Grandpa stood up and together he and grandma left to sit near the pianist. That left the chair next to Zachary's vacated. Zachary walked back and sat back on his chair.

　　"Why are you not talking to him?" Kiara asked nudging me with her elbow.


　　"Why should I?" I asked drinking my champagne.

　　"Did you both had a fight?" She whispered and I shrugged in response.

　　"Maybe," I said looking at him when he was typing something on his phone.


　　"Let me guess, is this because of the loud mouth snobbing woman?" she asked and I looked at her.

　　"Look, just lift up your ass and go to him. This bitch is not worth to be the reason of you two fighting. Go and resolve all your probl-" she stopped mid sentence looking at Zachary.


　　"What?"I asked and followed her gaze to find Loana already pulling the chair next to Zachary and sitting on it.

　　"I told you," Kiara sighed leaning against the chair and looked back at me.

　　I looked at Zachary who kept the phone back on the table and looked at Loana. She smiled at him and spoke something to him which I couldn't really hear because of the music playing in the background. Zachary answered her questions and nodded now and then whenever she laughed.

　　"This man brought her as his date and he is allowing her to stick around with another man. What type of man exactly is he?" Kiara asked but then I clutched the spoon tightly when Zachary laughed and got up. As I stood up, everybody's eyes were on me. I lowered my head and excused myself for the washroom.

　　In the washroom, I paced around and stood leaning against the counter but then when my eyes fell on my own reflection in the mirror, I burst out crying.

　　"Why are you crying?" I wailed at myself looking at my crying state in the mirror.

　　"I don't know,"

　　"Damn, it hurts," I cried and pull the tissue out of the roller and wiped my tears which were already ruining my makeup.

　　"For god sake, stop crying!" throwing the tissue paper at my reflection, I cried even more.

　　So, this is exactly how it hurts when the person you like, likes someone else. Thinking about it, I got to know that this was my actual real feelings. Emmett never really looked or even talked about any other woman in front of me making me believe that he actually and truly loved me. I trusted him, and that is how I never really got to know what jealousy actually felt. But when I feel it, I'm breaking. I am in even more pain than I was when I knew about Emmett being Nicholas.

　　I don't really like it.

　　I sobbed and wiped the continuous streaming of tears as I continued to feel that pinching and burning sensation in my heart.

　　"Look at me, here I' standing crying my eyes out and there he is void of any of emotions talking and laughing with her" I spoke to myself and as I was about to pull another tissue out, I heard a knock.

　　"Juliette?" my eyes widened hearing the familiar masculine voice who was the reason for my tears.

　　I pulled the tissue out and hurriedly, tried to wipe every smudged line of my eyeliner.

　　"Juliette?Are you there?" he asked knocking on the door again.

　　"Yes, I am" I answered and heard him knocking again.

　　"Are you crying?" he sensed it from my brittle voice.

　　"What is your problem? Go away," I told him and the next moment the door flew open and he walked in.

　　"This is a ladies washroom," I said shocked and angry at the same time pointing towards the door which he closed asking him to get out.

　　"I am done with you now," he said as he walked up to me which made me take a few steps back and stood when stopped by the wall.

　　"Why are you crying?" he asked more in a tone as if he was accusing me of something.

　　"None of you business now out!" I snapped pointing towards the door.

　　"Listen, I don't have any idea why all of a sudden you are behaving like this but you need to stop," he warned.

　　"Or else what?" I challenged him by glaring at him.

　　"Stop that!" he argued now pointing a finger at me.

　　"You stop that!" I argued slapping his finger which angered him because his face contoured into an angry one and he got hold of me from my arm and turned me around shoving me to the wall.

　　"Enough of your drama now," he whispered in my ear.

　　"Let me go," I struggled against him but then he held and folded my right arm on my back twitching it painfully.

　　"Ow!" as a hiss left my mouth he loosened the grip but still didn't leave me.

　　"You are going to tell me now, what exactly is your problem?" he asked through gritted teeth.

　　"I won't," being the stubborn woman I was, I refused to bow down in front of him.

　　"Fine, we can stay like this until we grow old. I don't have any problem," he said and gripped my forearm tightly making me whimper.

　　"Of course, you will do like you want, does my opinion, feelings even matter to you?" I used my other hand and elbowed him hard in his stomach causing a whoomph sound forming in his mouth but still, he didn't let me go.

　　"Juliette!" he snapped and pushed me harder into the wall.

　　"Let me go, Zachary!" I tried to free myself wiggling against him but he didn't free my hands that easily.

　　"Just look at you, you are so stubborn and different from all those other wome-"

　　"Other women?" I said cutting him off.

　　Oh now, he compares me to her.

　　This didn't go well with me because the next moment I started crying, again. No matter, how much I tried not to cry before him, I always did. I sobbed and wept and I felt him loosening his grip and turned me around to face him. I looked at the other side of the wall and sobbed not able to control the tears any longer.

　　"Why are you crying?" he asked with a disbelieve look as he raked his hands through his hair and looked at me as if I had two head.

　　"Juliet-" he took a step forward but I raised my hands and shoved him back.

　　"Stay away! Leave me alone," I said weeping and having stuttering breaths.

　　He pulled a tissue and forwarded it to me, I snatched it away from him and wiped my tears away.

　　"You know I can't do that," he sighed and said in a low voice.

　　"At least tell me why are you crying?" he urged me to answer.

　　"Did anyone tell you something that you didn't like?" he asked I nodded my head no.

　　"Did anyone hurt you?" he asked again and I nodded my head no.

　　"Then?" he thought and then questioned "Did that Nicholas tried to contact you?" he asked all of a sudden anger burning in his eyes. I lit the fire in his eyes off by nodding no.

　　"Then what?" he snapped with irritation.

　　"You!"

　　"You are my problem," I said in between my sobs.

　　"What? What did I-?"

　　"Shut up!" I said with annoyance."

　　"Fine, remain angry then," he said and got hold of my hand and dragged me out back to our table. I thought I would go back and sit with Kiara but instead, he pulled me with him but he politely asked Kiara to slip over to the chair next to her where Loana was previously sitting. Kiara obliged and slipped on the other chair sitting next to a confused Kristian and then he made me sit on Kiara's chair. He sat on my chair all the while holding my hand in his. Loana looked as if she was going to pass out. As if she never had witnessed Zachary holding hand of a woman. I tugged and tried to pull my hand away from his hold but the only thing that he did was to glare at me and he whispered into my ear "Don't make me do anything which I don't want to," he warned and that made me stop.

　　He made sure, to remain close to me the whole night not leaving my hand as if I was a spoilt stubborn kid. Even if I glared, tried to pry my hands he didn't let me go and the worst thing was when he dragged me to his car and made me sit next to him.

　　"You think you are the only stubborn one in this world? Well, get it in your mind. I'm even more stubborn than you and until you tell me what is the reason of your behavior I will make sure to I have you under my wings, under my watchful eyes." he said and I crossed my arms over my chest and looked out of the window to find everyone walking out of the restaurant but the expression of Loana made me little happy. Her pissed off expression as she marched to Kristian's car and hopped in all the while glaring our way.

　　Kiara and Jace joined them in their car while the rest remained the same and we all drove back off. Kristian would leave Loana in her house and then he would join us because he will be living with us.

　　Zachary slapped my thigh because I wasn't listening to him and that angered me. I glared at him and pinched the skin on the back of his hand. He hissed and glared at me.

　　He just can't slap a woman. Mannerless Jerk!