Divorced Heiress
Chapter 26

"Ms. Petit. How glad I am to see you again!"

That voice full of sarcasm seemed familiar to me and I didn't have to turn around to know who interrupted my dance and my conversation.

Paul looked behind me with his stern gaze and I loosened my grip on him to turn around and meet the playful face of that man, his gaze traveled to my waist where Paul's hand still was, and I did nothing to remove it.

"I can't say the same about you, Mr. Rehman." I responded sharply and expressionless.

When I saw him on the second floor with Gina, I didn't think he would dare to approach me, he had nothing to do with Alexander's best friend, in fact, I never managed to please him in the past, the last time I saw him was at a gathering at the Lancaster villa, where I seemed more like the family's maid than the wife.

Amelia had asked me to help the staff serve drinks and food, and I accepted to please her, in the end I couldn't enjoy the gathering next to my husband and ended up helping the staff clean every corner of the villa. I knew.

How pathetic I was.

"I see." He said, alternating his gaze between Paul and me, I raised one of my eyebrows, guessing what was going through his mind and I admit that at this moment I wasn't far from reality after thinking about Paul's proposal. But, why would he care?

What was he doing here anyway?

Why was he addressing me?

I had nothing to talk to him about, nor was there any reason for him to even speak to me.

"What do you want, Mr. Rehman? You just interrupted our dance, please be brief." I spoke without a hint of grace and put my hand on top of Paul's, causing his fingers to tighten around my waist.

I could feel how tense he was by my side, surely annoyed by the presence of that man just when he was about to give an answer.

"I heard about the altercation with Gina, could you please follow me? I would like to talk about some things regarding my bar." I let out a silent laughter without humor before looking at the second floor, where Gina was still watching us, this time, her face was adorned with an arrogant smile that I would like to wipe away with a slap.

Of course, she ran to seek help when she felt cornered by me, could she be more pathetic?

"Of course, I can." I let go of Paul's hand with the intention of him letting me go to follow Mike, but instead, I only managed to make him slightly tighten his grip, as if he had no intention of letting me go with the man, at least not without his company. "Sari, I'll go with you, I don't trust this man." Paul murmured near my ear so that only I could hear him, and I shook my head.

He didn't know Mike. He had no idea who he was, but I did, and he wouldn't be able to do anything out of the ordinary in his own bar. It would be a subject of gossip and he was a man who cared a lot about his image. He cared a lot about what people will say, so he had never been involved in rumors that would harm his reputation.

I had nothing to fear, the most he could do was spew insults just like Gina did, and I was very well prepared to defend myself.

"I can handle it on my own, trust me." I refused feeling confident in myself.

"I'll be back in a moment, we have a pending conversation." I said, patting him on the shoulder before following Mike's steps.

I didn't need anyone to face the consequences of my actions. I was not like a certain woman who sought help from others instead of standing up for herself, like a true coward.

I climbed the stairs to the second floor and we reached where Gina was without wiping away her smile, accompanied by her friends who kept a prudent distance.

Mike stopped in front of Gina and looked at me with accusatory eyes, as if I had done something that harmed him.

"Mr. Rehman, please get to the point, the presence of this woman is not pleasant for me." I said as soon as I stopped by his side, Gina raised an eyebrow for a few seconds and looked at Mike with a disappointed expression.

"Do you see how she talks to me? She is not worthy of this place, she is only ruining the image of this exclusive bar." Gina spoke as if she was extremely offended by my words, as if she didn't have a triumphant smile on her face just a moment ago. I gave her a playful look.

How could someone be so fake?

"Ms. Sarah, I ask you to apologize to Gina and leave my bar. You have started an argument with Gina, insulting her humiliatingly just because she is your ex-husband's sister. Are you still not over the Lancaster family? Please, I don't allow physical or verbal violence in my bar."

I looked at Mike with a furrowed brow, totally confused by his words, but soon burst into laughter when I understood the situation. Such nonsense!

"Is that what Ms. Lancaster told you? Does she even know how things really happened? She should be the one apologizing. Who do the Lancasters think they are, thinking they're gods? The one who doesn't seem to get over it is the lady present." I responded amused by the situation while looking disdainfully at a frowning Gina.

She was twisting the facts, portraying herself as the victim who was attacked by her ex-sister-in-law, and obviously Mike was going to believe anything that came out of her mouth. After all, she was his best friend's sister, and I was the ex-wife who never liked him. "Apologize to me? Not in your wildest dreams. You are the one who should kneel and ask for my forgiveness for the insults." Gina played the victim expertly in front of Mike, so much so that even her eyes welled up as if she were truly affected.

"She paid Petter to kick me out of the bar! She's resentful, she can't stand being expelled from the Lancaster family. She's just waiting for my brother to arrive, she's going to regret everything she's said to me."

Just hearing that Alexander could be on his way here made my body boil with anger. He was the last person I wanted to see in my life. Who else did she plan to call to defend her? The President of the United States?

"Mr. Rehman, if you believe that I started an argument with Ms. Lancaster, I invite you to verify her version with the security cameras. If I paid the guard, it's because she invaded my private room without being invited. According to the bar's policies, only people with prior reservations have access to these rooms, thus ensuring the privacy and comfort of the customers. So I am not satisfied with the service of this place that does not fulfill what it offers. If you think I'm lying, I invite you once again to take a look at the security footage, then you will see who insulted whom and who truly deserves an apology." I said calmly while delicately resting my hand on the rail.

Gina's face turned as pale as paper upon hearing my invitation to see the security cameras. Was she so clueless that she didn't even think that her behavior without the slightest bit of manners would be recorded?

She could be even more pathetic than I could have imagined.

Mike gave Gina a stern look, realizing in her eyes that she had distorted the facts to suit her own agenda.

"Gina, is there something you want to say about this? You told me that Ms. Petit attacked you in your room." Mike asked, his face red, and I couldn't tell if it was out of anger because of Gina's false accusations, or embarrassment for accusing me without investigating a little.

"She's lying, my friends witnessed it and can confirm this woman's verbal aggression! Right?" Gina turned to her friends who had been listening, and the three of them glanced from one face to another without knowing what to say, and in the end, they simply entered one of the rooms, which I assumed was Gina's.

"Don't think badly of them, Mike, they just don't like getting involved in other people's affairs."

"Very contradictory of you, Ms. Lancaster. You know they don't get involved in other people's affairs, yet you seek their support." I said with a mocking smile, and Gina's face turned a rosy shade.

"Mr. Rehman, now you know what you have to do, and I expect the respective apologies when you find out the truth of the matter. And next time, before making an accusation and demanding an apology, inform yourself better. Not everything that glitters is gold. Ms. Lancaster, despite your poor behavior, I will leave your tab paid as promised. You need that money more than I do. Excuse me, I am leaving very dissatisfied with your bar." I said, feeling satisfied with my confrontation with them.I didn't give either of the two people who were looking at me stunned by my words a chance to speak, I turned around and walked away from them, strutting without looking back.

I searched for Paul with my eyes where I had left him before going with Mike and I couldn't find him, I couldn't even see Abby or Vincent.

Where did they go?

Hands rested on my waist before descending the stairs, making me jump, and before I turned around to punch that person for such audacity, I realized it was Paul.

"Are you okay? Did they eat you alive?" He asked with a worried look, holding my things in his hands as if he had guessed that we would leave the place.

I quickly shook my head in response, Abby and Vincent were approaching behind him, both looking unhappy, and I spoke so that everyone would know I was okay, that there was nothing to worry about.

"I didn't give them a chance and maybe they'll come back asking for an apology, but we should leave here, I can't stand the presence of that couple, they'll keep ruining our night without even getting close." I replied, remembering that the unspeakable one could arrive at any moment and I didn't want my night to be completely ruined with one more defender of Gina.

Of course, everyone agreed with the decision.

I linked my arm with Paul's, feeling annoyed by that couple, but mostly with Gina, who still had all the desire to humiliate me as many times as she wanted, despite not being part of her family for more than three years.

What the hell did she want from me?

"This is not the only bar in this city, leave that to me, I'll take care of finding the perfect place for us to continue having fun, well, the three of us, because Vincent doesn't seem very amused." Abby said, hitting Vincent with her elbow and he didn't even flinch, he looked very upset and perhaps it was because of the unpleasant encounters I had tonight and that he couldn't do anything to defend me at my own request.

We left the bar, not without first paying for the orders that had been placed so far for all the customers at the bar, just as I had promised, I didn't even dare to look at the bill.

We waited for the chauffeur to arrive with the car, Abby was complaining to Vincent for becoming so cold after the perfect dance they had, and I remembered my dance with Paul, I looked up at Paul's face, which remained silent as if he were immersed in his thoughts and oblivious to the conversation of the others.

"Paul." I called as I gently let go of his arm, although his hand ended up holding mine, as if he didn't want to stop feeling my touch, and his brown gaze met my eyes.

"Before we were interrupted earlier, I was going to give you an answer to your proposal." I resumed the topic, while looking at our intertwined hands and then looked at his peaceful face.

"Oh! If you don't want to, I swear I won't keep pressuring you, I won't force you to do something you don't want to do and..." He started to say, but I didn't give him a chance to continue talking and he looked at me incredulously, as if he couldn't believe I just gave him such an answer, and soon his confused look was replaced by a sparkle in his eyes that made them look lighter.

"I would never disappoint you, Sari." He hugged me, taking me by surprise, and we let go of each other, both with a smile adorning our faces.

"I hope so." I replied cheerfully when my chauffeur arrived and my eyes automatically shifted to a very familiar car that had just parked a few meters away, very close to the entrance of the bar, I immediately knew who it belonged to.

My blood almost boiled with anger, and before the owner of that Bugatti could come out and see his disgusting face, I made my way to the car next to Paul, Abby quickly got in on her brother's side, leaving him in the middle, and Vincent got in on the passenger side. "Mr. driver, since I have failed in my first choice, we will go to another bar, you follow my instructions. The night is just beginning and it smells like love here, good love!"