Chapter 12. He's Back

Cassandra’s POV

I was thinking of excusing myself and leaving when, amidst loud cheering and laughter, a group of eight men entered the banquet hall. Their muscular bodies, clad in bright clothes, hair streaked and bleached, tattooed arms and bodies, caused the women to cheer them. What was going on? They set poles up in the middle and the men started stripping. Panicking, I closed my eyes and turned around, ready to flee, when suddenly someone approached me. 

“Are you a bridesmaid?” I was glad that I wasn’t the bride as I saw out of the corner of my eyes what Anna was being subjected to. Two strippers had attacked her, making my face pale with horror. So I simply nodded, but to my horror, he picked me up and placed me on someone’s lap. I shrieked, realizing that the man had stripped to his underwear. I screamed in panic. Who called these people? Who needed them to destroy our happy party? I saw one of Julian’s aunt and her daughters openly admire what was going on.