Hayden just stood next to
and smiled brightly as he brought an arm up and placed it over my shoulders, hugging
to his side. My whole body froze.
"Oh…who’s this?" one of my girl friends asked with clear interest.
"He’s so hot…he’s so hot…" another one whispered to the girl next to her.
"Who is he, Malissa?" Jenny asked as she stared at .
Why did he have to turn up here? I just told these girls that I was completely single and had no ti for dating. This is so misleading…
"Umm…this is…" I said as I struggled to co up with sothing that would be believable.
Now what? Do I tell them that he is my friend? My distant cousin…?
"I’m Malissa’s boyfriend. My na is Hayden," Hayden said loudly and clearly as he pulled
roughly against him. I felt both of his arms around my neck as he hugged
from behind and rested his chin on my head.
Oh…shit.
"Wow! Really?" Jenny exclaid excitedly while the other girls had similar reactions of shock.
"Malissa…you never told us that you had a boyfriend?" a girl said as she narrowed her eyes at .
Well, that’s only because I didn’t have one. I an, I still don’t have one.
I got her hidden ssage imdiately. They’re going to grill
for not telling them and get
to tell them all the details about this later. Unfortunately, I couldn’t tell them anything about the debt, the contract, or the mafia.
I glanced at Hayden and cursed him internally. While I was worried about being discreet, this guy was so used to attracting attention.
"Oh, sorry about this. I didn’t know that you were bringing a plus one. Seriously, you should have told
so that I can book another seat," Jenny quickly said politely after recovering from her initial shock at Hayden’s sudden appearance.
"That’s ok. I’ll bring a chair over," Hayden said as he smiled his angelic smile at my friend.
I sighed softly to myself as I watched a bright red blush take over my friend’s face at the sight of Hayden’s srizing smile. Another victim down. I guess this was why they say the devil is bewitching.
I sat back down in my seat as I tried to figure out how to deal with Hayden. He’s not going to say anything weird that will expose our twisted contract, right? I glanced over at Hayden who was bringing a chair over to our table.
This is a disaster. This is a disaster. This is a disaster. These words kept on replaying in my head.
Hayden brought a chair over and sat down next to
at the table. My friends couldn’t help but stare at Hayden and I guess that I could understand their reaction. Hayden and his looks truly stood out from the crowd.
"So…Malissa, why don’t you tell us more about your boyfriend?" my friend asked.
"Umm…actually, he’s not really…" I began denying.
"Oh, there’s no need to be shy!" my girl friend said excitedly.
"Malissa’s pretty shy about telling people about us. We just started dating a few weeks ago," Hayden said smoothly.
"Oh wow. So…how did you guys et?" my friend asked eagerly.
Here cos the classic question. I can’t believe we’re going through this. What am I supposed to say? That we t because the head of the Torex mafia gang forced
to live with his son for 30 days to settle a huge debt?
"Umm…we…." I struggled to answer.
"We t at a church. After that we started talking and went on dates," Hayden replied, flawlessly.
I guess, we did et at a church. I would never forget that disastrous wedding ceremony.
"A church? I didn’t know that you were so religious…" Jenny said as she turned to look at .
"What do you do, Hayden? Are you working now or are you still studying?" my other friend asked.
Clearly, they were serious about getting to know everything about Hayden. While they had their attention on Hayden, my brain was busy trying to figure out how to excuse ourselves and get out of here as soon as possible.
"I work for my family’s business. It’s not very interesting though," Hayden said, sounding super humble.
My friends kept on bombarding us with questions about our relationship. Thankfully, Hayden managed to sohow answer them all. By this ti, I was relief that Hayden seed to want to keep our twisted relationship a secret. I guess Hayden doesn’t want to explain to other people about his complex family background either.
"I think we have to go. Sorry girls but I have to wake up early tomorrow to visit my grandmother at the hospital," I said as I got up to leave.
Grabbing Hayden’s hand in mine, I started pulling him to his feet too. Hayden looked at
innocently and for a mont he looked like he didn’t want to leave.
"Hayden, please…let’s go," I whispered to him.
"You owe
one," Hayden whispered into my ear once he got up to his feet.
"Bye girls. It was great catching up with you. I’ll see you girls another ti soon," I said.
"It was good seeing you all. Thanks for taking care of my Malissa," Hayden said before flashing the girls his killer smile.
"Did you hear that he called her ’my Malissa’ just now?" my friend started teasing.
I couldn’t stop myself from blushing a little at their teasing. Without further delay, I started dragging Hayden behind
out of the restaurant.
"Why did you co here? How did you find this place? Did you follow ?" I fired questions at him the mont we stepped out of the restaurant.
"Chill out. Too many questions at once…" Hayden said lazily.
"Why did you co here? What do you think you’re doing? Why did you introduce yourself as my boyfriend?" I asked rapidly.
"I just told you…too many questions all at once…" Hayden said, still refusing to answer any of my questions.
"You can’t do this to …" I hissed angrily.
"Let’s go ho. I’ll drive," Hayden said and this ti it was his turn dragging .
"Wait! The n can drive
back," I said as I tried to pull my wrist away from his grip.
"They’re no longer here…" Hayden replied, sounding bored.
"What? Why?" I asked with a mix of shock and confusion.
"I sent them back already. Let’s be environntally friendly and carpool," Hayden said with a small laugh.
He sent them back?!
--To be continued…
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