Justin watched as she resolutely left him not turning back even once and could almost hear the sound of his heart as it broke into smithereens because how else could he explain this bone deep pain in his chest.
He screamed out loud and with frustration, swept off everything on the coffee table.
It wasn't that he couldn't make her stay with him even when she obviously didn't want to because he could.
He could threaten or coerce her into it with her best friend or with her family if she had any but she didn't. Yes, she was an orphan.
But he knew if he ever did threaten her with her bestie, whatever love she had left for him would cease to exist and be replaced by hatred. And he definitely didn't want that.
He was a businessman and would do anything to achieve his goals but Nina has always been an exception to those dirty schemes as he couldn't use those methods on her, because he loved her too much. He didn't want a canary, he wanted the stubborn and independent woman he had fallen in love with in the first place.
His love for her has always been his weakness but he was satisfied having this weakness.
Subsequently, he calmed himself down and focused on trying to remember everything that happened that night but he still remembered nothing and this made him even more suspicious because he had always had a large capacity for drinking and no matter how much he drank, he could still remember what happenened the next day even if it is a little fuzzy.
But now he completely had no memory of what happened after he drank a few cups which wasn't enough on normal days to even make him tipsy. This could only mean he had been drugged!
He had been careless but he would definitely find out what happened that night and make whoever set him up pay the price.
A sneer then appeared on his face as picked up his cell phone and called his personal assistant, Larry.
"What is your order, sir?" he asked respectfully.
"I want you to bring that woman to the Night Kingdom in the next half-hour"
Larry didn't need him to say the name of the woman, he understood who he was referring to immediately.
Justin hung up and proceeded to call his business partners who were present that night to also meet him there.
***
After Nina left Justin's house, she drove aimlessly around the town trying the ignore the burning sensation in her eyes
'I won't cry... I won't cry..', She kept repeating to herself as a mantra.
"Damn it! I told myself I wouldn't cry but what is this?"
She felt the wetness on her cheeks and touched her face, feeling the tears that kept dripping out of her eyes with no intention to stop.
She stopped in front of a mall when noticed her sight go blurry and slammed her head heavily on the steering wheel.
Minutes later, Her heartbreaking sobs sounded continuously from the car making the hearts of the listeners feel stifled.
But an abrupt ringing of her phone in the confines of her car startled her for an instant. This made her realize that she, who had always been hailed as the ever cold and gorgeous supermodel was actually crying pathetically over a guy.
"Damn it... Nina, you are better than this. He isn't worth it." She told herself continuously.
She hurriedly took a tissue from the car compartment and wiped her face dry and also touched up her makeup in the process regaining her composure in a flash. No one would believe that she had been crying pathetically few minutes ago if not for the reddish tint in her eyes.
'I wonder who is calling?' she wondered absentmindedly before picking up her phone to check the caller but the call happened to end as soon as she picked it up.
"It's Lena" she whispered excitedly when she saw the missed call. "Is she back?" She was going to call her back when the caller who's ID was 'My Lena" also called back.
"Hellooo Nina darling! I missed you so sooo much!", Selena, Nina's best friend exclaimed excitedly on the other side of the phone.
When Nina heard the voice of her bestie, an urge to cry overcame her again because she knew that even if the whole world turned against her, Selena wouldn't. It had always been the two of them against the world. Her backbone was back!
She asked in an hoarse voice, "Are you back in the country?"