Since it was a business meeting, I put on a suit and a pencil skirt, applied my lip stick slightly and sat on my couch since I was thirty minutes ahead when my phone that was inside my small purse on the couch vibrated
I picked up my purse, took out my phone and saw a message from boss
"Put on a long gown and applied a moderate make up" the text said
"It's not as if we're going on a date" I said in anger, went back to my room to change my clothes
I put on a long purple gown that Chris gave to me on my birthday, applied some foundation, powder, eye pencil, eyeliner and mascara and headed out of my apartment to confirm that my winter white Hyundai Tucson brand new car was still in the garage
On six exactly, my phone rang, it was Jake and I picked it up
"Hello sir"
"You're supposed to be in front of your apartment"
"That is where I am" I said and started rushing out
"Okay" he said and hung up
I saw a black Range Rover which I knew belong to him packed in front of the building, walked up to it and opened the backdoor
"I'm not your driver" the driver said and I looked up to see an annoying Jake smiling cockily at me
"I thought you said your driver..." I trailed off
"I changed my mind. Hop in"
I wondered what Chris would say if he sees me hopping inside my boss car dressed like this but I put the thought aside and stepped inside the car
"This is strictly business" I said to myself and looked straight forward
"You're hot" he complimented on our way there
"Thank you" I replied without looking at his side but I saw him smiling
"You're welcome" he replied and with that, we drove to our destination in silence
He drove inside a beautiful garden, packed in a garage, got out of the car instantly and ran to the opposite side, which was my side before I could open the door
"You're welcome" he said with a cocky smile as he opened the car door for me
"This guy is crazy" I thought and stepped out of the car
He closed the door and gave a maid his car key
"Are they inside?" He asked the blushing maid
"She must have tasted him before or still be tasting him" I thought and eyed her annoyingly
"Yes sir"
He put my left hand in his right hand and started heading to a lift when I slowly but forcefully took my hand out of his
"What is going on babe?" He asked with that cocky smile that I wished to slap off his face
"Babe?" I thought, looked back to see the maid watching us and that made me wondered if everything he was doing was all acting
"Nothing" I replied and put my hand back in his
We took the lift to the fifth floor of the building which must be the last floor if my calculation was right and entered a big living room which I thought was going to be filled with a lot of rich people but instead, Mr and Mrs Black beautiful and handsome faces were the ones staring back at my own confused eyes
"Mom" he called, dropped my hand, went to her to give a hug and nodded in his father's direction
"It's nice to meet you" his mom said and hugged me for some seconds while I looked at him for some answers which he pretended not to notice "You must be Candace Clinton, Jake's Assistant I'm Charlotte Black, his mom and this handsome man by my side his Adam black, his father" she added
While Mr black came forward to hug me, Jake, the bastard grunted about his mother's last sentence
"It's nice to finally meet you" Mr black said to me
"Don't be ridiculous" his mom warned him before turning back to me "You first" while motioning me to move forward
We headed to a big dinning room where different food of different cultures was served.
"Sit" Jake said as he drew out a chair for me and sat next to me
"It's glad to finally meet you" his mom said again as we started eating "Jake have told us a lot about you"
I put my left hand under the table, slowly moved it until it was on his thigh and tapped him with it
He looked at my side and I whispered "What is going on here?"
He smiled at me, which was odd, put his hand inside of mine and raised it up
"This is going to far" I thought, picked up my glass of wine and started taking some sips out of it just to act as if everything was cool
"Mom, dad" he called, I stopped drinking "This is Candace, my fiancee"
I unintentionally spilled out all the wine in my mouth and looked at him horrifically
"Are you okay?" He asked worriedly as if everything was okay while his mom was already on her feet to care for me
She got some towels and came to my seat, handed me one and started cleaning my spilled wine with the others
"Thank you" I said "I can do it myself"
"Okay" she handed the towels to me and called a maid to take it from me when I was done
"I need to use the restroom" I said as an excused, got out of my seat and asked Jake to take me there
"What the fuck are you doing?" I asked when we were far away from them
"What does it look like I'm doing?"
"I don't know and that is why I'm asking you"
"Stop giving me the 'hard to get' drama' I know you want me"
"Says who? I asked angrily "Says you. Who tell you that I want you. You're not my type and you will never be. Because all those girls want you doesn't me I want you and let me tell you something, it's not you they want, it's your money"
"Who cares?"
"Oh! Wait a minute" I said when something crossed my mind "Was that the reason why you gave me that car, thinking I was going to..."
He cut me off by putting his mouth on mine which provoked me more and made me to slap him twice across the face
"I'm not one of them" I said angrily and left for the restroom
After cleaning up myself, I headed back to the dinning room where he was already eating and smiling at his mother's joke as if nothing happened a couple of minutes ago
"Welcome back" his mother said "Jake was just talking about a vacation you went together"
"Oh" I smiled and looked at him but he kept looking at his mom
"Tell me about it"
"I'm bad at telling stories" I said as an excuse and continued eating
"I'm going to give you an house tour the next time you're here"
"Ok ma"
The same maid that took the car key from him gave it back to him and watched the car until we were out of the gate
"Find a way to tell your mom that everything was a lie" I said as soon as we were out of the compound
"That is not possible"
"Of course, it's possible. You don't expect me to marry you because you told your parents that I'm your fiancee"
"I know what you're trying to prove"
"What am I trying to prove? The only thing that I'm trying to prove is that we're not compatible"
"I can prove you wrong on that"
"If putting your mouth on mine is your way of proving me wrong then I think you're crazy"
"I'm your boss"
"And so? Is that the reason why you think you have the right to turn me into your fiancee without my permission?"
"I love the 'hard to get' drama"
"Something is definitely wrong with you" I said when I realized that I was riding with the wrong person "Stop the car! Stop the car!"
"What are you doing?"
"You know exactly what I'm doing"
"It's past nine already"
"Just fucking stop the car"
"Okay"