Never Again

Chapter 7 - Familiar Faces

Annika had just walked in the kitchen and she heard him tell Bianka that sleeping with her was a mistake. She turned and ran to her room.

They both looked and Ethan said "I'm sure she heard that".

The doorbell rang. They looked at each other and Bianka said, "I'll go check on her"

Ethan looked at the side panel and he saw Alayna. He took a deep breath and grabbed his tank from his room and put it on while walking to the door. The doorbell rang again before he could get to it. He cracked opened the door and Alayna stood there with a cup of Starbucks coffee. And he just looked at her.

"Well are you going to let me in Ethan?" she asked with a devilish smile

He opened the door and walked away while swinging his arms directing her in. he stood beside t10 hours later....

Ethan and Alayna walked into the after party at the Marquis Lounge and all eyes are on them. Annika, Bianka hadn't arrived yet. He and Alayna drove in his Ferrari and Bianka and Annika road in the limo. When they walked in they were the first of a few to arrive. Shiloh Devoe, an executive producer was there and he had his eyes on Alayna. He was flirting with her and she was smiling but Ethan didn't notice it when they walked in. He was being congratulated on the movie and wasn't paying attention at first. Shiloh was one of Amare Productions Executive producers. He was the Executive Producer for the upcoming movie called the Abyss. He and Ethan hadn't worked together, but they knew each other and respected each other's work. What's up Mr. Ethan" said Shiloh

Ethan shook his hand, said what's up and gave him the one arm hug. He then led Alayna to their reserved table. As they walked away Shiloh was watching her. She knew he was watching and she put a little more sass in her walk. Ethan kissed her on the cheek and asked her if she wanted something to drink. She said yes and so he went off to get it. He stopped by the bathroom before heading to the bar. As soon as he left, Shiloh came to the table with a bottle of Chardonnay. He was closer than a man with friendly intentions should have been. When Ethan came out the bathroom he headed straight to the bar and ordered their drinks. As he was waiting, he looked up at the table at Alayna and he saw Shiloh at the table talking to her. She was smiling hard and giggling as he whispered in her ear.

Ethan watched them for about 2 minutes and then he headed that way. When she saw Ethan coming she said something to Shiloh and he turned and looked at Ethan, and walked away. When Ethan got to the table she immediately said hey babe Shiloh brought over a complimentary bottle of Chardonnay. Ethan sat down across from her and looked at her. It was obvious that he was pissed.

"What's up with that" he asked her

"What's up with what?" she asked

"Oh so you gone act like you don't know what in talking about? I've seen that nigga all up in your face at the studio and I let it ride...but to disrespect me like that here at my movie premiere..,

She interjected, first you need to watch your tone, I'm a groan woman and we are just friends that last time I checked"

"Oh so we are just friends now? Do you f*** all your friends?"

"No I don't and there is no ring on my finger. If you have a problem with me having casual conversations with another guy then you need to ask yourself if you really want me around because I'm going to be me and do me. I'm not down with the whole controlling thing, if I want to laugh I'm going to laugh, If I want to have a simple conversation with a guy, I'm going to do that...if you can't handle that, I suggest you hook up with someone else"

Ethan was pissed off...he just sat there for a second trying to maintain his composure. This guy was all in her face whispering in her ear. And she was sitting across from him like he had did something wrong.