Undercover Lover

chapter 5

The picnic goes great. We lounge on the blanket and soak up the last hour of the setting sun. Its nice and I am genuinely enjoying myself. So far we have indulged on expensive drinks and fruit bites. I feel my tummy rumble.

'are you Hungry Elle?' He says tucking a piece of hair behind my ear.

I nod, and with that five men and two women emerge from the giant double doors in the house. They set down a table and chairs, place mats, cutlery and candles. I just stare with my mouth hanging open.

'Seriously Calvin, how did you do that?' He just laughs and stands up.

He puts his hand down to mine to help me up and we walk over to the table. An old man comes out and asks us what we would like. I decide on spaghetti Bolognese. Calvin has the same. Within two minutes, they bring the food out. on silver trays with a big silver lid covering it.

' enjoy your meal' the man says politely as he lifts the lid.

We tuck in, and it is amazing!

' You must have Jamie Oliver hidden away in there' I laugh, 'This is so good!'

'I have a trained chef working here full time, he makes a mean chocolate gatoú!' He smiles, a cheeky grin that makes my knees weak. Thank goodness i'm sat down.

'So where do you work Elle?' He asks.

' I work at an office in Piccadilly, filing paperwork for an Insurance firm. I love my job... not!' We both laugh. 'What about you, i'm guessing your not a paperwork filer, if you have your own personal chef!'

' Well I own my own business. I started off with £2,000 I inherited from my father when he passed away, He told me to use it wisely, and I turned it into millions!' He takes a gulp of his drink. ' I was quite good at investing, well so I found out. I bought shares in small companies, and they became big. I re-sold all of the shares and decided to start Waterstone limited with the money.'

'Wow, you've really done well for yourself. I always wanted to be an interior designer, but I got stuck in a boring 9-5 job to pay to rent and now, it seems I'm there for good!'

Its true, I did want to do this. 'I loved arts and crafts and organizing my things to look pretty, when I was little. My mum let me design my bedroom when I was 12. I spent weeks drawing the plans and choosing colours. We had bought all of the things for it. My bed, the paint, wallpaper and carpet. Then my parents died in a car accident. I went to all different foster families, I never got to do it up. But in all of the homes I took a notebook. And redesigned on paper what the room would look like. But when I came out of care at 18, I moved straight to London, to live my dream. It was so expensive, So I worked in an office, boring but it will suffice.' I give a half hearted laugh and look to the floor. I look up to see Calvin studying my face.

' i'm so sorry about you parents, about everything' He reaches his hand across the small circular table and encases it in mine.

' Don't be, it was a long time ago now, what about your parents? You said your father died, but what about your mother?' I ask softly

' He moves his gaze to the floor and stays silent for a while. ' I, I don't speak to her anymore.' He says sternly.

I see I have hit a subject he is not comfortable talking about, so I decide not to press him for details.

The rest of the date goes amazingly. We lie on the blanket next to each other, with his arm around me gazing at the sunset, and then at the stars. He drives me back home, we say good bye and again I kiss him on the lips. Not to passionately, I don't want things to move to fast, even though I could jut rip his clothes of right now!

I get back home and lie in bed thinking about him. That was the best first date I have ever been on. And its not that he had the money to do something special, Its the fact that he put genuine thought into it. He didn't just take me to a fancy restaurant and splash the cash. He listened to what I had to say, and I really connected with him. I have never felt this close to a man before, real or fake! I just have to remind myself that this whole set-up isn't real!

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