It All Started With Hatred-Chapter 69: Striping show

Petal gulped nervously as she walked behind Alice, She shouldn’t have asked her to come.

Once they entered, She was surprised that the club was quiet.

"See, I told you." Alice said, dragging her towards one of the tables.

Petal sat down looking around her, seeing some woman and girls her age sitting with a man.

"These are hosts, They offer you their services and you pick one of them." Alice said, explaining.

Petal looked at her in confusion and asked.

"Services." She asked singling.

Alice laughed at Petal’s question.

"You are so innocent Petal, There are no more girls like you." Alice said laughing.

"Yes, If you want to talk, Comfort, Or if you want to experience sexual pleasure, Anything you want." She replied to her question and watched as Petal widened her eyes.

She knew that this place was not the right place for her, But looking around her, No one seemed to be forced to do anything they seemed to be enjoying their time.

"Listen, You are not forced to do anything I just told you, I brought you here to enjoy the strip dancing show." Alice said, pointing at the stage.

Strip dancing? What is that? Petal asked herself.

Seeing the puzzled look on her face, Alice knew that Petal had never seen a striping show.

"It will start soon, Wait and you will know, I guarantee that you will like it." Alice said, winking at her.

"Wait for me here, I will be back quickly." Alice said as she stood up walking towards one of the hosts.

Petal saw how Alice sat in his lap and how he wrapped his arms around her waist and they suddenly started to make out, Petal immediately looked away.

Unlike her, Alice is surely enjoying her time.

Picking up the water bottle that was on the table, Opening the bottle she drank from it before she placed it back in its original place.

When she looked ahead of her, She saw Alice and that man that she was making out with walking towards the stairs and she turned to look at her.

"I will be back soon." She singled to her and Petal nodded her head.

She sighed and looked at the rest of the people in the club, Some were chatting and some were kissing and to her shock there was some girl who was straddling the man lap, Feeling curious, Petal took a closer look to know what are they doing and a few seconds later she looked away realizing what they were doing, Her face turned red.

"Good morning, Miss, I’m Mason, The host that was assigned to by Miss Alice." The host named Mason Introduced himself and took the liberty to sit down beside Petal without even asking for permission.

Petal looked at the guy who was wearing a vest and cravat, With suspicious eyes.

"Don’t worry miss, My job here is to talk with you and entertain you, Nothing more." The host explained to her.``I was told that you passed your exams, Congratulations." He added signaling to the waiter to serve them.

The waiter brought drinks and snacks for her.

Petal stared at the drinks and snacks and then looked at him. He seemed to be a good person, she thought to herself. Petal opened her bag and took out her notebook and pen and started to write something before she showed it to him.

"My name is Petal." The host read what she wrote.

"It’s a beautiful and unique name, But why didn’t you say it yourself?" The host asked and noticed hope she looked away bothered by his question.

He then noticed the device on her ear and understood why she seemed bothered by his question.

"Tell me, Why did you choose to be a violinist?" Mason asked to change the subject.

Petal turned to look at him and saw him smile at her. She picked up her pen and started to write her answer.

"I wanted to do something for me, Something I chose for myself."

Reading her answer, Mason’s smile widened.

"You sure are quite different from the rest of the girls that come here." Mason said as he picked up the drink and offered it to her.

"Don’t worry, It’s not alcoholic." He said seeing her staring at the cup.

Petal took the cup from him and started to drink from it and she heard him say.

"Let’s play a game." He suggested and nodded her head.

Playing games with one of the things that she loves to do, Back at the mansion, She was used to playing with Jacob, Their favorite game was the XO game and she always was the winner.

"Okay, So the game will be like this, I guess something about you and you tell me if I’m wrong or right." Mason explained and she nodded her head.

Mason looked closely at her and noticed how beautiful she is. He wondered if she had a boyfriend already. It would be impossible if she hadn’t.

"So, The first guess is, Hmm, Let’s see, You have a boyfriend?" He guessed.

Feeling interested, Petal smiled and nodded her head.

"Hmm, I hope that it’s not beginner’s luck." Mason joked about taking a piece of hazelnut chewing on it before he guessed again.``This boyfriend of yours, He is a good person, But you’re not in love with him?"

Petal was shocked for a moment before she smiled weakly at him nodding her head. She thought that there was no harm in telling him, He is a stranger after all.

"Do you love someone else?"He asked again and she nodded her head."Maybe you like someone else but not the point of calling it, love?" He added.

Petal didn’t answer immediately this time. She thought about what she felt in the morning when she was thinking about Ethan and how she thought that he is handsome.

Writing down something on the paper she showed it to him.

"How do you know that you like someone?" Mason read what she wrote and stared at her with a smirk on his face.

"Well that’s a hard question to answer, But I think when that happens you will know it. You might feel uneasy seeing the one you like. Your heart will pound fast and you will want to see them all the time, So yeah, I think it’s something close to this." Mason replied to her question.

Petal thought about everything Mason said just now. She had never felt anything from what he mentioned and she felt glad that she didn’t. For a second, She thought that she liked him. The man who almost ended her life, Petal felt her hatred grow bigger towards him remembering what he did to her.

Suddenly Petal heard the girls screaming and as they looked at the stage.

"I hope that you have the heart to watch this." Mason said to her.

Petal, who had forgotten about the striping show, Glanced at him before she turned her focus on the stage as she slipped on her juice.

She watched as the lights focused on the stage and then smoke covered the stage before a group of males started to appear from behind the smoke. Just then she remembered what Alice told her about the striping show and she wondered if they were going to take off their clothes for real?.

Petal was the kind of girl that was oblivious to the man’s body and she felt curious when she saw this man in the club, She was like a teenager who was still discovering the world.

The smoke on the stage cleared and now the men who were wearing black leather trousers and their upper bodies were exposed.

The girls started to scream louder seeing the hosts appear on the stage.

Mason watched as the girl beside him turned deep red and looked away from the stage, But the human is a sinner thus she didn’t resist looking at the stage again with wide eyes.

Petal watched as the male host’s started to dance on the stage, She gulped softly seeing the dancing moves that they were doing as they held onto the metallic poles, She suddenly found herself unable to stop watching and continued to look at them.

She believed that her virgin eyes are not innocent anymore seeing these men dancing like this.

Petal reached for the water and gulped the whole bottle in one go as continued to stare at the stage and when she realized that the show was going to be more dangerous for her, Petal looked away not wanting to look at the Now necked man.

Petal felt as if she was doing something wrong, She needed to leave this place.

Writing down something on the paper she left it on the table and stood up walking towards the exit.

Mason went to bring more drinks for her when he didn’t find her there and saw a note placed on the table.

[Tell Alice that I went back first.]

Mason read the note and chuckled.