ELEVEN: COMING UP WITH A PLAN

LIAM


What just happened? Who does she think she is? A lot of women would beg me for this offer, why was she feeling all high and mighty? she is nowhere near my league, she has such bland styles. I tugged at my tie in frustration as she banged the door. The other door opened and Aiden came in, giving me a funny look that I didn't understand. I went back to my desk and sat down, totally ignoring him.

"Such a waste of my time," I cussed as I sat down, loosening my tie.

Aiden took the seat in front of me and stared at me for a while, I refused to meet his gaze. He was going to blame me anyway for scaring her away. After a while, when I couldn't bear his gaze on me anymore, I turned to him.

"What?!"

"I am waiting for you to tell me what happened," he said slowly.

"Well, what happened is that that b*tch is so arrogant and full of herself and temperamental too. This minute she was begging me as if her life depended on it and the next minute, she was up on her feet, angry with me, and bolting out of the room. Who does she think she is?"

"You liked the minute she was begging you as if her life depended on it, right? What if her life really depends on it? Did you think about that?"

I looked at him, a little confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Liam, someone can't just apologize to you this minute and get mad at you the next minute. You must have done or said something that angered her. What did you do?"

"I owe you no explanation, okay."

"Of course, you do!"

There was an angry note in Aiden's voice and he glared at me as I stared at him in surprise and wondered what could be pissing him off.

"It was my father and me who had the sleepless nights trying to gather all those information about her. It was my father and I who left our comfort zone, chasing her all around town. So don't you sit there and say you owe me no explanation because you damn well do!" He banged his fist on the table.

I don't like it when Aiden gets mad at me because it seems he was always right and he always has good reasons to get mad. I watched him for a while. "Let's just forget about her. I will find another woman to do it...I will find the woman myself, " I added.

Aiden burst into laughter and it surprised me. I stared at him with a mixture of confusion and anger. I didn't like the outburst at all. "You think your mum is dumb?" he asked when he was done laughing.

"What do you mean?"

"Come on, man, you are smarter than this, and have you forgotten you got these brains from your mama? Your mum is a smart woman and she would suspect foreplay if you introduce another woman to her in the space of what? One week? You broke up with your secret girlfriend whom everyone just found out about and then you are dating another different woman in the space of days and you are already smitten by her? Come on, Liam, don't let pride and anger becloud your senses."

I stared fixedly at him, my hands clasped in front of me. He was right. "But this woman doesn't want to do this. She said I should meet her in court instead."

"That woman looked timid and nervous when she came here, you must have said something that made her flare up like that."

I know Aiden was right after all, but I am Liam McGillivary and I was supposed to be worshipped and I was the offended one here. She insulted me at the cafe and lied on TV with my name, I was supposed to be the mad one here not her, but Aiden is always making me feel I was always the wrong one.

"Well, if she was being remorseful, she should have meant it. I just asked her to knee and apologize."

"You did what?!" Aiden bolted up from his seat. "Liam, that was condescending."

"She is below me. I am doing her a favor, she should do whatever it takes to please me."

"She would also be doing you a favor if she agrees to this man, we both know that you will never go and deny that claim or sue her. You need her as much as she needs you and you don't have time." Aiden leaned forward on the table. "She is beautiful and currently out of job, she has all the time in this world for you, she is poor, with nothing in her account. You have enough money, you can offer to pay her a little token if she proves stubborn, she won't refuse it because she needs the money. Can't you see, she is the perfect person for this job?"

"What if she pulls out from the deal? That woman is crazy, she might wake up one time and decides she doesn't want to be in it anymore."

"That's why you need to draw up a contract. You need to put a grave consequence, something she wouldn't be able to do when she breaches the contract."

I have always been smart, but right now, Aiden was bringing out smart points while I wallow in anger and try to tend to my bruised ego. I don't know what it was about that woman. she was the only woman I have seen who was anti-me. She didn't even care who I was, even up till now? I can't even stand a woman who didn't care who I was and why does she have to be the perfect one for the job? Why does she have to be so stubborn? I would have made her beg for my love, but I am not the one to waste my time making someone fall in love with me, they just do and I can't act as if I loved her when I hated her.

"You are McGillivary, you can even make her fall in love with you. You are good at it." Aiden's voice brought me out of my thoughts.

"Oh, shut up." I waved Aiden off.

"Do you want this deal to be successful or not?" he asked staring right into my eyes.
The Billionaire and the Unlikely Girlfriend
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