Don't touch

Ivy felt two unfamiliar hands wrapped around her waist. She jumped with fright and repulsion even though she is tipsy. She stopped dancing and tried to free herself from the hold of this stranger.

"Let me go" she demanded firmly and tried to push him away. But she was drunk and couldn't exert as much force.

Over the loud music, no one heard her distress. They are lost in their world of a happy buzz.

The man on the other hand became bold. He tightened his hands around Ivy and started to become intimate. But before he could touch her inappropriately, he was forcefully pulled away from Ivy.

That man stumbled and fell on the dance floor, taking other dancers down along with him. At once everyone stopped what they were doing and even the DJ muted the music.

As the man was holding Ivy tightly, she too stumbled and was about to fall. But Nikolai caught her around her waist and steadied her. Despite being tipsy and the overwhelming smell of sweat and alcohol over powered her senses, Ivy