CHAPTER THIRTY

DAMIEN

The issue with Emilia coming back to New York is getting on my nerves and now Tamara was bloody ignoring me. I sent her a message to meet me at the cake shop where we are meant to choose the cake for the wedding. By the weekend the media already published the news about my engagement and some of the people still think it's a ruse to advertise my company, bloody idiots.
Emily has also been sending messages that she wanted to see me, I ignored her texts hoping she would get the hint and stop texting me byt she us as persistent as ever, if I got involved with her now it will bring it some unwanted attention from the media and i definitely don't want that.
I checked my phone again and still no reply from Tamara and I was already on my way to the cake shop, on getting there I spotted Tamara standing with her brother by thier car laughing at something he had said.
I walked up to them unable to control my anger, "you couldn't just send a text that you were already here, whst is i had gone to your house to get you"
"I didn't see the need to, Mr Kingston so if you are done we have a caje to pick out" she shrugged not bothering to spare me a glance as she gave me her answer.
"Seriously, you didn't see the need too, Tamara for goodness sake, why are you damn frustrating" I said running my hands through my hair angry at her nonchalant behaviour right now, i turned to Alex and he was glaring at me, what the fuck did i do to him to warrant such behaviour? "And why is he here"
"He wanted to tag along, Mr Kingston"
"Why are you acting more annoying than normal? Did something happen that I'm not aware off to put you in such a crappy mood"
"Wouldn't you like to know Mr Kingston" she said causing her brother to snicker beside her further increasing my confused stare.
"Just forget I asked and let's get this over with, i have more important things to do" I said as I pushed the door to the cake shop and we all walked in, when the the owner spotted us she walked up to us.
"Welcome to Anna's cakes Mr Kingston, Mr and Mrs Sanders , Mrs Adams has already give us the options you requested for, so if you would please follow me, I will lead you to your seat"
"Thank you" I answered my gazing moving to Tamara, she was still not paying attention to me and focusing only on her brother, why was everyone so bent on pushing me off the edge today.
Anna led us to our seats before placing two sets of plates in front of the three of us before she disappeared into the door behind the counter.
When i felt my patience had reached its peak i decide to confront her again"Tamara can you focus your attention on the task at hand I'm sure what you're talking about with your brother can wait" I said clenching my fist by my side, hiding my irritation with the two siblings.
"Not really, it can't" she answered briefly before turning to face her brother and they continued their discussion like I wasn't here, they were really pushing their luck.
Then Anna came out of the room she went into carrying a display case in her hand, she smiled before putting the display case on the table, when she opened it, three different flavours of cake pieces where decorated beautifully on it"
"They look all look delicious, I don't know how I'm going to pick" Tamara said smiling up at shop owner Anna.
"So shall we begin, this one is the strawberry and bluebery ice-cream shortcake" Anna said pointing at the cake which had a pink flower on the top, the three of us took a bite out of the cake she described and it was delicious but too sweet for my taste.
"Next one please" I asked
"Oh you don't like it" Anna asked her gaze moving from Tamara to me.
"It delicious but too sweet for my taste" I answered both our gazes moved to Tamara and her brother.
"It's delicious" they both answered
"Okay then moving on, this one is a tradition vanilla cake with butter cream icing" Anna said as we all took a bite out of the cake she pointed at, this one was delicious and the sweetness was balanced.
"How do you like this one" Anna asked.
"This is more preferable than the last one, I think we will go with this one" I answered but Tamara jumped in
"We haven't tried the last one, so cool your horses Damien" Tamara said causing Anna to laugh.
"Okay tthen"i said fighting with her will get us nowhere
"This one is one of our favourite order, the chocolate delight with white chocolate frosting" Anna said as we all took a bite out of the cake and was as sweet as it looked, how could anyone enjoy eating something so sweet, it hurts my teeth.
"I love this one" Tamara said cheerfully her face lighting up like a kid on christmas day causing Alex to chuckle beside her.
"Excuse my sister, she is obsessed with anything chocolate" Alex added causing Anna to smile at him
"Who isn't" Anna added, "so which one are you guys going with"
"The second one" I answered causing Tamara to glare at me
"He's joking we would like the third one please" Tamara answered
"Tamara, Honey the third one is just too sweet we can't serve that at the wedding, think about it" I asked giving her my sweetest smile expecting her to disagree with me but to my surprise she didn't argue.
"Okay then, it's your wedding" she shrugged turning to face her brother again, what the fuck I expected her to fight me, but she just gave up, something didn't feel right.
Deciding to ignore her weird behaviour I turned to Anna, "we will be having the vanilla cake for the wedding thank you"
"Okay then," Anna answered taking the display case and plates away.
"Excuse me" Alex said calling her attention.
"I would appreciate it, if you would send the chocolate delight to this address" Alex said as he scribed the address on a piece of paper before handing it over to Anna
"Any special requests" Anna asked.
"Nope, where do I pay?"
"If you would follow me please, you csn pay at the counter" Anna said as Alex placed a quick kiss on Tamara’s cheek before getting up to follow Anna.
"I will be right back little bee"
"Are you still calling me that"
"Yep, and I'm not gonna stop" Alex joked as he walked away with Anna.
"Why are you ignoring me?" I asked
"I usually ignore you Mr Kingston, today isn't any different" she shrugged as she took out her phone to check the time.
"Tamara look at me" I said my voice raised a bit
"Yes, Mr Kingston" she answered her gaze on me
"Why are you behaving like a child, tell me why the fuck you are acting this way" i asked running my hands through my hair, letting out a frustrated sigh
"You want to know, then I will tell you, I'm not the one going around kissing everyone that wears a skirt Mr Kingston"
"What are you talking about?"
"I saw you kissing your old friend in the garden at our engagement party, Mr Kingston"
"So you are acting like this because you're jealous"
"Fuck no, like I said the last time I don't care if you cheat or not, just don't do it where everyone can see"
"You're misunderstanding what you saw, she kissed me"
"Yeah right, but you didn't push her away"
"I-"
"Just forget it, since we are done here I would like to leave, seems like Alex is done with his order, so he will be taking me back home" Tamara said as she got to her feet her gaze moving from Alex to me, "don't bother reaching out to me till the wedding Mr Kingston, because i wont answer, so spare yourself the trouble" Tamara added before going to join her brother at the counter, after Anna gave them their receipt, they left the shop.
I ran my hand through my hair in annoyance, everything isn't really going my way this past few weeks, can't i just get a break. After making sure she got our orders right I left the shop and headed home thinking of how I would keep Emilia out of my hair till after the wedding.