Dangerously Yours Till Eternity

Duck!

This mustn’t be happening right now.

She saw them approaching quickly but she knew she was not ready to face Handso-Chris or even the situation that her and her best friend might just have fancied the same man!

“Hi, umh, where is the exit?”

The waiter immediately eyed her table, seeing the wine and wondering if she was trying to run from ‘a bill gone wrong’ situation.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

“I don’t know if this is right but I have to get out of here fast.” Ivy flipped opened her purse and handed her some bills. “For the wine. So now, where is the exit?”

The waiter eyes lit up immediately.

“Ex situation.” She mumbled underneath her breath. “Quickly, it’s around here.”

He said, leading her outside in no time.

She played along, telling him how her non existent ex had some stalker tendencies and temper issues.

Non existent because Ivy wasn’t one to believe that there was anything such as an ex. A man could either be yours or not, it didn’t matter if he was in the past.

So no one was her ex and she wasn’t anyone’s ex.

“Thank you.” She said to the waiter, shoving some bills into his hand again. “A tip for the good service.” She winked and he smiled in return before they parted ways.

She had already called Davies earlier, so two minutes after she made it out if the restaurant, he had already been there to pick her up.

Barely a moment after she stepped in, Elsa’s call came in.

“Yoh oh, Princess. You disappeared?!”

“Elsa, hey ehm–”

“Where are you? I came to the table to see that you were gone. Is everything okay?”

“No.” An idea immediately flew right into her head. “No! Mum called. Said there is a problem I needed to fix relating to the business and the meeting I had.”

“The meeting you had like when? More than two weeks ago?! How doesn’t my aunt know about this? Why didn’t you tell me?!”

“It isn’t that bad.” She chuckled. “I can fix it.”

“Why does this have to happen on your birthday? I planned out so much for today. I also don’t think Jett is too pleased about third wheeling. Are you sure everything is alright, Princess?”

Her grip tightened on the phone. For a moment there, she had absolutely forgotten about the Hand-Chris situation. She thought of her life and the messed up wedding situation she was neck-deep in. The way she couldn’t tell anyone what she was passing through, the fear she slept in every night knowing that she had gotten herself into a dirty business with people who could end others life with a flick of their fingers.

The bang of the gun still rang in her mind. Her fingers ran over the cut she had been hiding with make up and tears ran down her cheeks.

She wasn’t alright.

She was afraid, every waking moment she was terrified that she would do something contradictory to the contract and find all the people she loved, dead.

“You there, Ivy? Princess?”

“I’m fine.” She answered quietly. “Will you stop worrying about me and enjoy your dinner? I’m sure you’ve waited a lot to get him to come to dinner with you.”

She had talked about Chris been a busy man to pull, so she must have done a lot of work for him to be attending this dinner with her.

“Yes.” She giggled. “Maybe we might even have that steamy moment today.”

Something stung her heart at that, her stomach twisted in knots and her throat went dry.

“Yes. Enjoy.” She replied and hung up immediately, scared that she might just say something she would regret.

She had only met Chris once and she had been hug up on him ever since. Elsa had met him a lot, she liked him and it looked like he liked her too.

Ivy nodded to herself as she reached a conclusion. She didn’t know if it was just her overwhelming mind but she was determined to stay away from him and hide from him as much as possible.

She wasn’t about to lose her best friend over some guy.

Even if he was wickedly handsome, nicely packed with bed actions and the only guy she had ever been so hug up on like this.

Damn!

No, Ivy.

Just no.

Besides how do one react when meeting a one night stand in a place that wasn’t so one-night-standy?

She groaned in frustration, dragging her palms across her face.

This just couldn’t be happening to her.

***

But it was and every passing of that week, she had thought about it.

It was like as if seeing him made her even think more about him.

Before, he was renting her mind, coming and going.

Now? Oh-oh-oh!

Permanent residence.

So she did something to occupy herself.

She started working in one of her Father’s restaurant, assisting the manager.

After resuming for work, as she usually did every morning for five days, she got a call from Elsa who had been just as busy all week.

Busy meeting up with Chris, no doubt.

Argh… Could she just not think of him like ever.

“Elsa, finally–”

“He stood me up!” She fired.

“Who?” She asked, trying to convince her mind that she hadn’t been thinking about the same person.

“Who else? Chris, of course.”

“Oh my God.”

“This is the thrid time in this week. If he keeps not appearing, we will never get our steamy moment and move this talking stage thing to the next level.”

Next stage? Elsa had never been one for relationships. Was she planning to… date Chris?

Why is everywhere suddenly hot? Why was her heart racing so fast? So much heat! Damn, this Ac was definitely not working!

“You don’t sound too angry. You know, since he stood you up.”

“I’m not. He sent flowers and chocolate and wine as a ‘I’m so sorry. Business came up’ package.  Isn’t he so sweet?”

That was it! Elsa was in love with this guy no matter the part of him she claimed she was in love with. Elsa would never take been stood up from anyone.

“Wow, so…”

“I’m mad at you though.”

“Me? I didn’t even do anything.” Ivy said walking around the restaurant, passing by a table of men and women in jackets and jeans.

“You are working now? How dare you work? What are you working for? People like us shouldn’t work. We don’t need it. All we have to do is look pretty and spend money. I thought we agreed on this.”

“Well, I did, until I discovered I needed to work to retain my sanity.”

“You betrayed the pact. You will pay dearly for this, Princess. I’m just around the restaurant. See you in a bit.”

“Yes, your Royal Highness.”

“Hey, that is my line.”

Ivy chuckled, then hug up.

She looked around the restaurant to the reserved table again.

That table was really expensive, they must be wealthy business man to be able to afford it.

Wonder what kind of business they were doing.

“Have you sent our special menu to them yet?” She asked one of the waiters.

“Yes ma’am.” She nodded with a smile, then walked away.

At that moment someone stood up from the expensive table before coming over to the receptionist.

There meeting must be already over. They’ve been there for over an hour.

There was ding on her phone at that moment and Ivy started typing away, declining an invite to a party from one of her friends.

“Hello, I’ll like to make another reservation for the same time tomorrow.”

“Just wait a moment for the reception–”

Her voice trailed off when she saw the person standing in front of her.

“Well, hello there.”

She hadn’t even had the chance to say anything back before she saw Elsa slipping right into the restaurant too.

Well well well, wasn’t she doomed?