Get Ex-boyfriend's Best Friend

Get Ex-boyfriend's Best Friend

Beverly Carington I sat in front of the plain looking girl and crossed my leg. I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms in front of my chest. "Jack and Carrie, they will have their wedding in 2 days. I want you to rui...

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Chapter 1 Preview

Beverly Carington

I sat in front of the plain looking girl and crossed my leg. I raised my eyebrows and crossed my arms in front of my chest.

"Jack and Carrie, they will have their wedding in 2 days. I want you to ruin them so I can have Jack." She pushed the invitation. I took the invitation and then she handed me their photos.

"Tell me more about him." I said as I read the invitation.

"Jack Eduardo is a surgeon and we've been working together for almost 6 years."

"Him.. I don't care about you." I looked up to her and said it coldly.

"He's 29 years old. Born in Texas and moved to New York when he was 17. His mom died in a car crash and his dad got back to Texas again and stay there. Jack has an older brother and he lives in London with his british wife."

"Hobbies? Favorite club?"

"He loves basketball and he always plays it with his best friends every Saturday night." She answered.

"Clubs? Exgirlfriends?"

"No exgirlfriend because he's a workaholic. He rarely goes to clubs."

"Well this is going to be hard.."

"But.. he loves to go to this strip club with his best friends once a month." She said and that made me smirk.

"Nice information." I said as I put down the invitation and Jack's photo. I looked up to her and leaned back to the chair.

"5.000$."

"1.000$." She said and I shook my head.

"You gave me this task 2 days before the actual wedding, I need extra. 5.000 or you will see him get married."

"What if you fail?" She asked and I laughed.

"I never fail in any of this. Decide fast because I have another meeting." I got up and took my clutch with me.

"Okay fine." She said as she gave me a small black bag. I smiled and took it.

"I'll check it later.. and if there's no 5.000$, be ready to see him get married." I said in a bitchy tone and walked out from the cafe. I got into my car and put my sunglasses on. I drove away to the bank and put the 5.000$ into my account.

I got back into my car and drove towards the Hastington Hotel. I parked in the basement and read again about my target. His name is Robert and he's been dating his girlfriend for 3 years, after that I started to get ready. I wiped my nude lipstick off and put my red lipstick on. I pulled my hair and wrapped it in a bun. I put on my black wig and brush it until it's in place. I checked my look one more time and yup it's done.x

I shortened up my black dress and got out of the car. I walked into the hotel and went straight into the restaurant. I sat down on a random empty seat and the waiter gave me the menu. I told him that I will order later on and now I began to look for my target.

Found him.. he's sitting at the bar. I got up and walked towards him. I sat right beside him and ordered 2 glasses of martini.

"Interesting book." I said pretending to look at the bar and then turned my head to him. He turned to me and smiled as he glanced at me from head to toe.

"Yeah it is.."

"I read the 1st one but.. how about you tell me what's in the second book?" I asked not in a flirty tone, just regular. The bartender gave me 2 glasses of martini and I sipped it.

"Well.. the second book is about.. uhmm he went to Russia and the" He suttered a little bit and I raised my eyebrows.

"I'm Patricia, Patty for short." I said as I put out my hand and he shook it.

"I'm Rob." He said and of course I already knew that.

"So.. tell me more about it." I said and I leaned closer to him. He gulped nervously and kept glancing at me and then the book and then back to me. I sipped my Martini slowly but stopped looking at him.

"He went to Russia and worked there. He built this" He put his hand on the book and I pretended to put my hand on his hand pointing and reading the book together.

"Is it worth it to read the second one?" I whispered and looked at him. He turned to me and our faces were so close to each other.

"Yeah, it's worth it." He said in a small tone. He glanced to my chest and then back to my eyes. I took my glass of martini and sipped it. I pretended to spill my drink to my thigh. I cursed and looked for a tissue.

"Here." Rob gave me his handkerchief. I wiped my right thigh first but he helped me to wipe the other thigh. I smiled at him.

"Thankyou Rob, I'm so clumsy sometimes." I said and he put his hand on my thigh. He caressed it and I smirked. He got the bait. Why are men really easy to seduce? They're all stupid. I put my hand on his hand leading him to reach the top of my thigh.

"Robert!" He turned his head towards his girlfriend and pulled his hand away.

"Selena.." Robert was speechless. I got out of there even though his girlfriend called me again and again. I ignored her and before I walked out from the restaurant, I winked at my client and she gave me a big thumbs up. I walked out and finished my task.

That's my job everybody.

Don't worry, I won't sleep or make out with the target. I only need them to touch me or I can make them pass out and pretend that I'm pregnant later on. It's easy and I get a lot of money from it.

I know.. sometimes the target's partner will try to find me but no one can. I'm invisible and I'm good at it. I never even give anyone my real name. All they know is that I'm Red and I will live all my life with that name.

Let's see.. I have another missing later on tonight at 8.

Let's do this..

Chapter 2 Preview

Clyde Dante

I walked into the church and looked for the groom's waiting room. Today is my best friend's wedding day and I'm so happy for him. He and Carrie are a really great couple because they support each other and of course love each other.

Jack is the type of guy that is hard to fall in love with, just like me. I'm glad that he found his match and it's been a long time since I've seen him smiling widely. Jack's parents died in a car crash around 2 years ago and that got him good. Carrie found him when he was on the lowest point of his life. She supports him and brings back the old Jack back.

I knocked on the door and opened it. I found Jack inside the room practicing his vows. He stopped when he was me and he hugged me right away.

"So you're here for good now?" He asked.

"Yup, I'm back in New York for good." I said and he patted my shoulder.

"Dude.. at last.. I'm getting married." He said and I laughed.

"Yeah, you're getting married." I said and he chuckled.

"Gosh.. Carrie, she's so amazing and I can't wait to have her for the rest of my life." He said and I nodded.

"Congratulations man, I'm happy for you." I patted his arm and he looked at me with this weird look.

"When will you get married? Oh yeah.. you're married to your work already."

"Yes, I am."

"You should settle down, you know.. get married, have kids.." He said and I shook my head.

"Not now, dude. So you're going to have the reception twice?" I asked and he nodded.

"Yeah, so today only our friends and my family will come and then we will go to San Francisco to celebrate with her friends and family. The people that are coming today.. you all know them. It's basically my closest friends and family." He said.

"Well that's great, at least, I know everybody."

"Sorry dude, you can't find a new hot girl in here." He said and I chuckled.

"I don't need a girl right now. I still love my work."

"Geez Clyde, you should live your life like Bonnie and Clyde. Your life is so dull and I wish you can meet someone crazy to turn your life a little bit." He said.

"I'll see you later." I said and I walked towards the door. I walked out and walked towards the church. I bumped into someone and when I wanted to say sorry.. I raised my eyebrows.

"I'm sorry." She said and walked past me towards the groom's waiting room. I felt weird and I ran towards her and I hid behind the wall when I found her calling someone.

"I know.. don't worry. Okay.. I will. I'm going towards Jack's room." She said and then ended the call. I caught her arm and made her turn to me.

"Who are you?" I asked this black haired girl with green eyes. I don't know her and I bet Jack doesn't know her either.

"Who are you?" She asked me as she pushed my arm away. I raised my eyebrows.

"I asked you first and you asked me back. How do you know Jack?" I asked as I looked straight into her eyes.

"How can I not know Jack? He's the father of our baby." She said as she pointed at her bump. What?

"What? How?" I asked her disbelief.

"What do you mean how? We had sex, that's why." She hissed and she walked away towards Jack's room. Before she can burst inside.. I picked her up in bridal style to get rid of her but she punched me and jumped from my arms. I looked at her disbelief.. like crazily disbelief.

"Who are you anyway?" She bursted angrily.

"Jack's best friend." I answered and she walked to me slowly. She punched me and kicked my jewel. I fell on my knee completely in pain. She walked away but I quickly got up and ran towards her. I'm not letting my friend have this crazy woman on his way.

I picked up this girl again on my shoulder and I felt something cushy. Hey, she's not pregnant! That made me angry and when she tried to fight back. I really held her tight so she cannot do anything. I got out from the back and put her into my car. I drove out from the church with her trying to destroy my car.

I drove fast when suddenly she held my steering wheel. My eyes widen and pushed her so she can sit back on her seat. She turned the streeing wheel to the left side and I tried to control back but it's too late. My car crashed a big tree and my head bumped the steering wheel.

I turned to see the girl got out from my car and I quickly got out before she ruined Jack's wedding. I ran towards her and caught her arm. She has a lot of scratched on her arms because of the scattered glass.

"What's your name?"

"Let go of me!" She said as she pushed her nails into my skin. I let her go immediately and she walked away. She called someone and then threw her phone away. I ran towards her and stood in front of her.

"What?" She asked me in a boring tone.

"You're not pregnant." I stated and she raised up her dress. She threw away the small pillow.

"Tell me why do you want to tell Jack that you're pregnant when you're clearly not pregnant." I asked and she looked at me coldly.

"You sure talk a lot." She said coldly as she pulled down the strap of her dress stripping. I closed my eyes and she laughed.

"Naive." She said and I opened my eyes right away. She has another dress inside her dress. She threw it away and then pushed me to the side.

"Who is this girl? Why is she trying to ruin Jack's marriage?"

Chapter 3 Preview

Beverly Carington

"What happened?" Becca asked and I looked up to her.

"I fought with a guy who ruined my plan." I said and she sat across me.

"So you failed the mission?"

"Yeah and I have to give back the 5.000$." I hissed as I threw the cotton pad.

"Is he hot?" I glared at Becca.

"Do you think I care about that?" I said coldly.

"Oh come on, stop helping others and have a life! Go out and date a cute guy or something."

"No way." I said as I pulled out my wig. I threw it to the side and took off my bun.

"I hate that guy because I lost my 5K."

"Tell me the whole story." She said and I told her all of it. She smirked at me and I looked at her bored.

"So he knows that you're trying to ruin his best friend's wedding?"

"Yeah and I crashed his car." I said like it was nothing.

"Bev, is it a really expensive car?"

"Yeah, it's a lambo." I answered and walked into the bathroom. I took a shower after covering my scratches. I hate that guy and I will curse him that he won't have any luck for his love life.

Tomorrow I have 2 tasks and I have to do better than today. For 4 years, I never failed and yesterday I failed which is so annoying. After I took a shower, I walked out from the bathroom and changed into my PJs. I threw myself to my bed and went to sleep.

I opened my eyes and it's 7 already. I jumped back into the shower and put on my white long sleeve dress. I dried my hair and pulled it into a bun. I put my brunette wig on. I put my makeup on and put my heels on. I walked out without telling Becca because I bet she's still sleeping.

Are you all asking if I love my job? The answer is no. I hate my job but I can make money fast so I love it. I started this job because I failed a lot of times when I'm applying for a job. Becca came out with this idea because at first, I was just helping my friend to break up with her boyfriend but suddenly people asked for my help and even gave me money when I didn't ask for any.

I've been doing this for 4 years since I was 22 years old.

I never have a boyfriend in my life too because I hate being attach too much. Besides.. I don't need love from a man to live my life. All I need is a friend and money. I have Becca and a lot of money so my life is complete.

I got into my Ferrari and went straight to the cafe where my next target is. I got out from my car when a call came. I answered it.

"Ms. Red, I need your help."

"I guess your friend was my client because you called me right away instead of sending me an email." I said in a serious tone.

"Yes, I really need your help."

"Read the instructions." I ended the call and shut off my work phone. I walked into the cafe and found my target right away. He's alone drinking his coffee. I walked to him with a smile plastered on my face.

"Mind if I sit here?" I asked and the guy looked at me from head to toe. He smiled and gestured me to sit. The waiter came to me and I ordered an americano and cheese cake.

"Thankyou for giving me the seat, it's so crowded in here." I said smiling widely to my target named Thomas. I crossed my leg and he glanced at it.

"It's okay. Besides.. it's Sunday and it's always crowded here. Are you waiting for someone?"

"Yup. I'm waiting for my friend." I said and I dropped my phone to the floor. I took it and I know he's looking at my breast.

"I'm Daisy. How about you?" I said as I sat back on my seat.

"I'm.. I'm Thomas."

"Thankyou once again, Thomas. So you're alone here?" I asked and bit my lip. He gulped looking at me.

"Yes, I'm alone. So you often come here?"

"Yeah, every Sunday. Why?" I leaned forward and put my arm on the table. I support my chin on my hand looking at me sweetly instead of being so flirty and sexy.

"Really? How come I never see you?"

"Sometimes I will come here at night.. sometimes.. now." I put my hair to the back and pretended to fan myself to show my cleavage and shoulder.

"When will she come?" I asked myself as I pretended to check my phone.

"Do you want to get a drink sometimes?" He asked and I smirked.

"Sure." I have time to ruin my target in front of me. My client gave me 3 weeks so I still have time to ruin him. I need to make the girl believe that he's cheating with me.

Me and Thomas exchanged phone numbers and when I wanted to ask him to have a drink this Saturday someone butt in.

"Baby.." I turned my head to see.. the guy from yesterday! My eyes widened and he smirked widely.

"Baby? Is he your boyfriend?" Thomas asked and I turned to Thomas. I winked at him signaling him that it's okay. Thomas nodded secretly.

"Let's go babe, it's too crowded here." The guy said as he pulled me up.

"Bye, Thomas. Thankyou for letting me sit." I said and winked again at him. The guy held my hand tightly and dragged me out. I held his hand back and dig my nails into his skin. We walked out from the cafe and he pulled me into a small alley.

"Who the heck are you?" He pinned me to the wall and looked straight into my eyes.

"It's kinda fascinating to see a man trying to butt into my business." I smirked.

Chapter 4 Preview

Clyde Dante

I really need a coffee. I need a coffee. I need a coffee.

I walked into my favorite cafe across my office and walked straight into the ordering section. I ordered my black coffee and then waited for them to make it. It's Sunday so it's so crowded today. As I wait for my coffee, I love to observe people and I just looked at the people inside the cafe until my eyes landed on a girl.

I raised my eyebrows when I realized that this girl looked familiar. My eyes widened when I realized that she's the girl from yesterday. Yesterday she had black hair with green eyes and today.. She has brunette hair with brown eyes. Who is this girl? I decided to walk to her.

"Baby.." I said as I put my hands on her bare shoulder. She turned to me with her eyes widened and I smirked. She remembers me.

"Baby? Is he your boyfriend?" The guy in front of her asked and she turned to him right away.

"Let's go babe, it's too crowded here." I said as I pulled her up so she can stand up.

"Bye, Thomas. Thankyou for letting me sit." She said sweetly. I held her hand and she digging in her nails again to me. I cursed under my breath and dragged her out quickly. I dragged her into a small alley and pinned her to the wall.

"Who the heck are you?" I asked and looked straight into her eyes. Today she has brown eyes when she had green eyes yesterday.

"It's kinda fascinating to see a man trying to butt into my business." She smirked.

"You tried to ruin my best friend's wedding yesterday and now you're trying to ruin that man's life? Who are you and what is your damn job?" I bursted and she pushed me with her index finger on my chest.

"But Jack already got married right? Your bestfriend is safe." She said.

"You crashed my car to the tree yesterday. I can sue you for that."

"You're the one who put me into your car, why are you blaming me?" She said, smirking as she crossed her arms in front of her chest. I was speechless and this was the first time that a girl made me speechless.

"If you didn't put me into your car, yesterday's incident will never happen. Besides, Jack is happily married to Carrie right? Why bother butting into my business?" She asked and again.

"So your job is to ruin people's relationship? Is that what you do?" I asked and she put her hands in my chest. I took this opportunity to take her bag. I opened it and poured everything to the ground. She just chuckled looking at me.

"Daisy?" I said as I read her name on the ID. Wait?! This is not a real ID. I learned this from Josh because he's a policeman.

"What's your real name?" I asked as I looked at her again.

"You can't read?" She asked sarcastically.

"I'm not dumb, this is a fake ID." I said and she smirked.

"Smart boy." I took out my phone and called Josh.

"Hey Clyde, what's up?"

"I need you to arrest someone." I said and her face fell. I smirked looking at her.

"Where?" Josh asked.

"The small alley beside the cafe that I always go to." I said and she rolled her eyes.

"Arrest who?" I put Josh in the loudspeaker and this girl just looked at it bored.

"This girl ha.." Before I could finish my sentence, she kicked my hand and kicked my phone to the wall. Very impressive.

"Now you broke my phone after crashing my car. You're coming with me!" I'm damn pissed now. I held her arm tightly and then took my phone from the ground. I dragged her out from the alley. I took her car keys out and pressed the button to know where her car is.

She kept following me calmly which made me a little bit aware. She will do something, I know that. She kept calm all the time and I heard a sound. I followed the sound and we arrived in front of a black ferrari. I turned to her and she just looked at me bored.

I put her into her car and locked her from the outside. I got into the driver seat and she kept calm until she suddenly electrified me.

"Idiot." I heard she said before I fainted.

I slowly opened my eyes and got up. I looked around and I'm already sitting in front of my own house. I looked around again and found no one. I looked down and found a small memo attached to my body.

You're an idiot.

Daisy

I cursed myself for being this dumb. Curse that woman! I walked into my house and shit! My car is at the office. I took a taxi back to my office. I looked at the cafe from earlier and decided to go there. I asked the owner if I can check the CCTV footage. They let me and I took a picture of that girl. I walked out from the cafe.

"Clyde!" I turned to see Gabe.

"Hey Gabe." I hugged him briefly and he saw the picture on my phone.

"Who's that and why is your phone like this?"

"The girl who almost ruined Jack's wedding." Gabe raised his eyebrows.

"The girl that I told you." I said.

"Aaa that girl.. the girl who crashed your car?" How can he forgot it? It happened yesterday.

"Yeah."

"So you found her?"

"I met her again and this time.. she electrified me and dropped me in front of my house."

"Wow.. I'm kinda curious with her." He said as he took my phone.

"He kicked my phone to the wall until it became like this." I said and Gabe laughed.

"So she crashed your car, broke your phone, dropped your body in front of your house when you fainted, kicked you, punched you.. Gosh, I like her already. What's her name?"

"Her fake ID name is Daisy." I said.

"Daisy? That's a cute name even though it's not her real name."

"She's fucking crazy."

"And why do you care?" Gabe asked and that made me turn to him.

"He almost ruined Jack's wedding."

"But she didn't." Gabe said the same thing as that girl.

Chapter 5 Preview

Beverly Carington

I looked at myself in the mirror and checked my outfit for tonight one more time. Today I'm wearing black hair wig and green contacts. I wore a really beautiful long red dress with slit on the left side. I got down from my apartment and drove my car towards the ballroom where my target is.

As soon as I arrived, I gave my car to the valet chauffeur and I walked inside the ballroom. I started to look for my target until my eyes landed on my client. He gave me a smirk and he pointed at someone. Yes, it's the target.

I walked there and took a glass of champagne.

"Hey Edric." I said and Edric looked at me weirdly.

"Sorry, do I know you?"

"You must be his friend." I smiled to the girl beside him.

"I'm his girlfriend."

"Girlfriend?" I looked at Edric and I don't need to do anything else because the girl will be suspicious. This guy named Edric has been cheating behind his girlfriend. My client, Wesley loves her and wanted my help to prove that Edric here is a cheater.

"Who are you?"

"Oh.. I'm Emily. Edric here is my friend's boyfriend. I can't believe you cheated on Holly!" I said coldly to him. Holly does exist and he's one of Edric's other girlfriends who doesn't know that her boyfriend has a lot of girlfriends. Holly and my client attended the same college so.. I asked for Holly permission to use her name. She agreed because she's damn pissed too.

"You have another girlfriend?" She bursted angrily and I'm done with my work. I gestured my client that it's done. He smirked and mouthed thank you. My work here is done and now I need to get out from here.

I walked out from the ballroom and someone caught my arm. I turned to see.. no shit! It's that guy again but this time he got a camera with him.

"Got you." He smirked and I tried to pull my arm away from him but he gripped it tighter.

"Thanks." He said to someone and I turned to see my client, Wesley. I looked at Wesley disbelief.

"Don't worry, Edric case is not a lie. I really love Kesley." Wesley said and smiled to me. I looked at him in disbelief and then turned to the guy. He dragged me towards the lift and he dragged me inside.

"You can't run away from now on." He said as he handcuffed my hand.

"Hey! Let me go!" I hissed.

"So.. Ms. Red." I stepped on his feet with high heels causing him to groan in pain. Instead of letting me go, he held me tighter than before. He dragged me out to the 21 floor and yes it's a hotel. He dragged to room 203.

"Let me go!" He locked the door and pushed me to the bed. He pulled my wig and took off my hair band making my blonde hair fall down.

"Let me go!" I bursted angrily but he stopped me by leaning his face to mine.

"So you got a lot of money for this huh?" He asked.

"What's your problem? Why are you butting into someone else's business? Are you jobless?" I bursted angrily right into his face. He smirked and walked towards the table.

I looked straight to the door to find a way out and when he's busy with his camera. I ran my ass off to the door but he caught me. He pinned me to the wall hard causing my back hurting.

"Isn't it crazy that I find you everywhere?" He asked and we both looked at each other like we will kill each other in seconds. He grabbed the handcuff and dragged me back in. He dragged me to the table and my eyes widened to see that he has taken a lot of photos of me on a lot of occasions in the past 3 months.

"How.. how.." I was speechless.

"I don't know but I found you everywhere and I captured this so you believe. I saw everything that you did until I found one of your clients." I was speechless. I turned to him.

"So.. what are you going to do with me?" I asked.

"I want you to stop or else I will sue you and tell you to the police." He said and I sighed.

"What do you want? Your repair car fees? A new phone? What do you want?" I asked as I looked at all the photos that he captured. I turned to him and he didn't say a word.

"See.. you don't even know what you want. What exactly is your problem until you need to capture me like this? I mean you can go tell the police and sue me." I said and he turned to me coldly.

"What's your name?"

"Emily."

"No.. your real name." He asked.

"Daisy."

"Your real name!" He bursted and that made me startled.

"Samantha."

"Your real name!"

"How about this.. I will help you to get the woman you love. How's that?" I asked.

"No."

"You don't love anyone? Are you gay?" I asked and he looked at me coldly. He leaned his head to me as he held my handcuff so I couldn't go anywhere.

"What's your name? Answer me when I'm still nice."

"Hilton."

"Your real name!" He bursted.

"Let me go first." I said gesturing my hand.

"No."

"You're still an idiot huh?" I asked and he looked at me angrily. He grabbed my small bag and took everything out. He tried to find something to reveal my identity but.. I'm not dumb.

"Just tell me what you want.. I'll give it to you."

"One million dollar." He said and my eyes widened. Uh.. I don't have that much money. I might have a lot of money but not that many.

"I'll give you 50.000$, how's that sound?"

"One million dollar or I will tell the police and expose you to the media." He hissed.

"Besides that? Anything? Please.. anything.." I begged.

"Anything? Really? Anything?" He smirked and I nodded. He took a brown envelope from the table. He took the letter out and put it in front of me.

"Are you kidding me?"

"You're good at lying and good at acting so.. sign the contract."

"I can't stay in LA for 1 year!" I bursted and he smirked.

"Find someone else!"

"No.. I need a girl who can act and lie." He said and he gave me a pen.

"1 million dollar or this?"

"I can't make money, you idiot!"

"I'll give you money." I scoffed hearing him say that.

"No!"

"Then say goodbye to freedom and"

"Fine!" I signed the contract and he smirked widely.

"Good girl."

Chapter 6 Preview

Beverly Carington

"You what?!" Becca asked me in disbelief.

"I will move to LA for 1 year."

"I can't believe he's that evil."

"I cursed him and now God cursed me. It's crazy that he found me all the time."

"Don't you think it's time for you to.. you know.. take a rest from this sinful job and have a little life a little?"

"What life? I'm dealing with a psychopath." I rolled my eyes.

"I think it's kinda fate."

"Fate? Fate my ass. I don't believe in fate." I hissed.

"Oh come on, he's hot. You're making a deal with a hot guy. I won't complain if I were you." Becca smirked and I threw a pillow to her face.

"Shut up and help me choose my outfit." I said and she helped me to pack. That bastard is waiting outside my room in the living room. He's waiting for me to pack my bag because we have to go to fucking LA tonight.

I took a shower and dried my hair. I curled it and put my makeup on. I put on my highwaisted black jeans and a white crop top. I put on my adidas sneakers and walked out from my room with my luggage.

"Congratulations, I'm 100 years old now." He said sarcastically.

"I hope you die quickly." I said and I turned my body to Becca.

"I'll see you soon.. you should visit me soon." I said as I hugged her.

"Yeah, I'll see you soon. Find a hot guy there." Becca said and I nodded.

"Take care and you bastard.." She pointed at him and he raised his eyebrows.

"If you dare hurt my friend, I will cut your balls." I laughed and Becca winked at me.

"Funny." He said flatly. We walked out from my apartment and I took a taxi to go to the airport. None of us talk because we both are not interested in talking to each other.

As soon as we got into the airport, we checked into the first class section. We put our luggage in and waited for our flight at the VIP lounge.

We sat across each other and looked at each other with hate.

"Your name.." Yup he still doesn't know my name. I booked the ticket by myself earlier and put his credit card number in by myself.

"Your name first.." We still don't know each other's names. Weird? Yes.

"Clyde Dante."

"Clyde as in Bonnie and Clyde?" I asked and laughed a little. He glared at me and I stopped laughing.

"Beverly, Beverly Carrington." He looked at me like he doesn't believe me. I threw my passport to his face and he caught it before it lands on his face. He checked it and nodded. He threw the passport back to me.

"Why 1 year?"

"Because it's the most realistic amount of time for couples to break up." He said.

"We're not playing a dating couple.. we're playing as an engaged couple here. I can't stand being near you for 1 year." I bursted.

Apparently Clyde here asked me to get engaged to him for 1 year. We're going to live in his family's house and all I have to do is to be the bitch fiance. I need to make them hate me and then.. I need to make a big fight with Clyde and boom.. break up.

I bet my parents will be so proud of me.

"You don't have any boyfriends or something like that right?"

"Boyfriends? I might be a girl who has a job ruining other people's relationship but I never have more than one boyfriend because I never had a boyfriend before."

"What? Are you normal or what?" He asked and I glared at him.

"I will never open up myself to you, Bonnie. Normal or not normal.. you already picked me so bare with it!"

"We have to be realistic when we get there." He said.

"I'm good in acting and lying. Don't worry.. as long as you let me do a lot of skinships with you. I'm damn fine."

"You can do whatever you want."

"Good." I smirked and he looked at me suspiciously. We both turned silent again and I looked out the window. I will miss New York.

Suddenly there's an announcement that we have to board into our airplane. I got up from my seat and sluck my backpack. Clyde got up too and we walked together to the airplane. We got in and sat down side by side. I put my seatbelt on and put my bag on the side.

"Bev? Ely? Bever? What should I call you?"

"Bev or Beverly." I turned my head to Clyde and he nodded. We promised not to talk about our private life. I don't want to know why he has to go back to LA and have this fake marriage.

"Did you stalk me?" I asked.

"Stalk you? I'm a busy man and I don't have time to stalk you."

"Then how come you always caught me?" I asked, raising my eyebrows completely suspicious.

"Ask God."

"You can ignore it. Why do you care so much?" I asked and he glared at me. I hissed and leaned back to my seat. I closed the window between us because I don't want to see his face until we arrive in LA.

I fell asleep right away even before the take off.

"Wake up.. hey Beef.. wake up." I opened my eyes slowly and got up slowly. Clyde took off my seatbelt and he slipped a ring into my ring finger. I looked at it in horror and turned to him.

"We're in LA. Let's go."

"So I'm your fiance now?" I asked annoyed.

"Yeah." He nodded and then walked away. I took my bag and followed him out. We claimed our baggage first and then.. here we go.

I linked my arm to his and we walked out from the baggage claim section. There's already a family with a big placard written 'Welcome Home, Clyde Dante.'

Oh boy..

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Clyde Dante

Don't ask me why I keep seeing this girl for the past 3 months. We keep bumping each other, I mean not technically bumping each other but I kept seeing her everywhere and she was always with a different guy every time.

I found myself taking a photo of her different appearance. She kept changing her wigs from black, brunette, redhead and light brown. From long hair to short hair too. She wore a lot of contact lenses from green, blue and brown.

One week before I caught Beverly big time, my grandma called me that she asked me for a big favor. She asked me to stay back in LA where all my family are for 1 year to celebrate her 100th birthday. My family begged me to spend time in LA and I know it's been a long time since I visited them.

I was staying in UK for 2 years and I just got back from UK and now I have to go to LA for 1 year. My grandma keep asking me if I have a girlfriend or no and I kept telling her that I don't have any. Not only my grandma but everyone in my family. I kept begging them to leave me alone.. and they keep lecturing me that I'm almost 30. Gosh.. they're so annoying.

After hundreds of calls, I decided to go to LA but not alone. I need to find a girl who can make my family hate her so they won't force me to get into a relationship again. My mind went straight to Beverly. I caught her and lured her to take the bait and she did. She decided to help but I'm glad for that.

I mean.. she owed me a lot. My car and my phone and my balls that she kicked.

After we took our luggage, we walked out from that section. Beverly linked her arm to me as we walked out. I saw my family already because they literally brought a big pla card that's write 'Welcome Home, Clyde Dante'

I looked at them disbelief and they hugged me right away. There's my parents, my grandmother, my aunt and her husband and my cousins. I realized that Bev was left behind. I turned to her and held her hand.

"Guys, this is Beverly Carington, she's my fiance." I said as I showed them the ring.

"Hello. I'm Beverly. Nice to meet you?" She said in a shy tone. They looked at her weirdly for a while but my grandma hugged her right.

"Nice to meet you, Beverly. I don't know until when will Clyde hide you from me. He has been so secretive these days." My grandma said as she held Bev's hand.

"Nice to meet you, Bev." The others hugged her. Later on, she needs to act like a bitch at home.

"Let's go home." My dad said and smiled. I nodded.

"Let's go babe." I said to Bev and she smiled to me. I was startle because that's the first time I've seen her genuinely smile. She held my hand and leaned her head to my arm.

Gosh this girl is too good when it comes to acting. She acted so natural instead of awkward. I laughed at myself for being an idiot. Of course she's good. She went out with thousands of guys and ruined their relationship by flirting.. kissing.. maybe even have sex.

We put our luggage at the back of the car and we will be riding with my dad, mom and grandma. Grandma sat between me and Beverly. She smiled all the time completely happy to the fact that I'm back in LA with a fiance.

"So where did you two meet?"

"Oh, I was out with my boyfriend.. I mean exboyfriend and then I bumped into Clyde at the club." Beverly said and my grandma looked at her weirdly. Yes! That's the spirit.

"Yup, that's how we meet."

"What do you like about Clyde?" My grandma asked again.

"He's rich." Beverly answered bluntly. I wanted to laugh so bad but I can't. I kept controlling my face not to laugh. My grandma turned to me and looked at me weirdly.

"Anything else?"

"He's handsome and good in bed." Gosh! I want to laugh so bad. My dad and mom looked at each other with a really idon'tlikeher expression.

"Oh.. he has a really sexy body." She added and I leaned my head back and closed my eyes. I'm trying so hard to control my laughter.

"Really? I told my husband that too!" Wait! What?

"Really?" Bev asked her disbelief.

"Yes and that's the truth." Grandma said and she laughed. She held Bev's hand and patted it. Oh boy! I know that gesture a lot.

"How old are you?"

"I'm 26." Well I just know about that tooz

"What college did you go?"

"New York University."

"What major?"

"Architect but now I'm jobless." What? Architect?

"Aww you both are an architect and why are you jobless? You can work in Clyde's company." My grandma said.

"Aren't you supposed to be embarrassed for being jobless?" My mom asked in a cold tone.

"I mean.. Clyde is rich, I don't need a job anymore." Good! I saw my mom's jaw drop down to the floor.

"What if Clyde doesn't have a job later on? You should have a job." My mom asked.

"You can't handle Clyde 100%." My dad said.

"Yes, I can." She said confidently.

"Can you cook?" My mom asked.

"Yup, water." She answered and I wanted to clap my hands so bad. She's so damn good.

"Oh my." My mom sighed and my grandma looked at me disbelief. I bet they will give a lecture at night. I glanced at Bev and she winked at me. I looked away and smirked.

She's damn good. Now I kinda get it why people pay her to act. She's good and so natural.

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Beverly Dante

I looked out to the window to see Clyde and his family talking, laughing and still hugging each other. I found myself a little bit envious that he still has a family to be with. I sighed and sat down on the sofa closing my eyes to take a rest for a while.

I did pretend to be bitchy and a little bit annoying earlier but I can't fully act. I know they're nice people and I just can't fully act. I know it from the start. They're so nice and warming. I found myself looking at the ground blankly.

Suddenly Clyde entered the room again and sat beside me.

"You did a great job, they asked me why I picked you as a fiance?" Clyde said excitingly.

"Of course, I'm a good actress. Lucky you.. you got an act from me free." I smiled widely. I hate showing myself to other people that I don't know. I can bluntly tell everything to Becca but not Clyde.

"Yeah, I got it because I caught you turning into different girls every time." He smirked and I chuckled.

"So what do I do now?" I asked.

"Keep your act, I love it. I mean we're going to stay here for a year." He said and I nodded lightly.

"They want you to break up with me huh?" I asked.

"No.. they didn't say that." He said and I turned to see our bed. It's not a king sized bed and it's not a single bed either and how are we going to sleep?

"You sleep on the floor.. or on the sofa. I'll take the bed." I said to him and he shook his head.

"You're sleeping here, I will sleep there." He pointed at the sofa and since I'm not in the mood to argue. I just agree with him. I walked to the bathroom to wash my face and brush my teeth. I need a lot of sleep.

I walked back into the room and gestured him to get up from the sofa. He got off the sofa and sat on the bed. I took one of the blankets and lay my body on it.

I looked at my ring finger and the ring that Clyde gave me is so beautiful. I looked at it again and again until I became sleepy. I went to dreamland right away.

I woke up because Clyde poked my arm. My eyes slowly opened and got up slowly.

"Let's go eat breakfast." He said and I nodded. He held my arm and helped me get up.

"Wait.. I need to brush my teeth and wash my face."

"No need, just get out like this." He said as he dragged me outside. I held his hand naturally without feeling anything and we walked downstairs hand in hand. I rubbed my eyes and they all looked at us with a smile.

"Come here.. sit here." Grandma took my hand and she pointed me to sit beside her. I sat down and looked at all the food in the table.

"What do you like to eat for breakfast?"

"I never eat breakfast."

"She always skips it. She hates it because it will make her gain weight." Clyde said and I nodded lightly even though that's not the real reason.

"If you eat healthy, you won't gain weight."

"Okay, Mrs. Dan I mean grandma." I smiled. She started to scoop me a big pile of salad and gave me a lot of eggs.

"Thankyou, this is too much.. I will gain weight later on." I stopped grandma from giving me more and more. The truth is that.. I always want to eat breakfast but I've been busy and since I was a kid.. I always skip it because my parents never cared about me.

I looked at the food blankly and suddenly Clyde held my hand.

"Honey.. Eat.. it's good for you." Clyde said as he squeezed my hand. I nodded lightly. I began to eat the salad first and it's so good. I kept eating and eating it until I'm finish with my food. I looked the other food again and Clyde stopped me.

"Honey.. you will gain weight." He said and I turned to him. I nodded lightly.

"Nonsense! If she wants to eat, let her eat!" Grandma said and I turned to her smiling.

"No.. I'm okay grandma." I said and she looked at me worried. I pushed away Clyde's hand and drank a lot of water. I looked at Clyde's parents and grandma who kept talking about things, sometimes they asked Clyde and me about the topic but I pretended to be bored.

I excused myself to go outside the house and I walked to the garden. I looked around and it's really beautiful. They have various plants here.

"You did good." Clyde said as he stood beside me. I linked my arm around him and leaned my head to his arm.

"We have to stay here for 1 year?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Nothing." I said as I caressed his arm.

"You're a really good actress, no wonder people paid you big." He said.

"I never thought you're an architect."

"You should have told me that you're an architect, I can tell them that you and I work together."

"They will hate me more if I'm jobless and how I love your money the most." I answered and I glanced to the back. I found they're all looking at us. I slipped my arms around his hip and hugged him. Clyde's body tense right away because he wasn't expecting that.

"Your family's watching." I looked up to him.

"You're a really bad actor." I said and he looked down to me smiling.

"You need to improve that if you want them to believe our relationship." I said and then I kissed his cheek. I released the hug and walked back inside.

"You and Clyde are so sweet!" Grandma said as she held my hand. I smiled a little and then I excused myself to go upstairs to have take a shower.

I regret signing the contract..

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