With Andrei by my side, I walk in, our hands link as we walk into the hall of the event. The event is a large brightly decorated hall with golden lights strung in every corner and drapes, giving it a floaty look in the ceiling with a huge chandelier in the middle. People are gathered in groups socializing with one another with the ladies elegantly dressed, the gentlemen dressed eloquently, just as a just as I’m admiring the whole set-up, Andrei suddenly dragged me to a corner, where a group ...