Chapter 204 - They Look Good Together!

"Why are we here, again?", Sera grumbled looking at the not-so-happening crowd around her. She felt trapped.

Sera was already regretting ditching Su Yin's invitation to party tonight. Which obviously would've been much more interesting than this gathering between senior citizens.

It's not like Sera disliked spending time with the elderly. She has a grandmother whom she loves the most. However this kind of setting was foriegn for her. She'd rather go to an old age home than attend such lifeless parties.

"You wanted to party, So.. here we are!", Ethan teased her sweeping a glance around the room.

The banquet hall was full of middle aged and older nobles and businessmen with their female companions. There was soft, mellow music that the live band was playing at the corner. There was an empty podium with the mc waiting for the chief guest.

"Alright, you guys.. Stop it! We're here already so let's just enjoy.. I meant watch.. let's just watch!"

Xia Ruo Lan didn't like them bickering like that, she butted in to cut their argument. Sera glared at her when she accidentally blurted out enjoy.

"Hmmph!", Sera harrumphed turning around, annoyed.

"Childish!", Ethan chimed looking at her back turned to him. Xia Ruo Lan looked at them in silence.

"Old man!", Sera mumbled loud enough for Ethan to hear, he frowned. Xia Ruo Lan stifled her laughter. She turned around too scared of Ethan's glaring eyes.

Sighing helplessly Ethan waved to the waiter. He fetched a glass of wine for himself and two glasses of juice for the ladies. He placed the glasses on the table peering at Sera and Xia Ruo Lan's head, he chuckled mirthfully.

"Everyone.. This is the fifth annual gala of the C Companies from Y Country! Please welcome Miss Callista!"

Just then the mc announced the arrival of the chief guest of the evening, all eyes turned to the door that opened revealing a gorgeous caucasian woman with greenish-blue eyes and a bright smile on her face.

Simultaneously there were sounds of loud claps from all around the hall.

Ethan had his hands raised mid-air as he stared at the woman with bulging eyeballs, gaping, instead of clapping.

She was dressed in a pure black outfit hugging her curves and giving her volume. Her shiny golden hair pinned into a side updo, with her falling on one side of her shoulder resembling a golden waterfall.

She had no other accessories on her apart from a watch and bracelet on her hands, her ears and neck were bare.

However the cause of Ethan's shock was the tall and strikingly handsome man whose arm was being intimately hugged by Callista.

"Lucifer!!", he sputtered in disbelief, he blinked at the duo walking with a noble air around them and proceed to the podium in the center.

Heads snapped at the mention of Lucifer. Sera and Xia Ruo Lan both turned to look at a stunned Ethan. Following his line of sight they saw that the man in flesh was really Lucifer.

Lucifer was impeccably dressed in a black suit with gold details complementing Callista's outfit really well.

He stood tall beside her. His unruly hair coupled with the sleek outfit style gave him an air of arrogance spunked with wildness, he appeared more sexy like this. Especially with that glint in his gray eyes.

"Lucifer??", Sera and Xia Ruo Lan spat in unison, their voice tinged with disbelief and disappointment.

Sera couldn't believe her eyes, she looked at the hand intimately wound around Callista's waist. Her throat tightened.

"You see him too right?", Ethan turned to look at their drained faces and asked loudly, they snapped out of their daze and nodded in unison with no words to describe their shock.

"Thank you everyone.. I'm touched to see the amount of support we, The C Companies have received from B City.."

Callista went about on her speech, her words were completely disregarded by the trio who had their eyes on the smiling Lucifer beside her. They all had different emotions in their eyes.

"But.. Why is he with her?", finally Sera muttered softly, her voice bitter and painful as she ground her teeth.

Xia Ruo Lan turned to witness the hurt in her eyes and turned back to look at Ethan then Lucifer on the stage.

"I don't know!", he replied absentmindedly not paying heed to the evident pain in her question. He was just as much shocked as them to notice anything else.

"I would like to announce the partnership between C Companies of Y Country and Chang Holdings of B City! Hope it will be a fruitful union.."

Callista turned to Lucifer who was standing beside her and smiled splendently after speaking. He acknowledged her words with a nod still smiling.

As Ethan looked at their interaction on stage pondering about something he smiled. The words flew out of his mouth even before he could act.

"They look good together..", he whispered, his gaze naturally landed on Xia Ruo Lan's pale face. He had completely ignored Sera's red face, fuming.

"What? Don't you think so?", he smirked intentionally looking provocatively at her small face.

Amidst their small exchange Sera was forgotten. She stood silently shuddering infuriated by the close proximity between Lucifer and Callista. Her eyes glowering in anger and hurt.

"Uh-huh.. They look the best amongst everyone in here!, she glared daggers at the couple on stage.

Her chest was stinging with an unspeakable twinge, her heart as though stabbed with a million needles and bleeding. It was hard for her to breathe or even stand still.

Sera couldn't understand the reason behind this nerve-wracking pain she was experiencing right at this moment.