Waylon and Ethel left and Nathan also made way back inside the party hall but he was blocked by Reagan who was standing in front of him with a flirty smile on her face.
Nathan said nothing and raised his brows.
"Hi, you might not know me. My name is Reagan" She introduced herself, grinning.
Nathan gave her a simple nod and tried walking away again but still she covered his path.
"That's not really nice," she said and Nathan sighed.
"Nice meeting you Reagan" He said with a forceful smile.
"I've always wanted to meet you Nathan,I have always wanted to. Can we be friends? I would love to" Reagan said.
"Friends?" Nathan asked and she nodded quickly.
"Please huh?" She held his hand with a soft look on her face.
'Does she think that face get me or something?' Nathan scoffed inwardly and gently removed her grip from his hand.
Vivian showed up that very time and seeing Reagan with Nathan made her frown.
Subsequently, she walked closer to them almost pushing Reagan away, she faced Nathan.
"I've been waiting, are you done calling?" She asked and Nathan nodded before going inside leaving the two ladies alone.
Vivian faced Reagan who was already glaring at her also.
"What was that?" Reagan asked.
"I simply came out for my boss, what about you?" Vivian asked.
Reagan scoffed and crossed her arms, glaring at Vivian.
"Who are you to tell your boss who to talk to? Or do you perhaps like him somehow? But I'm very sure he's not interested in you, so next time stay off my business! Do you get that?! Bitch" Reagan said and walked away angrily.
**
"You're back" Axel smiled when Noah sat down beside him.
Nathan poured himself the wine a little and sipped from it.
"I'm surprised you came anyway,it's not your thing attending parties" Axel said, staring at the couples who were called up on the stage.
"Miles...is quite different" Nathan muttered and Axel nodded.
"I saw your so-called kid earlier, she's pretty." Axel grinned, referring to Ethel.
"Every girl is pretty to you" Nathan scoffed.
"Seriously? But I'm telling the truth, she doesn't look like a kid when she dresses up" Axel smiled.
"Am I supposed to care about that? Stop it dude, if I'm going to become interested in a relationship, it will be a lady not a girl" Nathan said and Axel nodded.
"I understand" he muttered
Vivian joined them after a while.
****
OUTSIDE
"Bowie?" Waylon read out the name Ethel just wrote down.
"What, you don't like it?" She raised her head.
"No, it sounds so cool, really cool" Waylon replied and Ethel smiled.
"Great, so Bowie is his name, congratulations" Ethel said and Waylon laughed.
"Sounds like a naming oath" he said.
"Of course it is,everything deserves a name or two" Ethel said and Waylon nodded.
"Thank you, cute one" he said.
"You're welcome"
"We should go back inside, it's my fault we are out" Waylon said, they both got down from the car and he once again held her hand.
Ethel looked down at their hands and bit her lips, her mind went to Nathan from earlier and she sighed out.
She shouldn't have ignored him like that, but then he doesn't want to see her anyway, right?.
"Are you okay?" Waylon looked down at her, she immediately shook her head.
"I'm okay" She smiled shortly.
They entered the hall and Ethel waved at Waylon before going Back to her seat.
"Where did you go to? I've been waiting" Hailey said.
"I'm sorry, I met Waylon on my way back" Ethel replied and Hailey's eyes widened.
"Waylon? You two talk?" She asked and Ethel nodded.
"Whoa, you're on another level than I imagined,it was Nathan and now Waylon?" Hailey scoffed
Ethel smiled and looked at the meals on the table.
"Why are you not eating?" She asked.
"How can I eat alone when I came here with you?"
"Sorry for keeping you waiting" Ethel muttered and they started eating, her eyes moved to Nathan's table, he wasn't eating, he was on his phone instead.
"Doesn't he eat out or what?" She thought.
Just a minute later, Nathan stood up, Axel and Vivian also did, they walked out of the hall together, Ethel's eyes followed him, she turned back and caught Hailey staring at her.
"You scared me" She said.
"You still talk to Nathan?" Hailey asked.
"I.....I don't know" Ethel mumbled.
'I see" Hailey nodded.
Ethel drank water and sighed out.
*****
SATURDAY ★ NATHAN'S ISLAND
Nathan was in the gym, sitting down on the chest fly machine, he was working out and sweating profusely, his airpod was in his ears as he listened to music while working out.
He would breathe in and out as he pulled the handle of the machine to the front and then back again, his muscles clapping along with his veins.
He suddenly got a call, he released the handle and answered through his airpod.
"Boss" Vivian called from the other side and Nathan sighed out, he already thought it was another business, he wasn't planning to leave home today.
"Vivian" Nathan said and stood up, he walked toward the treadmill and started pressing the necessary buttons.
"I'm coming over...you should eat something today, I can cook for you..."
"Never mind" Nathan muttered, now walking on the treadmill slowly.
"Why? Are you going to order food or something?" Vivian asked.
"I'm not planning to do that" Nathan replied, increasing the speed of the machine.
"Then just get a maid at least, you can't keep on like this" Vivian said.
"I'm not interested in having anyone around...."
"Nathan!" Vivian shouted.
"Are you shouting at me now?"
"We are not working right now okay?! Do you want to die or something?! How can you live without eating? Are you a vampire? Do you suck blood for a living?!" Vivian Snapped.
Nathan ignored her, running speedily as the treadmill race became faster.
"Are you ignoring me?" Vivian asked.
"Worry about yourself Vivian,you know I don't like....."
"You always don't like, when will you like? But i'm standing by my word,cyou should get a maid, it's not necessary she lives there, she can....."
"Bye" Nathan cut her off and hung up immediately.
"So lousy" he scoffed and pressed a button, the treadmill became slow again.
He removed his phone from his pocket and he opened the mail he missed. It's from Santiago, Nathan immediately frowned.
"Where the f**k did he get my number?" He asked, folding his shaking fist as he became angry.
He turned off the machine and walked out of the gym.
He walked straight to the kitchen, it's large and unused, he walked to the fridge and brought out a bottle of water, he uncapped it and gulped everything down at once.
He exhaled loudly and looked around.
"Ahh ahh" He said and it echoed back to him.
"Nice" He muttered with a smirk.
Nathan dropped the bottle inside the trash can and walked out of the kitchen.
*****
CHICKEN RESTAURANT
"Ethel! We've got a delivery to do"
"I'm coming!" Ethel replied, she was serving customers,after she was done, she ran over to where the packs are.
"Five pack of chicken ordered"
"Where?" Ethel asked.
"NX, don't take too long, there's another one"
"Alright" Ethel smiled and immediately ran out of the restaurant.
In no time, she got to the company and entered.
"But....who ordered chicken?" Ethel asked no one in particular as she got on the elevator.
"Eaglet" Adam's voice came from the back and Ethel turned instantly.
"Panda!" She called,waving.
Adam ran and joined her inside the elevator before the door closed.
"You're faster than I thought" Adam smiled.
"Huh? It's for you?" Ethel asked.
"Of course, I'm the only one in the office, I'm hungry and bored." Adam replied.
"So you ordered because you are bored?" Ethel scoffed.
"Hey, not even a single sorry?" Adam pushed her head.
"Hey!" Ethel yelled back and Adam touched his chest.
"Oh I'm scared" He said sarcastically and Ethel chuckled.
"Are you mocking me right now?"
"Of course not" Adam laughed.
The elevator door opened and they stepped out, Ethel followed Adam into the office and it was empty.
"Why are you the only one here?" She asked.
"We have something to cover up, I can't just leave, I have to monitor how our orders and delivery are made. It's not only me though, there are others in different offices too, but I volunteered to stay for my team" Adam said, sitting down.
"You're the youngest here" Ethel said.
"How did you know that?" Adam asked, opening the chicken box. "Wow! Looks yummy" he said and took one of the crispy chicken.
"It's obvious in your face, how old are you?" She asked.
"Nineteen, what about you?" Adam asked,chewing in his mouth.
"Whoa! I'm also nineteen" Ethel said excitedly and Adam smiled.
"Are you that happy?" He asked and Ethel nodded.
"Eat with me then" Adam said.
Ethel took one of the chickens and started biting and chewing also.
"You're nineteen, shouldn't you be in school?" Adam asked.
"My grandma is poor, what about you?" Ethel asked.
"When I save up enough, I will definitely do that" Adam muttered.
"Why? What about your parents?" Ethel asked.
"I don't know" Adam smiled.
Ethel wanted to ask more but she decided to keep quiet.
After finishing one chicken, she stood up.
"I need to go" She said and Adam nodded.
"Get ready to come here everyday....not Sunday tho" Adam said and Ethel smiled.
"Bye" She said and ran out of the office.
"Must she run?!!" Adam groaned loudly.
*****
NIGHT ★ NATHAN'S ISLAND
Nathan was sitting in the living room. He's been going from one room to another in the house since morning and finally he settled here, his legs crossed as he watched the TV.
📺I can't live without you.
The male lead in the movie said to his girlfriend, they were both in tears, they almost got separated but now back together.
"Is he crazy? Why can't he live without her? You call that love?" Nathan hissed and switched off the TV.
"I love my parents so much and would have said that, but I've been living without them for years, what the f**k is a lady? He's bursting out rubbish for real" Nathan scoffed.
He suddenly heard the doorbell and he turned his face, he wanted to ignore it but it came again, he stood up and walked to the door camera. He saw Ethel there and he frowned.
"What is she doing here? How did she know this place?"
He opened the door anyway.
Ethel was surprised to see him.
"Oh....it's you" She muttered.
"Me??" Nathan raised his brows.
"Here's your order" She smiled, saying the nylon pack in her hand.
"What's that?" Nathan asked.
"Huh?.....Someone ordered me to bring food here" Ethel said.
"A mistake." Nathan muttered, trying to close the door.
"I'm very sure it's here" Ethel said loudly.
Just then, Nathan's phone rang and he checked, it's Axel calling. He answered at once.
"I ordered the food, eat or you die" Axel snapped at him on the phone and hung up before Nathan could talk.
Nathan sighed and looked at Ethel.
"Bring it, you can go" He mumbled.
"He asked me to help you dish it out nicely, he paid me for that" Ethel said.
"Never mind, I will do it myself" Nathan said and tried collecting it from her.
"But I was paid...."
"Give me and get the f**k out?!!!" Nathan yelled angrily and Ethel flinched, looking at him in shock as he breathed heavily while glaring at her.
"Don't you get it? I hate people's presence in my house, especially strangers, so stop being stupid" He took the food from her and closed the door loudly on her face.
Ethel swallowed hard, still getting herself back from the shock.
"Why...why is he.....so harsh?" She muttered with shaking lips and tears came rolling down her eyes.