All The Wrong Reason episode 9
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š¹ EPISODE NINE š¹
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The following Friday night, she made plans to go to
Gypsys with her friends. She texted Justin to tell him this.
Justin: Iāll see you there.
Her: What?!
Justin: Relax! Iāll be with my friends. But look my way
sometimes, okay?
Her: š
Justin: When youāre there, remember that thereās one
SMOKING HOT guy in the bar who couldnāt take his eyes off
you!
Her: Smoking hot? Who? Oh, did you mean you?
She smiled when she sent him that message.
Justin: The one and only! š
Her: Let me get a needle. Your head needs deflating!
Justin: Youāre unbelievable! LOL! See you later!
When she stared at her reflection in the mirror, she
couldnāt help feeling proud. She curled her hair with an iron.
It looked more reddish brown. She applied light pink blush
and silver and gray eye makeup to emphasize her startling
long-lashed green eyes. She wore a glittery white dress that
ended a few inches above her knees and showed her
perfect curves. The high-heeled sandals gave her extra
height and extra allure.
Yuan gave her a missed call, which meant that theyāre
already in front of her building.
When they arrived at Gypsys, they immediately found
themselves a sā±0t in the center of the bar.
āIt had to be in the middle of the floor, huh?ā Adrienne
rolled her eyes at Jill and Yuan.
āOf course. This is where the action is!ā Jill replied,
laughing.
A group of guys entered and walked to the bar in front
of the bartender as if that sā±0t was reserved for them.
āManhattan rakes!ā Jill swooned.
āItās good to see Justin Adams back!ā Yuan said.
Adrienne raised a brow. āWhat do you mean itās good
to see him back?ā
Yuan shrugged. āLately, heās been out of circulation.
No one saw him partying at all. His loveā¦ excuse me! sā¬Ć
life seems pretty quiet.ā
āYeah. I have friends who blogs gossip here and there.
And apparently, they donāt see him much these days.
Before, he went to bars almost every night. Then itās like he
disappeared! How lucky could we be that heās here
tonight?ā
Adrienne didnāt say anything. But she couldnāt help
smiling, because she knows exactly where and how Justin
had spent his nights lately. In his apartment or hers,
watching movies, drinking on either of their balconies and
only twice, poker nights with his friends.
Adrienne stared at the bar where Justin stood. He
sported those light-tinted Cartier glasses again to shield his
eyes. He leaned on the bar, holding a bottle of beer in his
hand. He looked in their direction. Adrienne knew that Justin
was watching her. And because she knew her friends
werenāt looking, she smiled and winked at him. She noted
the upward curl of his l-ips before she turned back to her
friends.
After a couple of seconds, her phone beeped.
Justin: Stop flirting with me!
She bit back her lip to prevent herself from grinning
widely in front of her friends. If they got too curious, they
just might snatch the phone from her to look at what she
was smiling about.
She sent him a response: Then stop staring at me!
Justin: Impossible. I couldnāt stop looking at you since
the day I laid eyes on you. š Youāre a fox!
She grinned at her phone, then she straightened her
face when she remembered she was with Jill and Yuan.
She sent another message to Justin: Now itās your turn
to stop flirting with me!
She looked over to his location. She found him staring
at his phone and then he grinned widely at it. He looked at
her for a while, the smile still pasted on his face, and then
he typed something on his phone. Then she saw him bring it
to his l-ips and k-ssed the screen. Then he looked at her
again, smiling crookedly.
Her phone beeped again.
Justin: Justin Adams just gave Adrienne Miller a
thorough k-ss on the l-ips!
She couldnāt help giggling this time and she knew she
began blushing all over. When she looked up, she found two
pairs of curious eyes staring at her.
She cleared her throat. āNothing. Kimberly sent a
broadcast on chat. Medical joke. Wanna hear?ā
Please say no! She silently prayed.
Jill wrinkled her nose and Yuan rolled his eyes. āNo,
thanks!ā they said in unison, much to Adrienneās relief.
After a bottle of Breezer, Adrienne excused herself to
go to the ladiesā room. She went through the first door and
found two other doors in front of her. The door on the left
led to the menās room and the other to the ladiesā. She took
the door to her right.
As she retouched her lip gloss, she noticed the women
around her. Some of their outfits seemed too skimpy for her
taste. She thought one or two girls had started hurling in
one of the cubicles. Most of them still spoke about how
many cute and available guys came that night and how had become. Was she really too prudish and too sheltered?
She went out the first door. As she reached for the
handle of the second one that will lead her to the bar, it
opened and two girls rushed in,side. One had her hand to
her mouth, obviously trying to make it to the ladiesā room to
throw up but it didnāt look like she was going to make it.
Unfortunately, this girl had come directly in front of
Adrienne. She feared she was too shocked to react or stay
out of the way. She watched in horror as the girl lunged
forward and made a puking sound.
Suddenly, she felt somebody pull her wa-ist and yank
her out of the way. The girl vomited a meter away from her,
much to her relief.
It took her a moment to realize that whoever pulled
her still held her. She looked up and saw a pair of gorgeous
aquamarine eyes. His hair was brown with a little tint of red.
He was looking back at her in surprise as well. A sense of
familiarity shot toward her, which made her aware that he
was still holding her.
She took a step back from him. His eyes were
narrowed, as if he was trying to place her. His face looked
familiar too, which she found quite odd.
āHaveā¦we met before?ā he asked.
Standing half a meter away from him, she got the
chance to look at him further. He was taller than her,
probably as tall as Justin. He appeared lean, and the white
long-sleeved shirt he wore outlined a bit of his well-toned
physique.
She would have remembered meeting him. He was
veryāand she meant veryāgood-looking. Like he stepped
out of the covers of a magazine. But she was positive she
hasnāt seen him around yet. But something about him
seemed oddly familiar.
She shook her head. āNo, I donāt think so.ā
āSorry. I thought Iāve seen you before.ā He smiled,
flashing her his perfect set of teeth and deep, adorable
each hoped to score one of them.
She couldnāt help wondering where sheād been all her
life and what made her oblivious at how liberated the world dimples on either side of his cheeks, just beside his l-ips.
Then he reached forward and extended his hand to her. āIām
Jin. Jin Starck.ā
She stared at his hand for a moment and decided to
shake it. āAdrienne. Adrienne Miller.ā
Adrienne heard a cough behind her. She turned
around and found Justin, a grave look was plastered on his
face. Immediately, she pulled her hand away from the guy.
The guy looked from her to Justin, and Adrienne saw
the realization crossing his face. He took in the look on
Justinās face and immediately concluded that Adrienne was
with him.
āWell, youāre welcome,ā he said to Justin, his eyes
glittering.
Justin shot an eyebrow up. āFor what?ā
āI just saved your girlfriendās dress from going in the
trash bin,ā he said cheerfully. Then he stared at Adrienne
and smiled. āSee you around, Adrienne Miller.ā He winked at
her before he exited the room.
Adrienne turned to Justin who didnāt look too happy.
āYeah, a girl almost puked on me,ā she said, pointing at the
nasty vomit on the floor that was now being cleaned up by a
female maintenance worker.
He glared at her for a long moment and then he shook
his head.
āWhat?ā she asked.
āYou have ten seconds to get back to your table. Or
Iām taking you there and you will have a lot of explaining to
do to your friends,ā he said in an arctic-clad voice.
āJustinā¦ā she started.
āTenā¦ nineā¦ā He started counting which made her
panic. She quickly turned on her heels and she took a run
for the exit.
Adrienne was p-nting when she got back to her table.
āWhat happened to you?ā Jill asked.
It took a moment for Adrienne to compose herself.
āSome girl almost puked on me.ā
āAnd itās only eleven, ladies and gentlemen! Welcome
to the twenty-first century!ā Yuan chuckled.
When she peered at the bar, she found that Justin had
already gotten back to his seat. He had his back to her.
An ugly, guilty feeling gnawed her and she couldnāt
understand it. Was she wrong to shake that guyās hand? He
introduced himself to her politely, and he saved her from a
disastrous wardrobe emergency. It seemed only right to
shake his hand, no?
Then why did she feel like she was cheating? Why did
she feel like Justin had every right to be pissed off?
She took out her phone and started typing: Are you
okay?
She didnāt receive a response. She kept looking at her
phone and at the bar where Justin sat. He still had his back
to her and it looked like he was drinking quietly.
She tried again. Hey, handsome! Smile, okay?
She saw Justin looking down, probably reading her
message.
Finally, her phone beeped. Her heart skipped a beat
as she read his message.
Justin: Canāt smile. Some guy ogled my girl.
She smiled at those last two words. My girl.
She replied: He was not ogling! And besides did you
see her ogle back?
Justin: No. But I still feel bad. So, she has to make up
for it!
Her: How?
She waited for like forever for his response. Then
finally, her phone beeped again.
Justin: She has to go on a date with me. This time, I
name the place and the terms.
She bit her lip. She had to keep herself from
scre-ming her heart out.
Her: She says okay. But you have to remember the
rules. Nothing public.
Justin: Nope. I said I will be the one to name the
terms.
Adrienne sighed. She knew in her heart that she loved
this guy. And heād done so much for her. He knew what heās
doing. He promised not to pressure her. So she typed her
answer and hit send: All right Mr. Adams! You got yourself a
date!
After a minute he responded: Now, Miss Millerā¦ Iām
smiling all the way! š
She looked at him. True enough, he started looking in
her direction, his l-ips curved in a smile that she knew was
meant only for her.