When a man goes on a date
He wonders if he is going to get lucky.
A woman already knows.

-Frederick Ryder

Emily Clarence POV * * *

I was ushered by a polite lady in uniform and slowly I saw Jake's smiling form while playfully waving his hands in my direction.

He's really funny. Said the voice in the back of my head.

I caught some ladies looking at Jake with awe on their faces, yet I couldn't blame them, because Jake right now was like a living prince fresh from a romantic movie. I even question if he was serious about me.

My eyes looked away from Jake and unconsciously scanned and checked the restaurant. I suddenly swallowed. Jake surely is a rich kid. The choice of his restaurants always consisted of the smell of expensive ambiance pouring everywhere.

I told him many times before, not to get overboard and even though he always pays for it, I still can't imagine how much money has been wasted on a dinner. But he always shoves my opinion playfully or he would throw puppy eyes that's always troublesome to deal with. Though I am also working and earning money a lot more than before, I know to myself that I could afford such dinner, however, I rather not because I have priorities and that is my family.

~*~

Jake immediately went beside me and pulled a seat. He's truly a gentleman and it made me shyly smile. Everyone looked at us with admiration and I feel myself blushing at the thought, also add this polite lady who ushered me here, who was smiling widely while eyeing me and Jake.

"You both look like a good couple together." She commented.

"I know, thanks by the way, by escorting my gorgeous date."

Jake winked in my direction while showing off his charming smile, he's always like this every time someone is around, and right now, the lady who ushered me here was smiling even wider before she leaves. He loves to give wrong information to people.

Once Jake and I were alone, I instantly glared at him especially when he offered a hand in my direction. I stared at him, reading his gestures, and my eyes automatically rises. Oh no, not again.

"Come on take it, just for today... please, Emily." He begged like a kid who was trying to convince her mother to buy him a toy car.

I briefly shake my head doubting to take his offered hand but he gives me these puppy eyes that are not easy to avoid and there, I silently surrender again. For a short period, he already knew how to use my weakness on me.

"Yes!" He exclaimed, and carefully guides me to my seat. The obvious aura of happiness is oozing out from him. He is like a kid, every time I would grant his request, his reactions are always the same.

"You seem so happy today, what's the occasion?" I just asked, trying to get rid of the big grind on Adonis' face.

"Because you're here and we're a month now if you didn't know my darling." He playfully answered with his signature cheeky cheek smile that any girl will surely fall easily but I guess I wasn't so comfortable with the endearment he constantly using.

"If my memory still serves me right, I haven't yet answered your question about 'us' Mr. Spencer, and my name are Emily not 'Darling' if you didn't know yet." I countered strictly void of any emotion.

However, he laughs loudly as if I said a joke, and I swear half of the guests looked in our direction. I looked around with a bit of panic and eyed him to stop but he just laughs even louder than before.

"You never fail to make me laugh, and I swear I will not get used to this. I want you every day in my life, Emily."

For some reason, I suddenly found myself smiling, laughing as well with him, maybe because of his infectious laughter. However, as if the air suddenly turned. Jake's eyes seem glittering back towards me, I don't know if that's the cause of the bright chandeliers on the ceiling, but they are beautiful like a sapphire that shines brightly. He sighed audibly long while still staring at me, it made me feel confused for some reason.

Honestly, I'm not used to this kind of thing because I'm too busy working and studying. Everything is new to me and I am doing my best to learn more from this... so-called dating. I began to feel self-cautious because jake is still staring at me, I already lost count of how long it was, until thanks to God he finally spoke again but in a completely unusual way.

"...you're the only girl who made me feel this way. The only girl who made me feel me. I think... I'm falling deeply in love with you every single day."

I become speechless, I don't know what to say. So instead I just smiled for his benefit. Hence, the words he uttered were indeed touching and so sweet, however, I don't feel anything for him than a friend. I don't think I could give the same feelings he has for me. Thus, the fact that I am enjoying his company is undeniable. He is such a decent and lovable guy, maybe in time, my feeling would develop themselves. Maybe we just barely know each other, but I think, It's not bad if I give him a chance. I just need to try.

"Umm... Jake, well, I wanted to tell you something." I announced seriously.

"Yes, you have my ears."

I sighed for the last time, gathering the courage in me. I will give him a chance.

"Jake... You already waited long enough, and I think after this dinner... you can call me, your girl-"

Suddenly, I was cut off when a box has been thrown on our table and everything bounced and spilled.

"So she has your ears huh?" A woman said venomously after putting her hands on her waist.

"That explains your deafness while I was calling you multiple times, yet the last time I remembered; you told me that I will have all of you while pinning me on your bed."

She added acidly. My confused eyes quickly turned to meet the shocked eyes of Jake but what I saw confused me instead, Jake's face turns all pale white.

~*~

I could hear several murmuring from the crowd and at the same time their curious eyes on us. Literally, at this moment, I could feel the cold air that suddenly passes by on my back. This is embarrassing. Yet, my feet don't want to move and my legs suddenly went limp. Somehow my eyes landed on the woman who barged into our table, though she was looking on the other way, I have this strange feeling that I know her, yet I couldn't figure out who she was, because my thoughts are currently clouded by the foreign feelings that invading my entire senses.

"What are you doing here?" Jake snapped coldly dragging me away from my thoughts however, It was the first I'd heard him like this. The first time he sounded so cold to a person.

"Wow..." The woman countered with an amusing sarcastic laugh and scanned Jake from head to toe.

"Was that the new way of greeting your girlfriend Jake? It's very pleasing." Her sarcasm stung like wildfire and I left staring at them with awe and disbelief.

"G-girlfriend? She is your girlfriend?" I can't believe what I've heard. Jake Spencer fooled me? Jake? for all people? It took several minutes for me to analyze everything.

"Let me explain, it's not what you think."

He quickly reached for my hand but I unconsciously moved my hand away from him. I closed my eyes instead wishing this was all just a bad dream and when I opened my eyes again, everything would be back to normal.

But it didn't.

"Jake? I thought you only beg for sex." The woman mocked Jake with teasing and an irritating laugh. I can't believe what I am hearing right now and my poor mind doesn't want to process everything.

"Enough! Megan, we're done! Please." Jake sneered in a low voice. This Jake is very different, I don't think I still know him anymore.

My eyes examined the woman from her behind, the way she moves and speaks is elegantly stunning though she talks bitchy, she still sounds genuinely high class. Her porcelain skin is very beautiful as well, gorgeous was not enough term for her. I don't have an idea why Jake has to do this to her or me. He's unreasonable, he can't do that to us or anyone.

"I am not informed Jake and no! You're not the one who gonna tell me what to do! If I say we're over, then we're over and I say to you now jake spencer we're not over, yet!"

I jolted when I heard a juicy and crunchy slap land on Jake's face followed by a sweet giggle from the lady.

"It's official now, we're over." She casually added.

At this moment, I think my head would explode with the realization of my mind informing me. So, he's the boyfriend and she's the girlfriend... and what I am? A freaking third wheel! Goodness, gracious! Never in my life or wildest dreams that I wish to be in this position!

But before I could have a chance to blurted my thoughts, the lady suddenly turned around. Her cold eyes froze me and nailed me on my spot, I felt everything turn to ice when her amber eyes looked straight at my helpless form. However, I am more than surprised to know who she was, I thought I'm hallucinating but this beautiful creature in front of me eyeing me like I'm somewhat peasant is none other than.

Megan Anderson.

~*~

I've become speechless I never thought I've could be. My heart stopped for a couple of seconds before it turned to beat again at an abnormally fast pace. Think I gonna puke because my stomach twirling on its own. For sure, I looked like I'd seen a ghost. As one of her fans, I always admired her beauty on a piece of paper. I even thought to put one in my wallet but in her scary piercing eyes right now, I don't think I can put it just like that.

Her cold piercing hazel eyes still directly looking at me, and though they were scary yet I could not stop myself from admiring them, her blood red thin sexy lips were slightly open and her small nose was complimentary put there as if it was a masterpiece that only belongs to her. Overall, This creature in front of me is beyond beautiful.

Suddenly, I noticed she acidly eyeing me from head to toe as if I were an insect or a thing. The realization dragged me back into the current situation I'm into. I felt the need to swallow a lump of saliva but my throat was so dry it hurts.

"You exchanged me for some Slut! for God's sake Jake, what happened to your taste nowadays? turns out it becomes so poor and cheap."

She insulted me in a very bitchy way when she was bullying someone, I know it because I saw that before, and now, I know how painful it was in real life.

"Don't call her that way!" Jake holds Megan's arms to face him. It was a harsh move coming from Jake, but Megan was so composed as if she was not even threatened.

"Are you protecting your slut, Jake? Very funny, she looks exactly like a slut and a stripper, oh yeah, was she a prostitute?" Megan again looked at me and raised her perfect eyebrow.

"How much did he pay you huh?"

I felt my heart sink deeper than I'd ever imagined, it breaks a thousand pieces inside me. I think this was more painful than knowing Jake two-timing us. Her words made me want to cry out loud but I can't do that now, not here.

"Stop it, Megan!" My eyes stared at Jake's hand that roughly gripped the slender arms of Megan. I am worried about how hard jake gripped her as if he was trying to break it. A sudden urge to pull her away from him was there.

"Stop it, Jake!" I half yelled but my voice came out shaky and Jake's questioning blue eyes turned to me.

"Stop it, please..." I sounded like begging him and I felt a tear escape from my eyes that I immediately wiped away. This is bad, I can't control myself anymore.

I saw Megan pull her arm and to my surprise, she instantly slapped jake face before her piercing eyes transferred again to me.

I didn't expect that she can initiate a quick but forceful slap like that, however, I think I saw her eyes widen when our eyes met hence it just lasted a moment that I thought I've just hallucinating, and to prove my theory right.

"Stop acting like your the victim here."

I've felt someone just pour cold water on me that made my heart clench inside in a very painful way that caught my breath for a moment. Thus, she was right. I am not the victim here but her. Jake is her boyfriend, I'm just too idiot not to know that. And never in my life that I'd planned to fool or trick someone hence now, I become a freaking third party for God's sake! I hate myself because I'm still here feeling worse.

I swallowed hard the lump in my throat and with the income h vigor, I mustered inside me, I forced myself to put my decent face to finally looked at her.

"Yeah, I know and I'm- sorry."

My last two words shattered when my voice breaks down and tears correspondingly followed. I fought hard to stop it, but my effort was useless in front of her. So, I just did what was best for me right this moment; I ran away to escape this nightmare.