Diamond just couldn’t understand why women could be bitter at times.
That woman was glaring at her that hatefully simply because a man she was with started at her?
Why would they make themselves look so sour and desperate like that?
Sometimes it was better for them to just chill and pretend as if they weren’t seeing anything than to suffer due to humiliation once they started retaliating.
That’s how she survived back then when she was latching onto her ex, who broke her heart and shattered it into pieces later.
She used to pretend as if she wasn’t seeing anything and maybe her pretentious acts finally irritated him that he never bothered but shamelessly showed his affair in front of her and many others.
And to think that she was the only one in the dark on top of that, Diamond still felt like a fool.
It was also when combing through such experiences that she vowed to never act desperate to a man. It was going to be the other way around.
They would be the ones begging for her and not her. She wasn’t going to allow a man use to her, stomp on her, or use her weakness to get whatever he wanted.
The biggest weakness that women had was their desire for luxury which they never worked for.
When a woman has everything that she wants, from wealth to fame, that desperation wouldn’t be there at all.
Of course, those who still believed that love existed and that their prince charming was waiting for them might fall into that desperation.
But for her, she was no longer a child who believed in fairy tales. Even if a man were to love her as his life depended on it, she wasn’t going to be swayed by the emotions and let go of her dreams.
She was going to make sure that she was loved by many people. That way, she wouldn’t dedicate her heart, soul, and body to one person. She once did it and it nearly ended her.
She was going to do the more the merrier and if one left, she would replace it with another. She was young, rich, and, above all, beautiful. How would it be possible for her to not find a man?
Diamond’s heels tapped the floor gracefully as she made her way to the restaurant, with all the crazy thoughts swirling in her mind.
When she reached the restaurant, she was glad when she saw that Betty was already waiting for her.
"I have already reserved the table. Please follow me," Betty informed her the second that she saw her.
Diamond nodded her head thankfully at Betty before following the professional woman.
On her way to the table, Diamond couldn’t help but scan secretly over the guests as she tried to gauge who was who and what was what.
The ladies were beautifully dressed, with the majority wearing evening dresses and only a few dressed casually.
The men had either suits or wore casual clothes as well. However, despite which kind of clothes the diners were wearing, Diamond knew that they were all branded and expensive as well.
The table that Betty had reserved for her was in a corner but with a beautiful view of the city and the sky as well.
It was a table for two and at the front and side, there were guests already seated and having a time of their life.
Diamond didn’t feel low just because she would be dining by herself but felt liberated, as she didn’t need to entertain anyone during feeding time.
She really didn’t like it much when she was disturbed when enjoying her meal. Instead of savoring the dishes, she would be forced to talk and listen to another person chattering, and mostly, it would be just sheer bullshit.
After helping her to settle down, Betty took out the menu and handed it over to Diamond.
Diamond began to look attentively at the menu to see what dishes she could order and savor for the night.
After scanning the menu, Diamond was not interested in several course dinner as that would be boring for one person. Instead, she went for the family single menu, where she could just order one meal which she could enjoy fully.
There were several options for her to choose from, so she took her time to pick.
After contemplating for a while, Diamond ended up choosing curried sausages and rice, and a bottle of Pinot Noir. Plus, a starter which she would eat as she waited for the main meal to arrive.
Betty then left after getting the order and moments later, a server came to her table with her starter, a Greek salad consisting of tossed greens, tomato, cucumber, onion, olives, and feta cheese drizzled in red wine.
Faced with such a delicacy, Diamond started to eat each bite more delicious than the previous one.
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