Chapter 16 - SIXTEEN

"Let go of Julia. You are a woman who doesn't deserve me," said Christian with both hands releasing Julia's embrace.

  "Christian, you will definitely fall in love with me until you get drunk. Remember that Christian is my man!" Julia said with a deep look. Now she immediately left Christian's room with quick steps.

  She walked through several office rooms and finally saw Selena's back. Immediately her hand quickly grabbed Selena's back.

  "Hey you!" Julia exclaimed sharply.

  Selena turned around while removing Julia's hand from her shoulder.

  "You're so rude," Selena said with a sharp look.

  "Oh sorry, I was also very disgusted when I touched you earlier," said Julia, cleaning her palms by rubbing them.

  "You're weird," Selena said with an annoyed glance.

  "Who exactly are you? Why are you suddenly going to marry Chirstian? What do you do for a living? Do you have a high-profit business?" Julia asked, folding her arms.

  The gaze of those eyes was really intense looking at Selena's face. Selena seemed to become a statue. She really didn't know what to answer. Even Mark had never asked this question.

  "Why are you silent like a statue heh? Don't you think you're just a prostitute that Christian brought home and made into a pretend lover? Is that true? Ahahaha," the girl with thick make up laughed so hard that her super straight black hair moved around.

  "Damn! She's laughing at me," Selena was furious and her hands were clasped with deep emotion.

  "Julia! Stop that," said Christian who was suddenly behind Julia.

  Julia had to stop her laughter quickly.

  "Selena is an orphan. She's a businesswoman in the literary world. You wouldn't know that. Because she is a famous writer. But she disguises her pen name. She can do anything with the money she has," Christian said firmly.

  "Oh really? Is he famous?" Julia asked, blinking her eyes a few times.

  "Oh of course he's famous in the virtual world. But it's all a secret. I mean you wouldn't know her social media accounts. Because she disguises her pen name. You know that right? Oh surely you don't. Because you never read," Christian said firmly.

  Julia could only stare at Christian with an annoyed look.

  Now Christian quickly approached Selena and kissed Selena's cheek with lightning speed.

  "I miss you so much Selena. Let's go out and have lunch together," said Christian quickly hugging Selena from the side and then walking at a fast pace.

  Julia could only gape at the sight of her idol who was now walking with his future wife.

  "Watch out Christian! I'll make you fall in love with me!" Julia said in a whisper looking at the two backs sharply.

***

 

  Arriving at a luxurious restaurant. Christina deliberately chose to sit on the balcony of the restaurant. That's why the place looked deserted.

  Christian gazed at the cityscape with an emotional heart.

  "Why are you in my office?" Asked Christian who was now looking at Selena.

  "Sorry, if I saw you and Julia making out in the office earlier. I know you two are actually a sweet couple. I really apologize for disturbing you," said Selena with a guilty face.

  "Oh shit, so you saw me and Julia hugging? So you just left?"

  "I-yeah you're right," Selena replied scratching the back of her head.

  "You idiot, I don't like Julia at all. Julia was the woman who forced me to become her lover. Of course I rejected her outright. So what you saw was just a silly incident. She hugged me on purpose," Christian said clearly.

  "Okay fine, I don't care who you want to be with anyway," Selena said casually.

  Christian chuckled.

  "Hahaha, don't you secretly harbor feelings for me? You're actually stunned by my good looks, right? Yes, there are many women who fall in love with me," said Christian, brushing his hair back with the palm of his hand.

  Selena just glanced unconcernedly.

  "You're so confident," Selena said, holding back the laughter in her heart.

  "Okay fine, so what did you come to my office to discuss? You could have called me first before going to my office," Christian said as he crossed his legs.

  "I already called you Christian," Selena said firmly.

  "Oh my God, I forgot my cell phone in the car I think," Christian said, tapping his forehead.

  "You could have called Kitty my secretary," Christian said irritably.

  "Kitty seems to have a grudge against me. So she said she had the wrong number. Yeah, probably because she can't have you and she has a grudge against me instead," Selena said irritably.

  "Oh really? Shit! I'll talk to Kitty if she hangs up on you," Christian said firmly.

  "Christian, I actually came to my office to ask you for permission. Because I was bored at home. So I wanted to go out alone. I wanted to enjoy the money you gave me. I haven't had any fun with my money so far," Selena said with a pleading face.

  "What? You want to go out alone? But I'm afraid that someone might recognize you. I don't want to be considered a bad husband-to-be. Letting my future wife walk around alone," Christian said firmly.

  Selena could only purse her lips by staring at the coffee on the table.

  Suddenly the phone rang. Christian immediately picked up the call.

"Hello?" Christian greeted. Now he seemed to be listening to what the caller was saying.

  "Okay, fine," he replied quickly and then immediately closed his cell phone.

  "Today we have to taste the food that will be served at the wedding. But I can't because I have an important meeting today," Christian said making Selena frown.

  "So I can't go for a walk today?" asked Selena irritably.

  "You can't be selfish. This is our marriage. Yes, even though it's just a contract marriage. But please be an adult. So it's better for you and Lucas to taste the food for the wedding. I'm sure Lucas knows what I like," Chriy said firmly.

  "Hem, well I really can't refuse it," said Selena resignedly.

  ***

  "Lucky me to be able to taste this food," said Lucas with a sparkling face.

  Now in front of the table there is already a lot of food served. While the chef stood in front of the table. He noted which ones Selena and Lucas thought were good and not good or even worth serving.

  "This caviar is very good," Lucas said, chewing on it.

  "Damn, this is all rich people's food. What if there's food that makes me want to puke? It's really ridiculous," Selena said in her heart.

  "Selena why aren't you eating and just looking at the food? Are you still full? If you're still full you can just taste one spoon," Lucas said, watching Selena's face.

  "Oh yes, I'll try it. It's for my wedding. So I have to try it," Selena said confidently. Now she began to eat the caviar. It tasted very strange to her. In fact, she was about to vomit. But she tried to hold it in.

  "This chef must be at my sister's wedding," Lucas said confidently to the chef and the chef's secretary immediately wrote it in the book.

  "What do you think Selena?" asked Lucas.

  "Em yes this is very good," said Selena nodding and wiping her mouth with a tissue.

  "This is the most expensive crab. You have to try it," said the chef enthusiastically.

  Lucas ate it carefully. He nodded his head.

  "This is delicious," Lucas said as he chewed his food.

  "Selena, have you ever had this? It's a menu that's usually available in five-star hotels. I love it," Lucas said confidently.

  "Oh really? I just tried it for the first time," Selena replied casually. This time she felt her answer was wrong.

  "Oh, that's strange. I thought you often ate expensive seafood like this. It turns out you're trying it for the first time," Lucas said in surprise.

  Lucas felt there was something strange about Selena's behavior. Selena's behavior was very different from most classy women he had seen.

  While tasting all the expensive food on the table. There were several foods that Selena vomited. Even Selena also found it very difficult to eat the expensive food that was served. It looked very strange to Lucas. Lucas was very suspicious of Selena.

  After everything was finished. Now Lucas and Selena got into the car.

  "I really enjoyed that meal. How about you Selena?" asked Lucas glancing at Selena.

  "Oh yeah I really liked it too. It's just that I'm not feeling well so I threw up a little," said Selena casually.

  "Oh I see. Then I'd better take you to Christian's house quickly," said Lucas as he drove faster.

The car drove on a deserted road. The night looked very beautiful. It was accompanied by tall buildings and beautiful city lights.

  "Wow, why is this road so jammed," said Lucas who had arrived near the city park.

  "Looks like there's an event in the city park," said Selena, looking at the road ahead.

  Now there was a song by a famous singer. The sound was very loud. The street in front of there was also so crowded. Even when passing through the city park. There are many food vendors there. Apparently there was a fundraising event in the city park.

  "Wow, how crowded this fundraising concert is," Lucas said, looking at the beautiful lights. There were also many people walking around enjoying the food. The music was still playing in the center.

  "I'd love to taste the food there. Unfortunately you're not feeling well. So we'd better hurry back to Christian's house," Lucas said, looking at the road while still driving the car. 

  "Damn! I'm actually very hungry right now. What should I do?" asked Selena in her heart.

  "It was really crowded at the concert, Selana. It must be because the singer is very famous," said Lucas confidently.

  "Lucas, I'm hungry. Can we stop by the city park first. There must be plenty of food there. Usually when I'm not feeling well. I can eat a lot and it will heal itself," said Selena with a convincing face. Although she was pretending.

  "Oh I see, alright. Let's go there right now," Lucas said, immediately parking his car carefully.

  Now Selena and Lucas walked together. The night was so crowded. This was heaven for Selena. Because there was a lot of food here.

  "I want to buy ramen. It's very delicious. I love seeing it in Korean dramas," Selena said with an excited face.

  "Oh, my gosh you're so excited," Lucas said with a chuckle.

  Now he approached the ramen seller. The atmosphere was so crowded. She even had to queue to buy ramen. But Selena was patient.

  Rock music could be heard clearly. Lucas immediately sang when he heard his favorite song.

  "Hey Lucas! Don't be like that. That's embarrassing. I'm embarrassed Lucas," Selena said in a whisper.

  "Oh sorry, hahaha because I really like this rock music," said Lucas who was standing next to Selena.

  Selena looked to see what ramen noodles she would choose. There were many flavors served. There were so many that she was confused.

"You should try this crab-flavored ramen soup. It's fresh and spicy," said the waiter.

  Selena looked into the waiter's face and they stared at each other.

  "Damn! Why is lili here," Selena said in her heart.

  "Hey! Selana you're here. It's fitting that I want to talk to you Selena," said Lili enthusiastically. Because she wanted to ask Selena for money again.

  "Selena, do you know this ramen seller?" Lucas asked curiously.

  "Oh, no I don't know him. You must be the wrong person. Okay well I just ordered this ramen. I'm waiting for it. Don't cook too long because I'm very hungry," said Selena quickly.

  "What? You don't know me?" asked Lili with annoyance.

  "Let's quickly make him some food. Don't chatter lili!" a boss exclaimed in a high tone. Lili couldn't help but make an annoyed face and started cooking the ramen.

  "It's a good thing I acted quickly. If only Lucas knew that Lili was my friend. He would have been very suspicious of me. A rich man like me can't have a friend like Lili," Selena said in her heart.

  A few minutes later the food was finished. At that time the one who delivered the food was Sarah. Sarah whispered to Selena when Lucas was buying drinks near Selena's dining table.

  "Meet me and Liki in the back when you're done eating this."

  Selena just kept quiet. Because Lucas was now sitting next to Selena.

  "Wow, it looks really good," Christian said impatiently looking at the red ramen soup.

  "Oh yes, here are the drinks," said Lucas putting two canned drinks on the table.

  Now Selena was forced to eat quickly. Because she was afraid that Lili and Sarah would wait for her for a long time.

  "You eat ramen so fast," Lucas looked at Selena in disbelief.

  "Yes, because I'm hungry. Oh yeah, I'm going to the toilet. You just wait here," said Selena smiling sweetly.

  "Okay fine," Lucas said nodding.

  "I'm very suspicious of Selena's background. Is Selena really rich?" asked Lucas in his heart.