Liam Henderson returns to Seattle after a year to take over Light Empire, a top game company in the US Liam created when he was 16. Upon his arrival in Seattle, he lodges at a hotel where he was to meet prospective business partners. When Lucia Camden gets a new job, her best friend Jada Skylar sets her up on a blind date with celebrity Sid Walker to celebrate her new job. Unaware that her blind date cancelled on her, she meets Liam Henderson at a traditional restaurant and mistakes him for her blind date, when the paparazzi clicks photos of them both, people start assuming that Lucia is Liam Henderson's mystery woman. When the news gets to Liam's Mom who has been disturbing Liam about his love life, his secretary advises him to take advantage of the situation. Liam takes his advice and introduces Lucia to his mom as his fiancèe. Lucia insults Liam for deceiving his Mom and walks out angrily thinking they would never meet again. As fate would have it, the next day when Lucia goes to work, she finds out that her mysterious boss is Liam, she tries to avoid him but he stops her after work. Liam asks Lucia to enter a contract with him stating that they'll stay engaged until Liam finds a wife for himself after which she will exit his life. But when Lucia moves into Liam's house, feelings become harder to control for the both of them.
Lucia stared at her watch as she walked into the famous traditional restaurant on the ground floor of Hotel Ändra, the best hotel in the heart of Seattle.
' Damn! I'm late ' Lucia thought
Everyone kept staring at Lucia as if it was an angel and not a human who had just walked into the restaurant but she didn't mind instead she took to scanning the room for her handsome date.
" There he is, " Lucia muttered to herself when she saw Sid Walker sitting by the window.
Lucia ignored their peering eyes and walked towards her date sitting by the window side where they chose to reserve.
' What a gentleman, he already reserved the table ' Lucia thought to herself.
" I must have kept you waiting"
Lucia said as she approached the man sitting by the window. She took a seat right in front of him.
At first, Liam Henderson thought it was the lady waiter who was stealing glances at him and decided to ignore her but when she sat down, he looked up and surprisingly his boring eyes were met with Lucia's bright eyes.
Liam could not help but acknowledge the beauty of the woman who stood before him, her silky light brown hair rested beautifully on her back, her big brown eyes were beautiful, her collarbone was so straight he could see the alignment of her bones, her pale skin complimented the white dress she wore and her lavender perfume filled his nostrils. She is an epitome of beauty nevertheless Liam saw her as a bother.
" And you are ? " Liam asked coldly
' Punk alert ' Lucia thought.
" Ain't you Sid Walker? "
Lucia was surprised by his response.
" Now you know, shouldn't you get up? " Liam asked arrogantly.
Lucia chuckled, feeling embarrassed.
" Sorry! You're not the one I'm here to meet..." Lucia apologized to Liam despite his rudeness to her.
" If you're sorry then..." Liam signalled her to leave.
" Oh..." Lucia stood up and muttered one last apology for her mistake.
Lucia walked a few meters away from him and tried to text her blind date, she saw an unread message and tapped on it.
' Sorry Lucia something came up I can't make it '
After reading the text message Sid sent her, Lucia wanted the ground to open up and swallow her whole, not only did she just embarrass herself now but Sid won't be coming, what prove did she have to show that she was not trying to seduce the man who's table she had just been at, feeling ashamed Lucia walked out of the restaurant.
As she walked along the road which led to Jada Skylar's house, Lucia couldn't help but recall the face of the handsome but arrogant man she had just met, how boring his eyes were in contrast to his radiant skin, how much control she exerted over herself to resist touching his spikey silky soft jet black hair, his jawline was perfectly chiseled, it felt to Lucia like he was an incarnate of god, only an arrogant version.
Lucia halted on her tracks and let out a scream.
"Jada... Skylar!! "
***
" So... How was your date? " Jada asked when she saw Lucia standing at the door.
" Jada Skylar!! " Lucia shouted once she entered Jada's house.
She launched at Jada and pushed her on her couch.
" You set me up with that jerk who cancelled on me at the last minute " Lucia fumed but Jada let out a muffled laughter.
Lucia sat on the longest couch Jada had. It was her favorite spot in the well-spaced living room.
Jada is from a wealthy family in Seattle so her house was well decorated with nice sunset paintings and portraits of herself hanging on the exquisite white walls.
At the corner of the large living room was the staircase which led upstairs.
" Awwn... Lucia's mad at me..." Jada mumbled in between laughter but Lucia was not finding anything funny.
" I'm seriously heartbroken and you're laughing "
Lucia said, annoyed.
" Perfect way to celebrate getting a new job " Lucia sulked.
" Let me make it up to you, " Jada said with a smile plastered on her face.
Lucia's face brightened up on hearing Jada's words.
" What ?" Lucia asked curiously
" Tomorrow's night to properly celebrate your new job I'll take you to the Mia gala as my plus one "
Jada said knowing that Lucia was a fan of evening gatherings, especially one like the Mia gala.
Lucia smiled on hearing Jada's words.
" You're not joking right? No take backs? '' Lucia asked with an unserious expression on her face.
" No take backs " Jada assured Lucia.
Lucia squealled and hugged Jada tightly.
" Hearing this right now has totally healed my foul mood " Lucia squealled.
" How bout some wine to celebrate the moment ? " Jada suggested
" Fruit juice...I'll save my tolerance for tomorrow's night " Lucia smirked.
Jada nodded and walked towards the mini bar.
" Lucia..." Jada called Lucia with a serious tone.
" ... "
Lucia turned to look at Jada who is pouring fruit juice into wine goblets.
" When will you move in to live with me? "
Jada asked and gave a goblet to Lucia.
" Do you so badly want me to? " Lucia joked and Jada kissed her teeth.
" Tomorrow " Lucia smiled.
" That reminds me I almost forgot to tell you about what happened to me today..."
Lucia dropped her goblet on the table in their midst and started narrating her encounter with the arrogant man at the restaurant.
" Then what...?" Jada asked in between laughter, tears almost dropping from her eyes.
" Then I tried to call Sid but I saw his message... God I felt disappearing that moment " Lucia continued laughing.
" Was he handsome ? " Jada asked out of the blue
Lucia recalled the way he stared at her, how her eyes never left him.
" Yes..." Lucia said subconsciously.
" But he was also arrogant " Lucia said almost immediately when she realized what she had just said.
" Cover up... " Jada smirked.
Lucia wondered if she would ever meet that man again.
' We probably won't see each other again '
Lucia and Jada's phones chimed from a notification pop up and they checked it.
" What? "
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