Nice try Mr.CEO

Chapter 24

A/N:  Hi guys, I'm so sorry for being so much on hiatus, I'm back and will be trying to update as much as I can, I just have a lot going on a ton of work to finish. Hope you like this chapter! Sorry for the length of it!

Laying in bed, trying to calm the still dull headache, I begin to think about all the possibilities of why Mark lied to me about being at the hotel. Of course, like any other insecure woman immediately the thought of cheating came to mind. Only the fact that I knew he wasn't like that and that he wasn't that type of guy was keeping me sane.

Thinking that he would cheat would bring back memories of my ex, which was not an option. He had scarred me in a way that would never fall back to the back of my mind. He was someone who haunted me in ways that would never cease to exist.

Closing my eyes, I could almost see the smirks... those ... Whores! Gave that douchebag. God, if I could just go back in time and rip those smirks off, I would, but sadly they can always remember me running out of the hallway crying. That's why when I met Mark I couldn't just fall for him, I had a plan.

I know it sounds sketchy and a bit excessive but I had to know that he wouldn't do the same to me. After us dating for 3 years, I knew that he was the one that would be in the long run. He would be the one that I would marry and be happy with. Obviously, when we had just met I thought he was a player by his look and just his overall vibe.

Around campus, he was known for being somewhat of a player and I was sure to stay away from him, but after we were paired up for a marketing class, he opened up to me and we hit it off. He didn't seem as bad as everyone put him out to be. I knew to still be cautious but he never gave me a good reason to not trust him and I guess that transferred over to this situation. He must have a good reason to have lied to me, maybe he's planning a surprise for me?

Groaning, I opened my eyes again to see that it was already nearing dinner. Knowing that T was going to try and barge into my room to get me ready and unlock the door so she doesn't get charged with breaking down a door. She calls herself Tiny and ferocious, I call her tiny and atrocious. I love her but she goes WAY overboard. God knows what would happen if someone tried breaking my heart.

Since I had already unlocked the door, I went over to my suitcase to see if I had anything nice to wear for dinner. I scoured through trying to shuffle through it quickly. I toss out my nice dresses out onto the bed and begin to scan which dress I want to wear. Obviously, the dress that I want to wear has got to look good but at the same time, I want to hide myself a bit because of what I did yesterday. Flashbacks began to come back to me as I slowly stretched from all the bending I had done while I ruffled my dresses.

I pick out a dusty pink halter top dress with an open back only connected by a strap. I looked at the limited shoe supply I had and decided on some tan heels that were only maybe 3 inches or so. I didn't want to stand out too much because of the ruckus I had caused yesterday. I put on the dress and shoes and walked to the bathroom to look at myself only hoping it didn't look too bad. I look at my open back and feel myself begin to blush and squirm. I ran back out to get my burgundy jacket to cover myself, hot or not, I am not walking out there with my back open like that. I felt like I was missing something, oh right, the bracelet that Mark got me, I can't believe that I almost forgot it. I quickly put it on before doing one more inspection.

"HELLOOOOOOO ARE YOU ALIVE IN THERE?!" my eyes widen and I run to the door to let T in or else I'll have to pay for more than just my dinner and drinks. I quickly open the door and get pushed to the side.

"Mmm, hm, uhuh," Talia hmm's at me while I just stand there letting her look my outfit over. I raise my eyebrow at her implicitly asking if she's done. She nods then begins her rant.

"Daaaaaamn lady, you look fine but now look at me" I laugh at her and nod at her.

"Yes, you look quite nice T, I like the grey on you." She was wearing a tight grey dress with her silver strapless heels and had her hair curled and strewn across her shoulders.

"Love the hair, Nat," She says, I giggle knowing my hair is just in a ponytail but it looks curly so she can't say anything about it looking bad.

"Ok ok T, let's go before we come in and cause more of a scene. Oh by the way, I have someone for you to meet." She smirks and says, "Is it your hunk of a CEO that you want me to meet hm? Cause I already have heh..." She smirks and winks at me, my jaw opens a bit but before I could yell at her for even thinking that I hear another knock at my door. I open it a bit and see Ivy standing there leaning against the doorframe,

"Well darling, are we going or not ?" She teasingly laughs, I sigh and laugh too before T comes barging out.

"Hello hello! I am the best friend, and the favorite person who is you?" she bursts out. After that line, I burst into laughter for the first time actually relaxed knowing that Talia won't get any better than that.

Ivy smirks and holds her hand out to shake,

"The second favorite person, nice to meet you." T nods and brings Ivy into a hug instead of knowing that she's not any competition. I finally am to wheeze out a sentence about how we should probably leave to go downstairs and begin dinner. We slowly evacuated my room as I shut the door.