Blame It On Pride

C h a p t e r O n e H u n d r e d

Y/n's POV:

I was rather sceptical about the party, however me and Rafe negotiated that we won't be there for long, maybe a couple drinks and that's it...

Rafe was wearing black trousers with tucked in blouse with top-two buttons open, a blazer and some shoes, polished as always,

I was struggling to decide on what to wear, eventually, I went with silky black dress that stretches until-just slightly above my knee, hugging my body, creasing over as a part of the design,

My heels were strapped around my ankle, forming a design of a canopy,

Rafe clads me in a coat, kissing the top of my head,

'Are you sure we should go? I can arrange dinner for us instead?' He asks, I smile and nod,

'It's alright, just this one time, moreover we could celebrate our moving ourselves, top it with couple drinks, and then we're off, as we initially planned...' I reassure, he sighs and kisses my forehead,

'Fine, come on.' He mutters, opening the door for me and leading me outside...

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After our driver reaches the destination, I look through the window, admiring the club, well, as much as you can admire a building with emphasised lights all over it...

Rafe opens the door for me, as yet again, I see Lewis with some of his colleagues, pacing towards us with emphatic smiles on their faces,

'Well hello there! Welcome back!' Lewis announces,

He was rambling frantically about what happened,

'Maybe introduce your colleagues?' Rafe sounds slightly frustrated as Lewis nods and does so,

Blonde girl and the brunette one were a couple, Linda and Jess, a black-haired boy was Micah and another one was Daniel, the remaining ones were already inside,

We walked towards the entrance doors, Rafe was holding me tightly beside him,

The interior design consisted of a bar at one side, the middle area was reserved for the music being produced from a podium above and myriads of people swaying and dancing in the middle,

As around it, was sitting area, sofas and some tables,

Rafe suddenly looked like he knew on where he was going,

'Tell your colleagues that there is a lounge reserved for us.' He says to Lewis, whilst taking me towards a door,

'Where are we going?'

'I researched this place beforehand, I don't want you sitting in a throng of people, so I reserved a place for us here...' He explains, it is a lot more tranquil there,

Faint laughter from people was heard and the music was still there, however quieter, at least we can hear each other now,

It was an edged sofa, steeping in a semi-circle, as there was a counter in the middle, drinks and some miniature food was aligned there already,

Me and Rafe sat in the middle-part of the sofa whilst everyone walked in, sitting on the sofa,

'So, let's have this first drink, as a way of welcoming them back, welcome!' Lewis announces, raising his glass, as everyone does the same, except Rafe,

'You won't drink?' I ask him as he shakes his head softly,

'Not yet, maybe a bit later.' He responds, I nod and chug my flute, finishing the beverage,

His hand remains on my thigh, caressing it softly,

We all talk a bit more, downing some drinks and laughing collectively,

Clamouring and bantering about everything that has happened,

Everything seemed alright, and even beyond that,

'You know what, let's all play that game that bonded us all?' Lewis suggests, everyone exclaims with ecstasy, as he then looks at us, gauging our reaction,

'Maybe just a few rounds? Then we will go?' I convey to Rafe he sighs and agrees with a strain of reluctance,

'Fine, yeah.' I respond to Lewis as he grins,

' I still have the cards!' One of the girls responds, she seems to be one of the girls that had the cards last time,

Aligning them into two individual piles, the bottle is set in the middle,

Lewis starts first,

I can feel on how tense Rafe is,

His legs were spread open as his arm wrapped around my waist,

The bottle was ubiquitously spinning, as once it slowed down, it's lid was facing Rafe,

'Truth Or Dare?' Lewis asks,

'Truth.' Rafe responds tersely, no emotion,

Lewis retrieves a card and after tracing his eyes over it, he recites it out loud,

'What is the span of the longest relationship that you have endeavoured so far?'

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