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Katharine’s brutal honesty is not to everyone’s taste, you
can’t deny that she knows exactly what she wants from life. Katharine is the
first to admit that she loves a guy with money and that she wants a certain
lifestyle and she will stop at nothing to get it. All this being said I truly feel that
she does love Jeff. I have never seen her so happyand I am happy for her. Jeff
is a nice, loving guy who can provide for her and keep her satisfied.
“Well what I want to know is how Adrian and Alanna met?” Portia adds. I shyly
smile.
    “We met in London and it wasn’t the most pleasurable – at first.”
“Oh do tell more!” Portia squeals. If I am going to explain how Adrian and I
met, I need another drink. Therefore, I pour myself another glass of
champagne as I talk.
    “When I first met him, he was rude and obnoxious and he had a presence that
would make anyone feel uneasy. Anyway, I was standing alone at the bar of a
very boring party. He came over and ordered some drinks and I couldn’t help
but stare at him. He was like no one that I had ever seen before and I was
immediately drawn to him.” I trail off mid-sentence as an image of his face
flashes into my mind. I try to compose myself as I stare at my friend’s
expressions. I hold in my laugh as they look mesmerised by what I am saying. I
take another sip of my drink as I notice that they are becoming impatient to
hear my next words. It’s as if they are reading an interesting book and cannot
wait to find out what happens next. Knowing this, I don’t keep them waiting
any longer.
    “Adrian noticed that I was staring at him and he quickly made his feelings clear.
He quizzed me on what I was doing there and he used a really rude tone. What
surprised me the most about that first meeting was, the way I had acted
around him. Usually I would have fought back and made my feelings clear but
around him, I was a different person. I had no control over myself and I
couldn’t bring myself to quarrel with him. He confused me and he had a way of
making me feel uneasy. Adrian knew how he made me feel and he soon
apologised for his behaviour. For the rest of my trip I was obsessed with him. I
wanted to see him and I couldn’t help but think about him. The next time that I
saw him, he was different. He was much nicer and he showed that he was
interested in me. I told him all about my time at college and we clicked. But I
can assure you that I never thought for one second that he would be
interested in me. When I arrived back in New York strange things started to
happen.”
“What happened?” My mom asks.
     
“Every day without fail I would be sent a gift.” The girls gasp at my confession;
however my mom doesn’t look too impressed.
    “What type of gifts did you receive?” My mom asks as she sips her cocktail.
“Everything from flowers to diamond earrings, at first I thought it was Marco
who was sending me the gifts. But I soon changed my mind when I was sent a
new blackberry.” The girls seem surprised as I tell them more about my
relationship with Adrian. To be honest I am a little shocked at myself. I don’t
know if it’s the alcohol that’s making me blurt out our story or if I just want to
share it with them. Either way, I am opening up about my secret life with
Adrian. I have to be careful though, as I don’t want to share to too much with
them.
“So when did you realise that it was Adrian? It was him, right?” Portia asks. I
smile at her.
    “Of course it was him. He had sent me a letter explaining a little bit more about
himself. He told me about his past and about what he went through as a child.
I knew then that it was someone that I didn’t know, but I never expected it to
be him. He texted me to the blackberry that he had given me and that’s when I
found out that my mystery man was Adrian Black.” I watch my friends as they
process this new information. Portia and Katharine look as if they are about to
cry and Sophie isn’t as surprised