Matchmaker: BOOK I [Y/N X KAI]

✨Chapter 20✨

"Oh, um, you're right. I'm so sorry-" Piyuu mumbles.

"I don’t appreciate such an important appointment starting off with such incompetence, Piyuu!" the edge in Sara's voice makes my skin crawl.

"Hey, BACK OFF!" I growl at her.

"Well, if I need advice from my soon-to-be husband's washed up ex, I'll ask you, Niki," she rolls her eyes and then turns a perfect pout on Atif and siddles up to him, wrapping her arms around his arms. She glares daggers at me.

"I don’t want her here, Atif. She's totally gonna ruin our wedding!" she gives him those puppy eyes that's so innocent that you’ll almost be convinced she isn’t the worst species of a bitch existing in the world. But thank God, I know that information already so it doesn’t affect me.

"Well, excuse me Sara? I would never sabotage someone else's wedding unlike...someone," I say, pushing a sharp edge on the last word.

"What's that supposed to mean?" she growls. I know she'd play dumb like it’s her job to do so. I make my voice even and calm to feign politeness as poisonously as I can.

"I've got no such intention of doing anything to interface your wedding. I hold higher class than that..unlike someone else. You know, I'm not a cheater..unlike someone else. And I'm still a good person with conscience..unlike someone else," I pour pure venom in my voice each time I stretch those words. Hell yeah bitch, I'm toxic in the worst way you can handle.

She can't help but let out a groan, "Pfft, you're just too old-fashioned and territorial to appreciate what Atif and I share!"

Her growl makes me laugh under my breath, "Aww sweetie, I'm pretty sure this is not how it works. In fact, not marrying Atif was the best thing that has ever happened to me. I honestly dodged a bullet! My life has improved considerably since the two of you have been out of it."

"But how? Didn't you recently get fired from your job?" Atif asks.

Hmph, looks like someone's been stalking my Facebook..or is making scarily accurate assumptions.

"I don't think that's ideal of you to still be keeping updates of your gorgeous ex when you’re getting married soon," I roll eyes. I'm seriously pissed off right now but the expression of realization and insecurity on Sara's face that her soon-to-be husband is still stalking his washed up ex makes me laugh.

Atif's patience has always been thin, even thinner than me. I can practically see it running out.

"You always get like this, Niki. It's nearly impossible to talk to you. See, this is why it could never work out between us!" he growls.

Okay, he has to be kidding right now. But why doesn't his face say so?

I shake my head in disbelief, "What do you mean by this is why? Are you seriously trying to say that I was the problem all along?"

Sara chuckles, "I'd say the largest sector of problem will be your fashion sense. Or that..skin tone"

Sara starts to laugh at the half concocted joke and then elbows Atif, so he starts to join in. Their laughter gets louder and louder until I literally can't take it anymore.

"You think you’re funny, huh? Oh you know what bitch? I'm damn gorgeous and you two are such miserable, untrustworthy, cruel, evil, vindictive, ignorant vultures and you look like the ass of a pig. I hope you get a long life together rotting in hell!" I growl, my tempo is running out.

Sara gasps and claps a hand over her mouth.

"Oh wow, really professional Niki," Atif crosses his arms.

I rush to him, grabbing the collar of his shirt, "Imma see you professional you jerk-"

"Niki?!" Nini's voice brims from the back.

Uh oh, busted.

"What's going on here?" asks Aria.

Oh great, she saw it too. This just keeps getting better.

I close my eyes and slowly push back, turning to face the heated gaze of Nini. I'm officially screwed.

"Hey please listen to me! This isn’t what it looks like!" I blurt out.

"Oh, really?" Atif scoffs at me.

I snap at him, "Shut up, Atif! Aria, Nini, I know this might look really bad-"

"This might?" Nini hisses.

"Atif, Sara, why don’t you two come with me and we can get started with our appointment?" Piyuu says, trying to break the ice forming in the room.

Sweet, merciful Piyuu, thank you so much. Now I can talk to Aria and Nini alone..not that I'm confident that it's going to help at this point at all.

I turn my glance first at Aria, hoping she'll be the easier subject but I see a gaze of disbelief and frown of unsurity in her face. Oh boy, we worked so hard to make her feel good and now I messed it all up again.

She turns to Nini, "You know what, maybe I should go. I..need to rethink this whole wedding planner situation.."

"Aria! Wait!"

She's out the door before I even pronounce the t. Now I'm left all alone with Nini, who I'm pretty is actively planning my execution.

"I knew it. I knew you were gonna create some sort of drama out of nowhere once again. I knew you weren’t professional enough to handle this," he says.

I lower my head, "I'm so sorry you had to see that. You’re right, that was totally unprofessional. And I didn't think of you to walk in just at that moment-"

"So you mean to say that you’re just sorry about getting caught and not doing it?" he growls.

I know I should lay low to save my job but it's getting on my nerves so I had to come off the hard way, "No, I mean to say it wasn’t my fucking fault! They were baiting me!" I growl back at him.

✨To Be Continued✨