Chapter 929 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

Sonia cleared her throat, “Uhm, That’s an uncomfortable subject. I’d rather you ask me something else. Perhaps you can ask me something about my relationship with Bryan,” Sonia suggested, and Candace smiled.

“I thought so too. My relationship with Matt is an uncomfortable subject. When it becomes something I like to talk about, I will let you know. But until then, please learn to respect my boundary,” Candace said sweetly.

“Alright. Fine. I hear you loud and clear,” Sonia said as she turned her attention to the stage, and she cringed when she saw Celsie dancing on the stage while Jade made a video of her from the bar.

What was keeping Benne? Sonia mused as she rose, ready to go rescue her friend from what she knew was going to be a very shameful memory for her when she finally returned to her senses.

“Look who just arrived, everyone! It’s my handsome boyfriend!” Celsie declared loudly when she sighted Benne walk in through the door with all the other guys but thankfully the music was too loud so no one could make out what she said.

Benne paused by the entrance when they walked in and they all looked around for them. The last place his gaze went to was the stage since he had not been expecting her to be so drunk as to get on the stage.

“She is on the stage,” Harry told Benne as he jerked his head towards the stage, and Benne didn’t know whether to groan or chuckle when he saw Celsie standing there and waving at him with a drunken smile on her face as she swayed her body to the rhythm of the song.

“Well, last time I was here, your sister was entertaining the house. Enjoy,” Harry said, and Bryan chuckled.

“Good thing I don’t have to worry about Sonia being drunk,” Bryan said as he, Harry, and Philip headed for the spot where Sonia stood waving at them.

Benne ignored the looks he was receiving from the few patrons in the club as he headed for the stage, “Come down, babe,” Benne said as he stopped in front of the stage and looked up at her.

“You come up here and say hello to everyone. I’m having so much fun,” Celsie said with a grin.

“I can see that. Why don’t we have fun in private?” Benne suggested and Celsie turned like she was going to get down but to Benne’s surprise, she went to the Deejay and took his mic.

“Listen, everyone! I want you all to meet my gooooorgeoooous boyfriend! He is the absolute love of my life and I’m fucking crazy about this very sexxxxy man!” Celsie announced loudly.

As sweet and funny as the confession was, Benne knew it was time to get her out of the stage before she embarrassed herself further. He wasn’t the least bit embarrassed but he knew she would be come when the alcohol left her system.

Knowing that she was not going to get off the stage unless he made her, Benne climbed the stage.

Jade who was still busy laughing as she filmed Celsie, turned her camera to Benne but before she could film him, Harry came up beside her and snatched her phone from her.

“What? Why did you do that?” Jade protested.

“You shouldn’t film her in this state and especially not in this place,” Harry said with disapproval.

“Why not? I’m doing this for her so she can know what she was up to while she was drunk,” Jade said defensively.

“If you, who is with her, can do something like this, what will stop others from doing the same? How do you think Celsie is going to feel if she sees clips of her drunken self trending on social media? You shouldn’t have let her get on that stage!” Harry said with disapproval and Jade frowned.

“I didn’t think of that,” she said when she looked around and noticed that they were being filmed but thankfully no one would make out what they were saying because of the loud music.

“You are the uncle turned boyfriend,” the Barman said as he looked at Harry.

“Hello to you too,” Harry said coolly before facing Jade again.

“I take it you’re not drunk,” Harry said as he eyed Jade.

“Obviously. As you should know, I can handle my liquor. Are you here for me or Candace?” she asked as she eyed him, her annoyance at him all forgotten now.

“Bryan is here for you. I’m here for Candace,” Harry said and she scowled at him.

“No. Bryan is here for Sonia. I’m your girlfriend! You should be here for me!” Jade protested.

“Good thing you are not drunk. No one has to be here for you. You can just go home yourself,” Harry said and Jade’s lips curved in a pout.

“That’s not fair. Candace is not drunk either. So, why not hang out with me instead of your sister?” Jade asked, batting her lashes.

“I’m not here to hang out. I’m leaving with Candace after handling the situation you might have created,” Harry said, and before Jade could ask him what the situation was, Harry headed for the stage and took the mic from the deejay.

He made a quick announcement asking whoever had made a video of Celsie to delete it immediately and make sure it never gets on the internet or else they would face legal action.

Jade sighed as she went to join Harry after he was done, “I’m sorry. I really didn’t think it was a big deal,” Jade said apologetically.

“I think it would be best for you to keep in mind that you are in Serenopolis now, not Varis. You are not only Benne’s sister, you are my girlfriend too and a staff of OmniGlobal and whatever you do can make news easily. People will always recognize you now even if they don’t approach you. The same goes for Celsie, Sonia, and Candace. Neither of you can live recklessly now because you have a lot of eyes on you, especially after our group picture from last night made the first page of the newspapers,” Harry said, and Jade nodded.

“I understand. I get it. I’m sorry. Don’t be mad,” Jade said as they joined the others, and walked past Philip who was already leaving with an unconscious Aurora on his arms.

“I’m not mad. I just want you to be more careful, that’s all,” Harry assured her as he kissed her forehead before turning to Candace.

“Thanks for not getting drunk. It would have been very annoying to carry you,” Harry said and Candace rolled her eyes.

“Because I won’t offer to kiss you like Jade did when she pretended to be drunk? I bet you wish Jade was drunk,” she said with a teasing smile and Harry scowled at Jade.

“I can’t believe you told her that,” Harry said with a shake of his head.

“She also said she thinks you were a monk and….” Jade slapped her hand over Celsie’s lips to shut her up while Harry raised a brow at Jade.

“I thought you loved her being chatty. You should let her talk,” Sonia said with a giggle.

“Thanks for handling it, Harry. I have to take Celsie home now. The rest of you can have fun,” Benne said before carrying Celsie, who was still bent on dancing, away.

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