Of course, the papers read, IS THE TROUBLESOME MS FROST BACK IN THE CITY FOR MORE TROUBLE. One of the reporters had caught wind that she was around and now her name was swimming in the news. She smiled at her phone as she thought to herself. ‘I still got it’
Maybe her father was the one who put the reporter on her tail but the fact that all the other reporters were eager to write on her showed just how influential her family was. Many of the reports were speculating that Cade and her were together and she knew from experience that now was the best time for her to jump on the news and make it work to their benefit.
“Hello”
“You finally picked,” Ophelia said.
“Oh sorry about that i do not like to take personal calls during work hours” Cade replied. She had been calling so much he had no choice but to pick up and know what she wanted. When they had exchanged contacts he did not know she would reach out so easily.
“And I am not really interested in calling you at all but you see this situation we put ourselves in already we need to do something about it”
“What situation?” he asked as if he was oblivious to the happenings around him.
“Oh my you must not have seen the news then” she said brushing her hair back with her free hand.
“What news?” he asked gesturing for his assistant to get him up to speed about the situation. Sue, his assistant pulled up the most comprehensive and shortest article she could find and gave it to him. He ran through it and handed the tablet back to her.
“Do you want me to tell you or would you find out yourself?” she asked wondering how busy he had to be not to know what the internet was saying about him. Why did his assistant not let him know?
“I just did,” he said and she nodded to herself.
“See the influence I have? I told you so” she said bragging. “So they are speculating that we are dating” she added.
“Are we not?” Cade said causing Sue’s mouth to drop open, she had to quickly catch herself before he noticed. She could not believe it even if she saw with her eyes that her boss was dating a woman. He was basically married to his work and treated women like they were items he greatly hated anyway. How could he have a girlfriend?
“Should we give them something more to talk about?” Ophelia asked. She knew they were not dating but others did not know.
“What do you have in mind?” Cade replied dismissing Sue. She had no business listening to the conversation.
“You know we will be getting married soon. Why don’t we make them believe we have been together for a long time? That would sell our story more” Ophelia suggested.
“I agree that is a good idea”
“So should we meet at the movies tonight?”
“Better still let me pick you up instead” Cade suggested. “Going in together and hand in hand would have more impact than meeting there.
“I hope you won’t make me do something cheesy”
“Oh excuse me, I am not the one obsessed with a good press impression and how much do you think people would love to see”
“Okay we can do all the things couples do but we have to be sure we are only doing it where others can see us” she said. “I think that should be all”
“See you later then” Cade said and the call dropped dead.
“Who was that?”
“Oh my gosh” Ophelia screamed as her phone dropped from her hand and she turned to see Green standing in the doorway with his arms folded against his chest. “Why would you sneak up on me like that?” she asked still startled.
“Make some kind of sound when you walk” she added her hand across her chest.
“Sorry I did not mean to scare you”
“But still you stood behind me and eavesdropped on my conversation anyway”
“I just happened to hear and who was that?”
“That was Cade Vale, my betrothed,” she said as if she was intentionally trying to offend him.
“So what you are saying is that you agreed to marry a stranger?”
“No, not a stranger, we are getting to know each other that is why we are meeting tonight to see a movie together”
“You are not going to know each other, you are only interested in creating good pr for yourselves”
“And this is your headache because?” Ophelia asked confused as to why he was suddenly all up in her business.
“I am just worried about you because I care about you”
“Green, I am not a child so I know what I am doing and I do not think you should be worried about me”
“Ophelia I never said you were a child, all I am trying to say is that..”
“I get what you are trying to say but you should stay out of this and not try to tell me what to do”
“Ophelia..”
“You can leave now” She walked to the door and pulled the door to herself preparing to close the door.
“I came to apologize about the other day”
“And yet you somehow managed to offend me again, come apologize another time,” she said slamming the door in his face