Moira

Chapter 21

"We should do that more often" Ezekiel smirked once they broke off the kiss. Mallory rolled her eyes and quickly walked away. She stepped inside and made her way to a restroom near the lobby to fix her nude lipstick. Ezekiel stepped inside and looked for the ball room. Once he was in there Devin raised his hand so he could spot them and sit with them. A few seconds later Mallory walked in and went directly to her table.

"Did you ask her out?" Liam asked Zeke as they watched Mallory walk by. Ezekiel shook his head no. He himself couldn't believe he had just kissed her and even better that she had kissed him back.

"Where were you?" Antoinette asked Mallory once she was seated. "I was outside" Mallory responded.

Bellami looked at Mallory. "Has the auction begun?"

"The brooch was auctioned already" Bellami said coldly.

"There's still items that are being auctioned" Antoinette smiled and turned to continue the conversation with her husband and the Alderidges.

"I'm sorry I missed you modeling the brooch, who got it?" Mallory asked Bellami. "It was nothing" Bellami smiled very forcefully and Mallory noticed she was mad but she didn't know why. Mallory thought that it was because she didn't see her modeling it.

Mallory sat in silence as they continued the auction. Once they were done they began playing music again. Dimitri looked at Mallory before asking his date Monica to dance with him. Her parents began dancing and so did everyone else. Everyone including Scott who asked Bellami. Mallory was left alone in the table. Dimitri glanced every now and then at her. He wanted to ditch Monica but he knew she didn't deserve that and continued dancing with her.

Mallory looked over at Ezekiel who was speaking with Liam and Devin in a circle as they were drinking champagne.

Mallory stood up and was about to leave the ball room when she bumped into someone at the entrance. "Sorry." Bellamis ex boyfriend Ethan said to her. "It was my fault" Mallory shook her head. "Where's Bellami?" Ethan asked.

"She's dancing" Mallory pointed. Ethan looked to where Mallory was pointing. "Wow. she looks amazing" Ethan looked at Bellami. Mallory looked at Bellami then at Ethan and thought that maybe Bellami had dressed up for Ethan. "Why aren't you dancing with Dimitri?" Ethan asked her.

"We're not dating anymore" Mallory smiled. "Really? I didn't know. You Kline sisters know how to break hearts dont you?" Ethan smiled. Bellami had broken up with him a few weeks ago before he left with his father on a business trip. She didn't want a long distance relationship so she decided to break up with him and she wasn't that in love anymore. However Ethan and his father decided to come back from their trip for a few months before leaving again.

Scott turned and saw Mallory speaking to Ethan so he stopped dancing and pulled Bellami with him towards them. Bellami was shocked to see Ethan but he was happy to see her and smiled when they walked up to them. Scott greeted Ethan who was a great friend of his.

"Hey" Ethan smiled at Bellami. "Hey" she responded. Scott liked them together so he grabbed Mallory's hand and pulled her to the dance floor leaving Ethan and Bellami to talk.

Scott began dancing with Mallory, they were only a few feet away from Dimitri and Monica. Dimitri was constantly glancing over at Mallory but she didn't notice. "How long do you think it'll be before he finds out what happened between us?" Scott asked Mallory. Only she heard him over the loud music.

Mallory looked at Scott and raised her brow. "I thought you said you didn't want him to find out" Mallory said. "I don't but I think the only place where we should be this close should be up in my suite" Scott said.