Bella Davis POV_
The sound of keys rattling makes me look up, the dimness of the cell making it hard for me to really see who was coming in.
"You're free to go." The police officer throws the door open, waiting for me to leave.
I stare at him confused, unsure of what to do. Was he being serious or was this some kind of joke.
"What are you waiting for? Leave. Or did you form a bond with the mice here and now you can't leave your friends behind.", He mocks laughing along with his friends.
With a scowl on my face, I leave that place without hesitation. Ignoring the mocking gazes of the police men
The moment i step out of the police station I am enveloped in a hug, the smell of mint and wood wafting into my nostrils.
My first thought was to scream assault, but the voice that follows through makes me pause.
"Are you alright?" Avery asked me still holding me closely. Isn't he supposed to be in the hospital right now?
Wait. Hold on. Did he just ask if i was alright? Did he hit his head so hard that he has gone crazy?
My first instinct was to push him away from me, backing away. He looks at me confused, hurt flashing in his eyes. My eyes goes to his mother and another man I wasn't sure of his identity, standing few meters away from us.
My hand twitch, about to come up and slap his face when the man next to his mother shakes his head subtly. I look at him confused and he mouths 'play along' to me.
My eyes goes to Avery once more and he was staring at me confused. .
"I'm sorry" i force out. The words feeling my sandpaper in my mouth. "I'm jusy angry after spending the night in a prison cell", i tell him faking a smile and this time I wasn't even lying.
I wad indeed angry thay i had spent the night here when I didn't even do anything.
"Uhmm. Ma'am take Avery back to the house. I would see Bella off,." The unknown man tells Avery's mom who has been glaring at me for the past few minutes.
"I can see her off myself, She's my girlfriend." Avery said not wanting to move an inch forward.
Girlfriend? What's happening here?
"Go with her Avery. I'd be fine." I reassure him, rubbing his forearm. He looks at me before walking off to the car, walking right past his mother.
"You little slut. What did you do to him? Why does he think you are his girlfriend when we both know you're not even close to his type." She hissed at me, ready to attack me.
He thinks I'm his girlfriend? What is she talking about?
" Mother?" Avery called from behind her and she pauses, throwing one last disgusted look my eay, she turns away and walks to him.
Being left with the unknown man, i turn to him for an explanation because someone need to explain what is going on here
"Is this another sick joke by you rich people?" I ask. I know i would be stereotyping by classifying all rich people as the same but I didn't care.
If I was right with my guess, this man was Avery's best friend, anyone who followed the business world would know.
"I want to propose an offer." He says ignoring my earlier question.
So what does he think? He would tell me his offer and I'd just agree to it? Is he joking?
"I refuse." I say immediately without hesitation about to walk away but he holds my arm pulling me back. I struggle in his hold, wanting to pull my arm away
"Just listen to what I want to say. It is in both our best interests, especially you who needs money to take care of your father. " He says and I pause, glaring at him.
" How did you know about my father?" I ask him, pulling my arm out of his hold.
How did he know about my father's condition? I hope nothing happened to him. If anything happened to my father ..
"I have my ways of knowing things". He says, fixing his tie.
" But that's not important. Avery got into an accident and now he thinks you are his girlfriend. I don't know how that happened, I don't know what happened but you're going to act as his girlfriend from now on. Until he regains his memories at least. If anyone asks. You were both dating secretly before the accident." He says expecting me to nod along like an obedient dog
"Wait, wait. What?" I asked him confused about all he just said.
He wants me to fake being the girlfriend of that rich obnoxious egotistical man? With his mother who has obvious homicidal tendency?
Yes, no
I helped him the first time and i got locked up. I'm not going to give them a second time, first time is always the charm.
"Before you say no, remember you need money to take care of your father. And you are currently lacking that." He says hitting a sore spot for me.
I want to say no, heck i want to refuse this so badly. But he was right. I needed Money to take care of my father and I was currently low on cash.
And I would do anything legal to get my hands on some money, even if it means pretending to be the fake girlfriend of Avery Tamer.
"I'm Luke, Avery's best friend and his business partner and I would be giving you my business card to call me in case of anything. A contract along with a file containing everything about Avery, his likes and dislikes. Favorite childhood memory, everything he would have told a girl he really likes would be sent to you on tomorrow morning. Have a good day."
I watched him leave, the realization of what i just got myself into dawned on me.
What did i just do?
_Bella Davis' POV_I stared at the multiple papers that were sent to me this morning from West Tech industry (that was the name of Avery's company). I thought Luke was actually joking when he was talking about me pretending to be Avery's girlfriend yesterday, seems he was actually quite serious.I flip through the papers i was expected to read and sign by this twelve noon, and I was expected to memorize at least some basic things in Avery's life because I would be going to see him by twelve noon as well.Today is going to be a long day.I looked at the wall clock by my left, the time is currently fifteen minutes past nine so i had barely three hours to read and memorize everything I could about the obnoxious egotistical billionaire Avery Tamer.Just great.Grabbing the cup of coffee I just made and moving over to my tiny table by the wall side, careful not to hit anything in my cramped up apartment which was really just a single room.I set the papers down, taking a sip frombmy cup an
_Veronica Tamer POV_"I can't believe he survived the car crash" Henry, my first son cussed, his hand on his waist and a bottle of liquor on his other hand.Yes, I can't believe he survived too. He was supposed to have died then. But then that girl, she had to go and save him, if she ignored him like everyone one else did then he would have been dead now. It made all my efforts go to waste."But he's still alive and he also lost his memory so we should use that to out advantage. We need to take the company from him and kill him too. We need to do it fast. Use his memory lose and make him seem incompetent in front of the shareholders."But that girl Bella might be a problem. When did they both start dating? I haven't seen her with him before except that one time. Something doesn't seem right._Bella Davis POV_I am immediately pulled into a hug the moment i step into the apartment. The familiar smell of Avery Davis filling my nostrils for the second time this week. I want to push his a
_Bella Davis POV_I stared up at the hospital building for a few minutes before walking in. My father was recently admitted here and I came to check up on him again."Hey, Bella." Mark, one of the doctors here who knows me greeted me, I smiled and waved at him. Almost everyone knew me here, I was here because of my father all the time. I jogged up the staircase, walking into his room just to find him sleeping, he slept a lot these days, he was too weak to stay awake, according to the doctor.My father was diagnosed with heart disease a few years ago. And without money to treat it, his health condition has gotten worse."Hi, dad." I greet not expecting any reply.He needed surgery done soon but we didn't have any money to pay for it. That's why I had to take Luke's offer.After sitting beside him for a while, I stand up to leave."Bella? Is that you?" He asks weakly and I turn to him, sitting once more. "Yes, Dad.""How are you doing, my angel?" He asks, his voice barely audible."I'
_Bella Davis POV_"I asked a question. What is going on here?" He repeats his question, staring between Veronica and me.I had to act before she did."Avery." I cry running to him. Running into his arms, I hold him sniffling. It was fake tears but they didn't have to know that."Why are you here?" Avery asks Veronica holding me tightly. Veronica looks at me and smiles, probably seeing through my act, she was already suspicious of me. I just have to make sure she never exposes me in front of Avery.I needed to do something to throw this all in my favor." She was already inside our home when I got home and she asked how much you paid me to be with you, she thinks you paid me to pretend to be your girlfriend. She doesn't believe that I love you. She said I'm faking it." I cried holding Avery tighter.Well, that should do it, I just needed to get out of this, just this once, and then I'd be good. The temperature in the room drops immediately, getting colder all of a sudden."You are do
_Avery Tamer POV_I look at a sleeping Bella who is on the sofa, snoring lightly. She begged to watch a movie with me and then she fell asleep immediately after the movie started. She's cute. I can't even remember where we met or when we started dating, but I know she is mine and it's going to stay that way, I wasn't ready to let go of her.For a moment there when it seemed she couldn't remember where we met I got suspicious of her. I thought that maybe she was indeed using me and toying with the fact I couldn't remember much about her just like Veronica said.And then there was that woman Ava, who came to meet me today claiming to be my actual girlfriend.But I remembered bits and pieces of what happened when we met but not the whole thing so I believe her. I have memories of meeting little Ava as a child, and I have memories of her spilling coffee on me when we met at the Cafe she worked at. But that was it. Every other thing about her came in bits and pieces. I was aware her fathe
_Bella Davis' POV_"They did what?" I exclaimed staring at Avery in shock."My parents asked for dinner with you at their place," Avery repeats, his hand around my waist on the sofa.Why would Veronica suddenly request a dinner if she is not planning anything new?She must have a new plan to try and expose me in front of Avery, and that's why she is requesting dinner now.What should I do? Luke didn't tell me anything about this."If you don't want to go then it's completely fine. We could cancel it, whatever makes you happy we would do that" He assures me pulling me closer to him.But what should I do? Should I accept this invitation which seems more of a challenge? Or should I play safe and chicken out? I want to see what they have planned though. What should I do? Maybe I shouldn't go-"Of course, she is going." Luke walks in carrying a bag that looks like it belongs to an expensive boutique. When did he get here?"Jesus Christ Luke! Learn to knock before you enter my house." Aver
_Bella Davis POV_Avery looked at us both, then decided to let go."So would you be going for dinner then?" Avery asked and I nodded. I have no choice but to go, it seems."Alright then. Since it has been decided, let's get you ready for it. We have to glam you up and everything." Luke says, picking up his phone to call someone but I instantly refuse."I'm going to go my way to this. I don't feel like doing make-up or anything and I want to be comfortable in my clothes. Since it's just dinner with his parents. How bad can it go?*Few hours later*I looked around the dinner table awkwardly feeling out of place here.Veronica and Richard were dressed in expensive clothes, which I guess was the normal thing for them to do. Henry, Avery's stepbrother was dressed in a suit, his black hair gelled back to look perfect. Avery too was wearing a suit as usual but without the suit jacket, his tie was not on his neck, and his first two buttons were undone, showing off his gold necklace and perf
Her lips curled up into a smirk and I stared at her blankly. It was a trap. I saw the questioning look on Richard's face and I didn't know what to do. This was a great temptation." What has that got to do with anything?" Avery swooped in and I sighed, " You've been throwing questions at us since we came in. What's the big deal?" He asked.Their countenance changes drastically and I looked at them, take that bitches, you won't get me today. " That's part of getting to know our son's girlfriend. Isn't it dear?" Veronica asked her husband who merely shrugged in response.I watched Ava's eyes narrow in unhappiness, and I giggled, then faked a cough to cover it up. They are going to cry and never stop crying if they are waiting for us to fail.He stroked my back " Baby are you okay?" He asked me and I nodded. Then he smiled at me, making my heart skip yet again. This organ was in danger of being compromised. Focus on the prize, Bella.' I told myself but it was impossible when Adonis wa