"great just what I needed" Anna muttered and tried to ignore the invader.

Just when she taught she would never set her eyes on the charming devil again.

"I see you haven't lost the aura of being high and mighty" he took a sip from his drink muttering too under his breath.

"and I see you still an... An air head with the stupid smirk" she retorted with annoyance laced in her words.

Ishmael laughed and wandered what had happened to the beautiful woman by his side to be so closed off.

A minute passed and he saw she wasn't in anyway ready to start a conversation with him.

"so... What brings you here, by the looks of it I know it's not your thing." he casually leaned in and she noted he wasn't planning on leaving anytime soon.

"that woman" she said as she pointed to jae dancing on a round podium and already stealing the attention of the crowd down there.

Jae doesn't drink but she made that as an excuse so she can unleash her inner demon. This also made Anna wonder what was the point of taking her to the VIP when she was going to stay down.

"No way, your friends with her?, no way! " Ishmael laughed as he kept staring at Jeanelle, his laughter lowering to a genuine smile.

Anna had this negative feeling in her guts as she saw that smile directed to Jeanelle. She wondered why, it wasn't like he was hers. They are not even friends.

"a boring person" with sarcasm laced in her voice "could have a friend like that beside you aren't on the dance floor now are you" and finally turned looking at the intruder.

Ishmael was dressed formerly, maybe he just got off work and he came here directly. His white shirt buttons loosened, giving him a sexy male bartender and striper look.

"don't turn this on me, it's on you, party popper." he said as he raised his cup back to his lips pretending to sip his drink but laughing instead.

Anna became triggered and threw her coat on him, and let her hair down, the only thing Jeanelle allowed her to style.

She was dressed in a backless black dress with pants and a heel. She glared at Ishmael as she ran her hands through her hair then walked down stairs to where the second small round podium with a pole was.

She held Ishmael gaze one more time. It looked like he was curious and intrigued by her. Good, that was exactly what she need.

Anna began dancing to the song slowly first before she picked up the pace and of course she knows how to pole dance too.

She stole the attention from Jeanelle as people kept whistling, chanting and clapping.

To say Ishmael was surprised is the list. He was clapping for her too.

Now there was a spotlight on both of them with money being flung on them.

They both made an eye contact and then came down from the podium. They began dancing to one of there choreographed dance which could go with any beat.

when they where done, everyone clapped for them still chanting then they found there way back to the VIP spot.

"What came over you, it was like you where possessed" Jeanelle said with a smile plastered on her face. " who new you could still move like that"

"because I don't dance much doesn't mean I lost it jea" Anna eye rolled, getting tired at Jeanelle teasing.

"everyone was like wwwhhhhaaaattt?" she screamed the last part out which made Jeanelle and someone beside her busting into laughter.

They both turned and saw Ishmael, eavesdropping on there conversation. He had his drink in his mouth when he bust out laughing and sprayed it on his pants.

Anna rolled her eyes while jeanelle laughed at his cuteness.

"maybe someone should try and make fun off her so she would do more stuff. "

"I know right!. Wait, how did you know that. Wow! don't tell me.." Jeanelle said looking between her and she Ishmael.

"no you are not gonna be an aunty yet so what ever little love story, marriage and happy ending you seen, end it" Anna said immediately.

As she suspected Jeanelle had already planned her future for her and future babies.

"what?, you guys would look cute together but you know he kind of look familiar." Jeanelle took a closer look at Ishmael.

"wow don't tell me he is the arrogant bag of potato with the smirk that makes him look like a badger trying to get laid" Jeanelle proceeded. "you didn't say he was this handsome."

"Jeanelle?, no one asked you" Anna said gritting her teeth and It was too late to shut her up.

"so you think I'm handsome?" Ishmael questioned with a little bit of shyness. But Jeanelle and Anna didn't catch on.

The room was poorly lit up, she could still see his face. Jeanelle got shy and quickly changed the subject back to Anna.

Jeanelle excused herself to get a drink, she kept getting shy and she felt she was intruding on both Anna and him.

"well she is funny" Ishmael muttered as things got awkward.

Anna glanced at him for a second, way they just flirting or was she over thinking it?. That was just Jeanelle ways, but she wasn't sure if she was ready to let them flirt though.

Her phone rang, she then excused herself to go out and answer it. Of course it had to be a business call.

She later had footsteps behind her in the alley walking slowly towards her, or maybe she was just a little paranoid.

She quickly ended the call but kept pretending she was on one.

Is this the day Freddy finds us?. She wondered. She wouldn't let him take Jeanelle. If he was alone for now, or his underlings were, she was sure she could take whoever it was down.

The stranger wanted to grab her and she quickly grabbed his hand and his head then hit his legs to make him loose his balance and he went flying over her shoulders then she landed a solid punch on his jaw.

"who are you? " she said as she held his neck tightly.

"What the fuck is wrong with you woman!." he questioned. The pain of the fall had sober him up a little or he wasn't that intoxicated.

"I just wanted to ask if you go down and need extra cash. I saw you dancing not long ago."

Anna sighed and later registered that of course he wasn't really quite and he wasn't trying to hide from her.

"you got the wrong idea and sorry about that" Anna quickly got up from him and offered him a hand.

He slapped her hand away and got up muttering curses at her.

"Way to go Anna" she muttered.

It looked like Anna wasn't and would never be free from her past, but at least she had overcome her fear.

"Anna?, is that you?. What are you doing back there it isn't safe to go down there alone" Ryan voice attacked her from the side before she could even clear her head.

"what are you doing here?" Anna questioned. She have had enough of seeing people she planned never to see again.

Ryan ignored her and searched her body for any bruise then saw her knuckles.
"Looks like you got the affinity for trouble." Ryan chuckled "you can just say you want to see my house one more time instead of getting hurt for it"

He flicked her forehead as she stood there confused and dragged away to her enemy car, again.

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