Sweet Lies: Ashford Pizarras

Chapter 4

"AND then what happened?"

"Wala. Hindi na niya tinuloy. Apparently, Lissa came back and kept on knocking the door." Xenia answered to her friend Yamrhianne Carreon who kept on bothering her about the things she did with Ashford. "Actually, I was kinda looking forward to what he's about to do." She admitted to her.

Rhianne squealed in so much romantic excitement. "Totoo ba?! Waaah!!" She then looked at her, derisively. "Ikaw ah, gusto mo pala." She added in a jeering voice then she slapped her slightly in the shoulder.

Xenia widened her eyes in shock. "Grabe ka naman. It's not like that, Yam." She said, slapping Rhianne back at the shoulders with cheeks blushing. "Na-excite lang ako nun, kaya parang gusto ko yung binabalak niyang gawin sakin."

Her cheeks reddened more when she said that."Wala, wala. Admit it already, Xenia. Gusto mo talaga." Rhianne replied while grabbing her glass full of red wine then she took a sip from it.

And Xenia just sighed to what Rhianne said before drinking from from her own glass. The rim of the glass was about to touch her lips when a hand grabbed her arm.

"Hey, lady. Care to dance with me?"

She turned to face the stranger. "Sorry, I don't do dances." She said to the stranger. She then tries to free her arm from the grip of this man but to no avail. "Ano ba? Bitiwan mo nga 'ko!" She shouted at him but the man didn't listen.

"C'mon, just this once. I know you'd love to." He winks at Xenia as he persisted.

She kept pulling her arm away from the grip of this man. "Let go of me! Ayoko nga, diba?!" She keeps on trying to free her arm from his grip.

"No, you would dance with me-"

The man stopped talking when a hand grabbed his arm this time.

"Didn't you heard her? Ayaw niya. So let go of her and fuck off."

She then focused her gaze to whoever is speaking. Her eyes suddenly widened when she saw a sight that should make every girl fall; wavy black hair, brown eyes, straight nose and a bit chiseled jawline. But that's not it. He wears a shirt that fits perfectly to his well-toned body. Then down to his pants, he wears a black, tight pants.

The sight could make girls kill each other for this man. But that's not the case for Xenia, 'cause she already fell for Ashford.

"Why the fuck do you care? Mind your own business, and leave us alone-"

The newcomer then punched the stranger straight in the face. "I said, let her go." He said to him. Instead of answering, the stranger tries to punch the newcomer back but he easily dodged it. He wrapped his arm around the stranger's then twisted it. "I don't wanna do this, pero makulit ka." He twisted it even more. He then releases the man's arm then kicked him to the side, and the stranger just grunted in pain. "Leave, now. Or else hindi lang yan ang matatanggap mo." He threatened the man with a killer's gaze.

The stranger just stood up then walks away.

"That's what you get, fucker!" Rhianne suddenly shouted. "Kuya, salamat at niligtas mo 'tong kaibigan ko." She said to the newcomer.

The newcomer then faced Rhianne. "It's nothing. Ayoko lang ulit makakita ng babaeng binabastos." He replied.

Instead of talking back, Rhianne leaned closer to Xenia. "He's handsome, but he's not my type." She then laughed at her own words.

Xenia laughed at her too. Then she faced the stranger who just saved her. "Thank you, uhm..."

"Maxillian Abastar." He answered, smiling sweetly. "You can call me Max." He added then he extends his hand to her.