CHAPTER NINE

"I'm sorry, gotta intervene." Saying this, Xander immediately grabbed Ericka out of Nicolas arms.

"Hey-!"

Ericka was about to protest, but it was too late. Xander snaked his hand around her waist, pressing her body harshly against his.

"What do you think you were doing with that man, huh?." His grip around her waist intensified.

"Leave me!."

"No!. We're going to soon get married but instead you're busy dancing with another man!."

"I said leave me!."

"And what if I don't?!. First you lied and broke your promise and now you're cheat-"

Pah.

Ericka slapped Xander and the latter looked at her with unbelieving eyes. By now everyone had stopped dancing.

"What is wrong with you?!. You were'nt like this!. No this is not the Xan I knew, and you called me a cheat?, I did not want this marriage in the first place, you forced me into it!."

Angry tears streamed down her fair cheeks and Xander finally came back to his senses.

"I. Hate. You. Mr Hart!."

Those words were like sharp pins piercing into h