Unwanted Love

CHAPTER EIGHT : Masquerade party four

Pearl couldn't believe what she heard. She was stupified.

While Dylan smirked at her bewildered expression.

"I expected you to remember Rex though, since you always clinged on to him all the time" he spouted out.

10 years ago, when the Johnsons visited the Coleen residence, pearl always clinged to the 16 year old Rex and avoided Dylan. She was the only one who went against him. He remembered those days when he would continually tease and annoy her until her whole face flush red in rage.

"Oh no" she cried in annoyance covering her face in embarrassment as Dylan laughed out more.

"You don't laugh... Dad, mum...you guys stop it please.... I'm embarrassed here" she said and left.

"Sly, I think you should follow her" Lisa said still smiling.

"Alright mum" he cried but Dylan stopped him and decided to go find the drama queen himself.

"Hahahahahaha, children" Dave gushed

"But I do not see Ian anywhere, where is he?" Lisa asked which immediately darken Dave's face.

.............

Dave went on stage to congratulate Dylan on his twentieth birthday including Rex great achievements. Then the anchor came up stage to entertain the guests.

Pearl, who had been hiding away from Dylan finally sighed in relief but that happiness didn't last for long when she felt someone drag her to the stage. She tried to remove her hand but the person's hold on her became tighter. He took the mic from the anchor to introduce pearl to the guests.

"This here is my favourite childhood friend and she's going to cheer up everyone of us here, isn't it" he cried glancing at her confounded face.

"Are you out of your mind? Did I tell you to bring me here?"she whispered to him with a fake smile not to embarrass herself in front of the guests. "What do you want from me?"she lashed out on him quietly.

Just then Dylan blurted out without thought "she's gonna sing for me....I really really appreciate that, especially when it's my day" he announced.

"What....the..I ..you..?"

"Too late!"he cried shoving the mic into her palms leaving the fuming girl on the stage.

"Erm...well" she panicked.

"Oh God, what to do....that ingrate of a guy...how I despise him" she thought "I have to do something".

The guests waited for her to speak.

"Hello" she greeted "I'm pearl Coleen, you all already know me" she paused thinking.

"I'm 18, clearly the right age to get married right" she continued spouting nonsense. "So I'll just hook up with any dashing hot guy I see since am pretty".

Sly, standing beside both Dylan and Rex waiting for her to speak felt thrilled by her words while Dylan choked on his wine. The oldies in the party could not control their laughter.

"That was hilarious Cole, didn't know your daughter would become feist" Dave cried.

She continued "Since I'm searching for my so called prince charming. Why don't you all move to the dance floor with your partner to have a dance? Isn't that a lovely idea?" she smiled widely with a dimple printed on her right cheek.

"Right birthday....boy" she gritted her teeth glaring at Dylan with hatred and anger.

"Right, that's a brilliant idea" he cried as he walked up to the stage. "Music".

The instrumentalists immediately started playing hearing the order. The guests alongside their partners moved to the dance floor. Meanwhile, the ladies of other prestigious family declined a dance from the young men who came to them. How stupid to that Dylan, Sly and Ian would ask for a dance from them?.

After alot of thinking with his mind and heart, Sly finally agreed with his heart to have a dance with Lily. He walked up to her direction but stopped when someone else already went to her, slowly he got furious when he saw her accept the boy's hand.

"May I have this dance?" Ian said bowing his head like a prince attracting the people in the ballroom. His advance terrified them , the ice Prince finally let go of the princess, Gia.

"I'm not ready for one of your jokes" she cried without staring at him " go and dance with other ladies".

"What if it's you I want to dance with? Will you grant me?".

"I said g...."before she could complete her words, he dragged her to the dance floor at the main centre which made the people dancing stop to watch them. The spotlight was now on them.

" Be obedient and follow my steps" she heard him say but then she turned back to see Sly glaring at them at a distance with pain in his eyes.

"Is he still angry with me?" She thought

He continued "stare into my eyes" she complied as he placed her right hand on his shoulder, intertwined his right hand with her other hand while circling his other hand around her waist tightly bringing her closer to him, in the process lily shivered slightly.

Sly was sorely tempted to throttle Ian when he saw him intertwine his hand with Lily's but when he saw lily shiver at his touch, he felt the urge to go there to take her back but Harry stopped him, took him out of the ball to the private garden.

Pearl also saw her reaction and tried to go but Dylan blocked her way not to ruin his brother's moment.

At first when he saw Ian move to Lily, he thought he wanted to tease her but after seeing him making advances at her , he finally concluded that Ian likes her and realising pearl trying to ruin the moment, he blocked her way.

Dale was also in shock to see Ian initiate a contact with a girl since the death of his girlfriend, 'what a pleasing sight to see' he thought inwardly.

"I don't want to dance with you" she cried struggling from his hold.

"Can't still believe you are no longer that sweet little cute Cinderella who would do what I tell her to, you're changed.... Not bad?" He smiled and continued "y'know I have always admired you when we were kids but now I think you've become a little crazy" he said getting a glare from her.

"Who's crazy...and your cute little Cinderella...I'm nothing like that?".