ANDRE
"Don't you get it Lola? It's over. Read my lips. O-V-E-R." I said with all finality.
"But...but...but..." She whimpered but I cut her off.
"Enough with the buts L. That was practically the only thing good about you." I said aloud for all to hear in an attempt to further embarrass her.
"Look L, I'm sure somewhere out there is the guy for you but it's not me. So start looking for him and pray he'll still want you after this goes viral. Catch ya...never!" I said smirking as I walked away, leaving the crowd that had gathered around us in awe and surprise.
I don't blame them. Just a week ago, Lola had been “the girl who lit up my world” and just now, I'd broken up with and embarrassed her in public. Then again, it's just what I do.
The name's Andre Simmons. I own one of the biggest construction firms in the world making me one of the richest men in America and the world as a whole. To compliment my financial status, I'm handsome and happen to be very good with the ladies.
Women never cease to flock me and I never cease to take advantage of my God given talents and bed whoever's available. I play with said person until I tire of them and dispose of them publicly like you saw above.
Some call me a player, others a s*x machine, a babe magnet etcetera etcetera but I say it's just me being me.
••••
CLEONA
"What do you mean it's over Cleo? You broke our kiss to tell me it's over... You're joking right?" His voice showed how uncertain he was making it even more fun.
"No I'm not Chad. You heard me loud and clear Chad. It's over between us."
"But why? Why now?" His voice was already breaking.
"I don't know Chad. I guess it just was never meant to be." I said sadly, placing my hand over his.
"But...but..."
"Shhh! No buts Chad. Take it like a man. Bye now." I said standing up from the bed.
"No Cleo. Wait!" He said pulling me back towards him by my hand. I landed on the bed beside him.
"It's not over yet Cleo. You can't be hoping to turn me into another one of your achievements."
I smiled innocently. "I have no idea what you're talking about Chad... Would you mind getting off me? I have somewhere I need to be."
"You're not going anywhere." He said menacingly, hovering above me.
"Are you sure about that?" I smirked, using my free hand to punch him in the face.
"Ah!" He screamed, rolling off me.
I rolled my eyes and stood up from the bed, straightening my dress as I grabbed my bag and headed to the door.
"But I love you Cleo." I heard Chad say behind me in tears.
"Your loss buddy!" I said in reply before heading out the door, a smirk on my face.
***
"Hey bes. Where have you been?" My best friend, Kyla asked as I slipped into the booth she was seating in.
"Breaking up with Chad." I replied like it meant nothing.
"Cleo! Why would you do that?"
"Meh! I guess I got tired."
"You will never change, will you?"
"Nope." I said popping the 'p' at the end.
"Chad was a nice guy you know."
"Yeah right. The moron tried to force me to stay, wanted to sleep with me by force I guess... Had to punch him in the eye."
"Oops! Wrong choice."
"Mmhmm. Very wrong choice." I said taking a huge bite of her burger.
"Hey! That's mine. Go get your own." She said taking it back.
I smiled at her, waving a waiter over. One came over and took my order.
"You know Cleo, you'll have to stop all this very soon."
I groaned aloud. "Come on Kyla, not this again!"
"What? I'm just saying you can't keep up your "play girl" lifestyle forever. You know one day, you'll have to settle down and form a family with someone you..."
"Don't say it!"
"Love." She said smiling.
"And you said it!"
"I'm serious Cleo. Sooner or later, love will come and even your cold heart won't be able to deny it."
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever."
My order came soon after and I ate while Kyla continued her lecture.
"Okay Ky, as much as I'd love to continue this lecture, I have to go. I have a meeting with Andre Simmons in a while."
"Wait a minute, did you say Andre Simmons?"
"Yeah?"
"He's hot Cleo you know."
"Yeah and?"
"Nothing really. Just don't make another one of your conquests. The guy's hot!"
"Whatever Ky. Bye." I said hugging her.
••••
ANDRE
"We're here Sir." The driver said pulling up beside a huge building.
I nodded and stepped out of the car into the building. There were a lot of murmurs as I walked by, mostly from the ladies but I paid no attention to them as I walked briskly towards the receptionist desk.
"Hello Mr. Simmons. It's a pleasure to meet you." She said smiling flirtatiously.
"Yeah. You too. Is Miss Reynolds in?"
"Yes Sir. She is. Should I escort you?"
"No need. Just give me directions and I'm good to go."
"Oh!" She frowned. "Tenth floor. Third office on your left."
"Thanks." I headed towards the elevator, stepped in and punched the 10 key.
The doors closed and after a few seconds opened again. I stepped out and ended towards the third office on my left like the reception said. On the door was written "Cleona Reynolds. CEO. "
I knocked on the door and went in after a "Come in".
"Whoa!" I had to exclaim once I stepped in. Seated behind a large mahogany table was a lady with long wavy black hair that seemed to shimmer, a face like that of an angel and small pouty lips. As for her figure, it was nothing short of outstanding.
I could see why and how she'd earned herself the name "California's Play Girl". No man could resist a beauty like Cleona Reynolds.
"You can have your seat Mr. Simmons." She said interrupting my chain of thoughts.
"Oh yeah." I said doing as she said.
She smiled and said "Gimme a sec to review the files Mr. Simmons."
"Just call me Andre."
"Of course Mr. Simmons."
I smiled. Playing hard to get, are we?
She returned to checking the files in her hands. I kept my eyes on her.
"Nice view." I said all of a sudden.
"Uh yeah. It's a really nice view." She said looking towards the large glass wall by her left.
"I wasn't talking about that view. I was talking about you."
She chuckled and dropped the files on the table.
"Are you flirting with me Mr. Simmons?"
"Do you want me to be flirting with you Miss Reynolds?" I replied smirking.
She chuckled again and pushed her chair backward as she rose to her feet and slowly walked towards me.
She sat on the table in front of me and observed me with a smile on her face before she began to bring her face towards mine.
"This was too easy." I thought to myself smiling.
Then with our face inches apart, she paused and said "Out of my office Mr. Simmons."
"Wait what?!"
T B C
ANDRE"Are you flirting with me Mr. Simmons?""Do you want me to be flirting with you Miss Reynolds?" I replied smirking.She chuckled again and pushed her chair backward as she rose to her feet and slowly walked towards me.She sat on the table in front of me and observed me with a smile on her face before she began to bring her face towards mine."This was too easy." I thought to myself smiling.Then with our face inches apart, she paused and said "Out of my office Mr. Simmons.""Wait what?!" 
CLEONAOh my gosh! I actually slept with Andre f**king Simmons. What the hell could I have been thinking? I never go to bed with men on the first date.Scrap that!It wasn't a date. I was dead drunk meaning that he more or less raped me. Yeah, that's what happened. He took advantage of my state and took me to bed against my will...Just then, Andre opened his eyes and stared at me with a wide eyed expression when he finally came to."Cleo, why are you in my room?" He asked, stifling a yawn."How would I know that, you creep? You brought me here." 
CLEOI woke up the next morning with a smile on my face, ready to face whatever life threw at me and of course, win the bet. It would be nice to show Andre that not every woman could surrender to his charm.I was still in bed reflecting on the strategies to use in winning the bet when I heard a knock at the door. Curious as to who it could be, I got out of bed and walked towards the door."Good morning Miss. This was delivered for you." The guy at the door (a bellboy) said, handing me a bouquet of red roses."Uh thanks." I said, accepting it."You're welcome Miss." He replied, walking away after I handed him a tip.I closed the door and wal
CLEONA"I think it would be best if we stay at my place to keep up the facade of being engaged... Or what do you think?""I guess so. We can do that. Yeah. It'll give me more time to work on getting that kiss.""Oh you'll be kissed alright but you'll be the one doing the first kissing.""Yeah right." I replied, rolling my eyes."Don't be so confident wifey." He said smirking."Don't call me that!""Why? It's not wrong, is it?""You know what, call me whatever you wanna call me. I don't care." I replied fuming as I crossed my arms.He chuckled and looked out the window. The car remained silent and soon the car was pulling up in the driveway outside a tall mansion.Once the car stopped, I watched as Andre got out and opened the d
ANDREAll of a sudden, I caught myself. What the heck was I possibly thinking? I wasn't about to let Cleo win that easily. In fact, I wasn't about to let her win at all.With that in mind, I drew away and returned my attention back to her ankle."Just keep the ice on it while I go check on the food okay?""Mm-hmm." She replied as I walked out.Time to turn things in my favour. •••• CLEONAI smirked to myself after Andre left. He'd been about to kiss me. I saw it in his eyes... He might have stopped right before he did but I wasn't even bothered. I didn't want it to be that easy anyways. I wanted to make sure he fell in love with me first before getting that kiss.
CLEONAI woke up, feeling well rested and ready to start the day. I tried moving my ankle and surprisingly, it didn't hurt that bad. I smiled and tried moving out of bed when I suddenly realized that I couldn't.My first instinct was to panic and scream as flashes of me being tied up popped in my head but I managed to calm myself as I became more aware of my surroundings.I wasn't tied up. Someone's arms were wrapped around me and of course, that person had to be the one and only Andre Simmons. It took every bit of my resolve not to scream into his ear or do something equally as dastard but I didn't.Instead I managed to get out of his arms, a task which proved to be incredibly hard but surprisingly not impossible
CLEONAI stared at my phone for a while, trying to make sense of the call. Who exactly was the caller and what was their purpose for calling me? Could they also be looking to harm me or was he/she just bluffing?I tried asking myself these questions but no answer I got seemed plausible so I decided to head back to Andre."Hey! There you are... I was thinking you were planning on staying there overnight. Look I'm sorry if my questions upset you. I know this whole engagement thing is fake so if I came off as pushy!""Wait! So you're apologizing despite the fact that you did nothing wrong?" I was surprised."I did do something wrong. I shouldn't have meddled."
ANDRE"Andre! Andre!" Cleo yelled my name for the umpteenth time that day interrupting my chain of thoughts."Argh! Quiet down Cleo! You're giving me a migraine here." I replied, placing my palm on my forehead."Like I care." She replied rolling her eyes. "What are you thinking about? I've been calling you for a while now? I need you focused so we can get this done on time."I sighed, still rubbing my forehead, wondering whether or not to tell her about the deal."Hello? Earth to Andre!" Cleo yelled again, snapping her finger in my face."I'm sorry... It's just I really have a lot on my mind. Excuse me, will you