The office phone rang, it was Jake and I wonder what he wanted to say this time around before picking up
"Come inside my office" he said and hung up before I could reply
"As usual" I thought, got out of my seat and headed to his office
"Get ready, we will be leaving in five minutes" he declared without looking up from his laptop
"It's five minutes to four already" I said slowly
"And?"
"My work ends at four"
"That is the reason why we will be leaving at four"
"But..." I trailed off
"You're free to resign"
"Sir?"
"You heard me"
I left his office without saying another word and promised myself to start looking for a new job
As I was packing my bag for the day, my phone rang, it was Susanne
"Hey, good evening" she said
"Good evening"
"I'm sorry about last night, I would have come and pick you up but I was too drunk to drive" she said apologetically
"It's okay"
"But what were you doing around that side?"
"It's a long story"
"Summarize it now and you're going to tell me the full story when we meet up this evening"
"I'm sorry but I don't think that is going to be possible tonight"
"Why?"
"Because..." I trailed off while trying to form a believable lie "because... I have to stay for an important meeting in the office"
"Are you sure everything is okay?"
"It is, it is or let me say it's gonna be"
"Is Candace, my fiancee ready?" Jake said as he stepped inside my office and I forcefully closed up my eyes with the thought that it was my phone's mouthpiece that I was blocking out
"Who is that? What is going on?" Susanne asked curiously
I opened my eyes, breathe in heavily and said "We will talk later" and hung up the call
"Are you ready?" He smirked
I picked up my purse since my bag was now nothing but a rag, headed to the lift and wished the lift would took out before his arrival
"There is no where you're going without me" he said and put his hand on my shoulder which I shrugged off
"Your car key?" He asked when we got to his garage
"My car is not here"
"I know, I want my driver to take it home for you"
"Okay"
I took it out of my purse and handed it to him and he handed it to his driver that joined us not long after
He took the car door from me as I was about to open it and motioned me to go inside
"You don't have to"
"I'm just trying to be a gentleman"
"Typical" I said sarcastically and watched him closed the door.
"As from tomorrow's henceforth, your car must be park here"
"Okay"
I brought out my phone and airpods and dreamt of a peaceful world without Jake the billionaire's while listening to Rihanna's beautiful voice
Ten minutes later, my phone rang, it was Chris
"Hello" I said slowly while staring at Jake who was staring back
"Face the road" I whispered
"Are you ready?" Chris asked
"Ready for what?" I asked
"Have you forgotten? We're suppose to go on a date tonight"
"Oh my!"
"Where are you?"
"At the office, there's a meeting and I must be there"
"Do you remember that you planned today's date?"
"I know, I'm sorry. But I promise to make it up to you"
"Okay"
"Okay bye"
I hung up the call and gave Jake a murderous look
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" He said in surrender as he took his hands off the steering wheel for a few seconds and raised it up in the air "You lying isn't my fault"
"Then, whose fault?"
"Maybe yours. I'm suspecting that is the fool who thinks he is the lucky one"
I ignored his statement and went back to listening to music
Not long after, we parked in front of a very big boutique and I pulled out my airpods to know what was going on when I saw a man running towards our car
"The manager" I thought
The man went to Jake's side and Jake rolled down his glass
"I will be coming in in five minutes, you know what to do" he said to the man and rolled up his glass while the man ran off
"What did he have to do?"
"All their customers must be evacuated before I can shop" he said egotistically
"Are you freaking kidding me?"
"There is nothing money can't do" he smirked
I looked out of the window to see people rushing to their cars
"Only God knows what that man told them" I thought
"So, we have to wait here while they send all those good people away because my egomaniac boss want to shop""
"Egomaniac fiance" he corrected
"I'm not your fiancee"
"I've never lost before in my life"
"Then be ready to because I'm ready to defeat you"
"Is that a challenge?"
"Name it whatsoever you want to name it"
Knock, knock
Somebody knocked on Jake's window, it was the man from earlier
Jake's rolled down his glass and the man said "Everything is clear sir"
"Okay" he answered and rolled up his glass
"You can have the whole world if you're by my side"
He said got out if his car and came to my side to open the door for me
All the workers were already waiting for us inside, and the manager in particular was the one who was pushing our cart while the others followed
"This isn't life" I whispered to him
"Tell me what is" he whispered back and headed to the bag section
"Who owns all these bags?" I asked him when he was picking up the tenth bag
"You fiancee" he replied while the girls that were still tailing their manager who was still pushing the cart gasped in astonishment
"Stop saying that" I whispered
"Are you shy?" He asked and smirked at me while I tried to stylishly hide my face from the workers that wanted to get a glimpse of who I was "My fiancee is shy"