It had been a lot for Sue for the past few days. In fact it was a point when her nerve, heart and all her senses were at a brimming point. She just had to dunk it down somewhere. So she chose to drink it all down. However, as she tried to escape from her ongoing troubles, another trouble was just lurking close to her. A man sitting just a few seats apart had been noticing her for a long time, casting greedy eyes on her. However, Sue was in such a black mood that she did not notice that the danger was imminent. When she got drunk, the man decided to hit on her immediately. He walked up to Sue, sat down beside her and said, "Hey, you look gloomy. What happened? Why are you drinking alone?"
"Get the fuck out of my face!" Sue snarled savagely while holding a glass of wine. She was too frustrated to even look at his face.
"Don't be angry." Sue's harsh words failed to drive him away. Rather, it made him all the more interested in her. He gave a sinister smile at her that revealed his impure intensions towards her. He said, "You're alone, and so am I. Why don't we have a drink together? After all we're both adults now, you know... "
The man glided his hand across Sue's lap in a sleazy manner and spoke in a very low and husky voice, "Trust me, I'll give you a fantastic night that will make you forget all the unhappiness..." He narrowed his eyes and looked at Sue lustfully.
His eyes roved through Sue's body. Sue was comely and had a good figure. Her long legs, in particular, were shapely, white and very attractive. The man's face broke into a dirty smile as the lustful fantasies and dirty thoughts filled his head.
Feeling the touch of his hand on her lap that made her extremely uncomfortable, Sue finally raised her head to see his face. "Get out of the way. I want to go home," she fumed. Finally realizing the danger, Sue pushed the man away, stumbled to her feet and tried to leave.
The man, however, seemed to have been experiencing his first encounter with such a beautiful and hot girl. Evidently, he was not ready to let her go so easily.
He grabbed Sue by her wrist and pulled her toward him. Unsteady for being booze, Sue slumped down on the man's lap.
"Well, I'll take you home right away," the man said in a very polite voice, pretending to be gentle. He laughed, his eyes blazing with pleasure and malice.
Then he stood up, helped the drunken Sue to stand up and tried to take her away. Sue was half in a trance and had little control over her body. Her intuition was completely at work. She tried to resist the man with all her mind but her limbs felt like feathers under the strong grasp of that man. She called out for help. But unfortunately, she was ignored.
It was such a common sight in such noisy bars that almost no one believed she was actually asking for help. Even if someone saw the truth, they were not willing to get into trouble for a stranger, and at most gave her a sympathetic look.
Right at this juncture Anthony entered the bar. He looked around, but found no trace of Sue. He literally started combing the bar to find her. And then finally, as he was exhausted, suddenly a drunken woman bumped into him.
Anthony creased his brows at the reeking odor of wine that offended his nostrils.
"I'm sorry, my girlfriend has drunk too much," the man holding the woman apologized to Anthony. "Are you all right?" he asked as he helped the woman up.
"I'm fine," Anthony replied curtly. It so happened that this drunk woman was none other than Sue. But, with Sue's head down and her hair loose, Anthony didn't recognize her for a moment. "Don't drink so much next time," Anthony added.
"Yes, yes, I will tell her when she sobers up," the man replied with a nod and hastened to move out supporting Sue with one hand. He was relieved that Anthony did not make a mountain out of the mole on being hit by Sue, which was a common thing to happen in such bars.
However, as he walked past Anthony, Anthony felt something unusual. He was not sure what but before he could even think of it, he instinctively turned around towards the man and said, "Stop!" "What's the matter? Is there anything else?" The man swallowed nervously, as the fear of Anthony knowing this girl did not skip his mind yet. Anthony marked the unsteadiness in his behavior as he turned to reply him.
Then he turned to the girl. Anthony eyed the girl in the man's arms suspiciously. Though her face was not visible, Anthony felt a strong intuition that she looked like Sue.
Without answering the man, he went straight up to Sue and tried to lift her face up.
"What are you doing?" the man snapped and looked warily at Anthony.
"Nothing," Anthony calmly replied. "I just feel she's a lot like a friend of mine."
The man's heart beat fast with nervousness. "Nonsense," he blurted out. "My girlfriend never told me she had a friend like you."
"Oh, she is your girlfriend? What's her name then?" Anthony asked blankly.
"She's..." Apparently, the man didn't expect Anthony to ask him this question. He looked at Sue who was unconscious, hesitated, and said, "She's Nana."
"Nonsense!" Anthony sneered. The man was frightened and swallowed again.
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