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I didn't say anything. He was playing at a bigger game. If I denied the relationship, it was going to spell some sort of trouble for my family, so I went along with it. I only prayed that he would get tired of the whole thing eventually.
Chapter nineteen
He Returns
Natasha
"That was a close one," Lawrence said with a sigh.
"You're not supposed to be in my room," I reminded him.
"Relax, I'm not sleeping here," he assured me.
"I need to change," I said as I showed him my nightgown.
"So, you can just do it here. If you don't trust me with your body, how are we going to move beyond being boyfriend and girlfriend?" he asked as he placed his jaw on his open palm, eager to see me undress.
I gave him a look of disgust, before making my way to the bathroom and changing. Normally, I'd take off the bra, but I wasn't going to do that until he left my room.
"Why are you still here?" I asked as I came outside and found him lying comfortably on my bed.
"Do you have to be so hostile to me?" he sighed. "All I want is to keep you company. We did run into your ex's twin."
"He's not my ex," I frowned.
"That's not how the story goes," he smirked, getting a kick out of seeing me frustrated.
"And I don't care how you want it to go," I frowned.
We were in the hotel, where the conference was going to take place. People who were going to receive awards were given private suites. Lawrence had tagged along as my guest. Not because I wanted him there, but because he had insisted. I had planned bringing Rachel along, instead but here we were.
"So how did you feel, seeing Ethan?" he asked. "You were in love with him at first before Ian faked his identity, right?"
"I didn't feel anything, thank you for asking," I replied.
Maybe because the person you saw wasn't even Ethan.
"Good," he said, pleased with my response. He got up from the bed. "I have an emergency to attend to from tomorrow. You'll be fine on your own?"
"If you were going to waste my invitation, I should have brought Rachel instead," I replied.
"Aw, will someone be missing me?" he asked with an excited look on his face.
"No. I will not. One more thing and I've mentioned it before, stop announcing me as your girlfriend to people we meet," I warned.
"Now don't be like that," he sighed as he walked up to me and placed his hands on my shoulders. "You don't have to sound like that. I just don't want people thinking that you're still on the market."
"I'm not an item."
"I didn't say you were. It's just like a kind of slang modern people use now," he explained. "You have a smartphone now, so you should know these things."
I had gotten a new phone. I noticed being out of touch with social media was doing more damage than good to me.
"Just leave my room, Lawrence," I said with a sigh as I moved his hands off my shoulders.
"No goodbye kisses?" He smirked and raised a brow.
Normally, I would agree so he'd leave me alone, but I wasn't feeling like it anymore.
