His Girl

Chapter Two

"I don't think I can do this", I said whilst having a mini panic attack.

"Is she hyperventilating?", Thea stupidly asked.

Clearly they had no idea what to do so I took it upon myself to go to the window and calm myself down.

"Whatever you do, don't you dare ruin your makeup! I won't do it again", Amy stated.

I didn't even bother replying and walked out of the room. I left them behind trying to tame Thea's frizzy mane.

She honestly had to be the first billionaire I'd ever met that wasn't completely stuck up and obsessed with their appearance.

I immediately heard chatter and snippets of conversation as I approached the stairs. I took a deep breath and quickly counted to ten as I continued to walk.

I finally reached the stairs and as I descended them, I noticed that all eyes were now on me and the room began to become silent.

I could hear murmurs from the guests and gasps from the majority. They were all clearly impressed. Unfortunately they had no idea that Jack and I's relationship was one big hoax.

As I reached the bottom of the stairs, an insanely hot, italian man approached me and grabbed my hand. He held it up to his lips and seductively kissed my knuckles.

"Baby, I missed you so much", he chuckled.

I glanced at Mike and he was clearly unimpressed hoping for a better reaction on my part. Then as I turned back around to face Jack, my mouth broke out into a huge grin.

I headed towards the waiter on the other side of the room near the entrance and took a glass of champagne off the tray he was holding.

"Ladies and gentleman, I would like you all to raise a glass to my dear fiancee, Jack Bateman. He is my world and without him, I would be meaningless. You're a smart, funny, amazing man and I love you so much. I'm glad to have you back handsome, so here's to my beautiful man", I shouted as I raised my glass.

The audience followed my pursuit and when I saw Mike again, he was clearly impressed. Then an arm enveloped my back and I suddenly gasped from the contact. I wasn't expecting it.

The guests were still staring at me so I quickly composed myself and giggled at Jack. In their eyes we were just another romantic couple when in reality, his attitude disgusted me.

"Come on darling, let's catch up. It feels like forever since we last saw each other", He chastised.

"Let's go to the balcony", I laughed as I led him upstairs.

To the guests it probably looked like we were going to catch up in a whole other way but I was only going to introduce myself to him.

After a long silent walk we finally reached the balcony. He then held out his hand expectantly looking down at me. After a 20 second staring contest, I finally shook his hand.

"Jack Bateman, nice to finally meet my future wife", he sneered.

"This isn't some business meeting".

"Is it not? I'm sure you're here because of a money situation. In my eyes all things money equals all things business and to be frank, I don't really appreciate your attitude".

"Aw am I meant to care? Unfortunately I don't. Whether you appreciate it or not, get used to it because we're stuck together for the rest of our lives", I snapped.

"Rest of our lives huh? You're planning ahead already, I was hoping for your assistance on breaking this arrangement but if you're already obsessed with me, I'm sure I can manage. At least you're hot".

"You are so rude! I've only just met you and I already regret ever borrowing money off your family gosh!", I squealed.

"Well then maybe you shouldn't have been such a dumb cow and ever got into debt with the Mafia", he hissed.

I instantly reeled back not expecting the blow that came with his words. It was as if he'd just slapped me across the face. I hated the fact that he had this power over me. It felt like he owned me because I was in debt to him and I probably wouldn't ever be able to repay him.

Tears started to come to my eyes as I thought about what a stupid, stupid person I had been. I thought maybe I would have the chance to explain to Jack exactly what happened and why I was so desperate to borrow money off of his father but he'd already been filled in.

"Right, well I'm going to get back to the party because I've still got to introduce myself to the guests so I'm just gonna..."

"Wait I'm sorry, I didn't mean that", he muttered.

"Don't worry about it, probably what the rest of your family thinks too and I don't blame them", I said as I walked away back to the party.

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"So how long have you been together then?", another nosey guest asked me.

"It's going on to two years now but we've known each other for about four years", I answered just as I'd rehearsed with Mike.

"It's just that I've never seen him around with you before and before today I'd never even heard of you".

"Jack and I wanted to keep our relationship private, Mike himself wasn't even aware of our relationship until we were a year in", I laughed.

Just then Jack approached me and wrapped his arm around my waist. The intimate touches made me shiver but not with pleasure. Only with fear of these unknown touches.

"What are you talking about babe?", he asked.

"Just discussing our marvellous relationship", I giggled.

"Please excuse me, I'm just going to pop to the ladies", our now uncomfortable guest interrupted.

The rest of the night pretty much flew by and I enjoyed the majority of it because I had the opportunity to make many new friends but the guilt I felt was immense. Lying to people who were soon to become my friends and family...

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***Author's note***

Second Chapter!! I honestly have no idea where I'm going with this story but I'll just pretend I have a storyline...                                                                                                                                                          Above photo is Jack, isn't he yummy?! *heart eyes*
Also as probably none of you know, I'm from England so there might be some English slang in my writing. If you are struggling to understand, just comment and I'll do my best to help you!    Anyhooooo laterssssssss...

Alissia xoxoxo