Alexander Arlan Ainsley POV

"Alex, are you okay? What happened to you?"

I was at a nightclub, precisely in a private room that was booked with three friends. I was mainly silent and had no appetite to do anything else except sipping my alcohol. Two girls accompanied them, while I refused to be accompanied because the girls were not attractive at all.

I had been staring at the glass of sparkling wine and could only shake my head. I had no interest in verbally answering the question from one of my friends. The noisy music continued to play, but it all seemed meaningless, as if something was missing in my...