I had to make her work for me. "This is going to be harder than I thought, it would be. What to do?" I lay behind the locked door of my bedroom as I cross my arms thinking what to do.
I had an invitation to watch a duel this upcoming Saturday at 10 am.
I had nothing else to do to on a Saturday since I cancel everything and left it for Noah to handle. I fix myself in front of the mirror as I smirk. "That will teach Noah for messing with me and my company." I headed towards the door of my room to open it, as I headed downstairs towards the living room to say goodbye to my brother, Mokuba.
"Big Brother, are you going right now?"
"Yes, I am. Take care of the house while I am out."
He smiles. "Okay, have a nice time."
"Thanks, Mokuba." I headed towards the main door to leave. I walked down the stairs and got into the limo. The drive took off while I looked through my phone to check the messages.
I got a phone call from Noah. I picked up. "You better be happy, Seto..."
"You know, I can't turn down an invitation from Pegasus. Since you are the boss, I thought it would be nice for you to take on your second business. Well, I speak to you soon, I am here anyway." I hang up and shut down my phone before he calls back.
I have gotten there just about 10 am. They were about to close the door on me. I show my invitation and they let me in. I went to look for my seat and found it. I went downstairs to the first row.
I took a seat next to a young lady. I looked at her and it was her, Serenity. I was stunned, but not shocked that she would be invited and seated next to me. She looks at me and smiles. "Hello, there, you must be..."
I clear my thoughts for a moment to talk to her. "I am Seto Kaiba."
"Seto… Oh, I heard so much about you." She looks away and looks at the people that were on the floor.
"I have to talk to you when this is over, Serenity."
She looks at me once more when they started with the show.
Pegasus showed up the last round to battle Yugi the winner.
Serenity looks at me. "Why do I have to talk to you?"
"Business," I said.
"When?" She asked.
I got out my little notepad and pen to write down my phone number and gave it to her. "Call me when you are ready." She grabs it and looks at it.
Yugi made his final move and won against him. Everyone cheer for Yugi. Serenity looks uncomfortable and uncertain about this conversation.
After the duel. We got up and started to leave. "Is that Seto?" Joey says three seats down.
"Why isn't it Joey."
"Why you..." Joey says mad.
"Calm down, Joey," Tristan says. "So, Pegasus invited you too?"
"Yes, he has. I wasn't expecting you guys either."
Tristan got mad because he realizes something. "You sat next to Serenity. Ah… Serenity, why you didn't tell us about Seto sitting next to you?"
"I'm leaving." I walked away from them. I really wanted to talk to Serenity not give her my phone number.
I was waiting for her phone call on my personal cell phone. I wanted her to call now since it has been a week. It was killing me inside. I was in my bed waiting for her to call. I just wanted to go to her house and demand her to speak to me.
"What is taking her so long to speak to me? That means I have to start doing a contract if she ever wants to talk to me."
Another week has past and I got a random phone call on my personal cell phone while I am doing some important paperwork. I grab my phone that was next to the pen holder cup. It was an unknown number. I picked up. "Hello."
"Seto… It's me, Serenity Wheeler."
I was stunned, 'I thought she quit and looked the other way.' I clear my throat before talking to her, 'man, I feel like the old man that was my father's lawyer.'
"Yes, this is Seto." It's about time that she called me.
"I am ready to know what you want from me."
I smirk. "Wise decision. How about we talk about it during lunch?"
"L-lunch?" Serenity sounds nervous about this.
"Yes, how about I pick you up."
"O-okay. What is it about though?" She had to ask.
"It's about some business that is too long to speak over the phone. So, if you don't want to speak about it over lunch, we can have dinner at my place if you want."
"No, lunch is fine."
"Good, tomorrow I'll pick you up, just tell me the address you will be at during the time, between 11 and 12." She told me the address. "Seto, I hope I am not wasting your time."
"You will not waste my time. It's only business talk that's all. I have to go and finish up my work, see you soon."
"Bye, Seto." I hang up.
I bet Joey knows and about it. "I bet he will follow us."
The following day, I had to take a day off and pass everything to Noah while I attend to Serenity. I got ready for my business and my contract already printed in my suitcase. I headed out and got in my car to start driving to the location where she is.
Once there, I took out my phone to call her. She answers. "Hello?"
"I am outside. In a blue car."
"Okay, I'm coming now." She hangs up. I looked through the mirror and saw someone in one of the cars behind me. 'I knew it. They are going to follow us.'
Serenity comes out and crosses the street to get in. I drove off and made a U-turn to go past them. I notice them taking off too. 'I knew it.'
"So, where are we going?"
I took a turn and speed up a yellow light. I took another turn and into a neighborhood that I had to park in front of one of the houses. "We are going to a local restaurant that serves lunch at this hour." I took off and went towards the location from here.
We were getting close when she spoke. "Why do you need me for this business?"
"Trust me, when we get there. I will explain everything."
I park in the back and got out. I took my suitcase as we walked inside and they attended us. We have gotten seats in the back where it's more out of the view from other people, so we can talk freely.
They gave us the menu. We looked through it as the waiter left us. I put it down as she put down the menu. "You can order anything you like," I said.
"It's strange that you are treating me so nicely. What is this business about?" She asked.
"I have run into trouble with my company believe it or not. I need a young woman like yourself."
"So, you picked me for the job?" She says confuse.
"Yes, you seem to the one that would understand my needs and I could help your needs."
The waiter came up to us. "Ready?" I order my side and she orders too while looking through the menu again. He left with our orders and menu.
"So, what is it about?"
"First, my father has died a while back leaving a will behind. Noah which he is my brother. He took both companies, but the will states that Noah can give to me the other company if I am found worthy. Noah has found a way to blackmail me not getting the company at all if I do not comply with his order within a year."
"So, what does it have to do with me? I mean you are kind of powerful and you can have anyone to do the job..."
"You are wrong, I need a person that is not a professional in any way to make it seem more real to him so I can get the company."
"Oh, okay, so what did he order you to do?" She asked so confusedly.
I took out the contract from my suitcase before the food was ready. I put down the suitcase down and gave her the contract, looked down to say, "he ordered me to have a girlfriend within a year that is true love. In order words, loves me for me."
She keeps reading and says. "This contract does not have any to do with love."
"Of course. If you read the last print, you can see I am willing to pay that much amount of money for your medical debt that Joey spoke about."
She put down the contract. "I-I can't, even if with the money. I don't think..."
"After the year is over, we don't have to make any contact with each other and you get the money. Everything will be fine, only if you only follow the rules that I set up."
"It says, only to act around Noah when he is around until he leaves, we act normally? I am not an actor to be doing this." She crosses her arms.
I place my hands under my chin. "We practice. If that's okay with you. Trust me, we don't have to be in love to practice just seem that we are. It's like a test."
She blushes and looks down bashfully. "You mean love test?"