BXBX NOVEL Chapter 151 - Passing Again
A waitress brought a jewelry box to the MC and opened it. The servant took out a strand of beautiful diamond necklaces from the jewelry box and showed them to the cheering guests. How beautiful the necklace was when it got exposed to the spotlight, sparkling like the stars on the dark, starless night.
The invited guests, especially women, were amazed and stunned to see how beautiful the diamond necklace was. They definitely wanted to have it!
The MC continued the announcement that was interrupted after repeated calls from enthusiastic guests.
"Mrs. Wijaya will give one of her many favorite jewelry collections to one lucky winner! This necklace is the rarest diamond necklace in Indonesia! Only owned by 3 people throughout Indonesia including Mrs. Wijaya. This diamond necklace is the 25th wedding anniversary gift from Mr. Wijaya! Mrs. Wijaya volunteered to give this necklace to the luckiest couple at this dinner!"
The MC cleared his throat then continued, "What are you waiting for! Come on, those who wish to participate in the game please raise your hands! The game is very simple, I need a couple consisting of one man and one woman to dance together on the stage!"
Hearing the MC\'s sentence, the female guests immediately flocked to raise their hands while pulling the wrists of their male partners.
Their enthusiastic screams filled the VIP room like a chicken coop!
Seeing this chaos, Mrs. Wijaya went up on stage and grabbed the microphone. "Everyone please calm down. I see you are all in the spirit to join, huh? I just need 5 couples to get on stage. What if I choose randomly to make it fair?" Mrs. Wijaya explained with polite and gentle gestures.
The enthusiasm instantly died down. The exciting screams from female guests fell into silence since they felt disappointed by the announcement. Now they could only pray that they would be among the couples that Mrs. Wijaya would randomly choose.
The MC then added in order to break the sudden awkward atmosphere, "Ah, Mrs. Wijaya has a point too! Imagine if half of the guests go on stage. Wouldn\'t our weights break the stage?" The MC laughed lightly.
Mrs. Wijaya immediately got off the stage and circled the VIP room, looking for candidates who were suitable for the dance competition on stage. When the old woman passed Lisa and Rangga, Lisa did not expect Mrs. Wijaya to choose her to participate in the dance competition. Lisa felt a bit panicked since she realized that she wasn\'t very good at dancing!
Rangga glanced at Lisa with a sweet smile on his face. "Lis, are you sure you don\'t want to dance up there with me?"
Lisa noticed Rangga\'s gaze. "No, I\'m not from high-class, so I really can\'t dance. I can only get drunk while dancing indistinctly on the dance floor at the nightclub!"
Rangga subtly laughed at that. "Just relax, it\'s just a game anyways. If you want a necklace that looks like Mrs. Wijaya\'s, I can buy it," Rangga suddenly said.
"Thanks, I don\'t need it. I\'m not interested in gifts, especially the ones that are too fancy like jewelry. I prefer to sit here watching the other guests as contestants to dance on stage!"
Rangga looked at Lisa suspiciously. He had never seen a woman who was not interested in jewelry and luxury like Lisa. "Are you really sure, Lis? Why don\'t you want a diamond necklace like that?"
Lisa exchanged glances with Rangga then rolled her eyes. She crossed her arms while clicking her tongue. "You think I\'m a gold digger girl like your ex?"
Rangga shuffled from his seat, chuckling. He actually knew that Lisa didn\'t want money or because of her dark past with Oscar. Lisa was not thirsty for wealth, she just wanted to get on with her life.
"If for example I get you a necklace like that for your birthday gift, will you still reject it?" Rangga spontaneously asked.
"If it\'s my birthday present, I still have to accept it whether I want it or not, right? The thing is, I didn\'t ask other people to give me a gift!" Lisa replied firmly.
Lisa inadvertently stole a glance at Clara who was sitting with Oscar. The two looked intimate from a distance. Clara noticed Lisa\'s gaze from a distance. The woman exchanged glances with Lisa and stared at her with a smug face and condescending look.
Seeing the corner of her sly eye made Lisa annoyed and eager to beat her. She was not happy with the sight so she hurriedly looked away from the female demon.
Lisa still couldn\'t forgive the heinous thing Clara had done to her. If that demonic woman had not snatched Oscar from Lisa and indirectly killed the child she was carrying, maybe she wouldn\'t need to feel miserable or being rejected by the world after her divorce.
Lisa was immersed in her daydream for a few moments until suddenly Rangga leaned over her and whispered, "But I\'m serious. If you want jewelry that looks like that, I\'ll buy it. You can also ask me for anything if you want,"
Lisa gave her childhood friend a suspicious glance. Her hunch said Rangga was planning something. It looked like this guy\'s heart had fallen for Lisa.
"I already said that I don\'t want it, so don\'t bother! If you force it, just buy it for my birthday present. Are you satisfied?" Lisa replied irritably.
Lisa understood that the man wanted to comfort her after she got divorced. However, she never thought that Rangga would give some of his wealth to Lisa as if she were his future lover. For a moment, Lisa began to suspect why Rangga asked her to accompany him to Mrs. Wijaya\'s birthday party tonight.
"Yes, I occasionally give my close friends jewelry. It\'s no problem, right?" Rangga casually said, one of his arms draped over the back of Lisa\'s chair.
"Instead of wasting your money on buying jewelry, you better help my sick mother and my sister who is still in college. It\'ll be much more useful for me than a jewelry worth hundreds of millions rupiah!" Lisa answered plainly.
Rangga was silent, the man just chuckled and excused, "Just kidding, why are you so tense tonight? Come on, relax a bit, will ya?!"
After years of being friends with Rangga, Lisa did not think that he would seduce her tonight. Lisa had begun to suspect the guy\'s recent moves, from inviting her to a grand birthday party so that he wouldn\'t look like a miserable single man, complimenting her when she was not that pretty, to taking the initiative to buy her a diamond jewelry!
Lisa\'s mind began to go awry. She secretly took a deep breath and then rubbed her face.
Lisa couldn\'t take it anymore, she had to calm her mind. The woman got up from where she was sitting and said, "I\'ll go to the toilet for a bit, okay?"
"Okay, I\'ll wait here," Rangga briefly said.
Lisa crossed the crowd in the VIP room and walked hurriedly to the toilet. She opened the water tap and washed her hands. She cupped the water flowing over her palms and washed it into her face.
Her make-up started to wear off. She pulled a tissue and wiped her wet face. She brushed her face with powder to look fresh again and polished her lips with red lipstick.
Then she looked back at her face in the mirror, thinking her make-up was enough.
When Lisa was about to get out of the toilet, a tall woman came in and passed her.
Lisa did not look at her face, she just walked straight ahead, ignoring the tall, slender woman. Lisa didn\'t want anything to do with Clara, it\'s not enough that her life was tormented by that demonic woman. However, when Lisa was about to get out of the toilet, the demonic woman took a step back.
Lisa almost fell from that. Luckily, she immediately noticed Clara\'s shoes blocking her feet.
"Hey, how arrogant. Don\'t pretend you don\'t see me," Clara said condescendingly.
"I have no business with you. Move aside!" Lisa said firmly as she brushed Clara\'s hand away.
"Lisa, can you not bother Oscar anymore? You don\'t realize that you are no longer his wife. So don\'t expect you to get his love back!"
Hearing Clara\'s sentence, Lisa was immediately amazed. "I never took Oscar from you.. If anything, you were the one who took Oscar from me. Don\'t slander me you son of a bitch!"