TWO

The party kept getting busier and fun but where is the celebrant? Nobody knows. A lot of girls fawned on Olivia but only brave ones walked up to her and demanded for a dance which she is accepted of course, like the gentleman she is. She later asked Grace for a dance and it happens to be when she was talking to a friend so she can't say now but she still punished Olivia by stepping on her foot twice and laughed while Olivia winced in pain. Now she knows how her brother feels whenever she stepped on his foot while dancing. Damn it's painful, she thought.

After her dance with aunt Grace, people applauded and she turned to see the reason of the applause. Standing at the door that leads into ballroom was a tall man, who from her measurement happens to be the same height with her brother or a little bit taller. He has a jet black hair, styled all back, a beautiful but cold hazel eyes. A full straight peach lips, a nice defined pointed noise and chiseled clean shaven jaw. He was wearing a white dinner coat and a plain navy blue pants, he walked into the ballroom with gentle strides.

Olivia found herself smitten like every other girl in the room, damn, she never knew a man can be so...hot. To her, no man looks more handsome than her brother and she has often wished that her husband will be as handsome as her brother and now, she was finding it difficult to tell between this man and her brother who was more handsome. "Now that? That's Kane Boron, the heir to the throne of MavinTech. Turns out that even though you are dressed like a man, he still got you" she heard her aunt's voice whispering in her ear "careful with the way you stare, so people won't think you are a gay. Now if you were dressed like a girl, I would have let you stare as you want" she looked at her aunt and she was gloating.

Olivia rolled her eyes, "aunt, I'm not going to quit my new hobby just because of a man. Sorry to disappoint you" she smiled and Grace rolled her eyes and walked away.

Just like her aunt said, the newcomer was introduced as Kane Boron and the birthday celebrant, people congratulated him and a lot went to give him a toast to which he accepted with a faint smile. Ladies flirted with him with their eyes and few mustered up the courage to talk to him to which he politely avoided them. Olivia stood aside and watched everything, a smile curled on her lips as she saw the frustrated look in his eyes at the way the girls disturbed him. She found him pretty interesting and really wants to talk to him and if possible make friends with him.

She don't know why but she feels like he could refill the emptiness her brother left in her heart, it won't be bad if she has a male friend for her male character, she is not yet interested in a boyfriend and doubts if she will ever be. She watched Kane try to avoid ladies as much as possible and shared toast with some when necessary. He cut his cake which she saw he did with much difficulty and she knew that if given a single opportunity, he will be out of there. Well, guess she will be his knight in shiny armor and rescue the handsome in distress.

She started walking towards him and she took off two drinks from a waiter's tray before she got up to him, "ladies huh? I have never seen pests bigger than them" she said the joke she had heard her brother and friends say often. She felt like she is a disgrace to womanhood by classifying them like that, after all, she is still a woman no matter what but she will think about that later because her joke, got her the attention of the man opposite her.

Kane heard a man's voice and turned to look, he was surprised at what he saw, the young man was only a head shorter than him, he has this shiny blonde hair that was side swept on his forehead, a sea blue eyes, a natural defined nose, a full heart shaped pink lips and a diamond long face, a clean jaw which looks so smooth like it has never been shaved. He was dressed in a tuxedo and was holding two glasses of drinks with a nice smile which he found strange because it was appealing to him, he waved it at the back of his mind and returned the smile "honestly, they are worst than a bug."

The young man laughed softly at his joke before handing him a drink to which he collected, "allow me to introduce myself Mr. Boron, I am Oliver Simon, at your service" he did a dramatic bow which Kane must admit was a little funny since it wasn't necessary.

"And what will be your service be to me Mr. Simon?" He asked with a raised eyebrow and a faint smile on his lips.

"To drive the pests away of course but you must be ready to pay me handsomely."

Kane smiled fully then, "I think they will be happy to be driven away by you since you have a face like that."

"Nah, I'm not the heir to the throne of a big company. What will they want to do with a pretty face and no money like me? Believe me, they will choose you then thousand times over me."

"Then that only means you won't be able to render your services well Mr. Simon."

"If you say so. Then do you mind hiring my next job?"

"And what will that be?"

"To steal you out of here to somewhere far far away, I will be your knight in shiny armor. My name maybe be Oliver but I go with a secret undercover name. Savoir of handsome in distress." 

Kane laughed then, "and that is an undercover name? It has already given you away."

"Only a man as intelligent as you can detect that" he smiled and stretched out his hand to him to shook which he did "call me Oliver."

"Kane" he replied "I must have you know Oliver, you just made this night a little interesting for me" he sipped his drink and glanced at the people dancing "my mother has made it a habit to throw a party for me every single year. Last year I didn't even attend" he looked at Olivia.

"What? Who doesn't attend their own party?"

Kane slightly raised up his hand, "me."

"Well, I think I would understand and might have done the same if the ladies are as disturbing to me as their are to you."

"Tell me about it" Kane rolled his eyes.

"But dude, I'm pretty sure your mother gave you a piece of her mind when she saw you."

Kane smiled, "oh she did and she made me promise then that I will attend today."

"What! You mean to tell me you already know you will attend your party this year since last year?"

"That's my mother for you."

"You can as well go back into her womb to be reborn. At least by then, I will pick you up and tickle your tummy while saying 'kuchi kuchi coo'."

Kane laughed then and Olivia ended up joining "to be honest, I think that sounds great. Get a lot of responsibilities off my shoulders."

"Yea, except you will start peeing in diapers again and I will record it and bring it back in time today to show you" she looked at him with a mischievous smile that Kane shoved her on the shoulder and she retreated two steps back laughing.

Kane was surprised why his companion's laughter sounded like music to his ears and his shoulder that he touched now was so soft, their eyes met then and his heart moved, he can't understand why he feels connected to this guy and then it hit him, he might be the friend he has been waiting for. A friend he will feel connected to and be able to share all his problems with and not the one's who just want to sit around all day and announce to everyone that they are friends with him. He knew then, that he is going to enjoy friendship with this Oliver.

"Kane" they heard and both turned to see a beautiful young girl approaching them "finally, you decided to show up" she said when she was close enough "I thought you didn't want want to show up like last year."

Kane rolled his eyes, "Caro, I have been here for like nearly two hours now. Are you just seeing me?"

"No, but I have been talking to Hillary all evening and after that, he invited me to join him on a little walk in the garden. So, now it's the time I got the chance to talk to you about being late. Do you know how worried mom was? She..." She then noticed the young man standing beside Kane who was smiling to her and her face immediately heated up and she looked down shyly.

Kane noticed the difference in her and looked at Oliver who was smiling to the girl and he rolled his eyes, "perhaps you should go back to Hillary now, you have talked to me about being late."

The girl looked up to him then, "Kane who is this? How come I have never seen him around?"

"This is Oliver, my friend" he looked at Oliver "meet Caroline, my noisy sister."

"Hey" Caroline slapped his chest "who introduces his sister to his friend like that?" She looked at Olivia "it's nice to meet you. I saw you with Grace Herrington earlier, I didn't know you were my brother's friend" she looked at Kane again "how come he doesn't come around before?"

"I just met him here and now, you happy?"

Caroline huffed at him before looking at Olivia "try to come around, I will like to see you again."

Olivia bowed to her and then picked her hand in hers, she flashed her killer smile and in her eyes, she could see that Caroline has melted "it will be an honor to gaze upon a beauty like you again so I will come around."

Caroline smiled and walked away more like ran away while trying to hide her blushing face.