Chapter 4

Kathrine’s Point of View

Dylan turned to Kathrine and whispered. “Watch this.” She turned back to face the attractive man. “Hi there. We would have joined you for a drink, but these two nice men won’t let us in.”

“Don’t worry. We will have that drink my dear.” He winked at Dylan. “Hey, man they're cool. They can come in.”

“Ladies.” The bodyguard stepped to the side and let them pass.

“See, I told you I will get us in,” Dylan whispered to Kathrine. Kathrine just gave her a smile.

“Do you ladies want something to drink?” The man asked while placing his hand on Dylan’s arm.

“Sure, we’ll have a double vodka and Sprite,” Dylan replied with a seductive smile.

“Coming right up.” The man made his way to the bar.

Kathrine looked at Dylan with a surprised expression. “Dude, I can’t believe we made it in. I need to admit your flirting skills are just… Wow! Amazingly done.”

“I know. I'm just that good. We get our drink and then we hit the dance floor.” Dylan said before she heard the voice of the man that offered to buy them drinks.

“Here you go, ladies. Enjoy. I’m Anthony by the way.” Anthony said while handing them their drinks.

“Thank you, nice to meet you, I’m Kathrine,” Kathrine said, taking her drink.

“I’m Dylan. I know a boy’s name. My parents wanted a boy but then they got stuck with me.” She said while taking her drink from Anthony’s hand. “But if you’ll excuse us, we’re here to dance.”

“Go and enjoy your night. I’m here all night long.” He smiled and gave them a wink and walked away.

“Oh my gosh. He is so fucking hot. I could do things to…” Dylan said but before she could finish Kathrine tapped her on the arm. “What?”

“Yes, he’s cute but he is also human. Not just a piece of meat.” Kathrine said before taking a sip of her drink.

“Well, he’s a good piece of meat.” Dylan and Kathrine giggled and made their way to the dance floor.

Kathrine and Dylan were dancing, they finished their drink and then the bar lady walked up to them with more drinks in her hand. Dylan and Kathrine looked at each other with confusion. Knowing that they didn’t order another drink.

“This is from the owner. He also instructed me to tell you, to please join him after this dance.” She said and handed them their drinks and took the empty glasses.

“The owner?” Kathrine looked at Dylan confused.

“I don’t even know what the owner looks like,” Dylan replied. “Wait, we can ask that Anthony guy.”

Kathrine and Dylan set out to find Anthony. As they expected he was seated at the bar, flirting with a beautiful blonde woman. They walked up to him. Anthony turned around and gave them a big smile.

“What can I help you ladies with?” Anthony asked with his arms resting on the bar counter.

“You don’t perhaps know who the owner is? We just want to thank him for the drinks.” Dylan asked.

“Well, if you’re talking about my best friend the owner, I know exactly who he is,” Anthony replied before downing his drink. “Come on, follow me.”

Anthony led them to the booth where the owner was sitting. He made his way to his feet and straightened his jacket before greeting them.

“Andrew, nice to make your acquaintance.” He said and kissed Kathrine’s hand.

“Hi…” Kathrine said with a stutter turning a slight pink.

“I’m Dylan and this is my lovely friend Kathrine. Mind if we join you?” Dylan asked. Andrew gave them a gesture to sit.

Kathrine and Dylan found a spot in the booth. Kathrine made her way next to Andrew. Dylan sat next to her with Anthony next to her. Andrew called the bar lady over and ordered four shots of Jägermeister.

Kathrine tried to gather the words to say, but at that moment Dylan did all the talking. After the shots came Kathrine drank it as if it was water. She shook her head. Noticing everyone staring at her.

“What? I need to loosen up a bit.” Kathrine said with a small smile.

Andrew looked at her with sparkles in his eyes. He was so mesmerized by her. He didn’t know why he was so invested in her. There was something that intrigued him. And he knew he needed to find out what it was. This was a girl he knew he wanted to get to know.

Andrew kept ordering drinks. He paced himself, but the others enjoyed themselves. Having one shot after the other. Andrew was used to this, he didn’t mind the people around him enjoying themselves, he on the other had always tried to stay as sober as can be. If shit hits the fan, he would be able to defend himself.

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They started to calm down. Kathrine looked down at her watch, her mouth fell open when she saw the time, it was just past two in the morning. Andrew looked at her, he saw the shock on her face, he then realized that it was late.

Dylan and Anthony were chatting away. Leaving Kathrine and Andrew to talk to each other. Andrew looked at her, his arm was on the back of the chair behind her. She felt uncomfortable in some way, but also safe.

“So, Kathrine, tell me a bit about yourself,” Andrew asked, his eyes locked on her.

“There isn’t much to tell. I’m a writer without a fucking job and a bit drunk.” She said then she placed her head in her hands.

“What job did you do? Before you lost your job?” He asked while signaling the bar lady. He whispered to her to bring a glass of pure cool drink. She nodded and made her way to the bar.

“I was a writer. Writing short stories and novels. But I threw it all away, because of this.” Kathrine stretched out her arms.

“This?” He asked confused.

“Clubs! I went out clubbing last night with Dylan and overslept. Being late to work. That was when I got fired.” She said while scratching her head.

“You can work for me. I am in need of a floor manager. Just making sure everyone is doing their jobs.” He said, Kathrine looked at him in shock.

“What? No. No, you don’t even know me. I can’t expect you to offer me a job after you had…” She froze.

“After I had?” He asked lifting his right eyebrow.

“I’m sorry. It’s getting late and we need to go.” Kathrine made her way to her feet. “Dylan, we need to leave it’s getting late.”

“But I’m having…” Before Dylan could finish Kathrine interrupted her.

“Now.” She said, moving past Andrew.

“Fine.” Dylan made her way to her feet, she turned back to Anthony, “Call me.”

“Dylan!” Kathrine called her.

“Coming!” She made a phone gesture with her hand.