of s**t . it is nearly impossible for me to find an affordable place with in a day in such a big city. And at this moment I can't even go back to my parents house. Specially when I left the house because of them .
After my mother's death my life was miserable . Within a year my father married a wicked woman . She made my life a living hell. She treated me like a maid and my father never tried to stop her . One day I came to know that she was planning to fix my marriage to a rich old man . At that moment I decided to take the job in knight's company and left the house without informing anyone .
I just can't afford to back to hell again. So I started searching for a new place.Luckily I found an advertisement that was posted by one of my colleague Emmey Jones. Though we were not introduced properly but I decided to talk to her personally. I was lucky that the room was still available at that moment and she was ready to make me her 'apartment mate' .
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On the next morning I left Linda's place before she wakes up. And now I am in front of Emmey's apartment for the last 30 minutes. I knocked her door several time but nobody answered . I also called her number and it was switched off. So I decided to give it a try for one more time and wait outside the door. After few minutes Emmey opened the door to let me in. The apartment is huge and fully decorated with expensive things.
" How long have you been waiting outside ?"Emmey asked me and took one of my bag from me .
"I am sorry for disturbing your sleep . your apartment is really beautiful."
" No ...No ... it's not mine. It belongs to my cousin . let's go . I will show you the room " she took me to the room next to the kitchen. She put my bag on the table and asked me to freshen up and join for breakfast.
There was a king sized bed, a wardrobe and a table . I put my bags on the table and went to the kitchen. Emmey made some pancakes and eggs for the breakfast.
" I could arrange this much for breakfast . Do you have anything important to do after breakfast? would you mind to come with me for shopping?" Emmey asked giving me a cup of coffee.
" not at all.I also have to buy few thing for the party " I took a sip from my cup and we went to the dining table .
After finishing our breakfast we went to a nearby mall. Each and every stores in this mall is filled with expensive dresses , shoes and jewelleries. Suddenly I found Emmey starring at a blue dress that was displayed on a mannequin . The dress was covered with embroidered floral design .
" You should try it. " I whispered into her ears.
" No ..No.. it's too expensive to buy " Emmey ignored me and started walking to the other direction.
"Who told you to buy it ? just try it " I held her hand and entered the shop.
" Wow, you look just like Cinderella
. Now we need a prince charming who can escote you to the party ."I said as she came out of the trial room . She was looking gorgeous in the dress.I clicked her picture as she was smiling in front of the mirror.
" I bet you forgot the dress code . we have to wear something on red. " she smiled at me and went to the changing room . We went to different shops for a suitable dress for the party. Emmey was quite confused about the selection of dresses , so I helped her and selected a backless red gown for her . I bought a pair of red heels that totally matches my outfit for the party.
After the shopping we went to a restaurant for lunch .
"Milly I think someone is constantly following us since we left the mall." Emmey said in a low voice. I looked around but found nothing , everything was perfectly normal.
" I couldn't find anything like that. You are over thinking Emmey . let's go, we have to get ready for the party. " paying the bills we left the place.
It was already late when we reached our apartment. we rushed to our rooms to get ready. After struggling for one hour I finally looked into the mirror with satisfaction. I went to check whether Emmey was ready or not and found her struggling with her own hair.
"You are not ready yet. Give me the brush . let me do your hair ." I quickly took the brush from her hand and started preparing her hair to give it a beautiful look. I applied some makeup on her face and finally it was done with in 30 minutes.
" Now you are ready for the party." I turned her to face the mirror .
" You have a very good fashion sense . Thank you so much " she thanked me admiring herself in the mirror.
Without wasting a single more moment we headed straight to the venue .