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"Wait!" I stood to my feet in a fast motion.

"Mom, she's shy, don't allow her do this." Chad came to my rescue, noticing the discomfort I put on. It was one thing to pretend to be his fiance. But having him kiss my lips on purpose wasn't game and I wouldn't be able to bare the embarrassment that followed.

Chad's mom stood to her feet and walked in my direction. She took me aback by cupping my cheeks, "I'm so sorry for putting you under pressure, it's just, it has always really been my dream to watch my son share a kiss with the woman he loves." She must have no idea that I was aware of who Rebecca was because her manner of speaking related to ignorance.

"But it's fine." She sniffed, withdrawing her hands, "you really don't have to. It would have been pleasant to watch but do as you please, I'm not going to force you even though it should have been my dream come true, but it's definitely okay." She smiled. Speak about drama, this woman was a king.

It took everything I could call control to refrain from rolling my eyes. Chad stood beside me, placing one hand on my shoulder to assure me that things were fine and I didn't need to put myself under unnecessary pressure.

I stared between his mother and him and clenched my fists by my side.

You owe me for this Chad, I thought.

I leaned forward, cupped his head in my hands and planted a kiss on his lips. His amused self was unable to control the shock that accompanied my action but the clapping sounds from his mom as she yelled, "bravo, bravo!" Encouraged him to hold my waist and pull me closer to him.

If I said his mom was a king in drama, I was wrong. She was the word drama in human form.

I pulled away after a moment and stared blankly into his eyes. What had I done? I found it hard to move away yet I didn't want to meet his gaze.

I forced a grin and turned to look at the pleased woman, "see?" I chuckled nervously, "we kiss very often." I sat down like I was pushed by gravity, keeping my eyes on every furniture in the house, but avoiding contact with anyone in human form.

"That was just too beautiful to watch. I wish I had captured that moment!" His mom said and stood to her feet, "you two wait here and discuss everything love. I'll be right back. I'm off to get you food from the kitchen."

"Mom, no, we really have to get going." Chad tried to argue. I wondered what he was going to say to me for kissing him against his will.

"Nonsense. I haven't seen you in forever and now that I finally have the chance to, you think I'm going to let you go, no way." She argued and carried on to the kitchen.

"My future daughter in law is here and I have to show her what her mother in law is like." She was a nice woman but having her as a mother in law would be pressure. She looked like she was the kind that came visiting as soon as she had the chance, was most likely to pressure one into having children right after getting married.

Once she was out of sight, Chad whisper yelled against my face. He was so close that his warm breath sent shivers down my spine. "What were you thinking?!" He asked in a voice that was difficult to determine whether or not he was being calm or aggravated.

I held my breath.

"She looked so upset, I'm paid to do this what was I supposed to do?" I said, unable to maintain eye contact.

"Are you mad? She's always been that way, you didn't have to go as far as kiss me!" He pointed out, forcing me to look at him by craning my head in his direction, digging his fingers into my caked face. He must have noticed the horror on my face as I stared at him in fright because as soon as he met my gaze, he let go and sighed.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you would hate it so much, I just thought..." I tried to defend my action but he stopped my words, interrupting me.

"Hate it?" He raised an eyebrow. "You think I hated it?" He countered.

"I.. I don't know." I confessed.

He caused me to shriek a little, eyes going wide as he placed his lips on mine for a nanosecond, then pulling away. "You might be an idiot sometimes but you are a good kisser."

"I'm not sure if that was supposed to be an insult or a compliment." I pointed out, finding it crazy how he had just kissed me out of his free will.

"It was neither." He clarified.

"Well, if you have no problem with the kiss, why then did you have so much to complain about?" I had to ask, knitting my eyebrows at him in confusion.

"This isn't real. I don't want my mom getting too attached to you since she clearly likes you so much already. Kissing me is only going to keep memories in her head. Remember, you and I are supposed to break up and that will have her think I'm heart broken, hence I'm not going to risk her going through a heart break as well." He explained his point.

"But she requested for a kiss, this isn't my fault really." I tried to defend my point.

"You didn't have to." He scoffed.

"Well maybe next time, let me know the things I'm supposed to 'not do' while I'm pretending to be your fiancee!" I raised my voice a little, peeved to know he was angry at me for doing something I thought was good for him. "For someone who liked the kiss so much, you're acting a little too annoyed." I stated. I watched his eyes from me to behind me. I gulped and turned around when I noticed the shock in his eyes.

His mother was standing there, looking like she was frozen in place.