Chapter 190 - He Is My Ex-boyfriend

On the other hand, Katherine was about to snatch his phone away, but her face became pale as her eyes darted towards the entrance of the room. She could recognize that face even in her sleep as it was the face who was responsible for her countless sleepless nights. 

She tried to calm herself down but failed. Her breath was becoming short with each second as she looked at him. Her eyes were becoming teary as she remembered that unfortunate night. Seven years of her selflessness ended like that. Even though she had moved on and she was more than thankful to the heavens above for having Scott as her partner, but it still hurt. 

Scott, who was waiting for his phone to be snatched away, felt her grip getting loose on his phone. He turned his head so that he could face her. He was about to let out a teasing remark but stopped himself from doing so when he saw her glazy eyes. He quietly observed her face while pursing her lips. Realizing that she was looking somewhere else, he followed her line of sight only to be greeted by the sight of a man. 

The man was dressed eloquently and was laughing wholeheartedly over something his partner had said. The woman in his arms was a beauty herself, dressed in a bright red halter neck dress which hugged her almost perfect figure. Her alluring figure was drawing the attention of the male species present there as her dress, which was stuck to her skin, didn't leave much to imagine. 

He quietly shifted his eyes back to his woman only to find a complicated expression marring the flawless beauty of her face. There was no longing on her face but he could see hurt evident in her eyes. He could clearly guess of who that person could be. 

Her pained expression from their first meeting was still fresh in his memory. He remembered how she avoided him every time he made a move on her. He remembered those hesitant eyes when he asked her to trust her. He remembered how unwilling she was to be with him after knowing the truth about his identity. 

He let out a long sigh after reminiscing past. 'You have hurt her enough. Not anymore, and not on my watch.' He moved his eyes back to his woman and patted her softly, careful of his actions. 

Katherine blinked a couple of times as she came back to the present. Feeling a little pressure on the back of her head, she turned her attention to the man who was responsible for it. 

"I'm sorry." She apologized while trying to avoid his heated gaze. She thought that he would inquire her about her lost state, but nothing of the sort happened. 

"What are you apologizing for?" He smiled at her and patted her head once again. 

"H-he is my-y ex-boyfriend." She muttered softly. Even though he hadn't questioned her, it was his right to know about it. That is the reason why she decided to be forthcoming about it. 

"I know." He replied shortly. 

"You know?" She was a bit shocked when she saw how relaxed he seemed. 

"I can tell." He knocked on her forehead. 

"Katty, I expected better than you." Stella who was silently observing them from the sidelines, finally decided to speak her mind. 

Katherine and Scott, who were lost in their own world, finally realized that they were not alone. 

"Shut up, Stella." Scott reprimanded her like he would do to a small child for acting out of her place.

"Hey, I am just saying what's the truth. First of all, he's not that good looking. Secondly, one look at him and even a blind person could tell the kind of pervert he is." Stella rolled her eyes before popping a cracker in her mouth. 

"Stella!" Scott glared at her as he was worried that her words might ruin Katherine's mood, but to his dismay, she started to giggle. 

"Why do you think they say that love is blind?" She questioned Stella, a faint smile resting on his face. 

"Yes, but still. Him?" Stella narrowed her eyes at the man in question before continuing. "He is such a sleazeball that he tried to flirt with me before his father and Adam. He didn't even try to be a bit discreet in doing so. And Adam had to step in to make him stop." She rolled her eyes, being the dramatic girl that she was. "I don't even remember his name. B-Ben…"

"Benjamin Phillip Brighton." Katherine completed her sentence. 

"Yeah, yeah." Stella nodded her head. She was wearing a bored expression on her face but it took a 180° shift as her eyes began to shine with a mischievous glint. 

"You guys stay here and enjoy the show." She muttered as she stood up from her seat and made her way towards the entrance of the hall. 

"Stella! Stella, stop right there." She heard Scott yelling at her but she paid no attention to it and continued walking towards her destination. She saw a waiter passing by her, holding up a tray having some filled champagne flutes. Picking up two crystal glasses from the tray, she continued to walk towards him. 

She kept her head down, not wanting to be recognized before she could execute her plan. 

"Ouch!" She flinched as she lost her footing and slipped forward, deliberately. The two glasses in her spilled their content on the two people standing before her. 

"I-I-I am so sorry." She uttered and apology as soon as she realized what had happened. "I lost my footing." She continued to apologise as tried to clean the stain on the woman's dress and in doing so, she spilled the remaining content on her as well. 

"Y-you." The woman, who was Benjamin's date for the party, was seething in anger as she felt cold champagne dribbling down her body through her soaked dress. She was a top model of this country and never in her life she had gone through this much humiliation.

"Are you blind? Can't you see where you are going? The woman started to yell at her, garnering other people's attention. 

"I said I am sorry. I lost my footing." Stella frowned at the woman before her. 

All this while Benjamin had her eyes set on Stella. He couldn't care less about his coat or even about the dress of his date. All he cared about in that moment was about the lady who was standing before her dressed in a cream colored frock. He was about to lash out on her when she spilled her champagne on him. But stopped himself from doing so when he saw her face. How could he forget her? He still remembered the day he had laid his eyes on her for the first time. 

"It's completely fine. I am sure it was just an accident." He spoke up, coming out of his trance. 

Before Stella could reply to him, the woman interrupted. "How could you say that? She deliberately did it. I know the likes of her, trying to get the attention of others. She must have taken a liking to you and did this to get your attention." 

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