Fake Love (Jerrie Fanfiction)

Chapter 9

Jade's POV

It's the next day, and I'm back to work. I have to meet some clients and do paperworks, this is the most boring part of my job. We just arrived at my building, it's actually an old warehouse which we renovated to be our main office, it's called JAT Dance Studios. It's located in a private compound so paparazzi can't wander around, especially that my clients always come here to rehearse. It has three dance studios, a recording studio, a conference room, lounge area, a gym, and of course, my office. I spent most of my days here, if not doing rehearsals or meeting, you can find me at the gym or just in my office doing whatever.

As I walked through the lobby, I was greeted by the receptionist and some utility personnel, I greeted back. The walk to my office was not too long and I immediately flopped down my desk chair as soon as I entered my office. Leigh-Anne has her own desk outside my office, but she stay inside most of the time. What? I can't be alone. We run through our schedule for today, I have three client meetings, one dance class, and a lot of papers to sign. This is going to be a long day.

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I just finished my dance class with aspiring young dancers. I always conduct these classes to teach people how to dance and anyone's welcome to enroll. I like teaching dance, it's my way of giving back especially to the students because I know how they feel. The excitement to learn routines and techniques, to have that dream to be a great dancer someday, I know because I was once a student. Anyway, I went back to my office to freshen up since I have another meeting.

"Your next meeting is on five minutes, and they've already arrived. They are at the conference room now." Leigh said checking her iPad.

"Okay, just.. let me catch my breath." I said still panting. I grabbed a bottle of water from the fridge and drink.

"Is this the last for today?" I asked.

"Yes, and we can go home after." she replied. Finally, home!

After a few minutes, we decided to go and meet the new clients. Well, there's just one person, a bearded man. He stood up and greeted us.

"Good afternoon Ms. Thirlwall." he said with a smile.

"Good afternoon too. And please, call me Jade." I greeted and smiled back at him.

"I am Paul, manager to Perrie Edwards." he said and offered his hand. Perrie..?

"Oh... Hi." I shook his hand, confused.

"And this is Leigh-Anne, my assistant." I said and they shake hands.

"To what do we owe the pleasure?" I asked, intrigued of why he's here. I gestured for us to sit down.

"Well, I am here to talk about the... you know.. the news." he said, suddenly nervous.

"Oh yeah, that.. What about it?" I chuckled.

"I was told that the news is not true. Correct?" he inquired.

"Yes, that is correct." I answered. Oh, how I wish it was true. 

"And I guess, you were as surprised as us when the news came out." he added.

"Yes, we were definitely surprise." I said and looked at Leigh-Anne, she smiled.

"I'm gonna cut to the chase here." he sighed. I nodded for him to continue.

"Our management thought that this is a good publicity, especially for Perrie. And we would like to continue whatever this is... if you agree." he said. Wait... What??

"Are you trying to say that you propose Jade and Perrie to date?" Leigh butted in.

"Yes, for Perrie's exposure. You see, Jade here is really famous, she has a lot of fans and a lot of connections to the industry, people love her, she's quite influential. And after Perrie's struggle with her controversial break-up, this publicity is what we need to get her back on track." he answered.