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"That went well," Nathan says after the investors left.
" Yes, it didn't take much convincing, they were already willing to invest."
We are still sitting in the hotel, I glance around the table and find a familiar face.
"Oh, shit!" My eyes widen in horror and I duck down to hide.
"What happened why are you hiding?" Nathan asks and turns to see where I was looking.
"Don't look there," I hiss.
"Cutie pie!" I hear a shrilling voice.
" Oh. God. please. no," I groan as I bang my head on the table after each word.
Suddenly I am pulled on my feet and embraced into a bone-crushing hug.
"Cutie Pie... how are you? I missed you so much," I awkwardly pat Denise's back, as she swings us both back and forth.
" I am good," I pull myself free from her. I hesitantly glance at Nathan for some kind of help, I guess I am on my own, as his eyes are full amusement as he looks at us.
"Cutie pie, you are so grown up now... It is been ages since I have seen you," she pinches my cheeks adding more to my embarrassment.
" We have just met a few months back," I smile uneasily and gently pulls her hands away from my cheeks.
" Umm... Denise, I am with someone," I nod my head at Nathan," we will catch up later, hope you don't mind," I say. I hope she gets my point and leaves because she already has embarrassed me enough.
"Oh, my mistake I didn't notice you are on a date," She eyes Nathan and winks at him, "It's good you are enjoying out of your marriage, once in a while change is good."
I gape at her not knowing what to say.
" It is not what you are thinking," I shake my head with wide eyes.
" Don't worry your secret is safe with me," she gives Nathan a sideways glance as she says.
" Ok, I will get going Henson is waiting for me," She points at a man clearly younger than her, who smiles in return.
"Henson?" I ask as curiosity get the best of me.
"He is my husband," She looks dreamily at him.
" If I am not mistaken, your husband name was Frank."
"He was my ex-husband, Henson and I got married two months back," She giggles while covering her mouth with a hand," we are still enjoying our honeymoon phase."
Congratulations on your sixth marriage, I want to say to her so badly but I just settle on simple "Congratulations".
"I can't keep my munchkin waiting for long," she blows a kiss to her husband number six, as I internally gag.
She kisses my cheek, "See you later cutie pie, tell Bethany I said Hi."
"Yeah, sure."
She rushes back to her "munchkin" and soon both start to suck each other faces, making me nauseated.
I sit back on the chair and furiously rub my cheek to get rid of her lipstick.
" So... cutie pie," Nathan says with a glint of mischievousness in his eyes.
I know he will never spare me on this, I am never going to hear the end of it.
" Don't call me that!" I grit my teeth and glare at him, obviously my glaring doesn't have any effect on him.
" So only she is allowed to call you that, huh?" he says in a teasing tone.
"Nobody is allowed to call me that, I don't know why she calls me with such ridiculous nickname," I roll my eyes heavenwardly.
Denise is my mom's old client and I don't why she gives people such absurd nicknames.
"So, Cutie pie... I didn't know we are on a date," He smirks.
" Oh, we clearly aren't," I check my watch on my wrist," as a matter of fact, we are sitting here for more than ten minutes and you are not faking to leave early, so it can be anything but a date," I say with my own smirk.
His smirk falters for a moment, but he quickly composes himself and clears his throat.
" Your husband won't mind you are here on a date, with me?" he raises an eyebrow and leans back on his chair. Clearly wanting to change the topic from our ten-minutes dates.
"Nope," I say playing along as I lightly shake my head, " he won't even know, probably he might be busy with some other woman."
"You know he is kind of a man-whore," I say while taking a forkful of chocolate pastry," Wham bam thank you ma'am sort of a person."
He chokes and starts to cough when he hears this and I try my best not laugh at his horrified expression.
"Man-whore? You think I am a man-whore? And seriously wham bam thank you ma'am? " he questions clearly looking pissed.
"No, I never said that you are, I said my husband is," I say flatly.
" Have you seen him? Stupid question because how could you, he wears this "cloak of invisibility" nobody has ever seen him, "I shrug nonchalantly.
"I...Um...I," he slightly stutters, definitely not knowing how to respond.
Wow! This is gold I should have recorded it. Never saw him stuttering before.
" Damn it," he mutters, as I start to laugh.
"Never start something which you cannot finish Nathan Knight," I say, still laughing.
" You were pulling my leg," he shakes his head in amusement.
" Relax, Nathan it was just a little payback for bossing me around."
"But I should let you know, I still think you are a jerk," I smile sweetly at him. Then, I frown and push back my dessert plate as there is no chocolate pastry left. What can I say I love cakes and pastries, no matter how much I eat them, I will never be satisfied.
I will die from diabetes, perhaps. That will be a sweet death.
"Don't you think you eat cakes a lot?" Nathan says as he notices me eyeing my empty plate.
" Are you keeping an eye on my food consumption?" I arch an eyebrow and fold my arms on the table.
"No, it is not like that. It is just that, I have never met anyone who loves cakes this much," he lightly chuckles.
"It is hard not to, when almost everyone in your family has amazing baking skills," I shrug with a smile, " and sometimes it also works as a stress buster for me."
"Hey, have you noticed this is the first time we are actually talking? Like normally talking?" My eyes widen in surprise as I look at my watch, " And also we have been sitting here for almost three hours, this has to be some kind of record."
" Maybe we are making up for all our previous dates," he smiles.
"Yeah you can say that three hours for three dates," I look down at my hands then back at him," we have some kind of connection with number three...three years, three dates, three hours."
"Yes, and it took me three weeks to realize you are not that bad, and we can be friends," he says with a slight hint of hope in his voice.
" Is this because of what I told you-"
" No, it is not about that," he shakes his head and sighs," I want us to be friends, we are living together...spend most of our times together, it's enough for me to realize that I was wrong. You are not, as what I'd thought."
" Honestly, we are not children that we'll shake hands and become friends and everything is gonna be okay," I bit my lip," Friendship is not built in a moment, it takes time. We can't become friends in an instant, but surely we can work on it," I give him a small smile.
"Ok... that's fair enough," he nods his head in understanding.
"Shall we leave now?" after a dramatic pause he adds" cutie pie," he grins.
"Ugh! Please stop calling me that," I cover my face with hands.
" If I say no, then what will you do about it, cutie pie?"
I smack his arm.
"Oh, so now we are all touchy touchy," he says playfully," I guess now I should be worrying about how to keep me safe from your evil clutches so that you can not kill or take advantage of me."
"Yeah definitely, you should lock your room when you sleep, because I will not hesitate to kill you in your deep slumber," I narrow my eyes at him," As far as taking your advantage is concerned, I had already made myself very clear on the first day at your house, that I am not interested in overused stuff and buddy you have been used way too much," I smirk triumphantly.
Instead of saying anything hateful or getting angry, as he usually would, he chuckles and rises from his chair. He holds out his hand to me, which I accept and a smile finds its way on my face. As for the first time, I think maybe it will not be that bad to be his friend.
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