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We walked up to his dad and Ryan introduced me to him
Dad, meet Ava
Ava, this is my dad
"Nice to meet you, sir," I said feeling tensed, I don't know why
He looked at me from head to toe and that was kind of rude
Ryan why bringing a girl from the club
Jess, how did he know that I work in a club? I faced my head down murmuring to myself
Ryan stood still and replied to him
" Dad it's my choice to bring any girl I want and you gave me time didn't you?"
I know and besides I meant Rita
Who the fuck is Rita? I looked at Ryan and he looked at me
Rita is in the past Dad, and besides you are fully aware of what she did, so why are you still bringing up her name?
"I don't mean it must be her, I meant to say someone like her".
Someone like her, you said? After everything she did, Dad, how did you forgive her so easily? That you want me to bring a fraudster like her here
You are getting it the wrong way, Ryan
How else do you want me to understand it, Dad
I mean, she has a good side that you love, doesn't she? And she was never a club girl
Ava also has a good side that you've not seen Dad. You asked me to find a girl and marry, and I brought her. How is she your problem dad
You're just talking as if you don't own a club or go there or you don't like the girls you see there. Dad, she's my choice so let me be.
Dad, you're not even decent or clean, and neither am I. Hope you haven't forgotten who you are and who you made me be. So let us be!
I had to say something before things got out of hand.
"Uhmm sir I don't know what's going on but we are getting married right? So we are actually on our way to the store right Ryan?".
I can't just stand there and watch them quarrel like that and Ryan wanted to leave
"Yes Ava, see you later Dad" We left
"Is he always like that?" I asked Ryan
Well yeah, he's too picky
Very picky I said and he chuckled
But how does he know I work in the club
It doesn't matter Ava, we need to get married as soon as possible and please don't let what I said back then get into your head, I'm not into girls, I just did what I was supposed to do, I just played my part so that my dad could stop all this marriage stuff. I will be right back he said and left
Wait, what does he mean that he's not into girls?
Is he…..
No, he can't be one. I said shaking my head
I wanted to ask him, who the hell is Rita
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We went to the mall thereafter. I really wanted to ask him who Rita was but on second thought, I left it. So he broke the silence between us
'I'm sorry about earlier" he said looking at me
I looked back, it's okay I get that a lot. So what are we doing here exactly?
I just wanted to get away from my dad's drama and you know get you something. So just pick anything you want
"I should pick anything I want?" I asked him
This is the most expensive mall in our city, and you're asking me to pick anything.
Wow!
He nodded
"I'm expensive, you know that right?" I said jokingly and giggled
"It's nothing you can buy everything if you want"
"Okay, let's start picking then," I said, giving him a weird look.
I did a lot of shopping and he did too and I had fun picking out my outfits. We went back home and didn't see his dad.
"Are you hungry?" He asked me
"Yes!"
"Yes I am"
Okay let's go eat, I guess dinner should be ready by now.
"Okay, but first let's go drop our stuff up in the room". I suggested
Yeah, that's right
Afterward, we came downstairs and went straight to the dining room.
"What are your plans for the weekend?" I asked him while having dinner
"Well, I'm….. I'm going to pick my wedding coat. What about you?"
"I don't know, I guess I'm staying at home"
He chuckled "Really?"
"Yes, I don't have any place in mind to go and I can't go and see my dad"
Why?
Nothing, we're just beefing with each other, but it's fine you don't need to worry much
"Ok, it's fine since you said so," he said raising one eyebrow
How are you enjoying the meal? Ryan asked
Yeah, I wanted to talk about that now. The chef is a wonderful cook.
Yes, he's an Italian. He cooks only for me
Oww, what about Gideon? I asked
"He has his own cook" Natasha. She's from France and she's also a wonderful cook.
"That's fine".
We finished our meal and appreciated each other
"Thank you," he said
"Yeah, thanks for the meal"
Uhm, I want to go take a shower now and then go to bed.
Yeah, sure you can
Ok
I went upstairs to our room and took my bath. While coming out of the bathroom, Ryan was coming inside the room.
Sorry, I didn't know you were not done
It's fine
Cool. So I came here to tell you that my dad is coming to stay with us till the wedding takes place.
Why?
I don't know. But we are going to pretend to be perfect couples. We are staying together tonight. You sleep in the bed, I sleep on the couch.
Ok. No problem
Any questions you want to ask, you can do that now before he comes
"Nope, it's fine. I can handle this
"Good". Get dressed and come downstairs, let's welcome him. He said and his phone rang
"Excuse me I have to take this
I nodded and he left
Why is his dad coming over?, I asked myself
But it's fine, I can take care of it. And yeah, we aren't married yet but I think we are getting too close. Things happen so first I guess, cause this wasn't my expectation. Damn, he is not as bad as people say or is he pretending to be nice?.. let me forget about this. I just want to stick to the deal you know, nothing more than that.
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