Although she believed that all sports had their own merits, she felt that doing extreme sports was dangerous and senseless. No one should put their lives in harm’s way just to show that they were capable of doing some dumb stunts.
“Ok, fine. If that is your opinion. Let’s just go back to work. I want to be able to finish this first batch before I go home tonight.” She told him, taking the empty box of food to the trash bin as they continued going through each folder in the box in front of them.
When she finally got back home, Jacky was already inside her bedroom. What did she expect, it was already past midnight? She quickly changed into something comfortable, cleaned herself off her makeup, and laid down on her bed.
She was expecting that sleep would easily claim her tonight since she was dead tired. But she was mistaken as her mind worked overtime.
She was once again reminded of her earlier meeting. Not the official one, but the meeting that occurred in her office during lunch. She reviewed the events once again, finding the entire scene extremely odd. She was not sure if he was pranking her or not.
“I want you to be my fianc?.” That was the statement that kept circling in her mind.
She did love challenges, but that was one challenge she would never dare to accept.
He walked into her office as if he owned the place. Well, technically, she just found out that he did own the building that their firm was occupying. But that was beside the point. That was her office and he should respect her space.
“Are you insane?” She answered him. She just could not believe what he just asked her. They were not even dating and he dared to ask her to be his fianc?. If he thought that she would jump to the chance to be his wife, then he was gravely mistaken.
“Just hear me out first.” He continued. “I am not asking you to marry me, but just to pretend to be my fianc? just for the night.”
“Does my head have some kind of sign that says that I am incredibly stupid?” She felt like slapping the face of this man for insinuating that he could just come by her office and play games with her. “Please, look for someone else you can do your stupid pranks with. I have no time, nor interest to play your games.”
“I’m serious.” He placed a brown envelope on her table and stepped back away from her. “Just checked my proposal. Read it thoroughly if you must. Marcus will be more than willing to discuss the details with you if you don’t want to discuss it with me.”
“I’m telling you now, I am not interested to go on a deal with you. Why don’t you ask Tyra Richards? You did look good together. I am sure she would gladly be your wife.” She stated with a bit of too much emphasis on her name.
She felt that it did not sound good in her ears. It felt like she was jealous when she said her name. Well, she was not. She was just infuriated with the man in front of her.
“That is the problem. Tyra will easily say yes to my proposal. She wants nothing else but to be my wife.” He stated with too much confidence in his words.
“Then problem solved.” She reiterated as if there was nothing else to talk about. But why did she kept sounding like she did not like the idea at all?
“As I said that is the problem. I don’t want to marry anyone. Not yet anyway. I am not ready for a commitment whether in a relationship and especially marriage.” Stating his dilemma. “That was why I thought you would be perfect for the position.”
He eyed her once again, examining her reaction. So far, he was liking the way she sounded like she was jealous of Tyra. That was a good sign as far as he was concerned.
“And you believe that I will agree to your insane proposal. You must be madder than I thought.” She wanted to insult him so that he would leave her alone. What he was suggesting was crazy in her book.
“Just look at my proposal. I know this is unconventional, but nothing about my life is. I am sure that you also live in the same boat as me.” He stated, learning a few things about her.
Just like the other girls that he tried to consider for this position, Marcus also made a thorough background check on her. Just as they suspected from the beginning, she was no ordinary girl.
“Ahhh!” She held onto her head as she tried to stop it from floating back into blank space. That was the result of her lack of sleep after tossing and turning on her bed last night. It was almost dawn when sleep finally claimed her.
She slowly walked to her adjoining bathroom to take a bath. She needed to be wide awake if she was going to be able to make it through the day. And this was not the day to slack off. She would require all her wits to finish her job.
“Are you ok?” Jacky asked as soon as she stepped out of her room, looking like a truck just ran her over. Her hair was still slightly wet as it flowed at her back, her makeup not done, and she was still in her bathroom robe.
Usually, she was already awake before the crack of dawn, either jogging outside or on a treadmill. Dressed in her business attire and already had her coffee by the time Jacky hit the shower. So, definitely, she was not ok.
“Nothing a hot strong coffee could not fix.” She went straight for the coffee maker and poured a full cup.
Jacky just raised her brows at her, confused at her unusual behavior. But everybody was entitled to a one-off day, so she just shrugged her shoulders at her friend’s lack of enthusiasm. “Shall I wait for you?”
On a normal day, it was her who mostly wait for Jacky to get ready. Sometimes even leaving her friend to go ahead because she wanted to have a good head start with her paper works before she dealt with a client.
She believed good work ethics usually got the work done. As the saying went, an early bird catches the worm. She hated people who loved to procrastinate. To her, it is a complete waste of time.
“No, you go ahead and make sure to arrange all my schedules today. I might be late by thirty minutes.” She assumed based on the way her body was moving in slow motion.
“Ok. I will just see you then.” Jacky moved to the door of their apartment with her things, while she went back to her room to get ready for work.
Walking into her office, she was surrounded by several boxes, which she would assume were the other files they needed to review for her case. To make matter worse, she found herself staring at the big bow with a big card attached to the box placed on her table.
She took the card out and in bold letters, it said: “ENJOY.” She recognized Evan’s handwriting and the welcome gift he just gave her. She could not help but smile at the tons of work she had to do. She certainly loved the challenge in front of her.
“That just came for you this morning. And this too.” Jacky walked in just a few minutes behind her, carrying another bouquet of red roses.
“What’s with the flowers?” She recognized the boxes and the irony of the bow and card, but the flowers did not add up and were not funny at all.
“It’s the same sender as before,” Jacky commented, meaning she already had seen the card. Trust her friend for being discreet. “I need your answer soon. It said.” As Jacky held the card to her. “Shall I put it straight to the trash or on your table?” She teased her.
“Just put it on the table.” She had to put a stop to this madness. She thought as she stared at the flowers on her table.
Like before, she had a clear idea of where those flowers came from. And the answer to his question was still a big no.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.
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