He received it with a smile and left them alone when Darian was making it difficult for him to freely communicate with Lena.
They moved through the throng, finally settling on their seats.
"What was that for?" Lena asked, a frown deforming her face.
"What was what for?" Darian's eyes wandered around and rested on some ladies in bikinis, his lips twitched in a smile. "I trust Kai to do this," he muttered.
Lena trailed his eyes. "What, what's that?" She almost screamed when she saw the ladies in bikinis straddling one of the men present. About five of the bikini ladies surrounded a pole, they were twerking their bare butt, pouring wine on their big breasts that slipped out of the bikini bra they wore. "What's going on here?" She asked, confused. "Is this not supposed to be an anniversary party? What's with the show of naked ladies?"
"Kai does his things differently," Darian didn't stop gawking at the women and that annoyed Lena. "He loves women, a whole lot of them. They flock around him and he doesn't hesitate to show the world that he's a lothario. You know sometimes, I wonder how Asher is his only child when he has hundreds of mistresses." He laughed, facing Lena.
"Good for him," Lena wiggled her head, her face was puffy and her eyes were squinting. "Is that why you are gawking at them?" She queried him, grimacing for him to know she wasn't cool with what he was doing.
"It's a show and we are meant to look, aren't we?" He smiled smugly at her.
Their table was served with wines and starters. Darian poured some wine into his glass and poured very little into Lena's glass.
"You shouldn't drink too much, I don't want you to start a show here tonight." He handed the glass to her.
Lena smiled as she took the cup from him, she sipped a little bit from it and dropped it back on the table.
Lena's smile faltered when one of the ladies in bikinis approached their table, she stopped in front of Darian and winked at him.
She suddenly bent in front of him and began to wiggle her ass. Some of the men present started to cheer her up, they came forward and sprayed so much money on her.
Some spanked her ass as they sprayed the money on her. Lena stared at them disgustingly. She looked at her husband and he seemed to be having fun, watching the lady twerk her ass.
The lady in the bikini rose to her feet and smirked at Darian before proceeding to do the same at another table.
Lena was burning with anger, "I can't stay here anymore." She banged the table, clutching her purse. "I want to go home, Darian. How much of this nonsense do I have to watch?" Her words were coming out faster than they should.
"Hey, calm down." He pressed her shoulders down. "Everyone is having fun here, you don't have to get mad about it." He said to her.
"Whatever, I don't care about this fun." She snapped at him. "Just take me home, I wouldn't have come with you if I knew this was your idea of fun. What was I thinking?" She hissed, rolling her eyes at the lady who was causing turmoil among the men.
Their wives were seated by their sides, all smiling and some even joined to cheer the bikini lady. Lena scoffed, cussing at the women for supporting such immoral acts. She wasn't the type to support that.
"Calm down, okay?" Darian took her hand and stroked her fingers to calm her nerves. "I am here with you tonight. You are the most beautiful girl in here, I would not look at anyone else but you." He kissed her hand.
"You already looked at her," she pouted, pulling her hand out of his hold.
"It's fun, we are just having fun." He smiled at her.
"Whatever," Lena muttered again.
Kai, the boss of the Antonio family finally showed up with his son, Asher, by his side. He waved at everyone present, revealing his perfect set of white teeth.
He was tall, so tall and devilishly handsome just like his son. Asher and his father looked so alike as they twinned in a pair of black trousers and a white shirt with a black jacket.
Asher was the replica of his father, the younger version because he was yet to grow grey hair unlike Kia, who had sprinkles of visible grey hair at one side of his head.
Kai gave the welcome speech and went back to sit on a high chair with five ladies in bikinis surrounding him.
"It's time for the Boss's game," Asher announced to them. "And you know how we do it with the women every year. This year, we will be congratulating Darian Dawson for mounting the throne as the Don of the Dawson family Mafia." Everyone clapped after that. "So, we begin with him. Please Darian come forward and let these naughty women spoil you silly while you place a price on them. You can't go home with them because you are here with your beautiful wife."
Darian adjusted his suit, Lena held him back and glared at him. "Naughty women spoil you silly?" She scoffed. "What's the meaning of that?"
He laughed, "It's not something serious. I will not let them trespass because you are with me. Just let me go and honour the invitation." He kissed her cheeks, hurrying to the front.
Lena's heart hammered against her chest as she watched Darian walk up to the stage. She was sure she wouldn't be able to control her jealousy if any of the women went close to her man.
Darian got there and smiled, "I am opening with a hundred thousand dollars, let's see who can beat that tonight." He dropped the cash on the table. One of the ladies walked up to him and grabbed his jacket, she winked at him, bending over to form an arch with her ass.
"Come get this," the lady in the bikini said, chuckling.
Darian shook his head, he couldn't do that to Lena. He already promised her that he wouldn't trespass. He looked at the men around, they all stared at him with intimidating eyes like he was a coward for not being able to grab the ass that was in front of him.
"Grab that ass, grab that ass." he heard them yelling.
Darian pulled out a stack of cash from his pockets and spanked the lady's ass with the cash, he walked back to the table after that.
He didn't find Lena on the table when he got there, he searched around for her but didn't see her. He hurried to where his car was parked and there she was, folding her arms against her chest and fuming with anger.
"Lena," he attempted to touch her but she flinched.
"Take me home please," she said sternly.
"Hey, don't take this too seriously, okay? I told you things are different here."
"Things are different and that's why you were grabbing her ass?" She asked pointedly. "There is no point talking about this, take me home. If you don't, I will order a ride home." She pointed out clearly.
Darian sighed, he understood that she was mad at him. He shrugged his shoulders and entered the car. Lena climbed in, slamming the door.
Darian kicked the car and drove out of the compound, Lena didn't say a word to him.
She looked away from him, fixing her gaze on the side mirror and the journey back home was filled with aching silence.