I hope he doesn't want to take me to meet his parents!! I'm definitely not prepared for that. I've not even memorised our back story properly yet. I sat nervously in the car. I asked Mr Larry where we were headed but he gave me the same answer he had given this morning. We arrived at a fancy restaurant and he politely opened the door for me. Another man came over and led me inside. I was greeted by a group of waitresses who seemed as if they were waiting for me. The restaurant was particularly empty with only the workers. Typical Anthony, he must have booked the place. What if his mother doesn't like me when she sees me. Wait, I shouldn't worry about this right? it was all fake anyway, but if she doesn't like me she's going to make this one year problematic for me and I might not get paid if Anthony decides to back out. I was freaking out.
I followed the man that had come to greet me from the car until we got to a private room. If he was going to use a private room then there was no need to book the whole place right? Rich people are just wasteful, I thought to myself. The man suddenly stopped and asked me to proceed on my own as he politely greeted and walked away. I was super nervous as I walked forward as I didn't know what to expect. I walked over until I saw Anthony in a tuxedo and he beckoned me to come over. I scanned the whole place for an extra person but found no one and I was super relieved.
"Am I that handsome that you are this tensed" he said shamelessly and I looked at him with this you gotta be kidding me kinda look.
"I'm just relieved your mom is not here" I said sitting down.
"And why would she be, it's not time to introduce you two and I'm supposed to pull out the seat for you" he said looking at me seriously.
"You were too slow so be charming some other time" I said forcing a smile while he just stared at me.
"It's the fact that you talk to me so casually these days" he said looking at me seriously while I looked up to meet his gaze. It was true, I didn't even realize it myself that I had gotten so comfortable with him that I even speak so informally. I hope he was not mad about that.
"I'm sorry, I'll try to be more mindful" I said politely. He was my employer right now that's paying loads of cash so I cannot afford to be disrespectful or do what he doesn't like.
"It's fine. I actually like the fact you speak freely and you don't suck up to me. You can speak comfortably with me. Besides we are in a relationship so if you're stiff nobody is going to buy our story" he said.
"Jeez! I thought you were going to chew me out for how I spoke with you. It's a relief that's not the case" I said smiling.
You look nice" he finally said as he looked away shyly.
"Is that a blush I see" I teased.
"Don't get delusional woman" he shot back.
"Don't get so defensive. Thanks by the way and you look nice too" I said smiling. He just stared at me and said nothing as if observing me. I noticed he did this alot. I was really hungry. I didn't have a proper breakfast and I had to do alot today. The person who said beauty was pain was definitely right. I was definitely going to eat to my satisfaction today. The waiter came and asked what we wanted. Anthony ordered Nigirizushi and I added king crab, bluefin tuna, lobsters and Prawns to his order. The waiter left to go take care of our order but we were served Tuna Tartare as appetizers.
" You ordered alot. Are you a glutton?" He asked staring at me.
'' Give me a break, I've been out all day and I didn't have a proper breakfast. All this" I said gesturing at myself "came from the price of being hungry" I said confidently.
"No it came from my pocket. You sure took your time in getting only the best" he said smirking.
"I didn't want to embarrass you dear. Anybody worthy enough to be your woman should only have the best. Am I right?" I said grinning.
"Enough with your smart mouth. I know you also shopped for casual clothings. You only needed to get formal clothings am I right??"
"Come on! Don't be stingy, besides when I'm officially announced as your girlfriend alot of people are going to start paying attention to me even down to the underwear I'm putting on" I said trying to cover my tail.
"Nobody needs to know about your underwear" he said uncomfortably.
"You think so? I guess you don't know people pay attention to yours" I said pointing at him.
"That's just gross and I'm now really uncomfortable" he said with an irritated expression.
"Relax. It just shows how much your fans loves you and are interested in you''.
"So that means you're very interested in me right?" He said smiling.
"I can't remember ever talking about myself in this conversation''.
"Don't sweat it. I already know how whipped you are for me" he said smiling. I was not even ready to encourage this conversation. He can keep on thinking whatever he wanted in his head. The servers came over with our meal and I digged in immediately. I stuffed my face with so much food and it felt so good because I knew how expensive what I ate was and I felt happier that I wasn't going to be paying. I finally realized how Shin Ha ri felt everything time Kang Tae moo from business proposal brought out his credit card. Having a rich boyfriend was everything.
"The way you eat now is the way you are going to come out in the photos" he said as he continued eating.
"What photos?" I asked clueless but still stuffing my face.
"The one being taken right now that's going to be out on the internet tomorrow'' he said calmly. I didn't understand what he said at first but my brain suddenly clicked.
"What!" I said shouted looking around for paparazzi immediately.
"Don't look around idiot. You're going to make it obvious that we know" he said holding my hands immediately.
"Why didn't you tell me. I should have behaved properly" I said angry.
"All women are expected to behave properly when on dates. It's on you that you are eating like a pig. Besides, look at your outfit, you're not in some local street food shop but you are like this" he said.
"Still, you should have informed me and I was busy stuffing my face" I said faking a cry.
"Can you get any cuter" he said smiling to himself and I looked at him immediately.
"What did you say? I'm cute?" I asked surprised.
"You must have heard wrong" he said clearing his throat and looking away. I wanted to tease him so bad but there were more important things to talk about.
"So you hired a guy to take pictures" I asked seriously.
"No. If I did, there would be loopholes later on. I just had my assistant leak the news intentionally that I'll be on a date here today. Definitely someone nosy sold the tip to these guys and they are here as they always want to find out about my personal business. Smart right?" he said smiling at himself while I rolled my eyes.
"So what's the plan" I asked seriously but still eating so they won't suspect a thing but mostly because I was too hungry to listen to his plan with a half fed stomach.
"The news would be leaked tonight or tomorrow. So we'll remain silent for a while before I publicly announce that the rumor is true and we just stick to the back story that we already prepared". He replied.
"Ok ok, that's fine. And hey, I kinda maybe told Emily about the whole thing" I said smiling broadly.
"That's fine. Wait you what?" He said suddenly.
"Keep calm or there are going to hear you" I said quickly.
"No there are not. They can only see us but not hear us dummy. Now repeat what you just said" he said strictly.
"Chill a little. I came to your office the other day with Emily. What was I supposed to tell her I went to do".
"I don't know, you make up a story or something".
"We are going to pretend to be lovers with a backstory so my friend needs to be in on this so she can backup our story. Now tell me your friends are not aware of this whole charade?".
"Well they are, but that's different. You....''
"It's not. We need to have a solid background if we want this to be believable so that's why I told Uncle Dran and Martin as well" I said sipping my wine from the glass.
"So just how many people did you tell?"
"Just three I promise. It was necessary because they are the closest to me and they wouldn't just believe that I've been dating you for months now and didn't tell them. They know me like they know their way around town, except Emily as she's bad at directions and I know I'm going off topic again, but, I can't pretend with them as I'll get caught. If I'm caught, you are caught as well" I said trying to reason with him. He stared at me for sometime before finally speaking.
"What you said is quite true, but you have breached the contract we signed earlier. You were supposed to keep things secret".
"But I did it for the greater good" I said sulking.
"I'm going to let this slide just because I'm in a good mood today, but next time you breach any other content of the contract, you are going to have to pay for it" he said in a frightening tune which almost made me cough up what I had eaten.
"Eat and smile happily, they are still watching" he said smiling immediately. This guy was good. In fact, he should have been an actor as his acting skills are even better than mine.
We finished our meal and he settled the bill immediately without any sweat. We walked out together pretending to have a beautiful conversation where we both laughed unnecessarily. We finally got to the car and I felt relieved. My face was about to get numb from fake smiling all night. He took me home himself and informed me that He had gotten a house for me in Delight estate which houses were really expensive and I should prepare to move soon. He also told me to be prepared for the future because after tonight, my life is going to change. I myself was not sure what was going to happen in this future of mine, but I was sure that things are going to get rosy from here on out.