Perfect disguise by Elizabeth A (speld decodable readers .txt) 📗

He eventually signed the contract and gave it back to me. I smiled as I kept it in a folder. I didn't know he would easily agree to be my pretend boyfriend, but I'm glad he did. I can't imagine going to the meeting and being alone with Liam or even worse, being alone with him and his date partner. I shook my head, dismissing the thought and stood up. 

I brushed a strand of hair backward and looked at him. "Well, I was hoping we will have time to practice how to carry out the date, but we can't. The meeting will start in two hours and you really need a suit."

He touched his jacket and looked at me, blankly. "I don't need a suit, I really feel comfortable in these clothes."

"You need a suit." I said persistently.

He sighed and rubbed his face in a bored manner. "Why does it matter if you don't feel comfortable with me wearing a Jacket to the meeting?"

I pinched my nose, feeling a bit frustrated. "Dominic this isn't just a meeting, it is a business meeting and you have to dress corporately."

He stared at me for some moment, then he blinked like he had finally realized what I meant. "Oh, okay."

He brought his phone. "I'm coming. I'm going to order it."

I frowned, I actually preferred shopping for clothes at the boutique than just staying indoors and ordering for it. I waved my hand in dismissal. "Don't do that, it's boring."

He looked at me in an odd and confused way. "What?"

"Ordering for clothes online is boring, don't do it."

He shrugged, raising his phone up. "I prefer to order it online than going to the boutique."

I shook my head and walked away from the dining room, my dress shimmering under the chandelier. "Then you are boring." 

"It's so ironic because I think the same of you," he said with a stern facial expression.

I stopped walking, my legs coming to a halt at the edge of the stair. "I'm a very interesting person and it doesn't matter to me if you think the opposite." I hissed at him.

He smirked, looking satisfied that his comeback got under my skin. "Stop being so prickly, it was a compliment."

I rolled my eyes, I can't believe I would be pretending to date him for a year. "You are also annoying. It is just your handsome face that deceives people." I blurted out.

He chuckled and covered his mouth with his hand, his cheeks became crimson red. "So, you think I'm handsome?"

I looked at him and crossed my hands across my chest. "It doesn't matter if you are handsome, you are still boring and annoying." I said and walked out of the dining room.

He sat up and furrowed his brows. "Hey, where are you going?"

"I'm going to get my car kegs in my bedroom!" I hollered as I approached my room. It was along the left corridor of the dining room.

I took my car keg from my nightstand and went back to meet Dominic. I met him standing by the transparent glass walls. He was looking at the pool at the front of the mansion. 

I joined him and stood beside him. A vein twitches in his neck, but he didn't look at me. His eyes looked very distant, it was like he was remembering something of the past.

"You want to swim?" I asked him.

He jolted like he didn't expect to hear my voice and looked at me before looking back at the pool. "No, I don't swim."

I didn't expect to hear that. He looked like a person who was very good at swimming. "Really?"

He nodded and moved away from the walls.

"Someday, I will teach you how to swim," I said.

"I can swim, so there won't be any need for you to teach me." He said calmly, but his voice sounded sapped. 

I furrowed my brow. If he can swim, then why does he say he doesn't swim? 

I looked at him oddly. Wait, was he allergic to water?

He pocketed his hands and turned to look at me. "Don't give me that look."

"I'm just trying to understand what you said. You can swim, but you don't swim. Why? Are you—"

"Let's go and get a suit, it's almost time for the meeting." He said after checking his wrist watch. 

After, he went down the stairs.

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Although we are in the harmattan season here, it is ridiculously hot.  How is the weather in your country?