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As I get in my car and begin to drive out of the parking lot, I wonder what would have given Declan the notion to ask me to be his fake girlfriend. Of course, doing that would mean that I have attained a level of well-intentioned madness.
Me? Fake girlfriend?
Not now. Not ever.
Chapter Five
Felicity
Idouble-checkthegaragebefore I park and get out of the car, looking behind me as I do so. I have been exercising extra caution since Allard showed up in the office. I try to ensure that he isn't lurking around my apartment and waiting for me to show up.
I unlock the door quickly and get in, making sure to lock the door behind me as I do so.
I smile at the serene sight of my apartment. No matter how many times I come home to this, it always feels like the first time again.
I had moved into this apartment, my dream apartment, last year after saving the money I'd needed to rent it. It was one of the units I'd discovered while showing houses to clients, I’d instantly fallen in love with the apartment and dreamed of living there.
Clients had rejected it because it didn't come with the modern amenities that most modern apartments have. So, when I had leased the apartment at a ridiculously fair price, I had begun to decorate it to my taste.
It had taken months, but the results had made me smile when I eventually moved in. I had done the minimalist decorations, considering the open floor plan that had worked to my advantage.
I make my way to the living room, where I proceed to step out of my heels, groaning in relief when my feet touch my soft carpet.
I slid out of the jacket and take off my pants, recalling, as I do so, the way that Declan's eyes had run over my body in the morning when he had first called for the meeting. The strange proposition that he had told me this evening…? We were having such a great time that he went ahead and ruined it.
I make my way to the kitchen, where I start to make dinner for myself. I have been losing so much weight recently that I haven't even needed to do my cardio exercise. I know personally that I haven't been healthily losing that weight. I plan, from tonight, to change that.
I deliberately make myself a plate of vegetable stir-fry even though that's not what I am in the mood for. I would rather have loved to have a glass of wine and go to bed. With how I felt after the long day, I guess that could have sufficed. But we are going to develop healthy habits and stick to them.
The stir fry, as I begin to dig in, is good, I find myself wolfing it down with a bottle of water. When my phone begins to ring, I pick it up without a second thought, my breath hitching even as I read the display ID.
Allard.
With a groan, I drop the phone onto my white stainless couch and return to my food, determined to finish the plate that I have made for myself. But Allard doesn’t stop calling, I eventually have to drop my plate of food and not give into the urge to pick up the phone and scream at the bothersome man.
Grabbing my phone, I begin to make my way to the bedroom, stopping when the phone vibrates in my hand. I do not check my phone again until I am safely in my four-poster bed, the blankets drawn up to my chin. Then, I pick up the phone to a series of messages from Allard.
Message 1:We belong together. You belong to no one else but me.
Message 2:I saw you today with the bulky man who had threatened me. What is he now? Your bodyguard?
Message 3:He'd better stay away from you because you're mine. You hear me? Mine!
Message 4:You will always belong with me, Felicity. ALWAYS.
I fight the urge to cry and curl into a ball, fighting off the violent feeling of despair that sweeps through me. I am not going to think of myself as unlucky simply because I went ahead and dated the wrong man.
When my phone vibrates again, I pick it up and, without reading the notifications, turn it off. Then, I turn off the lights and allow the room to be bathed in darkness. I lie there and think about the events of this evening. I didn't expect Declan would ask that I be his fake girlfriend. What was it about being a Managing Director that made him want to go such distances to achieve it? Wasn't faking a relationship lying?
Baron Gray had given a short speech about how proud he was of me when I had won my last award. He had mentioned that I was the best employee he had, his praises had washed over me and made me feel like I could walk on fluffy clouds. How could I turn right around and lie to him about the status of my relationship with his son?
I shake my head again, glad that I had said no to the strange proposal.
Even though Declan had been very interesting and I'd enjoyed every second with him, I couldn't attempt to fake a relationship with him for his benefit.
What if you had something to gain as well?
I blink at the thought.
