Chapter 61 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Excuse me for a moment, I need to make a call,” Sonia said as she stood up from the dining and walked away with her phone.

“What is WRONG with you?” Bryan snapped at Matt the moment Sonia disappeared.

“What do you mean?” Matt asked with a grin.

“I called you here to get rid of her, not become her best friend!” Bryan said through gritted teeth, his eyes flashing angrily as he glared at Matt.

“Relax. All this is part of my plan to make her fall for me. She already guessed the reason I came over, so I’m trying to play a different role,” Matt explained.

“You are?” Bryan asked surprised, “But wait, how did she know why you are here?” Bryan asked curiously.

“She is way smarter than you give her credit for. Just quit scowling at her all day long, and start acting more like Bryan Delgado! You’re an actor, play the fucking role!” Matt muttered under his breath.

Meanwhile, inside the bedroom, Sonia lay on the bed as she dialed Celsie’s line, “Hey baby! Why didn’t you just call?” Sonia asked immediately Celsie received the call.

“I thought you would be writing, or busy with Bryan, and I didn’t want to interrupt,” Celsie explained.

“I keep telling you, I’m ALWAYS available to you. Even if I’m having sex, I would slide that dick out of me to take your call, don’t you get it?” Sonia asked, making Celsie giggle.

“I love you too. How are you?” Celsie asked changing the subject.

“I’m alright. I was just in the middle of dinner with Bryan and his best friend. What about you? How are you?” Sonia asked curiously.

“I’m okay. I wanted to find out if you’ve learned anything about my boss,” Celsie said making Sonia sigh.

“Not yet. But Matt says he is very handsome and nice,” Sonia assured Celsie.

“Well, I don’t think so. He was at the office today, and he was very weird,” Celsie said, before going on to give Sonia the details.

“You only feel this way because he is your boss. Anyway, how is Benne?” Sonia asked curiously.

“That is the second reason I called. He’s acting weird,” Celsie complained.

“How come everyone is acting weird around you? What did he do?” Sonia asked, and listened as Celsie narrated everything to her.

“Wait! Do you mean he didn’t do it that night? But you thought he did?” Sonia asked in disbelief, making Celsie wince in embarrassment.

“Yes,” Celsie said, as she went on to explain the situation.

Sonia burst into a fit of laughter before Celsie could finish, “I really don’t know what to think of that guy. I like him, and at the same time I don’t like him because he likes someone else and wants you to help him get her,” Sonia said with a sigh.

“What should I do? Do you think maybe I should let him do it? So that we can get over it?” Celsie asked, making Sonia smile.

“You know very well what I’m going to say. So go for it,” Sonia said happily, “It’s best you do it with him now that he isn’t dating anyone yet,” Sonia added.

“You are right.. I will do it,” Celsie said with determination.

“Seriously? You mean your brother is interested in Sonia’s best friend?” Matt asked in a whisper as they continued eating while Sonia was in the room talking to Celsie.

“Yeah. So I need you to help me find out all you can about her best friend,” Bryan said, and Matt grinned.

“Are you sure you can get rid of Sonia? From the way I see it, if your brother ends up getting married to her best friend, you might have to see her every time you show up at your brother’s place,” Matt said with a cheerful smile as though he was already looking forward to it.

“That doesn’t change anything. Stick to the plan and get her out of here within a week. You can still do that, right?” Bryan asked with a slightly raised brow.

“A week? What’s the hurry?”

“I just don’t want her around me,” Bryan said with a shrug.

“I wasn’t going to say anything, but maybe I should. Why do you seem so worked up over her?” Matt asked, watching Bryan closely.

“I don’t know. She just makes me very…” He paused as though he was searching for the right word, “She makes me very uncomfortable,” Bryan said, choosing to make do with uncomfortable.

“Uncomfortable? How?” Matt asked with a slightly raised brow.

“I wish I knew.”

“Are you sure it’s not because you find her interesting, and you’re scared you might fall for her charms? Maybe you’re just scared you might end up falling for her,” Matt said thoughtfully.

The Bryan he knew would have no reservations about playing along with Sonia until they both get tired and went their separate ways, so why was he putting in so much effort into trying to have her leave?

“Shut up if you have nothing better to say. Quit saying shit,” Bryan growled at him.

“Are you sure it’s shit? Because if you’re being honest with yourself right now you’d agree with me that you are not acting as you ordinarily would act if she was someone else,” Matt pointed out.

“And how do you think I would have acted if it was someone else? Go on, tell me,” Bryan said, looking at him with a slightly raised brow.

“We both know if you really didn’t want her around you, you would have called off the whole engagement thing by now. You’re not someone that cares so much about what the public thinks. You’ve been in and out of a lot of sexual and relationship scandals. And if you really proposed to her just to clear up the scandal concerning Sophia, you would have cleared this up already,” Matt explained.

He raised a finger when Bryan opened his mouth to speak, “Hold on, I’m not done yet. What is the worse she can do if you call off the engagement? Tell the world that you both didn’t know each other before? What is the best you can do? Refuse to give any comment and tell the public that you’d like your private business to stay private. It would take a week or two, and you would be done with all of that.

Another celebrity would do something scandalous and attention will shift from you. Now think about it, am I right or wrong when I say you’re acting out of character?” Matt asked, making Bryan frown.

“…” Before he could respond, they heard Sonia’s voice.

“So what did you both talk about in my absence?” Sonia asked with a teasing smile as she returned to join them at the table.

“I was just telling Bryan here, how lucky he is to have a beautiful and intelligent woman like you,” Matt said with a grin, making Sonia raise both hands to her cheeks as though she was blushing.

“Aww, I’m blushing. That’s so sweet of you. I’m glad I have you on my side,” Sonia said, while Bryan just kept looking at them both with a blank expression as he processed what Matt had said. Was it really as easy as Matt had made it sound? Was he really just stalling when he can easily just tell her it’s over?

“So tell me something, do you have a friend or sister that you can hook me up with?” Matt asked with a playful smile and winked at Bryan who quickly took the cue.

“Yes, she does. Or is your best friend in a relationship?” Bryan asked, looking at her and trying not to sound too curious about her best friend.

“I would have loved to hook you up with her. But unfortunately, Celsie isn’t interested in guys, so I don’t think it will work,” Sonia said with an apologetic smile which made Bryan narrow his eyes. She wasn’t interested in guys? Did that mean she was into girls? Bryan wondered.

“She is into girls?” Matt asked, voicing the question on Bryan’s mind, which made Sonia laugh out loud.

“No, she isn’t. Maybe if she was into girls I would be married to her by now,” Sonia said with an amused smile.

“What about you? Are you into girls?” Bryan asked suspiciously since he had noticed the way she had checked the strippers out at the club the previous evening.

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