Chapter 35: 35 Lyle happily socializing with Mishka

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35: Lyle happily socializing with Mishka 35: Lyle happily socializing with Mishka “Thank you,” Mishka responded with a smile as she shook Lyle’s hand.

Lyle was happy that he could do this for Bruce today.

Bruce had his hands full with trying to keep Jean from coming over to the show herself.

So they had given her the wrong address when they went to visit her yesterday.

“Please, let her not show up here to disturb the peace,” Lyle thought to himself.

Bruce was in the city pretending to prepare for an evening show there.

Jean had been excited to hear about the show after Lyle had mentioned it on the previous day when he and Bruce went to pay her a visit to warn her against showing up at Bruce’s home to create disturbances.

“So, two men came to issue warnings to a lady who was only doing what is right for the future of her mate,” Jean had declared when they were at her home.

“We came to discuss your disturbing behaviour last night.

You can do what you like in the woods but not in someone’s private home,” Bruce had responded without entertaining her statement.

“Actually, I was outside and you were having a party at your house anyway,” Jean had responded with a nonchalant toss of her auburn curls.

“You were not behaving in a respectable manner and so the host has every right to object to your presence there,” Lyle had commented from his side.

“I’m not that easy to get rid of, you know.

Pretty soon you’re going to need me seriously,” Jean had replied in a confident tone of voice.

“That might only be your opinion, but anyway, isn’t it better to live with respect?” Lyle had asked in a kinder tone of voice.

“Respect should come from both sides, isn’t that so?” Jean had responded.

Lyle had looked at Bruce for a response to this statement.

“I have never done anything disrespectful in your home, as far as I can remember,” Bruce had remarked with his jaws set tight in anger and frustration.

“You are being really rude right now, though.

Giving me orders in my own home,” Jean had responded cheekily with her hands on her hips.

“I’m talking about in the past.

At least before you were disrespectful last night, I’ve always respected your home,” Bruce responded.

“Please, will you just promise to show respect by acting within certain boundaries when you visit Bruce’s home?” Lyle had asked in a polite tone of voice.

“Very well, I promise not to make a noise outside his window again.

Not unless he wants me to,” Jean had responded with a flutter of her eyelashes and a sarcastic sneer.

“Well, if anyone wants you to do that please first make sure that they have expressly asked you to,” Lyle had responded.

“Well understood, but remember, one day you’re going to regret your arrogant and aggressive attitude,” Jean had responded as she turned her back on them.

“So, I take it that you will only pay friendly and polite visits to Bruce’s place in the future?” Lyle had asked in a mild tone of voice.

“Of course and I expect him to do the same,” Jean had responded as she turned around and smiled at them with her eyes narrowed mysteriously.

“Well, we have a small show on Saturday, so if you’re interested you can attend since you didn’t attend the party last night,” Lyle had mentioned in an attempt to calm her down.

Bruce had given Lyle a quick warning look at that point.

“Oh, another festivity at your house so soon?” Jean had asked with her eyes stretched wide with interest.

“It will actually be at a studio in town,” Bruce had responded before Lyle could say anything else.

“Then send me the address and I just might find space on my schedule to attend,” Jean had responded, smiling stiffly with her chin held high.

So now, Bruce was in the city pretending that something had gone wrong with the organizing of the fashion show there.

Anything but have Jean at his home again so soon.

Lyle himself was happy that everything was going well with the show so far.

“That lady from the technology company is rather attractive for someone who’s working in an electronics company,” he told himself as he stole a glance at Mishka.

“Why isn’t she a model?

Maybe I can ask her to try it out?” he thought to himself.

Mishka did not seem to be aware of anyone staring at her.

She was enjoying herself as she watched the models parade and pose.

During break time Lyle remembered his decision to talk to her.

So, he approached her while she was having snacks with her two colleagues at her side.

“Are you sure that you haven’t done some modelling yourself yet?” Lyle asked politely as he stood at her elbow with a polite smile.

“Oh, no, not at all,” Mishka replied with a giggle.

Her colleagues also smiled in amusement.

“Why is it that they think that working in electronics is better than the glamour of the stage?” Lyle asked himself.

“I haven’t tried it because my hands are already full.

I have many daily commitments,” Mishka explained as she glanced up at Lyle with a polite smile.

“She’s the daughter of the CEO, so she has many responsibilities,” Josh explained with a proud grin as he glanced at Mishka who seemed slightly taken off guard by the compliment.

“Oh, I had no idea!” Lyle exclaimed.

“Then we should have given you a special welcome and a separate table for lunch,” he added, clearly uncomfortable because of the news about Mishka’s status.

“No, everything is exactly as it should be,” Mishka giggled in response.

“I love to blend in with everyone,” she added.

“If you say so, but just let me know if there’s anything that you need,” Lyle responded with a polite smile and a slight bow before leaving Mishka to the company of her friends.

When he returned from chatting to the ramp director, Lyle noticed that Mishka was chatting to Elle, one of the models.

“They’re chatting as if they’ve known each other for a while now,” he told himself as he observed their animated conversation.

The show resumed again shortly after this and Lyle was disappointed when he heard the music strike up, calling everyone back to attention.

Mishka was really beginning to interest him.

“I will have to tell Bruce about her,” he resolved to himself.

“Her name is Mishka, but what is her surname?

Could she perhaps be related to some of the wolves in this town?” he asked himself.

The rest of the show was full of action and hard focus.

Mishka and her team were also hard at work.

Lyle loved the spirit of cooperation amongst everyone there.

“Now the video and photo footage must just be flawless and I will have a really good surprise for Bruce.

I can do the work almost as well as him!” Lyle told himself happily.

He walked the guests out proudly afterwards.

“You must surely come again next time,” he commented when Mishka and her team began to leave the studio.

“Oh, most definitely,” Mishka and Josh replied with eager smiles on their faces although Mishka seemed slightly disappointed to be leaving.

“Can she be wanting to stay on for longer, or is it my imagination?” Lyle asked himself.

“Maybe I’m just reading more into it because I would like to see her here again soon so Bruce can meet her.

Such a beautiful technology queen,” Lyle said to himself as he smiled and waved them off.

When he arrived back in the studio, he saw Elle standing on one side, busy with her phone.

“Ah, let me ask Elle about her interesting friend.

Maybe she can tell me more about her,” he thought excitedly.

“Hey there!

You seem to know some interesting people,” Lyle commented as he reached Elle’s side.

“Who are you talking about?” Elle asked, frowning in surprise.

“The girl who was here with the video team.

You seem to know her,” Lyle responded.

“Oh, we met the other night,” Elle responded casually.

“Oh, it seems as if you knew each other for quite a while already.

Anyway, I was thinking that she could make a good model, even if it’s only for a short while,” Lyle remarked with an eyebrow raised quizzically.

“Oh, she’s already nurturing another dream,” Elle responded.

“Electronics?

But that’s so unglamorous for someone with her looks,” Lyle commented with a dissatisfied scowl on his brow.

“Not electronics.

She’s only doing that temporarily.

She’s actually going to pursue her music career,” Elle responded, looking at Lyle with her brows raised curiously.

“Her music career?

So, she’s a musician?” Lyle asked in surprise.

“A singer to be exact.

She has an amazing voice, you know?” Elle stated as she continued to study Lyle’s face.

She couldn’t understand his sudden interest in Mishka.

“A singer?

So, where did you meet her?

At a music show?” Lyle asked with his eyes wide with curiosity.

“No, I met her right here at the party the other night,” Elle replied.

Lyle’s mouth hung open in shock.

“She’s a good singer and she was here?

So, why didn’t anyone notice her?

She’s so attractive?” he asked in amazement.

“Maybe because she only came to dance and she was wearing a mask as well?” Elle responded.

Lyle could not believe his ears.

“Can it really be her?

She was here and neither Bruce nor I realized it for sure.

Now she was here again and I didn’t realize it,” he told himself in disbelief.

“Can it really be Bruce’s Siren singer from the woods?” he asked himself as he stared ahead of himself at nothing in particular.