CHAPTER 5

Carolina's POV:

"Sir, I need to get my bag and change out of this red dress," I replied sadly, but Mr. Karen summoned two security men to throw me out.

"Hey, don't touch me!" I screamed as the two security walked up to meet me. They held my arms and carried me out of the club.

"Hey! Put me down!" I shouted, but the security men acted deaf and dropped me outside of the club.

"Miss! Leave here! You're not welcome," they said, before striding back into the club.

Stunned, I feared maybe I had brought bad luck to my best friend, Lucy. But she wasn't fired.

Standing on my feet, I dusted my arms and legs and waited for Lucy to close and to get my handbag because it contained my phone and my clothes.

I couldn't go back home with this revealing red dress that I was wearing.

"What would I explain to my mother?" So I paced about at the front of the club, waiting for Lucy to close.

"Hey! What are you still doing here? Leave!" The security man at the entrance yelled at me, but I replied bluntly, "I need my bag. I am not going anywhere without my bag."

The club entrance burst open, and two men in black suits like business partners walked out. However, I was stunned because one of the men was the same handsome man whom I was chatting with earlier.

"Hey, are you all right?" The man rushed over to meet me, seeing my embarrassed state. I was sure he had seen when I was thrown out. So I lowered my head, as he approached me.

I was so uncomfortable in the red dress that I was wearing, and I saw him taking off his black coat and dropping it around my shoulders.

"I'm sorry, sir, but you do not have to do this. Just help me tell them to return my bag to me," I said to the attractive stranger even when I did not know who he was. He seemed like a wealthy man, even though I could feel the icy demeanor emanating from his sharp gaze.

"Your bag. Where's it?" He asked, glancing around in search of my bag, and I pointed at the entrance of the opulent clubhouse.

"In there."

"Bright! Who is she?" The second man asked the attractive man before me, making me know his name, as he walked up to meet us.

"I do not know her, but I saw her earlier when I arrived, and I was waiting for you too. Do you work here?" Bright asked, shifting his attention back to me. As he stood next to me, his gaze crawling on my skin and pinning me intensely.

"No… I wanted to work here, but I was thrown out," I muttered, and his gaze narrowed.

"By who? Come with me, and Gabriel we will see later," Bright said as he firmly clasped my left hand and led me back into the club. I was stunned and confused, as I didn't know him.

"Sir. You do not have to worry. I do not want my friend to lose her job because of me," I told him, but he already clasped my hand and led me back into the club.

Surprisingly, the security men didn't refuse to allow me to enter, and they didn't stop the man either.

*Who is he? Why is he trying to help me?* I pondered as I followed him into the club.

"Who threw you out!" Bright asked, even as the music was loud. I could hear him. However, I saw Karen and pointed at him immediately.

"He's the boss. I only want to take my bag and I cannot do what he says," I said, my gaze lowered.

"Karen," Bright called, and my eyes widened at the way he called the manager's name.

The manager rushed to meet us and looked at me in shock.

"Boss, what is the matter? Do you need anything?" Mr. Karen asked, looking from me to Bright worriedly.

"Do you know this woman?" Bright asked, still holding my right hand firmly by my wrist.

Mr. Karen looked at me as I looked at him too. "Yes, Boss. I was trying to help her but she is chasing our client," he explained.

"How did she refuse to help your client?" Bright asked, his voice stern, and I looked from him to Karen.

"Sir, she was rude and didn't want to serve the guest," Karen said, unable to explain the real deal.

"Is that true, miss?" Bright questioned, now looking at my face.

I met his red eyes which I hadn't seen from standing outside with him, due to the darkness outside.

I was surprised because his eyes were red like he was angry or previously shedding tears.

"Um, I cannot sleep with a stranger that is why he sacked me. He says that I will have to sell my body to please the client," I said, my arms wrapped around my chest.

"Mm… it's not compulsory that you must do that. And is this why you dismissed her and threw her out? Where is her bag?" Bright questioned, and Karen looked at me.

"I do not know, boss. Where is your bag, miss?"

I looked at Lucy who was looking at me in surprise.

"On the second floor," I replied, recalling that I gave my bag to Lucy to keep for me.

"Go and get it, and I will wait for you," Bright said, and I looked surprised.

*Wait for me? Why should he wait?* Anyway, I went back to find Lucy, and she went up to the second floor and brought my bag.

Once I got my bag, I knew that I didn't have the time to change. And I apologized to Lucy. "I am sorry."

"It's fine, Caro… but how did you meet the boss?"

"The boss? Why is he?" I asked her, but seeing the man was looking at me.

My cheeks unknowingly flushed, and I smiled at him before looking back at Lucy.

"I need to hurry back and return his coat," I said, and Lucy nodded.

"You can go to my house, Caro. Here's the spare key," Lucy gave her key to me, but I pushed it back to her.

"You hold it. I will wait until you close from work," I told her, knowing that she closed late.

"It's two keys, Caro. Take it. I might not be coming back on time, and I have a client to meet with," Lucy said, and I looked at her face, wondering if this was worth it.

"You have to go and do not keep the boss waiting. Later, you will tell me where you met him," Lucy said, while she quickly walked away before I could explain. I sighed, looked back at the man who was still waiting for me.

I walked over to meet him and pulled his black coat off to return it to him.

"Here's your coat, sir. Thanks for your help," I told him, wanting to leave, but he asked me, "Wait, what's your name?"