Emma's POV

Ring ring.....my phone rings.

I look at the caller ID and it is an unknown number.

"Hello, who's this?" I say picking it up.

"You haven't saved my number Ms. Lawrence?" he says in a way like he is blaming me.

"S...sorry sir, I will save it now" I answer him.

"Go to the lobby and wait for me" he says in his stiff voice.

"Okay sir" I say and grab my purse and go to the lobby.

He came after 10 minutes and took me to his car. He opened my side of the door and I hopped in. Then he got in and drove. I looked out the window trying to avoid him. He is such a mean guy but he doesn't even realize it, probably because everyone here just does what he wants. But I am not like those people and I will prove it to him one day.

"we are here" he speaks bringing me out of my thoughts.

I look outside to see a fancy restaurant. I have never been to this kind of restaurant before. My parents provided me with everything I needed but we were not very rich. He sees me staring with my mouth wide open.

"Close your mouth before you swallow a fly" he comments.

I close my mouth and look down embarrassed.

"what are you waiting for? Come out." He says holding my door open.

"Y...yes sir" I say stepping outside.

"Shall we?" he says holding his hand for me to take.

I look at his hand and at his face confused because I am his intern, why would he want his intern to hold his hand?

"Just take my hand and walk with me" he says in an irritated tone.

"S...sorry sir" I say and take his hand.

We walk in and inside it was even more beautiful than the outside. There was soft music playing in the background and there were paintings of Michelangelo on the ceiling. I am big fan of his work. He sees me gazing at the art and smiles.

"this is the work of....." he begins to explain pointing to a painting.

"Michelangelo" I finish it.

"you know?" he asks surprised or should I say shocked.

"yes sir" I reply looking into his brown eyes.

For a moment I see a glint of excitement in his face but it disappeared as soon as it came.

"your table is ready sir" a guy in a uniform says.

"thank you" he says curtly and heads to the table.

He pulls out the chair for me and I sit without further ado because I don't want him to yell at me again. He goes and sits in his chair. The waiter brings the menus and I read it. All the foods here are very fancy and very very costly. I couldn't decide on what to have because I have never been to this kind of a place before.

"Are you ready to order sir?" the guy asks us.

"what do you want to order?" he asks me in a business tone.

I look up from the menu with a blank expression. I think he understood my hesitation.

"we will have a Chicken lasagna and fried rice with a bottle of red wine." He orders for both us.

"thank you sir. Your order will be here in 20 minutes." He says with a smile and leaves.

"thank you sir" I say relieved that I did not embarrass myself in front of the waiter.

"no problem" he replies looking at his phone.

We sat in silence for 10 minutes when his phone rang.

"Hello?" he said in a soft tone. I have never heard him speak so softly. I wonder who it is.

The other person says something.

"Sorry mom, I am having lunch at a restaurant now" he says in the same sweet voice.

It's his mother. That is why he is speaking in a soft voice.

"yeah mom, I will come home for dinner." He says answering her.

"uhmm, no I am not alone. Why?" he says with a bit of hesitation.

"No mom, I am not lying. I am not in a meeting. I am at a restaurant with.......with my girlfriend" he concludes.

He called me his girlfriend.

"Mom, don't scream, my ear drums will get damaged." He says rubbing his ears because his mom just now screamed something. I couldn't hear what she said but I could hear the screaming from here.

"sure mom, I will" he answers with a sad face more like a tensed face.

"bye mom, love you" he says in a sweet voice and hangs up.

I look at my fingers trying to avoid his gaze.

"that was my mother" he says huffing.

I don't say anything and continue to look down.

"we have to go to my parents house for dinner tomorrow night" he says as if I should be used to that.

I look at him shocked. Is he joking? I don't know anything about him and now he wants me to go to dinner with his parents pretending to be girlfriend? What if they ask me something and I don't know the answer. I can't get caught because I can't risk my mom's life. She needs that operation. This can't be happening.

"Ms. Lawrence?" he whisper yells bringing me out of my thoughts again.

I should stop zoning out like this. I don't know what to do.

"y...yes sir?" I ask him.

"I know this is a bit early. I wanted to train you for a month before meeting my parents but I am afraid we don't have the time. So, I will tell you about myself in brief and do remember them." He explains.

"Okay sir" I say and nod my head.

"First, my name is Henry Hart and my parents are Elisa and Daniel Hart. But you should call them Mr. and Mrs. Hart."

"Understood sir" I say listening very attentively because I don't want to get any details wrong.

"Now, I went to NYU, where I studied Advertisement management. I was the top of my class and the valedictorian."

Really? That's impressive. But I shouldn't probably tell him that because it will only add to his ocean full of ego.

"I have a friend named Sean and he is presently in LA. He is a famous actor. We have been friends since middle school."

I just nod my head.

"My favorite food is ice cream and pizza with pepperoni. I call it "roni"."

"I cook sometimes. My parents like Chilli balls prepared by me."

" I speak Spanish and Mandarin"

"my favorite color is red."

"my favorite band is Barenaked ladies"

"oh and I have a sister name piper. I mean she is not my sister but she is my uncle's daughter and they live in London" he finishes.

Wow, he just told me about himself in under 2 minutes. That's something.

"don't forget these details Ms. Lawrence" he says with a warning in his tone.

"Yes sir" I reply hoping that I don't forget anything. I mean it is pretty basic but it's not like I have known him for a long time or something.

Just then our food arrives and we eat it. He pays for the lunch and we go to his car. He opens the door for me and I hop in. he gets in and starts to drive back to the office.

"One more thing Ms. Lawrence, when you meet my parents, don't call me sir. You can call me Henry but only in their presence. Is that clear?" he says in the same stiff voice.

"Yes sir" I reply nervously.

How will I be able to call him by his name? How am I going get through this dinner? Only time will tell.

I look out the window and start to think. Why did he take me out for lunch on my very first day? Does he like me? Was it a date? I know I shouldn't but I need to ask him. I need answers.

"sir?" I say in a small voice.

"yes?" he asks irritated.

Why is he irritated now? What did I do?

"What is it Ms. Lawrence?" he asks in the same irritating tone.

"N...nothing sir" I reply not wanting any more trouble.

He stops the car suddenly and looks at me annoyed.

"Talk" he shouts at me. I jumped.

I was really frightened by his voice. I don't have a choice but to ask him now.

"why did you take me out for lunch sir?" I ask nervously.

He looks at me with a blank expression. I look at him confused.

"don't think that it was a date or something because it is NOT." He clarifies.

"I would never go out on a date with someone like you." He states.

Someone like me? What does he mean by that? Is he trying to say that he is rich and that I am not? He is such an insensitive jerk. I hate him so much. I wanted to tell him that I would never go on a date with someone like him ever in my entire life, but I just sat there silently.

"We are here" he says stopping his car in front of the building.

I was lost in thought that I did not recognize we have arrived at our destination. I got out the car and went to my cubicle. I see that there were a stack of files sitting on my desk.

"Put those in order by this evening" someone tells and I turn to look at Mr. Hart's assistant. She was giving me a glare like always.

"Okay" I reply.

"Call me Ms. Lilywhite. I am a superior to you." she says in a curt voice.

"Yes Ms. Lilywhite" I rephrase my response.

"Now get started on those files" she snaps at me and leaves.

I sit down at my desk and start to organize the files in order. It was a lot harder than I thought. I finally finished and when I looked at the clock, it was 6 pm. I have been doing it for nearly 5 hours. Wow.

I get a text from Mr. Hart saying that I should wear a dress for tomorrow's dinner.

*huff* now I have to go shopping for the dress. I call Jenna to see if she can come with me.

Phone conversation

"hey Em, whats up?" Jenna said.

"uhmm Jen, I need your help with something." I say hesitating.

I can't tell her about the contract. How will I explain to her about the dinner thing?

"With what Em?" she inquires.

"uhmmm I need to buy a dress for this....this thing." I reply.

"Thing?" she questions me.

"yes Jen, thing. Now will you please help me pick out a dress?" I ask her desperately.

"sorry girl , I cant right now. I am with Paul" she says dragging.

"your ex Paul?" I ask her surprised because she said she broke up with him ages ago.

"uhhh about that, I lied. I am sorry" she apologizes.

"Why?"

"because you broke up with Ricky and then you dropped out of college. I just didn't want you to feel bad about yourself." She replied.

Woah, my best friend, has been keeping secrets from me. What else in new? I take a deep breath to calm myself down.

"It's okay Jen. Have fun." I say and hang up.

Phone conversation end

Now I have to find a dress for tomorrow. I went to the mall and started looking for dresses. I couldn't find anything good. All the good ones are way more expensive than my price range. I shopped for nearly 3 hours but couldn't find a dress. I sighed in defeat and went home.

When I reached home, the door man said that a package arrived for me earlier and handed me a box. I thanked him and took the box to our apartment. Who could have sent me this package.

The only people who even know that I am living here are my parents and Jenna and I am certain that my parents are not in a position to send me a package of this size.

Wondering like that, I took it into my room and opened it. Inside was a beautiful blue full length dress and it was absolutely gorgeous. Then I see a note in the box.

"I know you will look presentable in this dress. Wear it for tomorrow's dinner - HH." It says.

How did he know that I didn't buy a dress? What if I had already bought one? I was brought out of thoughts by the slamming of the front door.

"I am home" Jen shouts.

I roll my eyes. She can be dramatic sometimes.

"Hey Em, what.....?" she stops mid sentence seeing the dress in my hands.

"Wow, that is one sexy dress" she compliments.

"thanks" I blush.

Wait. Why am I blushing? I shouldn't blush. What is wrong with me?

*yawns* "I am tired. Night girl." She says heading to her room. Thank god, she didn't see me blushing. If she did, I would have to give her a long explanation.

I put away the dress; change into pj's and go to sleep.

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