"Yes, my brother is so sweet and gentle, Laura. He was just drunk that night. He did not intend to hurt you. I hope you don't hold grudges against him and let the matter slide." Lesley added, her hands wrapped around Julian's arms.
Just then Deccan grabbed my hands and pulled me up from my seat and had me sit on his lap as he continued, "Darling, accept my apologizies."
Lesley and Julian only laughed at this. Julian even dared to say, "See how sincere Deccan is, Laura. Just forgive him and withdraw your lawsuit, okay?"
Blood ran cold to my head as Deccan's hand abruptly moved around my waist. I immediately stood up.
"What's this behaviour for?" I yelled.
The laughter abruptly came to an end. Laura's face sank and she looked up at Julian with a pitiful eyes. Julian's face hardened. He turned to me and ask, "Deccan is only apologising to you. Do you have problem with that also?"
"Is this an apology or another excuse of harassing me?" I groaned in anger.
But, instead of asking me why I had reacted so loud, Julian grabbed my hands and dragged me to a corner, "Don't forget your brother is still surrounded by rapists and molesters. If you don't want him to get raped by each one of them, behave yourself."
With that he dragged me back to the dinning hall and said, his voice apologetic. "Laura belongs from a middle class family and is unaware of the high society culture. This is why I don't tag her along quite often."
"She is feeling guilty for her misbehaviour just now and will drink to atone herself."
After throwing out these words, he grabbed a whisky bottle from the centre table and poured all of it inside my mouth.
I choked to death. But, he did not care. He kept pouring the whole drink inside me until the bottle was empty.
"J-Julian..." I whispered, "I can't drink. Doctors have strictly forbidden me and you know that."
"Oh, come on. You won't die." He said carelessly before pouring another bottle of whiskey into my mouth.
He then turned to me and said, "Lesley is going in a late night party, Laura. I can't let her go alone. I'm going to accompany her."
"Leave me at home and you can go wherever you want." I said, my voice distant. My head was spinning. I could not see anything properly because of the drink, let alone travelling back to home.