(The Virtuous Husband) In the name of Love

Chapter 22

Allison

Thirty minutes earlier.....

"Not again!" I looked at the pan in front of me. The vegetables didn't look appealing at all with the burnt smell and them almost sticking to the pan. And let's not get started about the spaghetti that had the pot overflowing.

It was decided, I couldn't cook to save myself. Who messes up like this? Me.

I looked at the piece of shit I had created in my kitchen. It's going to be pizza or ramen for dinner again. Was it bad to wish that if Lana could pop out like a Ginnie and cook for me? I chuckled at my thought. How many times had she tried to teach me to cook, and I had failed?

"Okay let's go with pizza tonight," I said to myself as I settled down with the phone in my hand after cleaning that hell of a mess in the kitchen. The toppings selected, the crust was done and i was just placing my order when an incoming call became a hindrance.

Dolores's name flashed on the screen. I answered it in seconds so I could be done with her soon and order some food because I was starving.

"Hey, Ms. Dolor," I was cut off before I could even her say her name.

"Do you have something elegant and sophisticated to wear?" She asked without any greetings. Did she think I was a poor lad? Of course, I had good clothes.

"Yes, I have something but why are,"

"Good, then get ready in fifteen. I want you to look really sophisticated, elegant and someone who would look powerful beside him." She cut me off again and her demands were kind of getting on my nerves.

"Ms. Dolores, can you speak slowly and tell me who is him? Why is it me who needs to get ready?" I cut her off and spoke fast because if I didn't this woman might have beat me to it.

"Because it was you came up with the idea in the first place. God, gracious I hadn't thought that this could turn into such a disaster." I couldn't understand by God's what she was talking about.

"Which idea?" I yelled through the phone literally. Here I was starving after a hard day at work and she was talking but I couldn't understand a damn thing.

"Of Noel going on a date!" Came back the sharp reply. For a few seconds, there was just silence.

"Okay let's start from the beginning. Why do I need to wear something good and get ready? And a little bit of explaining would be really good." I asked after taking a deep breath. As the bits of pieces of her talk were adding up I wasn't really liking where it was going.

"Noel's date Luren bailed out on him. She is no longer coming because she thinks it could harm her father's firm image and seriously I have got no one. Thanks to heaven I hadn't dished out a name to the reporters. So I have an opportunity to save the face but in order to do so I need someone to be there with Noel." She talked fast but I could understand the severity of this situation right now.

"I thought we were looking for someone reliable for Noel," I spoke out my mind which I shouldn't have.

"I know and it's my mistake you don't need to point that out." She snapped making me try to keep my mouth shut.

"So now I want you to get ready and get there to the restaurant to act as if you were supposed to be his date." Hearing those words I felt really miserable. Annoyed and irritated too. I had a date with that man before and yeah I never want to remember the humiliation even though I had that let go.

"Can't we have someone else to do this?" My voice was meek. I was quite sure Dolores wouldn't have called me if she would have someone else.

"I have no one else I could trust Allyson. Above that, there is this fact that I know you can handle Noel. You have once and you can once again when he comes to know of that his date ditched him." I could hear her taking a deep breath. This situation wasn't really that easy. Noel was a devil and I really didn't want to have my head bite off by him.