Girlfriend For Hire || maiden. (Under Editing)

VIII. - Parts -

"Is he courting you?" Alden asked Maine after noticing how pissed she is at Jake for showing up in front of her house.

"Who? Jake? Yes." she  answered before letting out a sigh.

"And why am I sensing this thing that you don't like him?"

"I do. I like him a lot, but only as a friend." she replied.

"That's the most painful thing you can do to a guy next to rejecting his love. Friend zone is terror zone, my friend." he replied, hoping to relay some righteous man-wisdom to her.

"I know, no need to tell me." she answered, giving him a smile. Maine then turned her eyes away from him and looked out of the window. She started wondering why despite their long history of friendship, she did not see Jake as anything more than a friend.

A few minutes later, she felt the car come to a halt. Maine was then asked by Alden if she's ready.

"Ready for what?"

"Your job. Being my girlfriend."

"Can I just please remind you that we are just role playing in this one elaborate plan of yours to get your girl back?" Maine asked and he quickly nodded.

"Yeah, of course."

"Fine."

"But before we get out of this car, can I ask you something?"

"Sure." she replied.

"What made you accept my offer?"

"I needed the money."

"Alright." Alden said before he opened the car door to his side. He then got out and ran to help her get out. As soon as she did, she quickly felt Alden's arm wrap itself around her shoulder. Tons of people are staring at them, and it made her really uncomfortable.

They started walking towards the building. Maine can actually see people taking pictures of them. She found their sudden fascination weird but just shrugged it all out and focused on the thing that matters to her the most.

"Maine!" a familiar voice yelled. Maine got yanked out of her little world of thoughts and looked around, only to see Hannah running towards them.

"Hey!" she replied and they hugged.

"Oh what's the meaning of this? Where's Jake?" Hannah asked, looking at the both of them with nothing but shock in her eyes.

"I'll explain everything later" Maine whispered, wanting to keep things secret.

"Okay then ... I guess I'll see you later." Hannah replied before walking away from them.

"She'll get it." Alden whispered.

"I hope so. Because the last thing I want is to have a fight with the closest people to my heart." 

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"Are you alright?" Alden asked Maine after seeing how uneasy she is. But instead of answering, she just kept on looking around.

"Maine, are you looking for Jake?" he asked again and finally, she turned her face towards him.

"What? hell no."

"If you feel like you're gonna hurt him then we could stop this."

"Stop what?"

"This." Alden answered, pertaining to their deal.