Chapter 5

Carolina's POV:

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

"Hey, don't touch me!" I shouted as the two security men lifted me off the ground, and acted deaf as they took me outside the club.

"Let me go! Let me go!" I kicked for them to let go of me, but they were deaf and carried me outside and threw me out.

I was stunned, as I feared maybe I had brought bad luck to my best friend.

Standing on my feet, I waited to get my handbag because it contained my phone and my clothes. I could not go back home with this revealing red dress. So I paced about at the front of the club, waiting for Lucy to close.

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

The entrance door of the clubhouse opened, and two men walked out. However, I was stunned because he was the man that I had been chatting with earlier.

"Hey, are you all right?" The man asked, walking up to meet me, and I lowered my head in embarrassment.

I was so uncomfortable in the revealing red dress that I was wearing, and I saw the tall man taking off his coat. He draped it over me.

"Sorry. You do not have to do this. Just help me ask them to return my bag to me," I said to the handsome stranger, even when I did not know who he was. He seemed like a rich man, even though I could feel the icy demeanor emanating from him.

"Your bag? Where's it?" he asked, and I pointed at the entrance of the club.

"In there."

"Bright! Who is she?" I heard another man ask the man, as he walked up to meet us.

Bright looked at me to his friend and replied, "I do not know her. I will see you later, Gabriel."

"Come with me. Do you work here?" the man standing next to me asked, as he dismissed his friend. His gaze was pinning me intensely.

"No. I wanted to, but I was thrown out," I replied, and his gaze narrowed.

"By who? Come with me," he led me back into the club, and I was stunned and confused.

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

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

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

"Who threw you out?" The man 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," the man 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.

Karen looked at me as I looked at him too.

"Yes, Boss. I was trying to help her, but she is chasing our clients away," 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 male guest," Karen said, unable to explain the real deal.

"Is that true, miss?" the man asked, now looking at me.

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

I was surprised because the man's eyes were red, like he was angry or had previously been shedding tears.

"Um, I cannot sleep with a stranger—that is why he sacked me. He said that I will have to sell my body to please the clients," 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 asked, and Karen looked at me.

"I do not know, Boss. Where is your bag, miss?" Karen queried me.

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

"On the second floor," I said, recalling that I had given 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 my clothes, and I apologized to Lucy. "I am sorry, Lucy."

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

"The boss? Who 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 she nodded.

"You can go to my house. Here's the spare key," Lucy said, as she 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 Lucy, knowing that she closes late.

"It's two keys, Caro. Take it. I might not be coming back on time, and I have a client to meet with," she 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 and looked back at the man, who was still waiting for me.

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

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