Did I slap a handsome guy kneeling in front of me asking for my hand in marriage?
I heard a clap and whirled around just in time to see a man with an imposing aura step into the house. He was clapping and laughing.He was tall with black hair, not a single trace of gray hair. He had steel blue eyes just like Xavier's own. He was pretty muscular, must have been a hottie during his days in his youthful age.Closely following behind him was a woman, a blonde woman. She was beautiful in an artificially loud way and had a bitchy aura.I could tell that she was one of those cheerleaders that oppressed nerds and as if to confirm my claim she rolled her eyes when she saw the scene before her.A hot guy kneeling and clutching his cheeks and me looking flustered—oh add Duncan that just stepped out of what I presume to be the visitor's bathroom and the scenario is complete."Wonderful, I love this girl." I heard the man's voice. He stepped close to me and patted my hair.Xavier stood up, shooting me a glare. "Of course, you would father.""What's there to love about her, she's just a gold digger who would accept this," the woman snapped.I frowned. "I'm not a gold digger, madam."I saw Lowell—Xavier chuckled lightly."If you're going to be in this house, you don't get to speak to me in that tone!"Who the fuck does this woman think she is?"She's sorry, ma'am," Duncan was quick to interrupt."No, I'm not!" I snapped glaring at him.He dragged me off to the other side of the staircase."What the heck is going on here?" I asked him.He ran his hands through his hair. "Listen, I need you to go along with the flow. He wants you to be his bride, you both are not getting married."I glared at him. "You want me to get married to an unknown person?""It's just for show, ok, they're gonna explain everything to you," he replied.He held my wrists and smiled trying to explain the situation to me.Xavier Lowell is the son of a hotshot business mogul who was supposed to get married in two days before he got dumped by his girlfriend, she threatened to go to the media broadcasting that he's a womanizer which wasn't good for his big boy image especially since his father was handing over the family business to him in three months."So I'll be with this guy for three months?"He nodded. "You guys aren't getting married."I frowned. "Why am I doing this?"He scratched his head nervously. "Because they threatened to fire me if you didn't."I glared at him, "What about grandma?"He grinned, "I told her you're leaving the city for a job in another city. You'll just have to convince her.""But we're in the same place?"He shook his head, "You guys will be going back to Las Vegas, tomorrow. That's where they live and are famous there."Great! Now I'm going to my dream city with a total stranger, pretending to be engaged to him.~~~~*If eyes could kill I'd be ten feet under, no kidding. Mrs. Lowell was shooting me missiles with her eyes while Xavier was shooting me icicles with his steel-blue eyes. Duncan was absent, the only one who wasn't trying to incinerate me with their gaze was Mr. Lowell.We were seated on the dining table, a contract in front of me, my boyfriend having signed his own contract and had gone back to work. I reread the contract and shrugged. There wasn't anything harmful in it, I just had to be by his side for three months, the longest relationship he'd have.His first relationship ended after two days down to this last one that ended two weeks later. His relationship status was hilarious.The plus bonus, I mused over it. I will get to travel anywhere with him of course, Susie would be there too for I had threatened fire and brimstone if she wasn't with me.They had agreed with my terms and now I was left to sign the contract. I was gonna miss grandma but they said I could visit her four times a month."What are you still waiting for?" Mrs. Lowell, whom I was told to call Brenda, asked.I smiled sweetly at her, "I'm taking my time, Brenda."Mr. Lowell, who insisted I call him Zach, chuckled, "Let her be, Brenda."Huffing, she muttered something under her breath and I eyed her curiously.Finally, I signed the contract."Congratulations, welcome to the Lowell family," Zach said, pulling me into a hug.The two other family members gave me cold shoulders."We'll leave by 10 am tomorrow, don't be late!"I smirked at Xavier, Susie is gonna love this.~~~~*I arrived home feeling very upset. How could Duncan just leave me to go by myself with those damn strangers?My room door was ajar and loud music was blasting from there. I knew granny wasn't around else this music wouldn't be so loud.I saw Susie sprawled on my bed, doing a twerk video. Holding back my laughter I watched her from the door."I know you're there!" She yelled.I laughed as I stepped into the room. "What are you doing?""Dancing," she replied with an eye roll.I sat down on my bed turning off the music. She scowled at me, "Killjoy!"I ignored her and massaged my forehead. I had a killer headache and it seemed to have intensified since I got back from Lowell's house.Lots of questions were running through my mind and I didn't know how to answer them. I was furious at Duncan and felt pity for him since he was threatened."What's on your mind?" Susie asked me.I shrugged. "I'm tired."Susie smiled, "Come on, let's go somewhere."I followed Susie tiredly to her car that was parked outside. Closing my eyes I drifted off to sleep as the car drove off.When I opened my eyes, the car just pulled into the parking lot and Susie killed the engine.We were in front of a bridal boutique?"What are we doing here?" I asked curiously.She grinned. "I know you said you aren't going to get a new wedding dress but let's try some on."The next couple of hours was spent changing different designs of the wedding dress. She tried the ball gown dress, the A-line dress, the mermaid wedding dress, and lots of other dresses. Above all, I loved the mermaid dress."You could take it," Susie suggested.I laughed. "No way, I already told you the dress I'm wearing."We bickered back and forth till we left the shop and arrived home. I saw granny standing in front of the house, she was looking so lost in thought."Grandma, what is the problem?"She peered at me through the rim of her glasses, "What isn't the problem, Hailey?"Susie stifled her giggles sending me a "you're so dead" look then she went inside the house."Granny, I would like to talk with you," I said with a small smile.She nodded. "Let's take a walk."We strolled through our little garden and she plucked some fresh flowers and handed them to me."A woman is like a flower, once you mishandle it," I watched as she squeezed the flowers, "It becomes nothing beautiful."Shortly after her little eerie speech, she smiled at me, "What is it you have to say?"I swallowed hard. I had never lied to my granny before and now it was like she knew something I didn't know but I just didn't know what.I swallowed the lump again that was in my throat and smiled sheepishly, "I got a job in Las Vegas."She smiled, "That's what Duncan told me.""I'll be leaving with Susie tomorrow," I continued.She nodded. "You aren't asking for permission, I believe."I felt a twinge of guilt before I nodded my head, "Granny, you know I'll always come to visit."She smiled. "You know, Hailey, that was the same thing your mom told me before she left and I never saw her again."I stood rooted to a spot as I watched granny leave. This was the first time she was saying something about my mom and from the tone of her voice, I could tell something had happened. But what it was, I had no idea.I glanced nervously at the Mercedes parked in front of the house. It's not every day you get to lie to your granny face and leave with an unknown person.But today I'm leaving home to go live with a total stranger.In my opinion, granny would disown me as her granddaughter, she'd tell me in her own words, "None of the Parkers bring shame to their family," so here I am, clutching my box handle, my excited friend who doesn't know the truth of what's going on and my granny who for some reason seems to know more than she's letting me know escorted me to the car.Duncan stepped out of the car and flashed granny a fake smile. He too looked pretty nervous and I could see that he was avoiding granny's eyes.Finally, we bade her goodbye and the car pulled out of the house and drove towards the Lowell apartment.I couldn't help but feel scared and excited at the same time. Duncan kept quiet when I began to brief a shocked Susie."Why didn't he choose me?" She whined shamelessly, "I will kill to
Sometimes it's best not to recount the horrors you've had to face. You guys don't expect me to tell you what happened after I spilled my drink on Mr. Grumpy's pants but I guess you all have the right to know.The rest of the car ride was eerily quiet and not even the music could break the quietness as the rest of the songs that were playing in the speaker were Billie Elish's album. I love Billie but there's something about the tune of her songs most times that's scary. Like all the good girls go to hell or the bad guy.I mean why would she say good girls go to hell? Maybe I'll ask her now that I'm in Vegas.Yes, people we've just arrived in Las Vegas and our limo was cruising into a top-notch elegant castle for this could not be called a house.I was currently staring at the architectural design of the house. It was coated with milk-white paint and had glittering tiles around the walls. The floor of the house was tarred like a tarred road!Who is this guy?!Turns out my bestie was th
I ran out of my room quickly and saw Susie in the sitting room with Brenda having another show-off? This was becoming way too much and annoying, I thought as I raced towards them."What is going on here?" I asked once I had successfully raced down through the stairs."Nothing, we're just having fun," Susie replied grinning mischievously.I saw how Brenda narrowed her eyes at her, "Fun?"Yeah, it doesn't look like they were having fun from the scream I heard from my room."What did you do, Susie?" I asked her in a tight voice.She rolled her eyes at me, "Nothing?"Brenda gave an exasperated sigh, "Your friend thought it was funny to put a dead cockroach in my shoes!"I glared at Susie as she chuckled but kept a straight face the moment she caught my eye."I'm so sorry that she put in a dead cockroach, Mrs. Lowell." I would have preferred a live one but I kept quiet.She huffed angrily and walked off while I dragged Susie into my room."Why did you do that?" I glared at her.She burst i
I was shocked!Turns out the moment of truth ain't truthful either guys it's all acting. But Zach's own had an element of truth."The first day I saw her was the day I saw my son kneeling on the ground," he began with deep emotion."She was so pretty and feisty, I had noticed that on our first meeting. My son was asking her to marry him. I took one look at them and I was transported back to my own time when I had asked my beautiful wife to marry me."Oh really? I didn't know your wife also slapped you, I yearned to say but bit my tongue quietly."Awww that's so sweet of you to say, Zach," Bobby gushed happily.This media guy was buying whatever Zach was saying? I smiled a little to hide my discomfort again as I felt the ache of the shoes."Don't mess this up, Hailey."The smile turned to a grimace as I heard the husky annoying voice of Xavier close to my ears.I was about to snap at him when I noticed a camera zoom in on us."Don't say such things, love," I laughed."What are you..."
"This sucks!"I glared at Susie as she complained of the...er...I've lost count of the number of times she mumbled about this not being fair. The fact that she got us both locked up in the house."Don't blame me, I was only having fun!!" She cried.I glared at her again, unwilling to speak to her. Her idea of fun was sinking in a bathtub or pretending to drown just to get my attention?"Hailey? I'm sorry!" I sighed and ran a hand across my hair. I could already picture the newspaper's headline about what Susie did today.Zach had been so furious but he didn't show it instead he had steered the media away and gave Susie a death glare.Xavier had stayed behind with his mom, Brenda and after calling us lowlife tramps seeking attention, they had locked us in. I had no idea how they dealt with the media from there.I also have no idea how I should deal with Xavier especially after he just insulted me to my face. I couldn't believe I had reduced myself so low that I was doing this.I hated
I smiled at her. She looked like one of the girls from the popular teen movies; The mean girls. The pink dress she wore went perfectly with her face and her red hair. Her iconic pale blue eyes did not fit her cruel nature.At the moment I wanted Susie to be here with me but she was probably having a hot argument with a grown witch back at our new abode."And you are?" I asked, pretending not to know her. The anger was evident on her face but she kept a cool composure."How could you not know such a popular person like me?" She asked with a sly smile. "My grandma never taught me to remember names of dirt," I said with a cooler smile than the one she carried."I never knew your grandma worked in the dirt factory," She retorted.Wait, what?!That must be one of the lamest comebacks I have ever heard, it didn't even make any sense! Like who said such, oh dear Susie it's at this moment I want you to teleport here."Now I think I remember you, your bad comebacks and stunts made me remember
Silent night, holy night, all was calm now all is wild, my version of this Christmas Carol.Like I can literally tell you, you are my witness, you saw how I tried my best, you saw how much I ignored her. It wasn't my fault. Besides, the gown must have cost thousands! Well it's not like it got stained. my hair just suffered the damage. But I think it is not going to show. But oh well I have, I am currently accomplishing my mission. But to say, I would have really made the best werewolf, the way I plunged at her when she dropped the glass was wonderful.I made sure I aimed for her hair. Xavier had spent so much time on these beautiful curls on my head and she dared to pour some disgusting alcoholic beverages on my beautiful curls?!!Let me explain to you. I was currently pulling her hair like a crazy person. I managed to get hold of a huge piece of her hair before I felt Xavier's manly arm pull me away from her with a huge church of hair in her hands.She managed to stand back on her
I badly wanted to push him away and smack his face but his sweet lips were something to die for. A simple touch could send you to the greater heavens. But I'm still wondering how a single kiss could send butterflies down your tummy. And I also can't seize to ask myself this question, why doesn't Duncan's kiss feel this way? But, what was I doing? I came here to help Duncan not flirt with Mr grumpy here! I pulled away from the kiss standing up from the bed immediately, I can't actually believe he kissed me!I didn't realize that out of anger I had landed him another slap on his smooth face. I gasped when I saw my handprint on his red cheek.I felt the need to apologize but I restrained myself from speaking."I deserved that," He said briefly as he stared at me. "Can we go back out there, I'm sure the media is waiting for us to arrive," I said as I moved in front of him.The room was becoming suffocating for the both of us. "Yeah, After you," He gestured at me to go out first.Why s