Lies, Fiancés and finally Love?
Chapter 2
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"Okay …. Sure no problem just lead me to the guy…" he answered and wrapped his arm around her waist he saw her fidgeting…
"and just to let you know I don't do anything half heartedly and as an about-to-be-married man I tend to be the possessive kind" he added with a sly smile on his face
"okay let's go Yuuna's probably waiting" she said and walked slowly until she reached Yuuna
He pressed his lips into a fine line and said "Cagalli" stiffly noticing the figure beside her
"Yuuna meet Athrun, Athrun meet my boss Yuuna Seiran" She said sweetly and looked at Athrun. While he Athrun got a glass of champagne and was half way done
"Nice to meet you sir" Yuuna said rather stiffly and held out a hand only to meet with Athrun's champagne glass and was startled and held it. 'SHIT' he thought maybe she told Athrun about his deeds and was suddenly snapped out of it when…
"Aren't you going to congratulate us Seiran?" Athrun said rather sleekly
"Err…. Yes of course sir congratulations with err... you're engagement err….How are you feeling about it?" he asked hurriedly afraid to upset him
"Well we're VERY excited about it and we're getting married quite soon" Athrun stressed but apparently Cagalli thought it was too loud and then…….
BOOM!!
"Athrun darling!! It's high time you got your foot down" Looking at Cagalli then gave a nod "With no less a beautiful lady" Cagalli was thankful that Athrun's arm was around her waist if not she might have fallen a heap on the floor. After the statement of the lady in gold everything and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at the 'couple' just after a few seconds Cagalli was being introduced to the lady in gold.
"Cagalli this is Aunt Lovecraft, Aunt this is Cagalli my fiancée" Athrun declared proudly which caused Cagalli to blush a bit
"Nice to meet you Miss Cagalli" She said neatly and flashed a genuine smile at her 'She looks beautiful' Cagalli thought and with that she answered back.
"Nice to meet you too Aunt Lovecraft, err can I call you that?"
"Of course love after all Athrun's going to be your husband so why not start calling me that?" Aunt Lovecraft answered cheerily "Ohh! Goody they've got finger food I must go now!!" She left the last of her smiles to Athrun and Cagalli and sped off
"Let's go eat somewhere nice and quiet and not here" Athrun said and walked with Cagalli in his arm to the doors. Cagalli was still stiff and was horrified because for the first time in her life she experienced how ugly it was to be shot at by a lot and I mean a lot of reporters. 'Maybe Aunt Lovecraft is someone rich and famous' she concluded
"Thanks for the favor" Cagalli said quietly as they went through the elevators.
"You should go back to the party Athrun, I know you still have a lot to do. I wouldn't want to be a drag, I'll just go home and again-" she was cut off by Athrun
"No we will have dinner and you will have to explain the charade I just entered" Athrun said coolly and the elevator doors swung open and they went through – Cagalli's arm was held by his hand into a death grip but not hurting her- a series of cars until they reached a two-seated sports car that was sleek black with silver edgings
She got in at the other side and the car zoomed off .Fast, very fast with the hood down some of Cagalli's hair had been freed from the chignon but her face looks pale not the pale that she's going to faint, pale like the moon.
They arrived in an underground parking lot and Athrun went out as quick as a lighting bolt appeared beside Cagalli's door and helped her out "Thanks" Cagalli muttered and they stepped in the elevator and moved up and at last 'ding' the elevator door opened.
It revealed a hallway made out of marble it looked like some Greek god lived there
"We'll eat here somewhere quiet and we'll always have a table" he opened the door "welcome to the penthouse" he said boastfully "come in he motioned for her she said thanks and sat down the armchair as told by Athrun.
"Would you like to watch while I toss something up for dinner?" He asked
"Yeah… Sure" she replied following him to the kitchen and sat down at the glass table 'everything in this penthouse must cost at least a thousand bucks each' she thought surveying the room it was carefully lit so the effect was lovely.
"So what brought us to our little charade?" Athrun asked as she watched him wash the lettuce.
She was getting started when Athrun said "Get those wine glasses will you love and there's wine in the fridge take that and follow me"
She just nodded her head and followed what he said, followed him to the French doors and the stunning view of Aprillius at night greeted them with a gush of warm wind
"Continue and here's your salad" Athrun handed her her fork and she continued and as the meal ended she was also near to the end of her explanation…
"Thanks Athrun and goodnight" Cagalli said and stood up
"Goodnight Cagalli sweet dreams" he replied not even bothering to stand up. Cagalli on the other hand was offended by this and as she reached the door
"Too bad you can't do anything progressive all you do is mope around and play deceptive games" she said contently
"The deception was your idea" he said a bit pissed of by what she said "I just went along because you looked scared and helpless. And the idea that I won't like my name linked with yours matrimonially appalls me" he added with gritted teeth
That hurt more than the right it had Cagalli thought and shot back "oh please I don't want to get married. EVEER. And even if I did men like you go down the bottom of my list."
"Goodnight Cagalli" Athrun said yet again with gritted teeth
"Goodnight Athrun" Cagalli answered back with the same tone.
She closed the door went in the elevator and pressed her floor number.
She stumbled in her apartment and just went to bed
In the morning for the first time ever she was late for work. She went in her office to fin Yuuna sitting on her chair
"You've met my fiancé last night and he's the jealous type I tell you, goes to the gym everyday" she lied
"Yes, I've come to tell you that had I known you had a fiancé I wouldn't have-" he cut himself off ashamed. "I just hope we'll still be friends" he said and exited the room
Cagalli on the other hand sat down and rubbed her temples and suddenly Mir burst in her office and screamed
"I'm not going to pretend that I'm not green with envy but this is so cool!!" and placed Cagalli's coffee down
"Excuse me?" That's all Cagalli could say
"The secret's well and out wait" she said and rushed out and came back in with a newspaper in her hand she handed it to Cagalli and BAM!!!!!!!
On the headline was "GEM Tycoon, billionaire Athrun Zala pinned down at last by the lovely Cagalli Yulah Attha"
'SHIT' she thought 'no wonder he seemed so hurt when I gods why did you have to ask Athrun out of that many people why oh why did you ask a billionaire/ most eligible bachelor/the most richest bachelor to do you that favor?!' Cagalli mentally slapped herself but was snapped out of her thought
"Tell me all about it, how you met how you fell in love, OOHH OHH!! Where's the ring? Or is it to valuable to wear?" Mir interrupted Cagalli just kept quiet and looked at Mir with the can-you-leave-me-now-or-else-I'll-skin-you-alive look Mir got that and went out ASAP. She took 2 aspirin tablets for her headache and the phone rang "Hello Cagalli Yulah, may I help you?" she said to the receiver "You bet your sweet life you can! Sounded from the other line" 'Gulp not good' she thought.
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