ANDRE
All of a sudden, I caught myself. What the heck was I possibly thinking? I wasn't about to let Cleo win that easily. In fact, I wasn't about to let her win at all.
With that in mind, I drew away and returned my attention back to her ankle.
"Just keep the ice on it while I go check on the food okay?"
"Mm-hmm." She replied as I walked out.
Time to turn things in my favour.
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CLEONA
I smirked to myself after Andre left. He'd been about to kiss me. I saw it in his eyes... He might have stopped right before he did but I wasn't even bothered. I didn't want it to be that easy anyways. I wanted to make sure he fell in love with me first before getting that kiss.
CLEONAI woke up, feeling well rested and ready to start the day. I tried moving my ankle and surprisingly, it didn't hurt that bad. I smiled and tried moving out of bed when I suddenly realized that I couldn't.My first instinct was to panic and scream as flashes of me being tied up popped in my head but I managed to calm myself as I became more aware of my surroundings.I wasn't tied up. Someone's arms were wrapped around me and of course, that person had to be the one and only Andre Simmons. It took every bit of my resolve not to scream into his ear or do something equally as dastard but I didn't.Instead I managed to get out of his arms, a task which proved to be incredibly hard but surprisingly not impossible
CLEONAI stared at my phone for a while, trying to make sense of the call. Who exactly was the caller and what was their purpose for calling me? Could they also be looking to harm me or was he/she just bluffing?I tried asking myself these questions but no answer I got seemed plausible so I decided to head back to Andre."Hey! There you are... I was thinking you were planning on staying there overnight. Look I'm sorry if my questions upset you. I know this whole engagement thing is fake so if I came off as pushy!""Wait! So you're apologizing despite the fact that you did nothing wrong?" I was surprised."I did do something wrong. I shouldn't have meddled."
ANDRE"Andre! Andre!" Cleo yelled my name for the umpteenth time that day interrupting my chain of thoughts."Argh! Quiet down Cleo! You're giving me a migraine here." I replied, placing my palm on my forehead."Like I care." She replied rolling her eyes. "What are you thinking about? I've been calling you for a while now? I need you focused so we can get this done on time."I sighed, still rubbing my forehead, wondering whether or not to tell her about the deal."Hello? Earth to Andre!" Cleo yelled again, snapping her finger in my face."I'm sorry... It's just I really have a lot on my mind. Excuse me, will you
ANDRE"Hey Reyna.""Hey Andre. Why could you possibly be calling me?" I could hear the smirk in her voice."Oh cut the crap Rey. You know very well why I'm calling you... I mean, uh how are you doing today?""I'm doing great. What's the purpose of this call Andre? I'm kinda busy now.""Well I just wanted to say I'm sorry for breaking up with you before and for talking to you the way I did in the restaurant. I've already ended things with Cleo and I'll be very happy if you have dinner with me today...""Gimme a sec to check my schedule...I rolled my eyes, know
CLEONA"I know. I know. Thank you Cleo.... Gosh! I'm so happy right now, I could kiss you."My expression changed at that point."Wait what?" I asked surprised."I can really kiss you right now." He said again.My jaw dropped and then I watched as he placed his lips on mine...Despite the fact that everything in me wanted to push Andre away and hit him, I didn't. Instead I stood there, still in shock as he worked his tongue through my mouth expertly, pulling me even closer to him.I knew it wasn't right neither was it meant to be but
CLEONAI found myself nearly hyperventilating as Andre leaned in, cupping my cheeks as he did. I guess this is it. The bet will be null and void once we kiss and that'll be the end of that.Then, just as I felt Andre's lips brush mine, a loud blaring sound suddenly rang out in the room."What's going on?" Melissa asked just as a waiter approached us and informed us to leave as there was a fire.It took all my strength not to jump up and hug the waiter when he said so. Instead I controlled myself as we were led in an orderly fashion out of the club.Andre and I bid the guys good night and rushed to the car, driving away before they could ask us to kis
CLEONAI woke up feeling quite rested and ready to start the day. In fact, I doubt I'd ever felt like this since that night with Ian...I shook my head and tried getting out when I suddenly realized something.I suddenly realized that I wasn't in my room and the soft but hard ‘pillow’ I'd woken up on was actually Andre."What the heck am I doing in Andre's room? I thought I slept in my room." I muttered to myself still staring at Andre's sleeping figure.Gosh! He looked so hot!"Geez! Cut it out Cleo." I said to myself again, wiping my face with my hand.
CLEONAAndre's surprise picnic was relatively the best thing that had happened to me in a very very long time. The fact that he claimed it wasn't for the bet made it even better and kinda warmed my heart in a way.Only the guys I played ever did things like this for me in an attempt to get into my pants and usually I told them point blank that I hated surprises but right now, as I sat down with Andre, I couldn't help but actually feel special for once.After having the delicious lunch which Andre had spread out, we spent a while talking about literally everything we could talk about. Needless to say, I was having a really great time and it only got better."Would you mind coming with me?" Andre said all of a sudde