Forever

chapter 7

Mia's POV

As the gentleman he was, he pulled a chair out for me to sit before he took his seat by me. I mumbled a thank you as I made myself comfortable. This place was amazing. The last time I had been in quite a big restaurant like this was with Derek. Those days I could call him the love of my life, but these days, a bitch wouldn't be enough.

I looked everywhere but his face as we patiently waited for our guests. I could tell he knew I was avoiding eye contact, because a playful smirk played along his voice as he spoke.

"Can you at least put away the anger for this night? You can't possibly ignore me the whole time"

I decided not to respond, and kept my eyes trained on my fingers, like someone who had seen fungi in his nails. He chuckled silently but didn't utter another word.

"Good evening, Mr. McCarthy and Miss. Greene. What will you like to have?" a waiter I didn't even see approaching asked.

"We'll order dinner later. We're expecting guests, but for beginners, I'll have some white wine" he said in a more strict tone than the one he used on me on daily basis.

The waiter put down his order and turned to me.

"I'll have some water" I ordered.

"if you need anything, please don't hesitate to draw my attention. I will be back to take the orders when the guests arrive. Thank you"

I gave him a smile before he left.

Xavier got up a few minutes later, and a smile spreaded across his face. I looked in the direction he was looking at. A quite young couple, very attractive one indeed walked over to our table. I immediately got up and put on my best smile.

"You have grown an inch since we last met" the beautiful lady said to Xavier as she hugged him.

"I couldn't say less to you" he replied. He shook hands with the young gentleman.

"Mind introducing us to your beautiful accomplice?" the woman asked with a smile.

"This is Mia Greene. Mia, these are Mr. and Mrs. Maxfield, but I'm pretty sure they'll prefer you call them Daniel and Helena." Xavier said to me.

I hugged both of them and greeted them before we sat down to begin the meeting stroke double date.

[3 days after]

"Mia, have you seen the papers?!?" Veronica asked as she threw away my duvet from my body. I got up and gave a long noisy yawn.

"Why, what's in there?" I asked, clearing the sleep off my face.

"take a look at it"

I took the paper, and the front cover almost made my jaw fall to the ground. There was a picture of me and Xavier. The picture looked like we had posed on the red carpet. I opened the first page to read the cover story.

It looks like the most eligible billionaire is finally getting settled. He's been seen with Miss Greene, on different occasions, and last night was just splendid. Those two look like a couple made for each other.

"I have to tell Xavier to sue them. Now people are going to think I'm some gold digging whore who is after his money."

I muttered in anger as I got up and headed to the bathroom.

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As I walked into the building, eyes were on me from here to there, as if I had pooped on myself. I went straight to my office. As usual, I got my shoes off and started work. Much to my surprise, the door badged open, and in walked Damon and Becky