She's Such A Beguiler

06 - Deceiver

06 - Deceiver

Chastity's POV:

Disapproval is written all over her face. Though I am already expecting she'll be reacting like this once I began talking about my intentions of meeting her privately, still, something was off to her. 

"You don't know what you are entering, Chastity. And I won't let you!" Lerisse exclaimed exhausted again. 

Even so, I just remained at my stance and was still not affected by the way she kept on blabbering things about the dangerousness she is saying. Of course, I surely knew what I am entering.

"In my 19 years of existence, believe me, Lerisse I knew what I am coming into," I answered with my stern voice which she just ignored and remain in contrast with our discussion.  And so, I have no choice but to continue provoking her.

"And stop those claims that I am still a teenager. When in less than three months I'll be turning 20."

"However, right now, you are still." She undoubtedly spoke. With that, I automatically form my fist. Right, I am still. And I can't argue with her about that. Dammit.

"And you knew in the very first place, Sipayb, Kim, and I will not agree about this—" Before she could even finish her sentence, I quickly glared at her and cut her off.

"Yet, none of you can stop me. I already decided. No one could ever change that." 

With my response, it made her heave a sigh and we fell into a great silence. However, her eyes remain in my direction and now, she seemed like she was on the edge of losing her patience. Rather, she runs out of reasons to convince me not to go.

Hence, I can't help but be mentally overjoyed for I think, in no time, I am so near to finally convincing her on letting me do this. To let me join the underground work of the bar. 

But then, to my dismay, instead of her wearing her defeated face she puts her chin on her right hand and gave me a smirk which made me roll my eyes. Oh, I knew that face. It is still a no. What is her reason now this time for me to be stopped?

"Okay, I might not convince you not to go then let's say, I agreed to this setup. How about your presentation of performances? How could you practice? How could you hide this from Sipayb and Kim, huh, Chastity? You perfectly knew how they would react if they got to know what this talk was all about." 

She stated persistently which made me avert my gaze away the moment it made me stupefy for she has a point. How could I practice if that's the case? How could I hide this from Sipayb and Kim if she were to really accept me as one of the ecdysiasts of the club bar?

"See? You are here in front of me oh so sure about being an ecdysiast and yet, you lack plans. Not even mentioning your university hours and part-time work hours. How could you possibly be able to insert this into your hectic schedule? And do you even have free times when you have to study and maintain your grades to keep your scholarship?" 

Lerisse argued again which made me press my eyes closed. Again, how come I didn't think about these circumstances? And also, am I just hallucinating things, or she is really good at thwarting me this time?

"Also, if I am not mistaken. I did offer you an extra job the last time, didn't I? And you even accept it—" 

At first, my forehead crossed into confusion for I do not recall what she was talking about. But then, soon as I realized what she was talking about I immediately cut her off. Hell. Why they kept on mentioning that woman to me in between our discussions?