His Personal Florist

The Proposal

I adjusted myself on the chair.

James smiled and settled on the other side of the table.

"What would you like to have?" He said pointing towards the blackboard just beside us displaying the menu cart.

"I will have a latte." I said not thinking much.

When it comes to coffee, Latte is the word for me.

"A latte for the beautiful lady and an espresso without sugar for Mr. Flamingo" the waiter repeated our orders.

James nodded in approval and mouthed a Thank You to him.

His gentlemanliness for me and generosity towards the waiter made my heart flutter.

He turned towards me and smiled. Again.

What's wrong with this man. Why is he being extra-sweet? No ways I am going to fall in this honey trap of yours.

"So?" I said raising my eyebrows and tapping my forefinger on the table.

"So?" he asked in the same tone, testing my patience not to wipe off the smirk on his face.

"Oh c'mon James. You know what I am talking about." I said.

"Oh yeah, about that. I am really sorry about them kitten. You know these media people, they are like hungry dogs looking for baits everywhere." he said indifferently.

"That's all?" I asked in utter surprise.

"Yeah. that is it. I guess." he said nonchalantly.

"What about that fucking engagement announcement you made last night? Don't you think you have to do a lot of explaining about that?" I whisper yelled at him.

He chuckled.

"What?" I asked.

"You swear a lot kitten. It is not a good thing." he said still holding back his signature smirk.

This man is getting on my nerves.

As I was about to counter him the waiter got us our orders and placed the mugs on the table.

I smiled at him to which he responded with a wink. I was shocked by his response.

James chuckled at this.

"The guy is certainly into you kitten. You should try out with  him as we are done with this conversation" he wiggled his brows.

I rolled my eyes at him.

"Do not barge into my personal space Mr. flamingo. I will do what I want to. And most importantly I.AM.NOT.SINGLE. I have a boyfriend. Diego Fernandez. So your match making is neither required nor relevant to me." I snapped at him.

What the hell did I just blurt out?

 Oh my god Evelyn. You have officially fucked up things further. Congrats.

But the brute was annoying me. I had to shut him up.

But why are you so affected by him?

Are you in l...?

Oh crap. Shut up no no. What am I even thinking.

Concentrate Evelyn. Concentrate on the reason for you coming here.

"Oh!" he said taking a sip from his coffee mug.

"Well as you heard the argument with my father last night, he wants me to marry Nicole Ruiz which I clearly don't want to. Actually I don't want to marry anyone right now. I am just 26. I want to enjoy this bachelorhood. Marrying someone is sticking to one woman and I am not that kind of a man."

My stomach churned at his words. I have no idea why but that last sentence hurt me somewhere. 

"So why did you drag me into all this?"

"Look Kitten, not marrying Nicole meant giving up the CEO positon which very clearly I will never do. So when dad was making the announcement I just thought of escaping the whole engagement thing by bringing up the girlfriend part. Since you were the only girl whose name I knew there so I just... you know" he said scratching the back of his neck sheepishly.

It took me a few seconds to register whatever he confessed.

"So you are saying that I am stuck in this shitty mess of yours with no reason at all?" my eyes popping out of my head at the statement he just made.

He nodded in agreement.

"But I don't think you have any loss in this. do you? I mean you just have to live the life of my fake fiancée, the most handsome man on earth. Girls die for that. Just go with the flow. And eventually as things settle down I will announce our breakup to the media. You will be free after that. Moreover, because I am the one behind this plan, whatever expenses you have I will pay them all. Some extra if you want."

"Don't you dare Mr. Flamingo. I am not like those whores you share your bed with. Neither I am interested in your proposal nor in your money. Just tell the media we are not together right now and end this bullshit. " I stomped my hands at the coffee table in no mood of giving up.

"Sshhh kitten. Blood stained Diego Fernandez would not be a good sight to look at. right?"

My eyes widened at his statement.

God what I have put myself into.

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Now now, this handsome hunk has a bad boy side too.

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