Purple Romance

''Here is your coconut water, Ma'am and Mister'' the waiter said and placed the glasses on their side of the table before going away.

Taking the glass, she drunk half of the coconut water before setting it down.

''So, I was curious about something. My mom said that if we are able to get married, your parents promised to give half of the company shares to us which will be in my name. Is that really true?''

''What? why am I not aware of something like that?'' Mirabel frowned. Did her parents have to go this far to get her married?

''Well, that is what my mother said''

''So, you want to get married to me because of the promise attached to it?''

''It's not a bad idea. People in our circle don't marry for love. We marry for convenience''

''What to do? I am not interested in marriage. I came here looking for someone to play with. Also, I signed a bond to donate everything my parents has to the orphanage in case anything happens to them. You won't be getting anything from marrying me. Now, let's not waste our time, if you are here because of what I can give you, you should leave. I still have about 4 blind dates to meet after you. Let's not waste each other's time''

''What? Are you asking me to leave?''

''Yes, and this is not on your tab so I will drink that to you'' she added and took the glass of coconut drink and gulped it down before placing it on the table.

''With this attitude, you will never get married'' Hayden said haughtily before getting up to leave.

Mirabel sighed and leaned against the chair after he left. The waiter brought their food and was confused to see only her.

''Miss, your food is here''

''Can you pack that up for me to send it away later?'' She pointed at the food Hayden ordered.

''Is the Sir not coming back?''

''No, I will have my food, thank you''

The waiter placed her order in front of her before taking what Hayden ordered back to be packaged.

Mirabel picked her chopsticks and started eating.

…..

Three waiters entered the private booth that Amy had reserved. They placed everyone's order in front of them. Amy took her chopsticks and removed carrots from Joel's plate while the workers watched and exchanged knowing looks.

''I removed all the carrots, you can now eat with no worries'' Amy said and smiled.

''The CEO is lucky to have Amy by his side. She knows everything he wants without even speaking out'' one of the ladies said and the others nodded their heads.

''Let's eat'' Joel picked his chopsticks and started eating while his gaze remained on the little woman stuffing her face with her food outside their private booth. He saw everything that happened from where he sat and knew her date didn't end well.

His lips curved into a subtle smile that caught Amy's attention. She followed his gaze and saw the person he was looking at. Amy recognised her immediately. Till now, she still didn't know how they knew each other. The way, Joel carried her into the car and refused to leave the hospital has been on her mind. Now, he was smiling at her. The only person he ever smiled like that towards was that woman, Paige but as far as she knew, she was with someone else and he seemed to have gotten over her too.

…..

Taking her phone out, she logged into her game app. She checked the list of players online and didn't find 'my lonely heart beats for you' and decided to lurk around while she waited for the next blind date. Her mother had successfully spaced them by an hour difference, so she had a few minutes until he arrived. She wanted to change her table but felt too lazy to do it.

''Is he busy?'' she asked looking at her phone. Her avatar was sitting alone under a tree. Her silhouette looked lonely. ''My avatar is lonely and even I am lonely'' she looked towards the direction of the room Joel entered and wondered if he was having a nice time.

''Tsk, he even said I was the only one who could give him appetite? He must be having a good time inside with his workers. Liar''

Meanwhile, inside the private room. Joel barely touched his food as he kept staring at the woman outside the open space. He frowned.

''Is the food not up to your liking?'' Amy asked softly as she tapped his hand.

''No, I'm just a little tired and not so hungry'''

''I thought the food I ordered for you wasn't to your liking'' she said and turned to eat her food.

Joel received a notification from his phone which was just beside him and quickly took it. He had set a notification to alert him anytime 'dancing in the sky' was online since he seemed to always miss her due to his work.

Looking at his phone he smiled and quickly logged in and found her sitting under a tree. ''found you'' he mouthed and Amy heard him. She looked over and saw that he was logged into his game.

Game of Schwars.

''What are you doing, sitting all by yourself?'''My lonely heart beats for you asked as he walked closer to the lonely silhouette.

''You are finally here. I was so bored, I thought it was going to kill me'', dancing in the sky ran towards him the moment she saw him.

''Did you miss me?''

''Yes, anytime I come online, you are always busy'' she complained.

''I'm sorry. We will be launching a new website for a fashion company, so it has made us a little busy. I will be going on a trip today''

''Where?''

''Cosmos, but I won't be there for long. About a week at most''

''Well, work is important''

''What about you? What have you been up too?''

''My mom is going to be the death of me. She arranged tons of blind dates for me. It's draining me out''

''Doesn't she know you are married already?'' he asked as they sat under the tree.

''I don't know why they are suddenly bent on getting me a boyfriend''

''Is alright. So, are you on a blind date right now?''

''Yes, the second one and I still have three more to go. I really feel like getting a rain check on it but I don't want to make my parents worry about me anymore. Actually, I've been in an unrequited love for a long time. I think it made my parents sad, seeing my do that for so long''

''Should I tell you something about me?''

''Will it give me strength? I really need strength right now''

''Maybe, it might give you strength knowing that you aren't the only one who loved someone who didn't love you back?''

''Oh, you have such a story? Now, I'm curious to know but, telling each other such secrets. Won't it make it hard to meet seeing how we know so much about each other? Right now, I feel that you are a familiar stranger that I can pour my heart out to but I don't know how that will make me feel if I come to know you. Attaching a face to a name I've known for a while''

''It's that what you are worried about? Let's not meet then. If it makes you feel better''

''No, I don't care. I'm too curious to care. Where are you right now? Is your flight in the night? I can meet you before that if you tell me?'' she sounded excited.

''Today really isn't a good time. I have to go and save my pet before she dies of loneliness''

''You have a pet?''

''Yes, a very stubborn pet''

''Oh, my date is finally here, let's talk again later before you take off''

''Okay, bye''

Dancing in the sky went offline

My lonely heart beats for you went offline

...

Mirabel turned off her phone and placed it in her bag and looked at the man sitting before her.

''Oh, sorry. I was so caught up in a game'' she said and her smile froze upon seeing the man in front of her.

''Hi, Mirabel. Long-time no see. How have you been?''

''You?'' she asked glaring at the man in front of her.

''Why? You don't seem happy to see me. I'm disappointed''

''I should never underestimate the statement 'enemies always meet on a narrow road', seeing that you dared to appear in front of me?''

[Meet Drew, my first boyfriend, no my first fake boyfriend whom I naively employed at the age of 17 when I first fell in love with Jordan. Apart from having a handsome face, there is nothing more to him. In short, he is the real definition of scum. He took money from me time and again and kept threatening to expose my secret until I finally had enough of him the day he forced a kiss on me. I never leave a debt unpaid, so I paid some guys to beat the hell out of him which took him to the hospital for a month]