Must Love The Playboy

Chapter 5 - Let Me

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Chapter 5 – Let Me

** ZACH's POV **

"Looking good, Anderson."

"Not now, Nathaniel. I'm busy." I said, not looking at him and just focusing on my tie.

I heard Nate chuckle then he walked towards my direction. "For someone who hates cotillion, you sure looked dressed to impress."

"Two things, Nate. Two things." I said before I turn to look at him. "One, I don't want to go there. But I do not have a choice, right? And two, not because I hate that stupid party doesn't mean I have to look like crap. I have a reputation to uphold you know."

"What? To stay shining, shimmering, and splendid?" Nate teased. He was even laughing.

"Oh, get out of here." I bit out in an irritated tone, and that just made Nate's laugh louder. "One more laugh and I'm going to shove this fist down your throat." I threatened.

Nathan paused for a second, maybe trying to gauge if I was being serious about this. I furrowed my brows at him and that was the time that he laughed again. This time, hard. "Are you done?" I asked impatiently.

"Just a few more." He laughed for a few more seconds. "Okay, I'm done." He said, wiping his fake tears away.

"I don't have time for this." I sneered and focused again on my tie. "Why are you here anyway? Isn't Chloe waiting for you?" I asked.

"Nah. She's coming with River." Nathan said with a wide grin.

"River finally did it, huh." I commented, amusement in my tone.

Never thought that River would put his stupid plan into action. Sometimes I wonder where he was getting all the mischief and braveries.

It all started a week ago. Nate told me a very interesting story. River finally figured out that Chloe was the masked girl he was searching for. Apparently, River thought that Chloe was in for revenge from his childhood misbehaviors.

He assumed that Chloe was trying to make him fall for her and not reveal her identity so that he would go crazy searching for her, not knowing that they're both as clueless as ever.

Now, River was on the move. He had his own idea of a good payback. His idea, just like what I said earlier that day, was totally pathetic and could backfire. Why did I say that? Well it was based on my own experience, of course.

River planned on making Chloe his girlfriend, make her fall for him—hard, and then leave her crying with a broken heart. The first time I heard it, my initial reaction was to laugh so hard that I couldn't breathe anymore.

It was downright impossible. Why?

Well, Chloe hates him with every inch of her fiber. End of story.

But we underestimated River too much. We didn't have any idea that he was hiding something under his sleeves.

Few days back when the girls were fitting their dresses (which was still a mystery to us why we were there when they're not going to even show it to us), that was the time River dropped his biggest scheme. I still remember it as if it just happened yesterday.

"Honey! You didn't tell me that you're dating River Ellison." Liz gushed to her daughter.

When we heard it, we're all as surprised as Chloe, while River on the other hand was smiling like a Cheshire cat.