Dangerous Desire The CEO’s Hidden Woman

“Well… she sent me an invitation!” Sophie took out a delicate invitation card from her bag and handed it to Scarlett.

“What the fuck? She’s getting married?!” She looked at it in surprise.

“Yes, and the dude is apparently super-rich and hot, too!” Sophie sat beside Scarlett and said.

“Oh, so she broke up with that other guy, then. The last time I saw her was at a model casting, and she was with a middle-aged man at that time, I think. I mean, he was practically geriatric, but like, I’m not judging…”

“Oh wow, look at you getting catty.” Sophie laughed out loud.

“Anyway, I’m gonna go and find out who she managed to coerce into actually marrying her!” Sophie rolled her eyes and said.

“Oh, seriously? You’re going to attend the wedding?”

“Is it weird? I mean… she’s the one who invited me. I thought maybe we could go together. No? What do you think?” Sophie finished her juice and said.

“Come on, she’s definitely not expecting me to come along. And I mean, you know how it was. It’s not like we always got along super well…” Scarlett trailed off.

“Aren’t you at least, like, curious to see who she’s getting married to? Let’s go and have fun!” Sophie was doing her best to stimulate Scarlett’s curiosity.

“I’m not invited.”

“Uh, yes, you are! I have an invitation in my hand right here, and I want you to be my +1. That means you’re invited.”

“That makes sense, I guess…” Scarlett nodded.

But she immediately shook her head again. “It’s better for me not to appear in public right now. I don’t wanna run into someone I know and have to explain.”

“You’re still afraid of running into Francis, aren’t you? Geez, you gotta get over it and move forward already, Scarlett.”

“Dude, Sophie, stop. Like, let me live. That’s now who I’m talking about.” Scarlett argued.

“Come on, just chill, he’s not gonna be there. I mean, whatever, I’m not gonna force you to go if you don’t want to. I just thought we could spend some time together. Whatever. Have you had dinner already?”

“Not yet.”

“Then let’s go out to eat. One of my colleagues took me to this bomb Cantonese restaurant the other day, and it’s only, like, a couple of miles away from here.” Sophie said as she stood up and took her bag.

“Cool, yeah, that sounds good. I haven’t gone out in a while.” Scarlett agreed.

“You agreed to go out? Impressive! Not afraid to meet your old dictator?”

“Don’t worry, he won’t be anywhere we can afford to go!” Scarlett ran into the room to change clothes, and Sophie followed.

“Well, that makes sense.”

“And he wasn’t really all that dictatorial,” Scarlett added.

Scarlett got changed into a black dress, thinking it would hide her pregnant belly. But her belly looked as normal as ever– she didn’t yet have the look of motherhood.

The restaurant was so popular that they waited nearly an hour for a table. They ordered a dozen small baskets of dumplings, and Scarlett was so hungry that she inhaled them all.

Sophie was shocked. “I really underestimated your appetite!”

“I’m pregnant! I’m eating for two now, Sophie!”

“You’re gonna get fat, girl. Mind your body shape and try to exercise as much as you can, or you’ll regret it. My aunt gained hella weight during her pregnancy, and then she wasn’t able to lose it… Hey, what’s wrong?” Sophie noticed that Scarlett’s face was turning red, and she looked uncomfortable.

“I…” Before she could utter a complete sentence, Scarlett lost control and vomited everything she had just eaten on the ground.

Sophie immediately stood up and handed her tissue. “Girl, you okay?”

Scarlett waved her hands and couldn’t utter a word.

“I’ll take you to the washroom.” Sophie walked to Scarlett’s side and took her to clean herself.

“Feel better now? You shouldn’t have eaten so fast.” Sophie patted her back gently when she finished throwing all the food up.

Scarlett rinsed her mouth and said, “Better. God, I left a mess there.”

“No worries. We won’t come here anymore.” Sophie laughed and tried to comfort her.Ccontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Two days later, Sophie left the house in the evening to attend Fannie’s wedding. Scarlett chose to stay at home and rewatch all six seasons of Game of Thrones instead.

Sophie called just as Scarlett was her McDonald’s burger. “Hey, what’s up? The ceremony is already over?

“Not yet! I just wanted to call you because, girl, you gotta see this. I wish you were here.” Sophie was hysterical at this point.

“What did you see?”

“Well, so remember how the dude was supposed to be rich and handsome and shit? I mean, maybe he’s kinda rich, but more importantly, I think Fannie is pregnant! She’s not doing a great job of hiding in that dress of hers… It’s honestly hilarious because her baby belly is pretty obvious, but people are pretending not to notice…” Sophie couldn’t stop laughing, and she added, “You gotta come here, man. You’ll regret it if you miss all of this! I’ll wait for you at the front gate. Bye!

***

When the taxi pulled in at the Hilton Hotel, Scarlett immediately saw Sophie. She was already at the door, like she had said, waiting for her to arrive. She looked happy and excited as if she was the one getting married.

“Hurry up, girl, let’s go! Come on.” Sophie took Scarlett to walk quickly to the wedding hall.

Scarlett did not receive an invitation card, so she thought she would just stand outside the hall and take a look. She stopped behind a row of huge flower baskets.

“Come on. Nobody is gonna notice you. There are at least 3, 000 guests inside.” They walked to a table at the corner and took a seat. The bride and groom were toasting.

“Just look at him. He’s balding… and look at that beer belly! He’s at least 50! OMG.” Sophie pointed to the man standing beside Fannie and said.

“Jeez, I thought that was Fannie’s dad.” Scarlett just couldn’t believe it.

“Great minds think alike, dude,” Sophie muttered. “But he’s the dude. He’s the groom. It’s for real.”