Perfect disguise by Elizabeth A (speld decodable readers .txt) 📗

Chapter 14.

Diana's POV.

After work, I drove straight to Harper beauty salon which wasn't far from my workplace. When I was younger, my mother used to tell me that beauty brought about confidence and made women more courageous. So, if I wanted to prove to Liam that I had moved on and was doing perfectly okay, then looking beautiful and fulfilled was my only chance.

There is no way I would let him see through my defense.  

I swerved my Mercedes into the car park of the Harper beauty salon. I had made up my mind, I wasn't going to fall into his trap twice. If he thought he could abandon me anytime he wanted and still get me back then he was mistaken. 

I won't be that girl that once used to beg to be loved. I won't seek for love anymore, I would rather love myself than seek my happiness in a man who can crumpled upon it at any time.

I got down from my Mercedes and closed the door. The sun scorched brutally against my skin, so I brought out my sunglasses and wore a sun hat. I stepped into the salon and was glad to be welcome by the cool air that soothed my skin. I decided to change my curly hair into a super straight hairstyle. While I was doing my manicure, I leaned my back comfortably on an ornate chair, reading a fashion magazine. The atmosphere was so soothing and comforting that I felt tempted to close her eyes and doze off. I blinked my eyes as a wave of dizziness swept through me.

I adjusted on the comforting chair and flipped the pages of the magazine.

"Liam! Over here!" A lady, I recognized, called out across from me.

My ears jumped up when I heard her voice. Calm down Diana, this isn't your ex—he is in Nigeria, remember?—this is another Liam. I repeated the words in my mind, trying to remain calm.

I didn't look up, what if he was the one?

The last time I saw him was when he left me at the rooftop during our last date. 

Flip, flip, flip.

I flipped through the magazine acting like I was searching for a content, but my ears were concentrating on the lady.

I heard footsteps coming closer to the other lady who had called Liam, I peeped underneath my magazine on the floor. The man was approaching the lady.

Slowly, I raised my head up and the magazine in my hands dropped when I saw my Ex boyfriend, Liam, hugging Sasha.

The manicurist looked at me and asked in a polite tone. "Are you okay, ma'am?"

I shook my head and blinked, it seemed like I was dreaming. It was like he was just a fragment of my thought visualizing into his actual self. 

His hair was combed to the back and his smooth jaw line widened as he smiled, making his green eyes twinkled. I gulped when I noticed his dazzling eyes gazing at me.

I picked up the fallen magazine and locked eyes with him. He was very manly, his blue shirt highlighted his taut muscle and his bulky body tightened beneath his clothes.

I hadn't expected to see him, especially when he was hugging another lady.

I resisted the urge to roll my eyes. He was still the same, he was still a shitty cocky jerk who made ladies swoon over him only to break their hearts at the end.

Crazy stupid jerk!

I hated how he made me feel worthless, like I was a piece of trash. I had cried under the rain when he left me at the rooftop after breaking my heart into pieces.

I was still heartbroken, but he has smoothly and easily moved on like I was never a part of his life.

Liam stared at me for a while, his eyes shone in recognition, but he looked away from me and smiled at the lady he was hugging.

"Are you done?" He asked and played with the Sasha's long curls in his fingers.

Pain slipped into my heart, he has just ignored me like I never meant anything to him.

I took in a deep breath and dropped the magazine. Beauty brought about confidence and that would be my defense. 

I stood up and walked towards him.  His eyes lit with surprise and shock as he watched me walked closer to him.

I swept my eyes from his toes to his head before regarding him with a bright smile. "Hello, Liam."

He held the other Sasha's hand and looked at me, still shocked that I could approach him. "Diana…"

"This must be your new girlfriend." I cut him midway, looking at the lady beside him. She has a calm and gentle face and an angelic smile that touches her eyes. I doubted she would date Liam If she knew who Liam truly was. My eyes caught the blue pendant at the her neckline. It was sparkling, catching the light in the room and had a beautiful glow. I was totally in love with it when Liam had given it to me. 

"That's a lovely necklace," I complimented.

Liam frowned and gave me a sharp look which I ignored. 

She smiled and brushed her fingers over the pendant. "Thanks, I love it too."

"I'm sure Liam gave you that necklace, telling you his mother gave it to him to give it to the woman he loved."

She furrowed her brows and looked at me oddly. "How do you know that?"

"He gave me a necklace similar to this when we were dating telling me those same words. I eventually discovered he does that to other girls even while we were dating."

She frowned and looked at Liam. "Is that true?" She asked.

"Don't listen to her, she is… She–"

"I'm his Ex," I cut in and looked at the lady. 

"If you know what is best for you, then you know what to do."

Liam frown deepened. "I know you are still hurt that I left you, but you don't have the right to badmouth me."

"You have no idea how I feel so don't conclude, besides I'm glad you left me. It made me realized I deserve better."

"Diana, let's just leave whatever happened between us in the past."

I shook my head and brought out my iPhone. He was really a coward, trying to act like a committed man at the presence of his girlfriend when he was actually a Casanova. I unlocked my iPhone and showed him the last message he sent me. 

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