Chapter 4 Why did you Pick me

Amelia spent the night at Emily's, and by morning she left for her home.

She was opening the window when her phone rang, it was an unknown number.

"Hello."

"Good morning There, it's Daniel speaking, I called to ask you what you have decided, are you going for it?" Remembering the offer from last night, she went dumb, Emily had told her not to accept and so she hadn't thought much about it afterward.

After some more seconds of silence, Daniel spoke,

"OK Miss, I will take your silence as a 'Yes' See you at 11. Where would you prefer we meet?"

"Anywhere you Choose." She muttered.

"OK then, meet you at Glassy Rooftop Restaurant. Time's still 11. Yes?" He asked, And then hung up without waiting for her answer.

Amelia ruffled her hair in frustration, that place was high class, she scattered her wardrobe, trying to find what to wear, what if they think lowly of her? not that she usually cared, but she felt the need to look good, even if it should be just this once in a lifetime.

She threw out all her clothes from the wardrobe on the portable-sized bed which could only fit for one person, pairing each dress with another to find the most suitable till she picked a coral top and a matching skirt to wear. She tried combing her already-tangled hair straight, she painted her lips in red before leaving her house.

:::::At the Restaurant:::::

Alexander and Daniel are sitting side by side with a waiter standing close to them which they cared less, even though the man's main purpose was to take their orders, Daniel spoke about the plan and Alex giving negative answers to everything and his lazy eyes rolling nonstop when he felt Daniel was being illogical.

Amelia was led up to the rooftop by a waiter, where the tables and chairs were been arranged. Seeing Her, Daniel waved at her and she came over.

"Good morning Milady." He called teasingly, with a wide grin on his face,

Alex wore his dark shade, crossing one of his legs on the other without a word, he took a quick peek at her unknown to her.

"Hope we did not trouble you," Daniel asked.

"It's nothing," she replied.

He was a friendly guy... He could make someone speak even if they didn't want to.

She wondered why such a loud person will be close to this ice aged-man beside her.

"Anything you'd like to order?" Alex asked,

'The mute guy suddenly speaks, wow' she thought, she didn't hear him clearly so she had to ask again, "Hmm?"

"I asked if you would want anything?"

"Ok. I'm OK."

"I insist." He forced a smile on his lips, trying to hide his disgust, he never liked the lower class people, for some reasons...

"So Miss Amelia, Did you decide to Take our offer?" Daniel asked first,

"Listen, I'm not sure if I want this type of job, I'm sorry to say, this offer looks unreal and-" she wasn't done with her sentence, she was going to ask which person in their right sense would offer this type of job and, for so much money! when Alex cut in, "unreal? Do you know how many businesses I have to attend to daily? Why would I spend even an hour in a day playing pranks like this? The job is simple, you act like my girlfriend for almost 10 months, I will respect your privacy and you don't interfere in personal matters, just do your job and not forget, it's not for free... You may have not seen any amount close to the one we are to offer, even your savings in Five-Seven years won't be up to that. This Is the last time we should be talking about this. And Daniel, how are you sure she's over 18, that I'm not false-dating a minor?"

She ignored his rude words and swallowed all the harsh replies she should have given.

He looked at her in disgust and sneered, standing up from his seat, and moving aimlessly. He never wanted to marry Iris, he thought. His mother caused this, now he had to play childishly. Shooking his head, He brought out a cigar from his pocket along with a lighter, Lighting the cigar, a waiter stood in front of him with a bow, "Sir we don't Allow smo-" seeing the death glare Alex passed on to him, he decided to keep his mouth shut and mind his business.

With another bow, the waiter left.

While Daniel was alone with the girl, he apologized, "I'm sorry for his behavior, he barely has patience for anything. Miss Amelia, this is a great job you know... No one is asking you to sell yourself for money. You see, my friend's mother wants to force him to get married, he doesn't want that, so I came up with this idea. You need money, I need money, we all do. Don't let a great opportunity slip away." He told her.

"And why did you pick me? Is it for revenge? I slapped him, I remember." She rolled her eyes.

"No, no, no, I wouldn't let any harm come to you miss. And can I tell you something?"

She nod and Daniel looked around, putting his hand at the side of his face for a.quick gossip, "He deserved it. the slap, for being a jerk and If he does the same, then you should straighten him Up with another." she laughed at his words, this person in front of her had a good sense of humor.

"Alex is a picky guy, he rejected all the other girls we saw. Hope you can do this, I know you can my royal Sassyness." She nods lightly, he made her blush. Daniel brought out a pen from his pocket, calling on Alex. Once she signed, writing her address and Bank details where needed, Daniel shook her hand, "My best wishes to you."

"Finally." Alex gave a sarcastic comment.

"So Miss Amelia, I hope we can put everything aside for this to work. Next week Daniel will be leaving the state, he has worked outside, and you are going to leave with him and when he comes back in the next month, he will bring you along. So my mother doesn't suspect anything. Yes?" He didn't wait for her reply. "Good. See you tomorrow, we will get your passport ready to travel before the weekend. And also, the agreed amount will be transferred to you once we meet tomorrow."

Alex started on his meal, she watched as he used the cutlery set skillfully, she didn't know how to do that! She never thought to learn these things, she only thought of surviving, which she did until now. Seeing her stare at him, he gestured her to start, with her mouth shaped 'O' she nods lightly.

Taking the fork and knife in the wrong hands she made her way to start eating when she heard an almost bursting out laughter from Alex, he put his kerchief over his mouth to cover his laughter.

"Eating like a savage, don't you think so too, Daniel?" He dropped his fork, wiping his mouth clean with the serviette, "I lost appetite, If You're so hungry and can't hold your cutlery right, you should have mine and don't worry, I Won't judge you if you decide to use your hand to complete the meal." He let out a small laugh before making a straight face, pushing his chair backward, he was already leaving?

Daniel stared at Amelia, hoping she'd look at him, he raised his cutlery, trying to show her the right way. It was too late, her eyes were becoming blurry, she tried hard to force the stream of tears back... She couldn't cry here, she never did... At least not outside...

He called her savage! Such a Bastard! She felt embarrassed, she has already signed to be this mannerless Imbecile's Girlfriend, how would she survive? She should have given it more thought before signing.

"If you have so much class, why go for a classless girl? Huh?"

She released the fork from her hand, and it hit the plate hard, there was no doubt, it should have broken the plate, but all It did was draw attention to their table.

"Good day Mr. Finn." She stomped out of the place, trying to hold back the tears from flooding, this was no place to humiliate one's self with annoying tears.

Once she was out of the building, she started a personal sprint, running so fast, she wanted to run away from everything, this unfair world, and all those people who looked down on her. Amelia came to a stop, panting hard, she found herself in the park. It was a lively afternoon, the kids were playing, with their guardians keeping an eye on them. The adult was having some chit-chat.

Her childhood was never this lively, Her parents left her and her brother when she was very little, she was 9 years when they both died in a car accident, A once-happy family turned hollow.