Purple Romance

[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]

''Relax, I was also surprise to find out you were my blind date''

''I didn't know you were the one''

''I know, you would have said no, if you knew I was the one'' the man said with a coquet smile. ''But, I was curious to know how you were doing. You are still the same''

''Right, and you are also still the same jerk. Is amazing how you still have the guts to appear in front of me. Are you tired of living?''

''I missed you''

''Shut up''

''You don't have a boyfriend, right? Seeing that you are on blind dates''

''Drew, I'm going to give you a chance. A chance to walk out of this place alive before I shred your body and hand it over to vultures to feed on''

''Still quick-tempered. Since, we know each other so well, how about we date for real this time?''

''This time?''

''Well, we can't call what happened in high school dating since I was doing it for money''

''Hey, shut up'' Mirabel screamed at the top of her voice and attracted attention to their table. Joel turned at once to look at her direction after getting out of the room with his workers.

''Go without me'' he said to Amy and the workers before going towards Mirabel's table.

''Joel''

''Does the CEO know that woman?'' one of the workers asked.

''I don't know, let's go without the CEO'' Amy said uncomfortable as she walked away.

Drew looked at Mirabel and smiled. He picked his glass of juice and sipped before saying, ''sit down and let's talk. Must you act like a brat every time?''

''What? did you just call me a brat?''

''Yes, I did. I know you must hate me for letting your secret out back then, but if you had just accepted to give your first kiss to me, all this wouldn't have happened''

''Hey, listen to me you jerk. The only reason why I asked you to pretend to be my boyfriend that time was because I didn't want to come between Jordan and Yvonne but you crossed the line. Been a fake boyfriend is different, did you really expect that I would kiss and make out with you when I knew very well the kind of person you were? You cheating bastard, I don't regret kicking you out of my life back then. You have lots of guts coming here to meet me after what you did''

''You are still bitter about the whole incident? I'm sorry. Blame it on adolescence naivety''

''Are you done with him? Let's go, my honey!!!'' Joel said as he wrapped his arm protectively around Mirabel's waist.

''Huh? What do you think you are doing?'' she whispered softly to him.

''Saving you. This elder brother is saving you'' he smiled and turned to Drew, ''it seems there is some misunderstanding here. She isn't here on a blind date because she doesn't have a boyfriend. We… just had a little quarrel and she wants play out a little. Dear, you shouldn't play with men who are below me whether in looks or status, or they will think that you don't have someone at home''

''You had a boyfriend?'' Drew asked and stood up to face them.

''Oh, why do you look so surprised?'' Mirabel smirked and looked at him an arrogant gaze

''But, I confirmed from sources that you were still single?'' he had asked around to make sure she was single before coming to meet her.

''That's because I don't want anyone to know that I'm dating such a fine man. We love to keep our relationship private'' Mirabel said to him, ''and, this is for coming here knowing who I was'' she picked the glass of juice he ordered and splashed it at him before turning to Joel, ''let's go''

''You should probably visit the nearest public bath, the sweetness of the juice might attract bees'' Joel chuckled and walked out with Mirabel.

''Hey, Mirabel. This is not the end!!!'' he screamed and stormed out.

Joel and Mirabel quickly stepped away from each other the moment they reached the parking space. Standing a distance away from him, she pointed at him asking awkwardly, ''did you bring a car?''

''No, I followed my secretary here but they are gone and I have a flight to catch in a few hours' time''

''Are you going somewhere?''

''Yes, I am going to Cosmos for a meeting. I will be back in a week or two depending on how long it takes''

''Oh, then, should I take you to the company? It's on the way''

''Sure'' he said and got into the car. he took his phone and started replying to some messages.

All the way, as she drove, she kept glancing at him and when their eyes met, she would turn her face away swiftly.

'What is wrong with me? Why can't I stop looking at him? No, I need to stop' she kept warning herself all the way to his company building where she pulled over.

''We are here'' she said to him.

''Oh, we are here?'' he turned to her, ''I will see you in a week or two. Take care and call me if you need anything'' he said and got down without waiting for her answer.

''He didn't even turn back to look at me. he is going for a week or two'' seeing him enter his company building, she drove away.

Joel sighed and touched his racing heart as he leaned against the door watching the car go away. ''Whoa, I almost gave myself away. This is dangerous. This girl always makes me do dangerous things'' he looked at his hand that was around her waist and flushed. He shook his head and went off towards his office.

…..

Mirabel arrived home and saw her parents in the hall. The moment she opened the door and entered, the stood up expectantly and looked at her.

''Don't ask me anything, I am tired'' she said to them and went straight to her room. Once she got inside, she removed her phone before she threw her bag on the table and slumped into bed without changing her clothes or removing her shoes.

She looked at her phone and sighed, ''I really don't have friends. My lonely heart beats for you is going on a trip, Joel is also going on a trip. Wait, 'my lonely heart beats for you' said he was going to Cosmos. Joel said he was going to Cosmos. What kind of coincidence is this? What do I do? I feel lonely already. Should I go to Touching Village and pester these two ladies a bit? No, Lucas is there trying to make Carlien fall for him again, I should be a third wheel between them''

She stood up and went to change her clothes, ''aye, I better find something doing quick before I die of boredom''

...

Joel sat in the waiting room of the airport. He opened his social media account and went to check on Mirabel's moments.

''She hasn't come online. I hope she will be alright; she is always causing trouble. I can't rest assured''

He opened her direct message page and started typing ''did your parents scold you for ruining your blind date?'' he left the message there and after not hearing a reply for a while, he turned it off and went towards the check in with his luggage as they announced that their flight was ready to board.

….

Coming out of the bathroom, Mirabel wiped her face with a towel. She had just finished showering and sat on her bed. She picked her phone and saw a message.

''Oh, Joel messaged me?'' she smiled as she read the message. ''Tsk, I thought he didn't care about what happens to me. seems he has a bit of conscience.

''No, I went to my room as soon as I came back. My parents didn't have the time to scold me, but I know they will do that tomorrow. Drew, that jerk is surely going to make sure he tells my parent that I have a boyfriend. But, don't worry. I've had experience with faking boyfriends, I will figure it out''

She typed the message and sent it. She didn't get an immediately reply and sighed, ''is he already on the plane? Perhaps!!'' she smiled and placed the phone on her head table before going to bed.