BENEATH HIS MASK

CHAPTER 18 (PART B)

This chapter is dedicated to @sissimarg sissimarg who was my first fan. thanks so much girl. sorry this is going to be a short chapter. I just thought it will be good to have a calm before the rollercoaster ahead ;)

I waited for it felt like an eternity for his reply but had only been a few minutes. There was silence over the other line and i immedietly regretted asking him to dinner. I bet he thought that i asked him for a date. But even that would be easier to say than to ask him to have dinner with me and my family. I should never have called him in the first place. i don't even know why i called when i could have easily made an excuse to sam saying that my boss was unwell. He would have probably believed me. maybe he would have questioned me a little bit which might cause me to make excuses and while it's difficult for me to lie to him knowing he can easily catch my lies, i doubt introducing my so called boss whom i have a complicated relationship with to my family would be walk in the park either.

"hello? Rebecca?" damien called out from the other line.

"yes i am here." i replied breaking each word.

"right, so you were saying.?" I could hear the laughter in his tone. He was laughing at me wasn't he? I would have to sound confident, show him i'm not hitting on him.

"yes so umm dinner at Friday not as a date though, we are having dinner with my family."

"what?" he exclaimed on the other line.

I could hear the shock in his tone and i felt the need to face palm myself. What am i doing? It's not like asking him to have dinner with my family would be an easier scenario. I bet he thinks i am crazy right about now.Someone please shoot me right now. It would be great mercy.

"well you see, my brother is a resident at the hospital where you were taken to after we ....escaped from the fire." Memmories of the fire came rushing to me as soon as i mentioned it. I still couldn't believe that damien stayed back to save me. i wonder if he realised he told me that. Even if he did, would he tell me. i didn't even realise that i was lost in my own thoughts until damien called out to me again.

"Rebecca,you there?"

"yeah so he head about the fire and that we helped each other escape from one of the nurses and he wanted me to ask you to join us for dinner on Friday. But i tottaly get it if yoy are not interested. I will make an excuse. I'm sorry for bothering you like this ....." i was blabbing something and i would have continued to do so had he not interrupted me again.

"what time do i pick you up?" he asked in a slow and calm tone.

"i'm sorry?" i was sounding like an idiot now.

"well, i don'tknow the address so i assume we will be going together. So what time do i pick you up." he asks cooly but i bet he's laughing at me inside his mind.

"umm around 6? It's an hour drive because my family will be arriving in my brother's house in manhatten which will be an hour drive away."

"ok see you then." He says and hangs up.

I stay motionless for a while thinking WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED? i just asked damien out to a family dinner and while i should be banging my head on the wall, i am slightly dazed by the fact that he actually agreed to it. Friday was still three days away but i can't help but anticipate for it at the moment. god help me!

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