Filed to story: Turn The Mafia’s Virgin Wife On
I couldn’t help but notice that he was the stark contrast to his best friend, Sebastian. I wonder how these two became best friends despite being polar opposites. The more I chatted with Josh, the more I managed to relax, and I began to enjoy myself and his company.
Reflecting on Josh’s situation made me realize that his situation wasn’t exactly that different from mine and Sebastian’s. I guess parents of the rich and wealthy had a thing for arranging marriages for their children. The big difference was that I owed Sebastian’s father a huge debt while the other girl in question was a rich heiress in her own right. I guess I could understand him…
I studied the paper and committed the details on the paper to my memory as best as I could.
“Miss Janine is here,” a bodyguard came in to inform us.
At his notice, I sat up straight and alert on the sofa. Janine is here! Switch into fake girlfriend mode now! What am I supposed to do?
Josh sighed loudly and I could tell that he was dreading the arrival of this moment a lot more than I did. Slowly, as if his body weighted a ton, Josh got up from the sofa and extended a hand towards me.
“Let’s go face our princess…” Josh said as he beckoned me to take his hand.
Although I was confused, I decided to take his hand and he pulled me firmly to my feet. I guess we’re not meeting that Janine person here in this private lounge after all.
“We’re not meeting her here?” I asked.
“No…we’ll be meeting her in another room. This private longue is usually reserved for Sebastian, me and a couple of our other friends,” Josh explained as he headed for the door.
I glanced over at Sebastian who was still seated. Was he honestly going to let me go with Josh alone? How heartless could this guy be. However, just when I reached the door, Sebastian sighed loudly and got up from the sofa. I turned to look at him in amazement. For some reason, I felt more reassured now that Sebastian was coming with us.
“What are you looking at?” Sebastian asked as he walked past me and out the door.
For the life of me, I could never figure out what Sebastian was thinking. I shook my head to clear my thoughts before following the two guys out the door. We followed Josh through the throng of people who were enjoying themselves. Dancing and networking seemed to be the main activity of his party.
Josh greeted and was greeted by many people along our walk there. Sebastian was greeted by many people as well, but he only responded by a brief wave of his hand. We arrived at our destination much faster than I had thought.
Now that we’re standing right in front of the door to the longue where Janine was waiting for us, I felt extremely nervous. I could feel cold sweat on my hands.
“You don’t have to do anything…just hook arms with me and sit by my side, ok?” Josh said as he offered me a cheerful smile.
Josh took my left hand and placed it on the crook of his arm. I glanced over at Sebastian nervously only to see his expressionless face staring back at me. His light blue eyes were completely void of emotions. The next moment, I heard the door opening and I was being led into the room by Josh.
This is it…
“Josh…and Sebastian”
A woman with beautiful sun-tanned skin and long auburn hair greeted Josh and Sebastian the moment that we entered the room. She obviously knew the two guys. After that she narrowed her eyes at me as she seemed to have registered my presence and how I was holding onto Josh’s arm. However, she did not say anything to me at all and perhaps, that said it all.
“It’s good to see you again,” Josh said, sounding very diplomatic.
The smile that was on Janine’s plump lips fell and tension rose exponentially in the room. I tightened my hold on Josh’s arm as my nervousness returned. Janine’s presence was somehow very intimidating. I wasn’t sure if it was her beauty or the way she handled herself but there was something about her that felt like serious business.
“It is wonderful to see you. I’m sure that my father has…spoken to your father…” Janine said as a frosty smile reappeared on her lips and she flickered her eyes in my direction.
“About that, I would like to apologize for the misunderstanding. You see, I already have a girlfriend. Let me introduce her to you, this is Grace, my girlfriend,” Josh said as he proudly put an arm around my shoulder, pulling me close to his body.
Oh my…did he just introduce me using my real name? This is going to get ugly. I planted a smile onto my face and tried to look as happy as I could no matter how much I wanted to run away on the inside.
Janine looked at me in clear shock at the words that she had just heard.
“A misunderstanding? I’m not sure what you’re referring to,” Janine said, her voice cunningly cold.
“My father made a mistake. He probably didn’t know that I’ve been dating Grace and so he made that proposal to your father,” Josh said apologetically.
“Your father and mine agreed for us to be engaged for the sake of our businesses. Surely, you won’t let such an insignificant thing like your relationship with that dear girl ruin everything, right?” Janine said as her sharp gaze fell on me.
Great. Just like her words, her gaze is making me feel like an ‘insignificant thing’. How rude can this woman be?!
No wonder Josh doesn’t want to marry her. No one on this planet should marry her!
I kept my mouth shut just as I was told and just sat next to Josh. Sebastian continued to be withdrawn and sat there in silence throughout the ordeal so far.
“I’m really in love with Grace,” Josh said passionately.
He’s such a good actor, honestly. If I didn’t know that he was faking it, I think I could have believed him. However, I knew that Janine would not back down that easily. Her mind seemed super made up to marry him.
“Really? You know, the last time I checked you were single and fooling around all over the place. Is this girl really your girlfriend?” Janine asked challengingly.
“Your sources are probably inaccurate then. I’ve been dating Grace for a while now,” Josh replied, unfazed.
“Hey, Grace. You’ve been so silent. Tell me, when is Josh’s birthday? His favorite food? His favorite color? His favorite holiday destination?” Janine asked me, her eyes wide and aggressive.
I couldn’t believe it. She’s really asking these questions to test me just as Josh had predicted. I racked my brain for the information from that little cheat sheet that Josh had me memorize. Slowly but correctly, I gave her the answers to all her questions.
“We’ve really been dating for a while now. I’m sorry for the misunderstanding as well,” I said in a small voice after I had answered her questions.
Janine looked at me with narrowed eyes as if still not believing our lies. I started wondering what we needed to do to get her to believe us so that we can finally go home.
“Kiss her, Josh,” Janine said with an evil grin.
What did she just say?