Chapter 3c

It was later that the guest started to pile in with dishes they made in hand. Kay helped her father by taking those dishes and setting it on the table. As minutes passed, everybody that Sam expected was at his house. Everybody was casually standing in the living room. Sam came out of the kitchen.

"Everybody! Can I get your attention please?" Sam yelled out. He was trying to get his guest attention. "If you all can listen to me for a second, dinner will be served in the dining room. If you can go in there and take a seat, we should start dinner." Everybody was muttering in agreement. They started towards the dining room and sat down at the tables. Fox particularly waited until he saw Kay sit down at a seat. He deliberately took a seat across from her. Kay groaned softly to herself as Fox took a seat across from her. Fox was satisfied with the reaction he got from Kay.

Dinner was being served now. Kay tried to divert her gaze from Fox to the food on her plate but Kay can feel his eyes burning into her. She felt his eyes off of her once the sound of a woman's voice was thrown in the ear.

"I'm sorry I'm late. I got caught up with work."

Kay didn't have to look to figure who the voice belong too. She knew it belong to Whitney Russell. Kay briefly glanced up and spotted Fox staring at Whitney.

Kay whispered to herself, "And this got interesting." She decided to see how the scene unfolded. Whitney took a seat next to Fox. Fox licked his lips as she sat down. He looked over to Kay and sees a smile on her face. He throws her back a glare. Kay just raised an eyebrow. They were having a conversation not with their mouth but instead, with their expressions and eyes.

With Kay raising her eyebrows, she was saying, there goes Whitney. So what are you going to do?

Fox stared into Kay's eyes, Help me. Fox could almost see the glint of smile in her eyes laughing at him. He sighs to himself but didn't realize Whitney heard.

"Hey, are you okay Fox?" Whitney asked. Fox looked to Whitney and nodded. He looked back at Kay.

Her expression said, Ha. Really okay, right? I'm surprise you're not screaming at the top of your lungs. She's close to you, isn't she? Just in reach.

Fox could tell she was taunting him. Kay and Fox had this connection. A connection where no words need to be said out loud to be known. All they had to do was give each others looks and they immediately started a battle between great minds.

Their connection was interrupted when the sound of Sam clanging his knife to his champagne glass. When Sam got everybody's attention, he got up and held his glass up.

"I'd like to take this chance and tell everybody how...grateful I am that all of you came. I really appreciate this. As you know...I invited everybody I feel close to. Who...I've known for many years...to tell you some big news I have been keeping until to the right moment. Which is...now." Everybody was smiling at his speech. "I know...everybody's curious to know the news. Especially my oldest daughter, Kay..." He looks to Kay and smiles at her. "Here it goes. I want everybody to meet my fiancée. Ivy Winthrop. Ivy. Stand up." Ivy looked around and smiled. She got up and walked over to Sam. "You all know Ivy."

Everybody was shock at this but not as shocked at Kay. Kay literally had her mouth opened. Kay looked from the couple to her food. She stared down, still in shock over the news. She couldn't believe her father's news. When she looked up, Fox was equally shock but smirked. He looked at Fox and can tell Kay was beginning to feel more then shock.