Serendipity

Chapter 17

( A Whole New World by Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward )

A/N:
Hey guys, sorry for the late update *scratches neck nervously*
I'll try not to be late next time, but I couldn't think of any ideas lately to add to this chap.
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Iris POV:

Well, that happened.

Was my first thought after the introduction I got when I asked to be acquainted with these guys who were supposedly Elliot's friends.

After all that commotion, me and Elliot met with different socialites and Elliot's relatives. To my utter delight, Clara had still not arrived at the engagement and I was beyond ecstatic.

Elliot had excused to go and meet one of his old colleges and I was glad that I didn't have to tag along, three hours had passed and I had been standing, not once resting to sit down, because after every minute someone or another came to meet me.

Now I was used to this but the fact that I had been up for the past three nights without getting a wink of sleep and constantly working hard for our new spring collection was taking a toll on me.

Moreover, I was alone right now, without any companions. It would be really good to see Melanie or Ashlyn over here but Melanie was forced to attend to so technicalities that had taken place and Ashlyn had still not arrived.

Now that I think about it, where is she?

Just as I thought that, the doors opened and coming in was none other than the woman I despised the most. Not the one I was waiting for.

I heaved a heavy sigh knowing that the act of our 'mother-daughter love' was about to start soon and oh, how I hated this play. Putting on an award-winning smile when I saw Clara approaching me, I warmly greeted her while dying on the inside.

She suddenly hugged me while pulling me closer and I felt utterly disgusted to be so close to her. I was mentally telling myself not to cringe at her death-like grip.

Pulling away from each other Clara said in her fake sweetness "I'm so sorry dear that I'm late, I had some errands to run." Replying the same tone in leaned close to her "Next time you shit, clean it up yourself." Moving away, I gestured to the people around us "Some people were expecting you, you should go meet them." Then I walked away, not giving her a chance to answer me.

Just looking at her made my blood boil and in my fast pace and seething anger I didn't see the person in front of me and collided full force with them.

But before either of us could fall, without realizing I slipped my arms around the person's waist while holding their shoulder with my other arm and the person whom I collided with had one of their hand behind my neck with their body titled backwards slightly and the other hand resting of my arm.

Overall, it was a scene out of a romance movie.

That was, until I looked up to see who I was having the moment with and it all came crashing down.

Ashlyn.

For about five minutes we just stood there in each other's arms just staring at each other, but then Ashlyn gave me a flirty smile while giving a low whistle.