NORA
I went to the living room. He was done reading his magazine and was now laying on the couch. I walked closer to him and made to touch him but decided against it. I called his name instead. There was no response. "LuCY!" I called. There was no response. I changed my mind and touched him. He opened his eyes immediately, staring at me.
I rolled my eyes. "What?" He asked sitting up
I stared at him in surprise. "Yo....you...you won't shout?. You won't shout at me?" I asked
He groaned. "Just tell me what you want ok?? You can see I was taking a nap when you came" he answered. I sigh
"I need to send some information to my boss"
"So?"
I rolled my eyes. "I need to borrow your laptop for a while"
He raised an eyebrow. "You don't own a laptop?"
"No. Why did........."
"Are you for real?? At your........."
"Can you ever stop being rude to me especially!!"
"You don't call this being rude. It's a simple question"
I rolled my eyes "Are you giving or not?"
"This is what we call being rude"
I rolled my eyes. "Are you..."
He chuckled. "You can go back to your room. I'll ask Maria to bring it for you"
I sigh. "Thanks"
He ignored me and made to press his phone but raised his head. "I have already made arrangements for the date. I also ordered clothes and accessories too. It should be here in a few hours"
I rolled my eyes. "I don't think, it's necessary to order clothes and accessories. It's a one-day thing and I don't even use accessories"
"Nora, you have to use this one, just for today" he lay down on the couch. "The makeup artist will be here too"
I groaned. "Whatever" I mumbled
"I heard you". I ignore him and went upstairs
I had to wait for an hour to get the laptop. I was pacing around the room when there was a knock on the door. I went to open the door for her. Maria entered with a black bag. " Lucian asked me to give you this," she said, stretching the bag to me. I took it from her and began to work. It took me some hours before the work was finally finished and sent to my head editor.
When I was done, I went downstairs to meet Maria, so I could return the laptop. I met her in the kitchen, preparing lunch. "Maria"
She turned to face me. "Nora, you're done?"
"Yeah. I came to return the laptop. You can help me deliver it back to him"
She chuckled. "It's yours"
I rolled my eyes. "It can't be. I never asked him to buy me one"
"Well, he felt you might need one. So He asked me to tell you to keep it as yours"
I sigh and dropped it on the table. "I don't need it, Maria"
She stared at me. "It's a very expensive one"
"Maria, I'm not bothered about that. Just tell him I don't need it"
I turned immediately and left the kitchen. There's no way I'm taking that laptop from him.
**
I was seated on the stool, facing the mirror as the makeup artist worked magic on my face. After so much wasted effort, she announced she was done. I called it a wasted effort because I don't need much to look beautiful. She asked me to look in the mirror.
"This is not my kind of thing" I complained, staring at the mirror, angrily
The makeup was just too much, making my face look cakey. "I'm sorry ma'am, I was asked to make sure you look beautiful" she answered
"Do I need all this to look beautiful? Huh?" I asked
She sigh. "I'm sorry ma'am, I'm only doing my job"
I groaned. "Wipe it off"
"But ma......."
"I said you should wipe it off. If you're not doing it, I will do it myself" I took the face wiper and wiped out everything on my face. I stood up and went to wash it off. I can't believe I sat down for almost two hours only to get it all wiped out.
"I'll......"
"Don't bother, I'll make myself up"
"But....". I glared at her and she kept quiet.
I did simple make-up. When I was done, I ignore the dress, that was spread on the bed, and went into the closet to pick a simple dress. I can't wear some exposing cloth, just to pretend to be someone's girlfriend. I got dressed in a black sleeveless, turtleneck gown. I wore silver heels, to lift me a bit.
"Ma'am you look beautiful but Lu........."
"I'll tell him I chose this"
She sigh. "I might get fired"
"He won't, I promise"
I left the room and went downstairs. The chauffeur opened the door for me and I entered. The drive to the restaurant was quiet. I breathed a sigh of relief, the moment I stepped out of the car. I was ushered into the restaurant. He was already seated, he stared at me in disbelief. "I chose this. I can't get dressed in that exposing gown you call a dress" I said
He groaned but said nothing. When he finally spoke up, he asked me to make an order, which I did. After eating, he told me, I should see this date as an Interview. He said I could ask him some questions. I asked a few questions and got tired of asking. The day moved slowly, making me bored. It was just one hour date but it felt like forever. I jumped up happily when the date came to an end. It was like being released from jail.
We headed back to his house, in different cars. When we got home, I took my bath. I decided to arrange my bag, getting ready to leave tomorrow morning. I lay on my bed, eager to know if we are going to make a headline tomorrow. Although I tried as much as I can to hide my face with my hair, I still feel nervous. I sigh. I'll have to wait to see if there will be any news about us and if my face was visible or not!!.