Amara's POV
Beatrice and her husband stepped on the dance floor and gave us some beautiful moves. She was looking so beautiful beside him and looked very happy. Ivan gave a nonchalant attitude about them and I wondered if they were really his parents. "You should go and dance!" Grandma said to Ivan and I . "I don't know how to, grandma " I replied shyly. "Really?" Ivan gave me the "I don't believe you " look.
"Ivan knows how to dance, he can guide you " she said placing my hand on his .
"Shall we?" Ivan held my hand and stood me up. "Sure " I smiled and we walked to the dance floor. When we stepped onto the dance floor, Beatrice looked at us but I couldn't tell if she was happy or not .
" You lied about being a bad dancer" Ivan leaned in closer to me and whispered
"Of course!"
"Did you think that was going to change her mind!" He laughed "Grandma is so stubborn than you can imagined " he continued
"You take after her " I replied before he spun me around and brought me back into his arms.
Beatrice pulled away from his husband and I could tell she was walking towards us. She nodded at Chloe then approached us .
"Can I have a word with you Amara!" Beatrice said to me and I wondered what this whole word thing was about. I could tell Ivan was confused as well but he didn't say a word.
"Sure !" I replied and followed her upstairs. She led me to a very small room which looked like a changing room.
"What did you want to talk about Beatrice?" I asked.
"Yeah...I want to talk about you and my son " she replied and my heart skipped a beat.
"Ivan and I?" I asked puzzled.
"I'm not a kid Amara and I can tell something is going on between you two " she said and I didn't know how to reply.
"If so why are you asking about it from me then, shouldn't you be asking Ivan this question?"
"I know Ivan very well dear and I definitely know how he feels..."
"what do you mean?" I asked perplexed
"Ivan is a player and I know what he's trying to do with you but I care about you as if you were my daughter and I can't allow that!" She replied
"So are you saying Ivan is trying to play around with me ?" I said, feeling irritated.
"Yes ! For the record, Ivan loves Chloe so much and that's how I know he's trying to play you..." she said and I remained silent
"I know this is hard for you knowing you might actually be in love with him, you're such a beautiful girl Amara, forget about Ivan and find yourself someone who would love you for real" she said taking my hands in hers.
"Why should she forget about me!" Ivan replied from nowhere.
"Ivan!" I turned to look at him.
"Oh Ivan ...we were just having a ladies conversation " Beatrice stammered
"I heard everything mom and none of what you said to Amara is true " he replied.
"Were you eavesdropping on us !" Beatrice replied, getting angry.
"Was that a wrong thing to do ? Huh? And since you've figured out yourself...I will tell you now then !"
"Tell me what ?"
"Amara and I are together and for the record Chloe and I are over ..." he said and Beatrice was dumbfounded. She was so shocked that it seems she was going to have a heart attack.
"Calm down mom , please breath..." Ivan moved to her worriedly and I wondered what was wrong with her . It seems as if she was having a panic attack but that wasn't a panic attack also . Ivan placed his hand on her back but she shove it away.
"Is everything all right here !" Ivan's dad walked in ,holding a ringing phone in his hand .
"Yeah..mom just had a little shock " Ivan replied and I wondered what he meant by that.
"Are you okay darling " Ivan's dad moved towards Beatrice.
"I'm fine ..." She replied.
"That's good, I only came here cause your phone won't stop ringing...I thought it would be urgent since he kept on calling " he said and handed the phone to her .
"Let's get out of here Amara !" Ivan said to me and I nodded.
"Who is this Carl by the way ?" I heard him ask Beatrice before Ivan and I left the room.
"I don't feel like staying, let's go somewhere else " Ivan said to me .
"Where can I possibly go in this dress if not for your fancy party ..." I teased.
"Yeah... I think you're right, you're so over dressed..." he teased and I shot him a glare.
"Don't glare at me like that..." he said and led me to his car . We entered and drove away, forgetting to say goodbye to granny. I was feeling hungry on our way so we stopped by a nearby supermarket and bought some snacks. Ivan made fun at me for not liking vinegar when I opted for snacks without vinegar. He paid the cashier and we came back into the car . I checked my time and it was almost thirty minutes since we left the venue of the party.
"Where are you taking me Mister !" I teased.
"I'm taking you to meet someone special..." he smiled.
"Someone special?" I asked, confused.
"Yeah..." That's all he said and made a sharp turn . It was evening but the place still looked familiar to me . It was as if I've been there before but I just couldn't recall. Ivan parked the car and got out to open the door for me .
"Where's this place?" I asked, looking around. The place was more of a slum but also kinda empty.
"It's just a little walk from here to our destination " he said
"Then why didn't we take the car then..."
"This place is full of gangsters Amara and if they see us with a car, they might rob us of it " he replied and I actually started to worry. Who on earth was this "special someone " that has caused Ivan to bring me to this dangerous place.
"I'm here with you , you don't have to be worried about anything..." he assured me and I nodded obediently. We walked for a while just as he said then entered a small house. "This is the place " he said and knocked on the door.
Random POV
"It's been four hours Rob and Natalie isn't still here!" Denzel shouted on the phone.
"Why are you being so loud when you don't even have money to pay me !" Rob answered.
"What are you insinuating?"
"I agree to give you items on credit because I know where you're coming from but with this increasing debts, I don't think I can do business with you Denzel!"
"Calm down buddy, you know me and you know fully well I'm gonna pay you every single penny I owe so please ask Natalie to bring them to me !"
"Fine but you only have two weeks to pay me "
"Thank you so much Rob ...you're a life saver!" He replied and hanged up.
"Who's there!" Denzel yelled at the person knocking and got up from his bed to open the door.
"Ivan!" He said , so surprised to see him.
"I thought I would never see again!" Ivan replied and leaned in to hug him. Denzel's hands remained by his side and it was as if he wasn't pleased to meet him.
"This is my girlfriend Denzel, she's Amara...Amara , this is Denzel, my elder brother!" He introduced and Amara smiled brightly at him.
"Nice meeting you !" Amara said but he ignored her.
"What the fuck are you doing here and how did you find me in the first place!" He said angrily taking her aback
"I thought you would be happy to se me." Ivan replied sadly.
"You really expect me to be happy huh? In your dreams...You're not welcome here Ivan so leave!"
"Ivan!" Amara moved towards him worriedly.
"I don't know what's going on here and I don't wish to interfere, but I don't think this is a nice way to talk to your brother!" She said to Denzel.
"He's not my brother!" He said and pushed him back.
" What the fuck is wrong with you Denzel!"
"And you really have the nerve to ask me that ?"
"You left home all of a sudden without saying a word to anyone and after finally finding you , is this how you treat me ? What the fuck did I ever do to you !" Ivan yelled angrily
"I left home! Yeah! But who cared huh?...Not even my so called father gave me a call !"
"He tried Denzel! ...we really did but you blocked all of us "
"Why shouldn't I ? Just give me one reason why I shouldn't have "
"Because we are family!" Ivan replied.
"Go to hell with that word!" He yelled angrily and pushed a table which fell on Amara's leg.
"Ouuch! " She winced in pain and Ivan immediately rushed to her . He lifted the table off her leg and glared at Denzel who just gave a nonchalant look.
"How dare you hurt her !" Ivan moved towards him angrily and grabbed his collar.
"No Ivan! Please!" Amara begged .
"Are you going to fight me because of her ..." Denzel chuckled. Amara limped on her leg and moved towards Ivan . She held her hand and slowly took his hands of his collar.
"You can harm me however you want but don't try harming my girl..." Ivan said angrily and lifted her up in his arms .
"It wasn't intentional..." Amara said to calm him down.
" It was a waste of time to be here !" He said and with Amara in his arms, walked away.