Chapter Seven

I've been falling out of control...Oh what did you do?

                               --What Did You Do

                                  Gabrielle Aplin

Lindsey's POV

"I'm sorry but you did what?!" My best friend screamed at me with all her lung power.  Well there goes her promise

"Sssh! Keep it down Ang! Or else Isiah is going to get the wrong idea." I say as I clamp a hand on her mouth to prevent her from screaming any further.

"Mmmph. Hitfuh" Ang as she struggled against my palm in a bid to release herself from my grasp.

"Okay fine. I'll let you go on the count that you agree not to scream. Do you promise not to?" I ask already tired of holding her to which she nods her head continuously in agreement and I simultaneously let go of her mouth.

"I hate to break it to you Lin but you really need to invest in a hand moisturizer your hands are really rough." Ang rambled on.

I rolled my eyes at her before replying "Really? You don't say...mind recommending one to me?"

"Oooh I know a really great one that Isiah got for me on his last trip to France for that IRD conference though I'm pretty sure it cost him a mini fortune but I'd be more than happy to lend you some after all you did say that you were going to...wait just a damn minute!" Ang exclaimed finally realizing that she had forgotten the entire point of the entire conversation.

"Lindsey Ashley James! Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do young lady and trust me it won't work."

"What? I'm just trying take pointers from one of the sweetest people I know who I love, admire and respect so much. After all you are all I could ever aspire to be." I say without stopping to pause for breath, all the while giving her the brightest smile I could muster hoping she falls for it.

"Flattery will get you nowhere Lin." Ang replies clearly not amused with me...Crap! I forgot one thing my best friend might be a little scatter brained at times but she's definitely not stupid.

"Now where were we? Oh that's right you were trying to distract me from the fact that you went out of your way to trap Mr Carter....wait what am I even saying? THE ETHAN FREAKING CARTER!!! The business mogul! The Forbes article God! The Vogue list certified sex on legs!!!

"Well I wouldn't exactly say trapped..." I mutter under my breath in my defense.

"So what would you have me call it then,an incident? a divine encounter? a rendezvous? A liason? A FREAKING ENTANGLEMENT?!!!"

"Ang..." I warned "You're screaming again."

Ang raised her hand to her face and tried to calm herself down by fanning herself.

"Well, what do you expect me to do? Clap for you? Bow before your supreme intellect Lin?! You didn't do so much as consult me before you went ahead with this crazy plan of yours. Answer me Lin what in the world were you thinking?!"

I stood there and looked back at my best friend sheepishly as I couldn't utter a word in defence as she had said was completely true.

Honestly...what was I thinking?

"Wait a second, does Miriam even know about this?" Ang asked.

I hung my head low and try not to maintain eye contact in answer to her question.

"Oh that's just great! She is so going to kill you and I'm oh so going to pay for your dumb ass mistake. Just answer me Lin just what in the world were you thinking? Or did your brain short circuit and start functioning on the principle of two marbles rolling around in a tin can?"

"I don't know okay, it all just happened. One minute it was just a random thought and the next thing I know I was covering for Miriam down at the hotel which lead to all of this. I really didn't think this through did I?" I blurt out.

"You think?! Ughhhh! Lin!" Ang moaned out in frustration with her head in her hands and I'm torn between laughing at her theatrics  or pulling my hair out in frustration more or less leaning towards the later.

"Wait a minute..." Ang says lifting her head. "So Lindsey If I'm getting this correctly you stalked-"

"I didn't stalk!" I said interrupting her  "I merely observed from a distance"

"Okay...observed. You observed then planned to drug, sleep and blackmailed right?"

"Yup...that pretty much sums up everything."

"So if that was your plan...how in the world did you end up becoming his prospective wife not to mention his secretary slash personal assistant?"

"Honestly...I really don't know."

"Ugh....this shit came straight out of a w*****d novel." Ang says and proceeds to pull out every strand of her dark brunette hair in frustration looking the very picture of aggravation.

"Tell me about it." I say with a sigh.

"Either way Lin ...I hate to break it to you but you are royally screwed."

"Don't you think I know that?" I whined.

"So what are you going to do now?" Ang asks me the worry clear in her voice. It was rare for Ang to be worried but I guess the situation calls for it. Hell! I'm freaking terrified!

"You know as well as I do that there is no escaping that man. He is after all he is one of the most powerful men in the country, he could easily do away with you in a heartbeat and there's no way you could go head to head with him in court, as it stands you were after all the one who was in the wrong so honestly I don't know how to help you. I'm honestly lost" Ang said with a sad shake of her head

"I know...I know."

"I'm just as confused as you are... the one time I actually come up with an idea with out consulting you about it and it just blows up in my face...