The afternoon air blew ever so lightly, causing the hair of both men who sat opposite each other to become messy, their hair danced with the air as they took sips from their glasses of whisky. A small table stood in between them. The one with a brown hair sighed every once in a while, making his distress evident and he gazed at the city with a tired eyes, he seemed frustrated.
"So what you're saying is, you haven't seen her for days, or you haven't been able to have a proper conversation with her for days, which one is correct?"
Derek spoke, he combed his hands through his messy hair and stared at his friend who sat opposite him, Derek was gaging his every expression and he could tell there was regret in his friend's eyes.
"She doesn't even want to talk to me. What's bothering me is the fact that she looks so indifferent. It's like am the only one who's suffering."
Josh laid out his frustration, his thought drifted to Jesy and his jaws ticked when he remembered how unaffected she was. He thought she would at least show signs of being hurt, but it was as if she already moved on. And what was even more annoying was the fact that he couldn't reach her anywhere.
When Josh would go to find her in her house, he wouldn't see her. And he couldn't call her through his phone because she would busy her line.
All what had happened wasn't what he wanted. The fact that he was a playboy was something Josh would never deny. However, since he got into a relationship with Jesy, he decided to be genuine and serious with their relationship. He planned to drop his playboy behaviour and give his full attention to Jesy. But that very night, his father scolded him with a couple of punches on his face because he failed to carry out a task properly.
It wasn't an easy task either and the problem wasn't entirely on his side, it just happens that their target was way too strong to catch. All the while, he had been searching for the face of the man who killed his grandfather. Although, the incident happened in Russia, after they couldn't track him in Russia, they decided to check here in California, Solvang, to be exact. There was signs of their target being here, but whenever they were just about to get hold of him, he would slip of their fingers so meticulously.
And that night was the night they got a glimpse of him in a bar, but just when Josh was about to successfully catch him, he slipped off just like that. And it happened that his father was there when it happened, gaining him a couple of punches on his face for not able to get hold of their target and due to his anger, he wanted to vent and that was how he ended up with a woman in his bed, but he didn't expect Jesy to come to his house unannounced at that time. But, just two nights ago, they also found their target in the same very bar as before, but for some odd reasons and like every other time, they couldn't get hold of him. It frustrated Josh to no end.
"If that's the case, then you should just give up bro. There are lots of women just like her and many are even better than her."
Derek suggested and took a sip from his glass. His friends predicament reminded him of his own problems at the moment. Derek could feel his patients were running out, but he needed to hold on to the last straw if patience that existed in his being. Just a little bit of time and the man would finally wake up and he would carry out his plans faster, but first, he needed a fake girlfriend.
Josh said nothing to riposte for what Derek said. He knew it would be difficult for Derek to understand his problems. It was better to just keep silent. He sighed when he heard Derek say.
"Do you have any idea where I can find a fake girlfriend?"
Derek asked with seriousness in his tone and it made Josh blink twice. Josh had thought Derek was suddenly joking to lighten the mood, but when he saw his serious expression, he became utterly speechless.
"Fake girlfriend? You? What a joke. Are you seriously asking me that? Aren't you a superstar with a handsome face? You could always get any woman you want with the snap of your fingers. Seriously."
Josh hard expression softened a bit, thanks to Derek's wonderful joke.
"Am serious here. Just like you, am in a dire situation. I need to scare someone away and out of my life. Oh, how about you borrow me your Jesy. I'll return her back to you in one piece, I promise."
Derek said in a serious but provocative tone. He was obviously poking at Josh by mentioning Jesy and of course, that hit the right spot on Josh.
"Don't you even dare think about using Jesy as your fake girlfriend. I'll kill you if you try."
Josh threatened with all seriousness. He would never let Derek use Jesy as his fake girlfriend. Derek was a very beautiful man, there were lots of handsome men, but Derek fell in the category of a pretty man. The chances of Jesy falling for him was way too high, and Josh couldn't risk it.
Derek let out a breathy chuckle that made his Adam apple move and it made him look so sexy that any woman would have drooled already just by seeing the alluring sight.
"Then find me one, it's really urgent and am serious."
Derek spoke after his chuckles died down. His glass was empty, he picked up the bottle of whisky and uncocked it, just when Derek was about to turn a good amount of the whisky into his glass cup, his phone viberated in his pocket. Dropping the bottle of whisky, he brought out his phone from his pocket. Seeing the caller ID, he smirked and murmured.
"Speak of the devil."