Nicole followed Gabriel into the dinning room. After settling themselves comfortably on the dinning chair, Gabriel noticed that Nicole was wearing a sad face.
The maids began serving their meal and Nicole kept asking them to serve her a piece of each of the different meals on the table.
Is she seriously going to eat all of it?
“That would be enough.” Gabriel said, stopping the maid from adding any other thing on Nicole’s plate.
Nicole pouted her lips in annoyance.
“I don’t want you gaining weight. I'd prefer you remain this way.” he told Nicole.
His statement brought a smile to her face.
“If that’s a compliment then, thank you.” she began.
“But just so you'll know, no matter how much I eat, I don’t get fatter than this.” she e
Gabriel sat in his office, wondering why Nicole had told him that she loved him.Was it because she was excited? Or, was that her own way of saying thank you?Maybe someone was present at the time. But even if a maid was there, she needed not to worry because his workers were discreet.Well, he was the only one aware of that fact, Nicole didn’t.He was glad the issue with shopping had been dealt with. Now, he can get back to work.# Nicole asked the maid to tell the chauffeur to get a car ready. She also asked the maid to take off her working uniform and dress in something more casual because she would be accompanying her.The girl’s face lit up at that information. She hurriedly left the room to do as she was told while Nicole got dressed.She straightened her hair and applied
“What are you doing here?!” Gabriel whisper yelled once they were in his office.Before Nicole could reply, he cut her off.“How did you get here in the first place?”“Isn’t it obvious that your chauffeur brought me here? And oh, your chauffeur is really good looking. You have quite a good taste when employing.”Nicole’s response infuriated Gabriel even more. She was complimenting his employee while he was being serious.“Why are you here?” he said through gritted teeth.“I only came to thank you for the credit card and also to show you this new dress I got. I wanted to know if you like it.” she explained with happiness in her voice, ignoring Gabriel’s anger.“And you thought it was best to come to my office?” he asked, trying really ha
“Hey Rick.” Nicole nervously greeted as she picked the call.“Nicole, why did it take you so long to pick up?” Rick questioned the moment he heard Nicole’s voice.“I, um… I wasn’t close to my phone. Uh.. how are you doing?”“Are you okay? You sound nervous.”“Yeah, yeah. I’m fine.” Nicole replied, internally cursing herself for not being able to hide her nervousness.“Vanessa and I are worried about you. You didn’t show up at work. We went to your apartment to check up on you, but your place was locked… where are you?”“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you guys because everything happened so sudden… Something came up, so I had to leave New York in a hurry.”“What’s wrong. Did somethi
Weeks had gone by since Nicole accepted Gabriel’s offer, but they had never gone out together as the 'supposed couple' which made Nicole feel sad. Gabriel had asked her to act as his fiancée for six months but she never felt like one even for a second. He was always imprisoning himself with work and Nicole was beginning to feel concerned, he needed some sort of distraction to get him off his busy lifestyle even if it was only for a day, but Gabriel wasn’t giving her the chance no matter how hard she tried.Nicole had no idea why he was like that, maybe it was because he still sees her as a stranger and doesn’t want to warm up to her or maybe, he had a rough past, either way, Nicole was still willing to give it another try. She only hopes not to get disappointed in the end. Gabriel was in his bedroom getting ready for work when he heard a knock on his door.
Gabriel took a quick shower and got dressed in a black suit. When he was done, he went downstairs to wait for Nicole in the living room.While waiting for Nicole, he decided to call Daniel, a famous chef in New York and also a friend of his, whose restaurant was built by his company.Daniel had once told him that he was always welcome to come by his restaurant anytime because, he was his special guest.Gabriel didn’t want to abuse that privilege, instead he called Daniel to let him know that he urgently needed reservation for a table of two.Gabriel waited twenty more minutes for Nicole before he saw her coming down the stairs.She looked incredibly beautiful in the black off shoulder bodycon mini dress and peep-toe ankle platforms she wore.He wondered how ladies could walk in heels as high as those.Her hair was wrapped up in a side part bun.T
“And you?... Why aren’t you in a relationship?” Gabriel asked taking Nicole by surprise.She hasn’t talked to anyone about her personal life. Vanessa and Rick were are friends but she wasn’t so close to them on a personal level because of what had happened to her in the past.“I-um. I had a rough relationship.” she replied taking a sip from her wine, hoping it help calm her nervousness.“Look, If you don’t-““No, no, it’s fine. I actually want to talk about it since I haven’t done that with anyone. It eats me up sometimes.” she said cutting him off.“I had this boyfriend from high school. We were so in love, or so I thought.” she began with a shaky smile.Gabriel knew she was only smiling to cover her pain. He gently placed his hand on hers, showing h
Three months had gone by since Gabriel and Nicole started their fake relationship. Everything has been fine between them. They’ve also gone out on several dates.It was late at night on a certain day, Gabriel was in his study working as he usually does when Nicole walked in.“Hey.” She greeted, taking a seat across him.“Hey.” He replied and went back to what he was doing.The room was quiet for a while before Nicole spoke up again.“What do you always do with all these documents?” she asked, leaving her seat and walked to Gabriel, standing behind him.“I’m working.” He flatly replied.“It’s quite obvious you’re working. What I want to know is do you understand all this stuff?... I mean, doesn’t it get complicated sometim
Nicole hurriedly went to look for the house administrator, she needed him to get a doctor to come check up on Gabriel. When she did that, she instructed the maids to make chicken soup for Gabriel.After about half an hour the doctor arrived. He did a check up on Gabriel and told Nicole that he was down with a fever. He prescribed some medication for Gabriel and told Nicole how and when they were to be taken. He also told her that Gabriel needed to rest for a week.Before leaving, the doctor strictly told Gabriel not to wear himself out with too much work when he eventually gets better.Nicole thanked the doctor for his time and saw him out. She ordered one of the maids to go buy the prescribed drugs, then she returned to Gabriel’s room and told him to shower before taking his drugs.He dragged himself out of bed and Nicole helped him to the bathroom. She ran his bath and went into