chapter 3 : the bluff

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Shizuka's pov
I follow his line of vision to find,
Shizuka: wait, is that Bucci? The italian mob boss?
Eisuke: yes and we are going to meet him now.
Shizuka: well you certainly have your hands full dealing with a mob boss like that. I have heard his daughter is....well...intense.
Eisuke: I am Eisuke Ichinomiya, there is nothing I can't handle.
Shizuka: yeah yeah....
(such confidence..)
Eisuke: less talk more work, come on now.
We go near Bucci who is sipping his champagne.
Eisuke: Evening Mr Bucci, hope you are enjoying the party.
Bucci: Oh Eisuke my boy! Well yes I always look forward to your parties!
Then his attention turns towards me.
Bucci: And who is this pretty lady? Just an arm candy for tonight perhaps?
Eisuke: Oh pardon me, but this is my girlfriend.
Shizuka: Hello I am Shizuka Misaki, it is a pleasure to meet you.
Bucci: the pleasure is all mine.  You are  Daishin Misaki's daughter right, you have grown so much. Your father and I are very good friends.
Shizuka: Oh yes, I have heard from my father.
Bucci turns to Eisuke who seems oddly happy to my surprise.
Bucci: But thats a shame. My daughter Carolina really loved you, you know..
Eisuke suddenly takes my chin and makes me look up at him. He gazes at me with tender eyes, like he used to years ago, not a hint of coldness in them. I am mesmerised when he says.

Eisuke: I am sorry, but I only have eyes for Shizuka

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Eisuke: I am sorry, but I only have eyes for Shizuka.
(how fake can he be...)
Bucci:  you are such a show off Eisuke. well she will be disappointed.
Eisuke: I assure you she will have a great time when she arrives in japan. I will see to that personally.
Bucci: I am sure she is looking forward to it.
I feel a set of strong eyes on me and turn around but there isn't anyone suspicious.
Eisuke: stop spacing out.
Shizuka: huh? Oh yeah..sorry.
Eisuke: *sigh* seriously, what am I going to do with you?

We come back to the penthouse exhausted and find everyone in the lounge waiting for us.
Shizuka: Oh hey guys...
Baba: hey shizuka, so how did it go?
shizuka: what?
Ota: your meeting with Bucci of course, curious minds want to know!
Eisuke: Well she is not as useless as I thought she would be. Bucci is a friend of her father's so surprisingly his reaction was not as bad as I thought.
Shizuka: so thats why you looked so happy when we were talking.
Eisuke: I was just glad you didn't screw up at playing my girlfriend.
Shizuka: wasn't I great?
Eisuke: you were passable. But seriously, stop spacing out when you are with me.
Shizuka: I wasn't spacing out!
Eisuke: sure whatever.
We keep on bantering as we walk up the stairs to his penthouse.
Now that we are alone again, I feel a bit anxious. This is my first night in the penthouse. I don't know how many days will I have to live here.
Eisuke: that is your room. You are free to use this house as you wish. That is my room and office, you have absolutely no buisness to come there though.
Shizuka: wasn't planning on it. Um..by the way, how many days am I going to live here?
Eisuke: Until the deal with Bucci is signed.
Shizuka: ok, but can I go to my house tomorrow and bring back a few essential things here?
Eisuke ponders upon it for a moment and says
Eisuke: fine, do whatever you want.
Shizuka: thanks.
I go to my room and change into my pajamas. I am really exhausted.
I plop down on bed and look at the ceiling idly when I hear a knock on the door. I quickly sit up on the edge of the bed.
Shizuka: come in.
Eisuke  comes in and strides over to me. Wait....why is he shirtless?!
Shizuka: hey, why aren't you wearing anything?!
Eisuke gives me an annoyed look.
Eisuke: tch. Don't shout like that. Do you expect me to sleep in my suit. And I am not naked, i am wearing full pants. Don't tell me what i should wear or not in my own house.
(wow..so much for one little statement. Now that I look carefully he is awfully muscular. As I look at his toned body I feel myself blush. I try to hide my embarassment with a firm voice.
Shizuka: What do you want? If you don't have any reason let me go back to sleep.
Eisuke smiles devilishly and pushes me down on the bed. He quickly gets on top of me before I can protest.
Eisuke: what do you think I want..?
Shizuka: Eisuke stop. This is too much.
Eisuke suddenly gets off me and looks at me coldly.
Eisuke: then stop making stupid assumptions. I am not that shallow. I was only here to tell you that you that carolina bucci will be arriving tomorrow itself. We need to go at the airport to get her.
Shizuka: tomorrow? I thought she was coming after 2 days?
Eisuke: she had change of plans. Anyway, don't forget.
Thats all he says before leaving the room.
He is really going to give me a heart attack soon.
I just hope this Bucci deal goes on smoothely fast and we finish up our project together. Then we can go back to being perfect strangers. I should not get anymore close to him than I already have...

Author's note:
Sorry for the short capter but I will be updating the story everyday. I will also put some of eisuke's CGS in every chapter to make it more interesting. Please keep supporting the story. Comments and suggestions are always welcomed..
I promise story will progress soon to the main plot.
                                     - wonderstruck09

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