What You Want✔

25/ Party Crasher

Larry kneeled before Lyra, "I hope you will let me spend the rest of my life making it up to you. Lyra, will you marry me?"

Lyra looked into his eyes and was almost floored literally by the sincere emotion, complete and utter fear, and tears in his eyes. Lyra teetered unsteadily but Laurent caught her and held her up.

'What? Why? Really?' Lyra's mind scrambled trying to make sense of what was happening. Confused by every aspect of this scene Lyra looked around at the expectant faces for some sort of clarity. Finally she found a smile on Laurent's face.

"Tell him no, you too good for him." He whispered loudly in her ear. Lyra smiled as a tear spilled from his eye.

She looked down as Larry took her left hand and pushed the ring on her finger. She opened her mouth as a male's voice boomed from the audience,

"She's already engaged to me!"

Lyra's eyes narrowed, instantly recognizing the voice but Larry looked at her confused.

"You remember, the psychotic from the beach in the DR." Lyra answered his unspoken question.
"Why he here?" Larry asked standing up beside her.
"Violating my restraining order, again!" Lyra hissed turning towards the direction of the voice.

"Come now lover, you don't have to go to such lengths to punish me. Haven't you punished me enough for my little indiscretion?" Chris quickly emerged from the crowd heading right for her.

'How did he find out? I didn't tell my mother and Anjeline would never help him. How did he get here? Where is security?' Lyra glared at Vincent as he quickly closed in on her.

"SECURITY!!" Lyra screamed as she tried to step away from him but Chris quickly snatched her by her arm away from Larry's side.

Vincent barely got the word,
"Don't" out before Larry was yelling in French and punching Christopher repeatedly in the face.

(How dare you touch my girl? Expletives insult about his lacking "manhood". Something about Christopher's mother and sex with animals. Stay away from her, more profanity, you get the point.)

Security quickly made their way through the crowd. Laurent moved Lyra back to grab his brother when he saw them arrive. Vincent smiled then whispered in Lyra's ear,
"Your fiancé is quite protective."
Lyra blushed.

'Fiancé? I have a ...' Lyra's thought was interrupted.

"Ly?" Ashlie screamed passing Chris and security as she made her way through the crowd.

Laurent was holding his brother back and trying to calm him down.

"I'm unharmed." Lyra looked at the bruise forming on her arm and rolled her eyes. "Almost."

Ashlie quickly took in the situation then turned to Larry.
"Come with me?" Ashlie pulled Larry away with Laurent and D following them through the crowd.

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"What were you thinking?" Ashlie asked Larry after closing the door to her room.
"What?" Larry grumbled. "He grabbed her from me. I fight too much to get her back for let him hurt her."
"No! Why would you propose? In front of Vincent? In front of their business associates?" Ashlie fussed as Laurent checked Larry's hands.
"What I do wrong?" Larry sat beside his brother.
"Nothing brother I wanted to punch guy too." D congratulated Larry.

"None of you see anything wrong with any of this?" Ashlie looked at their faces then realized they didn't. Finally she sighed then walked towards her bedroom.

"You coming to the pool with us?" D asked.
"I still have a few things to do first." She replied.
"I get Ly for to join us." Larry announced walking towards the door.
"Larry? Maybe you should wait until she comes to you." Ashlie looked up at him.
"Why? She come if I ask." Larry smiled confidently.