CHAPTER 3: GET READY

"Hey, you little sh*t! Give me my key! Don't you have your own car?"

"It's not good to swear so loudly,you know? Mum will hear you from upstairs." A man with a grey lounge suit just laughing happily." And I'm your older brother, for God's sake. How rude of you, my dear Daniel." He throws the Mercedes Benz's key in the air.

Daniel sighs" We're in the same height. People always thought that we're in the same age." He straightens his silver suit." Where's your Ferrari? Why you need to bother me? We'll just meet there." He tried to snatch the key from his brother, but the man quickly shoved the key in his pocket.

"Let's go together, Daniel. It's convenient this way, don't you think so?" He smirked and grabbed a silver mask with a blue diamond. He headed to the car while whistling happily.  "Hurry up or I will go ahead without you. Ah, I have a good feeling about this party"

Daniel silently cursed his brother.'How dare he take my car and act so cool about it?'. He sighed. What can he do? He also takes his violet mask and left the house.

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A figure silently climbs stairs with a finger at his mouth, signalling all the maid in the house to not to greet him as always. He approaches the room that located at the right wing of the villa. Catching a sight of a man with a soft black hair,he smiled broadly. The small man himself do not realize the existence of someone else behind him.

"Honey..."

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"Why so upset,Ryry? There's something bothering you?" Mrs Smith noticed her son's face was so dark. Usually he keeps his professional businesslike smile,but tonight the smile was  nowhere to found.

"Is there something bothering me, you ask?" Rayyan repeted his mother's question. He faced his mother." This mask is bothering me! " He pointed at the mask he wears.

"Is it not up to your liking? I purposely pick a mysterious manly mask specially for you."

"Mum,you told me it's a dinner! It's supposed to be a formal dinner meeting,not a masquerade party!" Rayyan exploded. About 15 minutes ago, he was so shocked when the maid came to his room to deliver the outfit for the dinner. The black tailored suit was outstanding,but an elegant black mask with some silver details really shocked him. No wonder he only received the outfit 30 minutes before the guests will be coming.

" Hey, it's not a masquerade party! It's a masquerade ball!"

Rayyan pouted," What's the difference?"

"Don't know!" Mrs Smith just laughed and grabbed Rayyan's arm." Come on,smile a bit. Your handsome face will be a waste if you keep the face. People will get scared of you. I know that your staffs called you a 'Ruthless Beauty'. How could they called you that? Poor my little Ryry." She ruffled Rayyan's hair.

" Never heard about that. How do you know about it?"

"Well, I have my connections." Mrs Smith takes off Rayyan's mask." Let me put it on for you."

"I'm not that against of this kind of event,mum. But, I really appreciate it if you tell me beforehand and not keep it as a secret. I'll just go along, I'm quite a considerate person."

Rayyan complained. He lets his mother fix his hair,suit and mask. Mrs Smith smiled.

"Okay, I'm sorry." She stares into Rayyan's eyes." You know, a masquerade ball always brings me a memory."

"Why? Something happened before?" They sit on the comfy sofa together.

"For your information, I met your father in an event like this. It was about 35 years ago. What a fateful encounter,right?" Mrs Smith recalled the memories and smiling while looking at Rayyan.

"How do you know father? Is he a son of your father's acquaintance?"

"Ah,no. We were a complete stranger. We got to know each other because I threw up on him." With a relaxed voice, Mrs Smith told her son about the incident.

"You what?" Rayyan nearly chocked." It was quite a tragic encounter."

" Hey, I didn't do it on purpose. The wine was so strong,it made me sick." She laughed." I tried to go out of the crowd,but well,it was too late. And I just grabbed anything I could reach and...voila!! That's how we met each other." She proudly told his son but Rayyan only made a disgusted face." Hey,you was born into this world because of that incident, okay? Be grateful!"

"Okay,but can't it be done in a cleaner way? It's quite gross, actually." Rayyan frowned. How could his mother just threw up on a stranger and  in front of others,to boot!

"Actually, even I thought that it was a bit disgusting. Your father even avoided me at first. Well,it was understandable though." She stands up and pulls Rayyan along." I think the guests are coming. Let's get ready."

Rayyan straightens his black suit. Mrs Smith hugs Rayyan's arm and slowly whispers, "That's what we called fate. No matter how hard you try to avoid it,it still happen." She smiled and tiptoed to kiss Rayyan's cheek before leaving Rayyan alone.

****END OF CHAPTER 3

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