Chapter 68 – Beginning with a Daring Encounter

“Treating you as I would treat my stubborn fiancee. Now get dressed and stop wasting our time,” Bryan ordered before stopping to look at her when she tried to reach for the laptop.

“Is giving your fiance a few hours of your time too much to ask for? Why are you still here if you won’t even act like a fiancee?”

Sonia’s brow creased a little as she looked at the laptop he was holding and then back at him. She had asked him to treat her like he would treat his fiancee, and so far he was doing exactly what she requested. Going out with him was going to give her more things to write about than staying indoors, so maybe she shouldn’t be so difficult.

“I’ll be ready in thirty minutes,” She said in a resigned tone before turning to walk away.

“Good girl,” Bryan said as he tapped her ass, making her turn to look at him with a slightly raised brow, “I would tap my fiancee’s ass that way,” he said with a grin.

Without saying a word Sonia rolled her eyes as she walked away, and the grin on his face turned into a smirk. Maybe this wasn’t such a bad idea after all. At least he was no longer as bored as he was before her arrival, Bryan thought as he took the laptop and jotter into his study to hide it away from her. If she was going to work, she was going to have to do so when he wasn’t around.

Exactly thirty minutes later Sonia joined him in the living room. Bryan’s eyes roamed over the ripped jeans trouser and olive-colored crop top she was wearing with a jeans jacket, “You don’t have a pretty gown? Like the one you wore yesterday?” Bryan asked, looking at her clothes with disapproval.

“I don’t. Why?” Sonia asked as she looked around the house.

“I think I prefer to see you in gowns. You look sexier that way. Let’s stop by a clothes shop on our way and get you some nice gowns before leaving,” Bryan suggested.

“I have a lot of gowns at home. I chose not to bring them with me because I wasn’t expecting you to take me out. Besides, I told you I didn’t want you to spend your money on me,” Sonia reminded him.

“Why won’t you expect your fiance to take you out? Besides, I won’t give you my money, but I can choose to spend my money anyhow I deem fit on my fiancee,” Bryan said as held out his hand for her to take it.

Sonia smiled at him as she took his hand. Wasn’t he doing a bit too much? She wondered as they both walked out, “Where is Matt? Why don’t I see him anywhere around?” Sonia asked curiously.

“He stepped out to visit some friends,” Bryan told her as he led her to the car and opened the front passenger door for her to get in. Once she was seated, she waited for him to shut the door and leave, but Bryan smiled at her as he reached over her for the seatbelt and buckled it, “I look forward to spending the day with you, baby,” he said with a sweet smile as he leaned closer to drop a feather-light kiss on her lips.

Sonia narrowed her eyes after he pulled away and shut the door. What was he up to? Why was he being so sweet? Yes, she had asked him to treat her as a fiancee, but this was still kind of too much, wasn’t it? Or was he trying to go and dump her somewhere no one would find her? She wondered as she turned around in her seat to look at Bryan who had gotten into the driver’s seat next to her.

Bryan flashed her a smile when he met her curious gaze and then he turned on the car’s ignition and drove off. He was going to give her the exact opposite of whatever it was she was expecting him to do. He was going to kill her with sweetness.

“The car is too quiet, why don’t you tell me more about yourself?” Bryan asked after a while as he drove.

Sonia who had been lost in her thoughts turned to look at him, “What do you want to know?”

“Everything your fiance should know about you. Your family, all your favorite things, the things you do not like, the important people in your life, your dreams and ambition, your happiest, saddest, and most embarrassing moment. Everything that makes you Sonia Smith,” Bryan said, making Sonia narrow her eyes at him.

Was he really interested in her life or was he just doing this to find something he could use against her? She asked herself, but decided to play along irrespective of the reason behind his question, “I suppose you will do the same after I’m done?” She asked, and Bryan glanced at her.

“Of course. Besides, if I remember correctly I already told you some things about myself the last time,” he said, reminding her of the night of their fake engagement.

“So where should I start from?” Sonia asked since he had asked a lot of questions and she wanted to know which he was most curious about.

“Your family. What happened to them?” Bryan asked, and Sonia sighed.

It wasn’t really a subject she liked to talk about, “My half-brother, Jamie, committed suicide and my mother and her husband blamed my best friend for it…”

Bryan’s brows pulled together in a frown, “Your best friend? Why?”

Sonia recalled Celsie asking her not to say anything about her to Bryan so she shook her head, “It’s all very complicated. Anyway, when they couldn’t bear the loss of Jamie, they decided to move to another country and start over, but I insisted on staying back, especially as I just graduated from high school and I was already applying for colleges nearby and Celsie also needed me.

They accused me of conspiring with Celsie to kill Jamie and they left bitterly and cut off communication with me,” Sonia said with a scoff. She still couldn’t believe that her mother had done that to her.

“I received a call three years later and was told they both died in a car crash. So, I have just Celsie now,” Sonia said with an indifferent shrug, but Bryan didn’t miss the sadness in her voice.

“Don’t you wish you moved with them?” Bryan asked, turning to spare her a glance.

“I don’t. They were being unreasonable by accusing Celsie of causing his death. Jamie had always been a jerk and a spoilt brat who always thought he deserved to get whatever he wanted. Also, we never really got along, and somehow a part of me didn’t really feel bad when he died. I felt indifferent, and I think my parents noticed that,” Sonia sighed again when she realized she had given too much information.

Bryan said nothing as he listened to her. So her family was dead? And her late parents blamed her half-brother’s death on Celsie? “I’m sorry about that,” Bryan said in a low tone.

“There is nothing to be sorry about,” Sonia assured him. The only person she really felt sorry for was Celsie who had been dragged into Jamie’s insanity because of her. If not for their friendship there was no way Celsie would have encountered a crazy person like Jamie. And because of Jamie, Celsie didn’t want to get emotionally involved with anyone.

Bryan said nothing, choosing to give her some time to gather her thoughts. They could continue with their conversation later. He pulled the car to a stop in front of a cinema, and Sonia turned to look at him in surprise.

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