Female Novel
Chapter 11
Instead of going down right away, Sophia leaned against the window to watch for a bit. They wouldneed a lot of preparation time for this banquet, making it pointless to go now. But first, Sophia took afew selfies and posted it on her Facebook.
She smiled brightly for the photo, and her braids looked cuter than ever. Sophia was in her prime afterall, so there was no need to turn on any filters, for she was naturally beautiful. She stared at her photofor a moment before turning it off. The photo was posted despite her knowing nobody would see it, forshe didn’t have a friend list anyway. All the people on her friend list were the Constances, though shewondered if they had unfriended her.
She kept on watching until night had fully descended, and the noise had escalated. Now, she stretchedherself fully and went out at her own pace.
The banquet had started when she arrived. There was even a stage the management set up for theircustomers. There were already people dancing on the stage, while everyone else cheered. Tableswere set around the place, decked out with snacks and wine. Sophia went around to see if there was aspot for her, but everywhere was full. She wasn’t in a rush though, so Sophia sauntered.
When the staff noticed her, he came up and said, “Are you alone, miss? Here’s a seat for you.” Hepointed at a table.
It was rare to see a table with only four people, and all of them were women. Sophia nodded. “Thankyou.” She then went to take her seat. The women were probably in a clique, so they only glanced atSophia before resuming their conversation. Even so, Sophia remained unperturbed as she pouredherself a glass of wine and leaned back to enjoy.
However, a man came to hit on her not long after she sat down. “Good evening. Do you mind me sittinghere?” He was holding a glass of wine.
Sophia looked around her. Because the other women were huddled together, there was space aroundher. “I don’t.” She arched her eyebrow.
He sat down beside her and looked at the stage before chatting with her. “Are you here by yourself? Idon’t see you talking to anyone.”
Sophia grinned. “Yes, I am.” The other women looked at her, then they looked away. Adam and Eve,not Zelda and Eve, they said. Women would hate gorgeous women for no reason at all.
The man smiled. “What a coincidence. I came here myself, too. Why not? I thought, then when I camehere, boom, they have a bonfire banquet. Interesting.” Sophia only looked at the stage and saidnothing. She was quite some distance away, so she couldn’t see the dance they were performing. Amoment later, the man leaned closer to her. “Since you’ll be staying here for a few days, and we’re bothby ourselves, why don’t we go out tomorrow?”
Sophia turned around and smiled at him. Her phone was on the table before her, and it vibrated acouple of times. It was a message from Zack, though he only sent a request for her to share herlocation. Sophia didn’t know this existed, though she saw the yes or no button. She wanted to declinethe request, but something struck her, so she accepted it. A moment later, her location marker startedblinking, much to her confusion, but then she kept her phone.
Meanwhile, the man kept on talking, “I checked all the guides about this place, and there are a fewinteresting places here that we can go—”
Sophia raised her glass. “Let’s drink.”
The man paused for a moment before giving her a toast. When they had finished their wine, he refilledSophia’s glass for her. “How old are you now? You look like a fresh graduate, so are you here for yourgraduation trip?”
Sophia raised her eyebrow. “Do I look like a student to you?” Her dimples showed up when she smiled,and it drew the man in as he stared at her for some time. novelbin