My love and my life

Chapter fifty-seven
Gwen
He moves closer but I push him back. He lands on his arse and looks up at me, "What did you do that for?"
"What did you think you wanted to do?" I scream at him.
" Gosh!" He sighs and stands, " I was going to remove that thing on your hair. Gosh, what were you thinking?" He laughs and walks away.
I didn't leave my spot or follow him. He walks back and stretches out his phone to me, "That's my girlfriend's number. Why will I kiss you when I have a girlfriend?"
I look down at the screen, then back at him, " Who said you wanted to kiss me?"
He laughs, "Will you lie that thought didn't enter your mind?"
I laugh anxiously. Seriously, this looks so embarrassing. I actually thought he was going to kiss me.
He collects his phone from me, as if I was going to take it away, "You have lots of dirty thoughts Gwen. You have never changed. You are still the same as what Heidi told me you were," he remark and starts walking away.
What does he mean? What did Heidi tell him? What is he talking about?
I walk after him, curious.
He walks back to his seat and cuts some barbecue ribs. He chewed before looking up at me, "What do you want? I thought you wanted to leave?"
I sigh and sit, still looking at him, " What was what you said the other time. What do you mean by that? What did Heidi tell you?"
He smiles and moves forward," Sit and I will tell you everything. Though, I'm still not sure if it's all lies."
I scoff, " Are you playing me? Are you trying to make me stay longer?"
He moves back, relaxing in his seat, " Why did you think I avoided you then? Wasn't it because of that?"
I give him a skeptical look, " I thought you avoided me because you were going out with Heidi."
His eyes went wider, " What? Why will you even think to that extent?"
" Well, that was what she told me."
" That bastard! She lied to you!"
I move nearer, "She must have lied about me to you as well."
"Jeez, you have a bad stepsister."
I laugh, " Yes, I know. Now tell me what she told you."
He picks a fork and cut through the cheesecake. He chews and looks at me, " She said you wanted to desperately take our relationship to another level. And you had to battle every day to avoid having sex with me. She said you hated me for always seducing you."
" So, I decided to go my way. Heidi wanted to be my friend but I rejected her. I told her I don't like her family. I don't like anyone that bares Brook."
" Jeez!" I exclaim softly. I'm just too shocked to even do or say anything. How can Heidi tell so many lies about me?
How can she do that? At that time, I thought she was still my friend. So, she has been going against me for so long.
Maybe all she told me was a lie. Sure!
And everyone would have avoided me and bullied me because of the lies she told them. My life has been fucked up because of her. I so much hate her.
"None of that is real. I only told her I like you so much. I don't know where she got the rest of her story from."
David shakes his head pitifully, " I will be so damn if I was Brook. Do you still live with them?"
I take more of the French fries. I chew for a while, " Do you think I will be with them and still be able to dress like this and go out? I've been serving as a maid the moment I got out of high school.".
" OMG!" David exclaims, " What?"
I nod briefly, " I've been living that life until recently when a good Samaritan found me."
He laughs, " That was why I was unable to differentiate you. You look so beautiful now."
I look at the salmon, " More than your girlfriend?"
He hits me slightly, forcing me to look up at him, "You can never be more beautiful than my girlfriend."
I laugh, "And you will never be more handsome than my boyfriend!" I joke.
I and David used to be best of friends then. And I thought I was loving him more than a friend. And I told Heidi about it. Had I known I wouldn't have.
Well, I'm glad I'm able to meet him again. And as God would have it, he has his girlfriend already.
"Really?" David's eyes widen amazingly, "Who is your boyfriend?"
"Leave me alone. I'm not saying," I laugh and pick a spoon to cut out of the cake.
He hit my hand quickly, "If you don't tell me, I won't let you."
"You are lying Gwen. You don't have a boyfriend. Have you ever dated after high school?"
I thought about it for a while. I love Ryder and well, he loves me too. We will be a couple soon. I'm just here because I'm angry but I won't let David abuse me for not having a boyfriend after so long. I'm not getting any younger.
I feign a cute frown, "Fine! I will let you know," I beckon him over with a wave of a hand, " Move closer."
He complied, " Tell me."
"Do you know Ryder? The Sportsman? The basketball player?"
He nods briefly.
I move back, " It's him."
He stares for a while as if shocked. Then he burst out laughing, "You are so funny!"
I place my hand in between each other, "Why will you say that?"
"Because you just lied! Ryder isn't your boyfriend!" He resumes laughing.
Seriously, that's painful. Is he trying to downgrade me? Does he know how much Ryder loves me?
I'm not being arrogant but well, I'm going to be proud of him.
"Say someone else, perhaps I might believe you."
I stare at him for a while. I actually feel like hitting him on the face but I won't.
It doesn't matter if he believes me or not.
I cut the barbecue grill with my knife and chew.
"Hey! Tell me!" He screams at me.
"What the fuck are you doing Dave!" A deep, scary voice says behind me.
My heart skip a bit at the seriousness in his voice. Though somehow, the voice sounds familiar.
David looks ahead and his eyes went wider, his lips shake slightly.
I wonder why he's so scared. Isn't his father the owner of this place or is his father the one that just called his name?
"Who?" I mouth out to David.
He looks at me, with fear, "Ryder!" He whispers before standing up.
Ryder?
I stand and whirl around to face the man.
I look up at Ryder. He's walking towards us and also looked at David. What the fuck is Ryder doing here? And how is he to David?
He stops before David, unconscious of the fact that I'm standing here. I might have been so short for him to notice.
"Hey! What do you think you were doing booking the pool all to yourself!"
"Uncle, I'm sorry. I just wanted to have little time to myself."
Uncle? So, that was why David found it difficult to believe me.
"What little time! How can you do this to a company that isn't yours? What if it's yours? Will you chase the customers away?"
David squeeze his face like a small baby, "Uncle, I just wanted some privacy to myself. I don't like swimming with people."
"Hey! Shut it! What about those VIP you rejected? Do you know the amount of money Rock is going to lose today? Can't you at least book two hours to do that? Must it be all day? How can you come here with your girlfriend to do this?"
David shivers, " Actually, she's not my girlfriend."
" Then who is she?" He screams at him, then turns to look at me. His eyes widen as he stares. So, now he just saw me, "Gwen_?" He looks so surprised.
"What? Do you two know each other?" David asks and I remember what I had told him earlier.
I must put it to act. I must show David that I really know Ryder. Though, I don't know why I have to pretend to be dating Ryder.
Well, David is going to make fun of me.
I smile and move closer to Ryder. I put my hand around him and turn to look at David, "Do we look good together like this?" I can feel Ryder stiff under my touch but he didn't push me away which I'm very grateful for.
"What?" David stammers.
" I told you I was Ryder's girlfriend but you didn't believe me. Now do you?"
I look up at Ryder and watch the shocked look on his face.
He tilts my head with his finger and his head comes closer. I knew he was going to kiss me but unlike what I did to David, I didn't push him.
Actually, I've always wanted this. I've missed this so much. I've missed him so much.
"Oh My God! What's this!" David exclaim as Ryder's lips touch mine.
I nearly laugh. Little David must be so shocked.