Chapter 36: Fake date
Celia
In the next two days, Harris managed to spread the rumor of our rtionship. Next day, when I reached
the office people were already gossiping about me and Harris. Tyler tried to talk to me but I shooed him
away. I know he is Bryan’s boyfriend and him being a traitor has very low chances but I can’t trust
anyone. It makes me think that he is a werewolf too and how can any werewolf inform Harris about
their existence and what would he trade this big information for.
I spent the whole next week thinking of a strategy to find that traitor so I can throw him in front of Chris
and reveal him and Harris in front of Chris. I am afraid he might kill this bastard but I hope he will find
some way to punish them instead of bing a murderer.
This whole week, I was trying to avoid J and Mary. Whenever they called I talked for less than a minute
carefully without making them doubt me. The night all this happened, he tortured me by making me
spend a night with him or should I say this like at his apartment. We both slept in different rooms.
I slept with a knife under my pillow, actually I didn’t sleep the whole night and kept waiting for Harris to
barge in my room and try something so I could kill him in my self defence and protect me. Yes, that was
my n to get rid of him but he didn’te and next morning he mocked me for staying awake with a
knife and thinking about him. I was so angry that I tried stabbing him then and there but he caught me
and punched me in my face.
After that incident, I was too careful because I don’t want to know how will he torture me other times. I
noticed Peter outside my building a few times, he even asked me about the phone calls with Jeanne
and Mary and then I knew Harris is watching my every move and waiting for me to make a mistake so
he can torture me but I will not give him a single chance. Even I made the first call to J myself to see if
he is checking my phone calls too.
It was Friday, when I went to his office during lunch time. He wants to y a game with me but the
game will be yed my way. I have a few things in my mind. If my small n worked well then I will try
something big to trap him.
“Here is my girlfriend.” He got up from his seat and walked towards me to give me a hug. I stood there
and turned my face when he tried to be himself, a jerk and tried giving me a kiss. I pushed him and
took a step back.
“So,what brought you here?” He leaned against the table and made himselffortable over there.
“Jeanne doesn’t believe that we’re dating and if she doesn’t believe then Christian also doesn’t believe.
We need to do something.” He frowned andughed. My nervousness grew more, but I was too
determined to make my n work. So, I red at him and made myself look like I am too serious.
“Why do you care so much if he doesn’t believe us? You should be relieved that he doesn’t trust this
false arrangement.”
“First thing, there is no us. Second, I was thinking since then and realised that you were right,
unfortunately that Christian is harmful for me.” I carefully took a step closer to him before speaking
further. I prepared my answers to his every possible question. “And if I want myself safe, I need him to
trust our false arrangement and leave me. And you know what monster he is, right? I should be away
from him.”
“Of course, I know what he is but I won’t help you getting from him. But I want to listen to what you
propose to make him believe we… pardon me… you and I are together.” He said with a stern face. HE
forgets to mock me.
“I want you to take me to dinner in a luxurious hotel. I am missing my New York City life.” I shrugged
trying my best to make him fall in my trap.
“I would like to deny your proposal to help you but taking you to dinner to make him jealous seems
quite entertaining to me. So, I will give you what you want.” He took a step forward and pinched my
chin with his one hand while his other hand grabbed my neck from behind.
“Try to outsmart me and I will make you pay with your best friend’s life.” He left me and enjoyed the
moment with me horrified. My one mistake and I will endanger the whole Dante family. I just need to be
careful and I will surely reach the traitor and after that I am free from this devil.
It is evening and I am ready with the most covered dress I have. I am wearing a ck bodycon dress
with a V-neck and full sleeves. I did my hair loose curls with a smoky eye look and nude lipstick. I was
waiting for Harris to pick me up for our fake date in my living room, walking across the room nervously,
I just wished my n works and I got some information. And since he hasn’t informed me of the
location, I don’t really have a particr n to make it work.
My phone rang and I ran downstairs grabbing my purse downstairs with nothing much but my lipstick,
phone, some money, pepper spray and pocket knife for emergency. I tried to look casual as I don’t
want to hint to Harris that I am interested in any way but still look tempting to make him drool. And I
knew it my look worked as I caught him off guard with his mouth and eyes both wide open which made
me sneer at him in disgust.
He drove us to the other side of the town and stopped in front of a quite luxurious hotel. Standing
outside the hotel I realised I do miss my New York City life with J, my parents and other friends. I made
a note to hang out in this side of the town as well as J, I and Mary didn’t visit this side but only after all
this is sorted out. I made a decision to tell everything to J about Chris and me after this sort. I am not
going to lie to her anymore.
I went in with him and we ordered our dishes and drinks. I chose to check my phone to avoid him.
When I thought of asking him for dinner I forgot I will have to spend time with him and tolerate him at
dinner. But I need to know more about him and spend more time with so he can trust me a bit to have
me around him. He spoke and broke the trail of my thoughts and brought me back.
“Why did you order vegetable sd on my behalf? Did I ask you or you know a lot about me?” He
gritted between his teeth showing his irritation but kept his anger in check as we are in a public ce
and we are pretending to be a happy couple in love.
“It is healthy to eat and if you didn’t want to eat it you could have denied it for yourself. I thought you
should have something healthy too as you didn’t order anything healthy.” I just shrugged it off and
continued using my phone trying my best to not look afraid of him or bring attention to us. Because I
know soon I will lose my temper. I am scrolling through my social media ount and looking at uploads
of my friends. Linda and John were on a datest night while Shelly uploaded a funny video of Matt. I
smiled looking at their pictures and their happy lives.
This is from N?velDrama.Org.
“What are you, my wife or mother? I should eat healthy too… my foot.” He scoffed in anger and went
back to his phone.
“I want a leave on Monday.” I told him without looking at him not wanting to see his face. But I know he
stopped using his phone and looked up at me in amusement as if I gave a child a new toy to y with.
“Can I know the reason why my girlfriend wants to leave me alone at the office?” He asked with a pot
which made scoff this time. I looked up at him with a fake smile trying to control my emotions and from
shouting at him and screaming for help.
“My parents are visiting me. I need to spend time with them so better ept my leave for Monday and
Tuesday. Our colleagues will consider you as a ruthless and arrogant boyfriend who doesn’t even let
his girlfriend hang out with her parents, won''t they?”
He said something in response but something got my attention and I forgot to listen to him and his
reply. It was Chris with some red headed woman wearing a blue gown which reached her knees and off
shoulder neck who is holding one of his hands with both of her hands andughing hysterically as they
head towards the tables. I was fuming in anger as they came closeughing and enjoying each other’s
This man flooded my phone with a number of calls and messages but from this morning I didn''t get a
single message or call. So, that is where he was too busy and I was trying to find the traitor in his pack
to help him by tolerating this a**hole.
‘Did he ask you to tolerate this man or for your help to find the traitor?’ I shut my inner voice when
Harris threw his hand in front of my face and started waving to bring my attention to him. I sighed and
tried to calm myself but the only thing I could hear was theirugh and mumbled talks. And there she
with my boyfriend. Harris turned in the direction of my eyesight and startedughing and enjoying
Chris’s betrayal to me.
“Do you know why I brought you here only because I knew he will be here tonight with someone. Here,
they are.” I looked away from their direction and gulped down the ss of water when Harris chuckled
before opening his mouth and shouted.
“Hey Christian, what a coincidence.” He stood up calling them towards us and there our eyes met. I
could see the shock and anger in his eyes as his jaw clenched and he gulped down visibly. I put on a
smile and got up too to greet both of them. Harris practically hugged both of them while I just stood
there.
“Celia, this is Olivia Christian’s girlfriend and Olivia...” The red headed woman cut him in between and
introduced herself again.
“It is Olivia, Christian’s friend. I guess you’re Harris’s date.” She had a radiant genuine smile which
reached to her ears. She has blue eyes which make her look cute. Wait a second, I remember Jeanne
told me Christian was never in a rtionship with anyone after Olivia, is she the same Olivia? I shook
her hand and tried to control myself from bursting here in the restaurant and p Christian.
“I am Celia, Harris’s girlfriend.” As I said the word ‘girlfriend’ Christian’s jaw clenched and I did a happy
dance inside thinking that maybe she is really just his friend but they didn’t look like so when they
approached the tables. ‘Stop thinking too much Celia, she said she is just his friend. You’re a modern
girl of the 21st century, damn.’
We all sat down together and they both gave their orders too. There was an awkward silence between
us which broke when Olivia spoke first and asked us about our rtionship. Seeing the clenched jaw
and balled fist of Chris, I enjoyed teasing him and telling the fake love story of mine and Harris. He was
sitting on the chair sideways with his chin resting on his one hand on the table. His eyes never left me
until Olivia said something to him.
I teased the hell out of him when I told our story where he asked me to be his as mine and Harris’s
story. He excused himself to the washroom and left. I tried once to excuse myself but Harris stopped
me from going anywhere. I talked to Olivia and got to know she just returned with her husband, ke
from some town in Ohio where she lives with him. She was not as happy as before when she talked
about her husband, even though she didn’t talk much about him or her rtionship.
We ate the dinner in silence while Harris was trying to talk to Chris about one thing or another. I don’t
get one thing what he is getting from all these talkings. I ignored himpletely and enjoyed talking to
Olivia who shared some moments of their childhood together. I got to know that Chris was a happy
child but was always protective of her, J and Mary. He always protected them with Ethan from the other
boys.
After dinner, Harris and I left in his car while Olivia and Chris left in their individual cars. I breathed a
sigh of relief, they didn’te in one car, she is already married and they are actually just friends. She
is his ex-girlfriend about whom J told me. I just hope they are just friends and neither of them thinks of
the other more than just a friend. We left with a promise to each other that Olivia and I will definitely
meet for lunch once before she leaves the town again.
“So, how was it? It turned out that you became friends with the ex-girlfriend of your boyfriend.” He had
a goodugh as he said it. I just sighed and chose to ignore him as my n was quite sessful and I
hope my next n will also go the way I want. He left me under my building and left. I was relieved as
he left.
As I unlocked my apartment, I was pushed inside by someone and heard a click of locking the door.