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Uninvited Guest
Uninvited Guest
Hayden just stood next to me and smiled brightly as he brought an arm up and placed it over my
shoulders, hugging me to his side. My whole body froze.
“Oh…who’s this?” one of my girl friends asked with clear interest.
“He’s so hot…he’s so hot…” another one whispered to the girl next to her.
“Who is he, Malissa?” Jenny asked as she stared at me.
Why did he have to turn up here? I just told these girls that I was completely single and had no time for
dating. This is so misleading… Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.
“Umm…this is…” I said as I struggled to come up with something that would be believable.
Now what? Do I tell them that he is my friend? My distant cousin…?
“I’m Malissa’s boyfriend. My name is Hayden,” Hayden said loudly and clearly as he pulled me roughly
against him. I felt both of his arms around my neck as he hugged me from behind and rested his chin
on my head.
Oh…shit.
“Wow! Really?” Jenny exclaimed excitedly while the other girls had similar reactions of shock.
“Malissa…you never told us that you had a boyfriend?” a girl said as she narrowed her eyes at me.
Well, that’s only because I didn’t have one. I mean, I still don’t have one.
I got her hidden message immediately. They’re going to grill me for not telling them and get me to tell
them all the details about this later. Unfortunately, I couldn’t tell them anything about the debt, the
contract, or the mafia.
I glanced at Hayden and cursed him internally. While I was worried about being discreet, this guy was
so used to attracting attention.
“Oh, sorry about this. I didn’t know that you were bringing a plus one. Seriously, you should have told
me so that I can book another seat,” Jenny quickly said politely after recovering from her initial shock at
Hayden’s sudden appearance.
“That’s ok. I’ll bring a chair over,” Hayden said as he smiled his angelic smile at my friend.
I sighed softly to myself as I watched a bright red blush take over my friend’s face at the sight of
Hayden’s mesmerizing smile. Another victim down. I guess this was why they say the devil is
bewitching.
I sat back down in my seat as I tried to figure out how to deal with Hayden. He’s not going to say
anything weird that will expose our twisted contract, right? I glanced over at Hayden who was bringing
a chair over to our table.
This is a disaster. This is a disaster. This is a disaster. These words kept on replaying in my head.
Hayden brought a chair over and sat down next to me at the table. My friends couldn’t help but stare at
Hayden and I guess that I could understand their reaction. Hayden and his looks truly stood out from
the crowd.
“So…Malissa, why don’t you tell us more about your boyfriend?” my friend asked.
“Umm…actually, he’s not really…” I began denying.
“Oh, there’s no need to be shy!” my girl friend said excitedly.
“Malissa’s pretty shy about telling people about us. We just started dating a few weeks ago,” Hayden
said smoothly.
“Oh wow. So…how did you guys meet?” my friend asked eagerly.
Here comes the classic question. I can’t believe we’re going through this. What am I supposed to say?
That we met because the head of the Torex mafia gang forced me to live with his son for 30 days to
settle a huge debt?
“Umm…we….” I struggled to answer.
“We met at a church. After that we started talking and went on dates,” Hayden replied, flawlessly.
I guess, we did meet at a church. I would never forget that disastrous wedding ceremony.
“A church? I didn’t know that you were so religious…” Jenny said as she turned to look at me.
“What do you do, Hayden? Are you working now or are you still studying?” my other friend asked.
Clearly, they were serious about getting to know everything about Hayden. While they had their
attention on Hayden, my brain was busy trying to figure out how to excuse ourselves and get out of
here as soon as possible.
“I work for my family’s business. It’s not very interesting though,” Hayden said, sounding super humble.
My friends kept on bombarding us with questions about our relationship. Thankfully, Hayden managed
to somehow answer them all. By this time, I was relief that Hayden seemed to want to keep our twisted
relationship a secret. I guess Hayden doesn’t want to explain to other people about his complex family
background either.
“I think we have to go. Sorry girls but I have to wake up early tomorrow to visit my grandmother at the
hospital,” I said as I got up to leave.
Grabbing Hayden’s hand in mine, I started pulling him to his feet too. Hayden looked at me innocently
and for a moment he looked like he didn’t want to leave.
“Hayden, please…let’s go,” I whispered to him.
“You owe me one,” Hayden whispered into my ear once he got up to his feet.
“Bye girls. It was great catching up with you. I’ll see you girls another time soon,” I said.
“It was good seeing you all. Thanks for taking care of my Malissa,” Hayden said before flashing the
girls his killer smile.
“Did you hear that he called her ‘my Malissa’ just now?” my friend started teasing.
I couldn’t stop myself from blushing a little at their teasing. Without further delay, I started dragging
Hayden behind me out of the restaurant.
“Why did you come here? How did you find this place? Did you follow me?” I fired questions at him the
moment we stepped out of the restaurant.
“Chill out. Too many questions at once…” Hayden said lazily.
“Why did you come here? What do you think you’re doing? Why did you introduce yourself as my
boyfriend?” I asked rapidly.
“I just told you…too many questions all at once…” Hayden said, still refusing to answer any of my
questions.
“You can’t do this to me…” I hissed angrily.
“Let’s go home. I’ll drive,” Hayden said and this time it was his turn dragging me.
“Wait! The men can drive me back,” I said as I tried to pull my wrist away from his grip.
“They’re no longer here…” Hayden replied, sounding bored.
“What? Why?” I asked with a mix of shock and confusion.
“I sent them back already. Let’s be environmentally friendly and carpool,” Hayden said with a small
laugh.
He sent them back?!
--To be continued…