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Ciara remained composed and serious despite the wild phone call she had with Callum, who was now chuckling in the background as he was having fun tormenting Ciara with those words.
“By the way, Miss Ciara, I already scheduled the dinner with Mr. Evander this Saturday. I also set it according to the time you want,” Gwen suddenly inserted, and Ciara’s wild thoughts immediately puffed.
The interview she had done would be airing on Saturday as well, which contains a lot of mentions about Andreus Evander and her addressing the dinner vaguely, as she didn’t even deny the rumor that they were dating nor confirm it, which leaves an open interpretation for everyone.
“Alright, thanks,” she said, despite the sudden tension Gwen had created when Callum was now silent in the background.
I’m hanging up now,” she said, saying she didn’t want to be bornharded by him with so many questions.
“Really? You are escaping?” he said thickly.
Ciara cleared her throat. The topic drastically changed. One minute he was being naughty to her, and then next, he was now being serious,
“What? I thought you had nothing to say anymore because you suddenly became silent,” she reasoned.
She heard him scowl like he caught her telling lies to cover up something he just discovered.
“So you’re having another dinner with him?” He pointed it out directly.
“It’s a business matter that doesn’t concern you. What’s wrong if I have dinner?”
Gwen’s eyes looked at her in the reflection of the mirror again, which Ciara caught for a while, then withdrew as she only glanced outside the window.
“And yet you are declining my offer when it was purely business, too, that I wanted to collaborate with you. I want to invest in
your brand. I want to work with you,” he said with complete details.
“I don’t see your business as something that would help my brand. You are only going to stir up some rumors.”
“Which Evander does to you as well, as you now have a dating scandal with him circulating on the internet,” Callum interjected.
“Which would not affect my brand? And some of the people love shipping us because we have the same path. Both are managing our own brands,”
“I am managing my own company too. And if you wanted the connection, why are you choosing Evander when Haynes was better and more influential than them?”
Ciara scoffed. “So full of yourself. Mind you, Mr. Haynes, I am my own CEO. I decide who I want to work with, not you. And I don’t like working with you,” she said with finality.
The mention of the Haynes got not just Gwen’s attention but also that of the chauffeur, who also looked in the mirror to Jook at Ciara from the back.
“Why? Because I am too hot to handle by you? You are afraid you won’t be that professional when I walk into your office?” He asked tauntingly,
Ciara’s lips stretched again as the naughty topic went back.
“How conceited. Do you really think I am that shallow to be distracted by a trivial thing?”
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“Trivial? Knowing how wild you are…”
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Ciara could really see Callum’s smirk mingling in his words as he seemed to enjoy teasing her again like he had completely forgotten about the dinner.
“You don’t affect me,” she said bravely.
“Really? Then work with me. Let’s see..”
Ciara rolled her eyes. “You are just trying to put me under your bait so I can work with you, No. I am fine with Andreus Evander, and I like him better.”
Callum scoffed again. Ciara turned the call off and made a triumphant smile as she could imagine his frustration right now, throwing his head at the back and caressing his face roughly using his two palms.
Oh, Callum. If you can’t help me be obsessed with you, then I’ll do myself a favor and tame myself instead. This time, you should be the one who’s head over heels for me, that you will be that crazy over me like I’ve been crazy over you because you frustrate me so much, and yet, I built a temple of my unending temper because I cannot even risk getting mad at you.
Callum tried calling her again, but she purposely declined it until he texted her.
Callum Haynes:
What a bad girl!
Callum Haynes:
I’ll fetch you again on Saturday then.
She typed for a reply.
Ciara:
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Do you really like sabotaging things? How about you take your first love to dinner too?
Though she wanted to tease him, it irked her every time she remembered that Shane was still in his life and wo any minute and ruin her best day, just like she did at the event.
Callum Haynes:
Can’t. She’s having dinner with my punching bag, named Andreus Evander.
Ciara rolled her eyes as she typed a reply.
Ciara:
Liar.
Callum:
I am telling the truth.
Ciara:
Ah. Now I know how you made those girls say yes to you, huh?
Callum:
I am only married to one girl. What are you talking about, girls?
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Ciara wanted to laugh, but she stifled it, as she could not believe Callum really knew how to make her stomach churn like she was just an eighteen-year-old who was texting with her crush, and she felt like the feeling was mutual. It was overwhelming, and she could not help but feel giddy about it.
Ciara:
Which you have abandoned?
She wasn’t supposed to ruin the mood, but then it was the first thing that came to mind, as she was already used to making fun of her tragic life from the past,
Callum:
Which I’m getting back.
Ciara
She should not have slipped into your life if you hadn’t abandoned her in the first place.
Callum:
I was a jerk. I didn’t hold her enough. I should have hugged her at those times.
Ciara paused for a while as she remembered that scene that completely broke her on that day and made her come to her decision to divorce.
Ciara
Yes. How can you
can you hug her when you hug someone else instead? You chose someone else instead.
It was like a straight confrontation over and over again as if what happened would never diminish because it was already of Ciara’s mind
Callum:
I’m really sorry, baby. I promise I will hold you this time.
Ciara didn’t reply anymore. It felt illegal to talk to someone who seemed to be giving you all the red flags, yet you were blindly ignoring them.
“Mommy!” Cara called as soon as she went home and ran toward her for a hug
She crouched down and smiled as she hugged her.
“Oh, I missed you!” Ciara said as she pressed her face against her neck.
Cara sniffed her, like a detective who was trying to find evidence and Ciara could really tell that she was making sure she didn’t meet up with Callum.
She suddenly remembered their talk while she was too sleepy, and Ciara felt like Cara remembered every detail of it.
“Come, mommy. I made you a dinner. Let’s have dinner,” she said, pulling her into the pool area until a table welcomed Ciara’s eyes
“Wow, she gasped with a smile on her lips as Cara let go of her hand and walked to the round table as she pulled it for her mother, took the big bouquet of flowers on the table, and handed it to Ciara.
“For you, mommy”
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“Thank you, Cara. Why is my baby so sweet?” She asked while she took the seat Cara pulled for her.
Cara sat on the other seat, and one of their family’s men, pretending to be the waiter, went out with a tray as he was delivering their food to their table.
“I just want to date you to celebrate how amazing you are as a mommy to me.“
Ciara’s eyes melted, and she couldn’t help but take a photo of the flowers resting on her lap while the floor was taken as well, with candlelight and petals of roses scattered.
She wanted to post it on her newly made social media which is public and is now gaining a hundred thousand followers in just a week.
“Mommy. Who is Andreus Evander? I heard it on television. I saw it too. Are you dating him?” She asked curiously.
“Oh, he’s actually my business partner, baby. I will work with him
Cara nodded. “I like him for you”
Ciara laughed. “Oh, we aren’t dating, sweetheart. We just met, and I am still getting to know him.”
“He reminds me of a prince in a Disney movie, Mommy. I like him for you,” she added again..
Ciara smiled, reached for her check, and caressed it.
“I will get to know him, okay?”
She nodded and smiled. “Okay!”
Ciara could really sense how Cara doesn’t even consider her own father, as she is willing to have anyone aside from her biological father.
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