Chapter 4 A date ?

It’s Friday morning and Emerald is lying on her bed, drooling and snoring.

Suddenly she rose and gasped

“Oh my God!!”

She rushed out of bed and rushed to the bathroom. She brushed her teeth and hurriedly took a bath. She came out of the bathroom, rushed to her dressing room, and started ransacking everything.

“What am I gonna wear? I should wear something that says ‘Oh I’m pretty and unbothered’ she demonstrated with a smirk

She ransacked more and finally saw a lilac shirt “perfect” She chose a pair of Jean trousers and a pair of black sandals. She got ready and tied her hair up while hurriedly sipping a cup of tea.

After dressing up, she looked in the mirror and paused

“ why am I even rushing? it’s not like I’m eager to go on a date with him, he's literally forcing me to marry him. I hate him, he sucks. I’ll just go there and give him a piece of my mind, I’ll ask him to call off the wedding” she exhaled

She was still ranting to herself when suddenly she heard a car honk outside. She looked out her window and saw a tall man waiting outside the car

“Oh, that’s the creepy assistant. He’s ugly” Emerald scoffed She looked at her mirror one more time and walked downstairs

As she was about to go out of the house, Capri appeared from nowhere and blocked the way

“Where are you going?” Capri asked

“Out” Emerald replied

“Out where” Capri snarled

“Am I obligated to tell you” Emerald stood her ground

“Listen to me you twine, Williams should be mine and I won’t let you have him. Not even Dad can stop me from having him” Capri hissed at Emerald

“ Capri I’m not interested in your so called Mr. Williams okay, please get out of my way" Emerald walked past her and slammed the door.

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“ Miss, the boss asked me to bring you to that tea shop across the road” Zach said to Emerald politely

“What happened to ‘anywhere you want to go?’” Emerald muttered to herself as she got into the car

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Zach drove her down to the tea shop and parked

“Miss, we’re here”

“. Thank you” she replied

Emerald inhaled sharply and exhaled, calming her nerves. She went into the shop. She looked around searching for the person she was supposed to meet.

Williams who saw her entering, stared at her as her eyes were searching for him raised his hand so she could see him.

As she saw him, She just stood there staring, this man, he looked so handsome in casual clothes, he looked so fresh and calm. Emerald’s heart skipped a tiny bit.

She walked up to him and sat opposite him.

“Hi” Williams greeted

“Hi”

“You look good” William said again

“Thank you” Emerald replied “You don’t look bad yourself “

“What do you want to order” Williams asked her

“Anything” Emerald replied, trying her best to look reluctant.

Williams called the waiter and placed an order

'Why isn't this man concerned? Why is he acting like everything is normal?' Emerald felt pissed as she thought

There was silence as they both waited for their drinks. Emerald avoided eye contact but she could feel Williams's hot gaze on her.

The order finally came, Emerald thanked her stars because the awkwardness was choking her. She raised her glass, the drink was purple 'Weird’ she thought. She took a sip and was shocked. The drink tasted heavenly

“What is this” she asked Williams

“Not to brag but I invented that, it’s made with lavender” Williams said in a proud manner

“You’re already bragging” Emerald rolled her eyes as she continued sipping the drink ‘Mehn, this drink bangs’

All of a sudden, Williams asked a question that made Emerald almost choke on her drink.

“Can I have your phone number?”

Emerald coughed so hard and looked up at him

“What?”

“ your phone number. Can I have it?”

“Why?”

“Well I figured since we are getting married, we should at least get to know each other, and this is the first step” Williams said authoritatively.

“Uhm.. I…um... why should I give you my phone number?, you're literally forcing me to marry you, I'm concerned about my life and you're concerned about getting my number?" Emerald said with a fierce look

Williams stared at her with an unwavering gaze, he exhaled and brought his drink to his mouth, took a sip, and finally said "I just want your phone number it's not like I'm gonna eat you"

He brought out his phone and gave it to her

“Just Input your phone number” he said in a stiff manner

Emerald was dumbfounded. She scoffed and laughed

"Who do you think you are?" You sneered at him

The stiffness in Williams's eyes suddenly dissipated

He looked around as if trying to see if anyone was staring at them before he said

"Okay, I'm not really good at this but...can you please give me your phone number? At least let me be able to reach you?"

Is that the reason he asked her out on a date? Just to get her phone number?

Emerald looked at him, he looked like some baby that lost their candy, she suddenly felt sorry for him.

She picked up his phone and imputed her phone number, she dropped the phone on the table and turned her face away

“ how about I drive you home?” Williams asked, staring at her

“Uhm… yeah .. sure” she replied with her face still turned

They headed to the car, Zach was standing there, waiting.

“Let me have the keys Zach” Williams said to his assistant.

“But boss…”. Williams gave him a deadly stare

“Yes boss” Zach said immediately and handed over the keys

As they drove home, the air in the car was so tense that Emerald began to sweat with an air conditioner on.

Williams had casual clothes on which made him look handsome but unapproachable at the same time. His domineering expression made him even more hot in the driver's seat.

She finally summoned the courage to ask

“What about your assistant”

“He can get a bus” Williams replied unbothered

'At least you should care about people, not treat them like trash' Emerald thought to herself

"So I heard you're into digital designing". Williams suddenly spoke

Emerald glanced at him and replied. "Yes I am"

Williams didn't say anything after that, which was awkward

'Jeez, does he even know how to hold a conversation?'