Chapter 21

Vanessa's pov

"You said you were calling me." I looked around for my father, but he wasn't there.

I turned my gaze towards Andreas while releasing my hand, holding my dress as I walked hurriedly. "I don't see you here."

Andreas nodded, taking his hands off me. He then goes to the cocktail glasses arranged beautifully and high on the table.

He took two glasses from the top of the pyramid arrangement and handed one to me. He looked at me casually. "Yeah, I'm just being reasonable," he said unconcernedly. Then his smile appeared, revealing a dimple at the corner of her lips that looked like a scythe. "Since you seemed to be having trouble with them, I gave you an opening to leave."

I took my eyes off her, then sipped the cocktail like I was drinking water. "It's good that you did it." I complimented him unceremoniously because I honestly felt immensely helped by him. "They were swarming me like ants to sugar, which bothered me a lot."

I'd never gotten that kind of attention before, and s