THE GORGEOUS GROOM

CRAZY GIRL

JOEM

I already saw her when I enrered that 7-11 store. I knew she was looking at me long before I looked her way. What is surprising is she actually smiled at me. She offered to bring me to my place. She DROVE me to my place. And if those were not surprising enough, offering me a hundred thousand bucks to pretend to be her fiance for a night is.

If she could offer to give that much for a night, she probably could afford it. And she drives an Audi so that would mean she has money. But who is she? I have been knocking my head since she left me at the driveway of my new acquisition, an old house that I bought last year but had no time to check it.

I was planning to do a major renovation on that house. The house is a fifty years old house that has been taken cared of properly. Some of the parts are already new but sixty percent of it is still in its original state. I plan to make a facelift, maintaining the rustic and old style but mixing it wih new engineering and arxhitectural design. It has been my passion to be restoring old houses. Some of those house has become my family's get aways places and some are sold to friends who have the same passion as mine.

I should give her a call but then I wanted to drive her to the edge of her chair more. I'll call her an hour before she comes pick me up. What was it again? 7:30. I should ask what color of dress would she be wearing. That wouldn't be a problem with me. All my suits, all hundred twenty of them are either black or navy blue. I'm that boring. I'll just match her dress color with my tie.

Crazy girl. She asked me if I have a suit. She doesn't know me.

But someone is bound to notice me at the party. Oh damn! I did not think of that.

7:00 PM

TORI

"So what are you doing in that area? You went to visit a friend or something?"

"I need a suit. So I went there. You didn't want me dressing up in my plaid shirt, right?"

"Yeah."

He looks good. I mean, his suit is expensive. His watch, his shoes. And hell even his cologne smells expensive. He probably has a rich friend who was willing to let him borrow everything. He shaved. Yesterday, he looks like a... carpenter. He had dirty boots and plaid shirt. His hands were covered with paint. Obviously he was painting or something when he went to that store to buy water. It was only last night that I realized he was right about what I did. That it was dangerous to give him a lift. But then, my gutt said he was not a bad man. Yeah something inside me said he is a good person. Oh well, anyway, this won't last long. Even if he's sexy and hot, I don't think getting involved with someone is what I need now. Although I don't know what he is capable off except for painting a house or walls, I need someone who is more abitious than a carpenter. Someone who could feed my lust for success and yet someone who grounds me. I don't like the flashy things that happen when dressing up for events. I want to invade the corporate world but in my own terms. Damn, is that asking too much?

"Okay, let's run you down. What do you do for a living besides restoring old houses."

"So you noticed that I restore old houses?"

"Well, you had paints on your hands and you working pants had it too, so I presumed you restore houses."

"Hmmm, yeah that I do too. For a living? I am working for JEC Forwarding. It's an air, sea, land cargo shipment company."

"Hmmm okay. What do you do there?"

"I work with ... wait is it so inportant what I do there?"

"Well for one my Mom will ask you. Anyways, don't worry they really don't care what you do as long as you're working. But if she's marrying you to me now, she would like a prenup agreement to be signed hahaha. She did that with my sister. She did not want my sister to get bankcrupt in case her husband lose everything hahahaha. Mommy may be a little too much but she doesn't look down on people. She is just protective of her children. She even thought I was sating the maid's son cause I am close to Chuck so she started letting Chuck seat with us during dinners. Hahahaha. But what she did not know then, Chuck is gay. "

"So why do you need to kbow what I do?"

"So when they ask me, I know what to say."

"Okay. Just tell them I am with JEC. I'll be the one to answer them in case they ask what I do."

"Okay. But don't take it against them if they ask, okay?"

"Okay. So in case they ask our love story, when, where, how did we meet?"

"When? A year ago, August 17 to be exact. (My birthday haha-Author) where? 7-11, you were returning my wallet and we had to meet at 7-11 and everything else fell in to place."

"Hahaha very creative. So what do you think will they as more?"

"Nothing else I suppose. Well, things I don't eat are pork, sea food except fish cause I am allergice to them. I am allergic to banana and dust. I love anything vanilla. I don't drink anything with color or taste. How about you?"

"Allergic to mushroom and peanuts. I carry an EpiPen all the time."

"Really?"

"Yes. Severe allergy to peanuts"

"Oh that's bad"

"Yeah. So do we hold hands or anything?"

"Yes. Hold hands, dance, the likes."

"Okay."

"Hey, before we get in there. Here's my payment. I don't have cash right now so I am giving you a cheque, will that be okay? Don't worry, you can cash it anytime. It's a good one."

"Okay. That I would do."

"Here. Thank you."

"Thank YOU."

And he took my cheque and folded it. He placed it inside his breast pocket. And offered his hand for a shake. I shook his hand. His was so big that my hand immediately disappeared in his. For a carpenter or a painter, his hands are miraculously soft and uncalloused. First time to touch him and there seemed to be an electric shock that passed from his hand to mine that both of us withdrew our hands just as fast as we shook it. That's wierd.

"By the way, how tall are you?"

"6'1" you?"

"5'7"

"I was right."

"Okay. Let's go in."

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