LOVING A MANNEQUIN

Chapter 35: Anica Met Eric's Family

*NO ONE POV*

Outside the VIP room of an expensive and luxurious hotel, Anica walked back and forth as she constantly squeezed her palms. She was stunning in wearing a red body fit casual dress and red stiletto shoes. She did not know if she would continue to enter or go home.

"What should I do?" She bit her nail so hard. "What am I going to do? I can't go home, I don't have money to pay him. But if I go in, I look like an easy girl. No. No. No. I can't. Whichever I choose, I look like I'm in a disadvantageous position. Never mind. It's just for now. No more next time. Just for compensation. Right. Compensation." Her face wrinkled at what she had chosen to do.

She finally approached the door and was about to turn the door knob as she stopped again and turned around. "Is going in really that hard? Why am I so unwilling?"

Even before Anica could turn around back to the door, it suddenly opened and she was pulled in by two powerful hands.

Anica struggled until she was released by the pull.

"Eric? What do you think you are doing?" She was about to strike Eric with her purse when he suddenly brought his face closer to her.

"You are so beautiful today, my woman." He kissed her forehead, reason for her to be puzzled and gawked. Eric smiled foolishly. "You see? I told you and you would love to be with me."

The man pulled Anica's hand but the girl jerked it away as she recovered her senses from her confused mind earlier. "What do you think you are? Do you think you can just take all women easily because you are rich and handsome? Is it really fun for you to play with women?"

Eric looked at Anica as he frowned, had one hand in his mouth and bit one finger and hugged the other hand to the other side. He giggled, "Don't worry, you're not a woman in my eyes."

"You are shameless." Anica slapped Eric with her purse. Soon, they heard loud noises of shoes approaching them. There was a connected room from the room they occupied so Anica did not know that there was anyone else inside.

Since Eric was unable to control Anica's fussing, he has no choice but to kiss her. The girl's eyes widened as one of her hands locked against the wall with the young man's hand.

Just right in time, the owner of the footsteps saw them.

She coughed to let them know that there was someone else around. Only then did the man separate from the kiss.

"Son, is she the one you say is your girlfriend? Hmmmmm, beautiful. You really have a good taste." The woman smiled who was in her late forties but still looked young. "Eric, it looks like you acted naughty again and you scared your girlfriend. Look, she was stunned by what you did."

Eric scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. "Ma, don't tease me. All right, just go back first. We will come later."

"Okay! Okay! Don't take too long. They are waiting for you two. They are even more excited to meet your girlfriend than me."

Eric nodded as his mother left.

The man turned to Anica again and whispered, "Just play along tonight. My family wants to meet you. So hope you could portray your duty well. Let's go." Anica just drifted along as the man took her hand and led her to the innermost part of the room.

"Eric, is this your girlfriend? How pretty." A man immediately greeted Eric with one hand tapping him and the other was reaching his hand for a hand shake. After they shook hands, she held out her hand to Anica, "I'm Lester, Eric's Uncle. Nice meeting you Miss--"

"Just call me Anica, Uncle." Anica replied shyly while accepting his handshake.

“Alright, that's enough and let our future in-law take a seat." Eric's mother said sweetly as everyone got into a mess introducing, shaking hands and praising Anica.

Anica bowed slightly to Eric's mother and hesitated to ask. "Aunt, what future in-law?"

The lady laughed at her question. She reached out her hand, "Sit down first. Aiya, I'm referring to you. Why did Eric just introduce you to us now? It doesn't matter, there are many more opportunities before your wedding day."

"Wedding Day?" Eric and Anica exclaimed simultaneously which made them two coughed.

"Yes. And the subject of this family dinner is marriage."

"What?" At the same time, the two shouted again and looked at each other.