Hello!!
I want to apologise for the delay but here's the third chapter anyways.
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She took a deep breath as the presentation came to an end and glanced at Terence who was standing beside her. Their turn was at the last and after listening to the previous presentations, she had started getting nervous; but now that they were done, she was relived. She stole another glance at her professor and was shocked.
Was he smiling?
She tugged at Terence's sleeve to catch his attention and he followed her gaze to their teacher. Professor Tam had a visible smile on his face! They had never seen him smile, not even a twinkle in his eyes throughout the whole damn semester.
"It appears that you two have done a lot of studying. Please return to your seats."
Butterflies fluttered in her tummy after hearing her teacher's remarks. He actually praised them. The days of hard work had finally paid off and Pari knew she owed all of this to Terence.
Later that day, after she got home and told Elsie about the presentation, she was more than thrilled. "This calls for a party!!!!" Elsie yelled skipping towards her wardrobe.
Pari just sat there looking at her friend in disbelief. All Elsie ever wanted was to party but she felt content, too. Oh what the heck, she might as well be honest. She didn't just feel content, she felt as if she was on top of the world so she didn't refuse her friend's suggestion.
An hour later, they were seated at one of the famous bars in HK along with one of Elsie's friends. The music was blaring at its fullest and it enticed Elsie, so she made Pari down her drink and pulled her towards the floor.
"Isn't this awesome?" Elsie screamed, bobbing her head and shaking her hips to the hip-hop/reggae mix that was blasting.
"Sure. But I think I'll go deaf in a matter of seconds." Pari replied sarcastically. The volume was okay at the bar, but they were standing too close to one of the massive speakers and she could actually feel the waves of sound.
Elsie gave a small chuckle as she continued moving her body to the music. She wore a pink and black spaghetti strap top and black denim shorts. She had black eyeliner and pink eye shadow on her eyes to match her top. She looked stunning and Pari was not surprised. She could wear a sack and still look pretty.
Pari had selected a white tube top and a white skirt which ended a few inches above her knees for that evening. She had started wearing skirts more often since after receiving that compliment from Terence a few weeks ago. On her feet were white strapped heels and her eyes were lined with kohl.
Sometime later, she noticed that two guys had moved and were dancing along with them. She saw Elsie give a saucy smile to one of the guys and started grinding her hips on him. Pari rolled her eyes and stayed with Elsie for the remainder of the song. The other guy moved closer to her and started to move his body against hers a little too intimately. She was getting uncomfortable and tried to move away when he snaked his arms around her waist.
Once the song was over, she tried to step away from him but he held on to her. His hands gripping her elbow almost painfully. She tried to wrench herself free but it proved to be useless. She scanned the crowd looking for Elsie but she seemed to have disappeared.
"What's wrong shorty? I must say, you've got a cute little skirt on." He whispered throatily, his lips almost touching her ears.
She stared up at his face. "Let me go." She said, raising her voice up a couple of octaves, but it still sounded small with the music blasting around them.
"What is the problem? We could have some fun, you know." Came the reply.
Who the hell did he think he was? She thought to herself all the while staring at him incredulously. She again tried to free herself and when he didn't let go, she got nervous.
She struggled some more and was about to kick him on the 'X' spot when he was roughly pulled away from her. She looked up and recognized the green eyes. Terence.
He had a deep scowl on his face and was definitely seething. She had never seen him angry and now that she'd seen it, she definitely didn't want to face his bad side.
He had been watching her having fun from the bar. She looked pretty cute in that dress and was planning to wait until she was done with dancing but when a guy actually tried to mishandle her, he couldn't stop himself.
"Is there anything you wanted?" She could very well hear the anger in his voice. The nervousness she had been feeling moments ago was now etched on his face. He mumbled a small apology and hightailed his way off.
"Thanks. I was really getting scared out there." She said, rubbing her elbow. "But I should suggest you to stop saving me every time like that. What if I get used to it?"