His Hired Girlfriend (27 page)

Alex glanced at Jayden, hoping
that she hadn’t gone too far. She sighed with relief when she saw
that he didn’t look angry. In fact, as she stared into his eyes
longer, she realised that there was a glint of pride. Her heart did
a somersault. She grinned as he reached his hand out and touched
hers, like a boyfriend would to his girlfriend, to show her that he
supported her, cared for her, and loved her.

Sarah’s face burnt with
humiliation. Alex thought the woman must really want to murder her
right now if she could what with the glare she was getting. But she
couldn’t of course, and Kyle started to beg her to leave.

“I’m not leaving, not yet,”
Sarah hissed as they went to the table that was offered to them,
which was not very far from where Jayden and Alex was. In fact the
two tables had a very good view of one another.

Alex watched as they took their
seats, Kyle looked as thought he wish they were somewhere else and
Sarah looked stiff and angry. At that moment an idea suddenly
popped into her head. She saw her chance and moved her chair so
that she and Jayden sat side by side, like a loving couple. She
whispered softly into his ear, “Sorry about that. I thought I was a
bit too forward.”

Jay chuckled. “I see the little
bird now has finally flown out of its nest.”

She cocked her head to one
side. She fluttered her long lashes a few times in confusion and
asked, “What does that mean?”

“Just that,” he said, gently
tucking some hair back behind her ear. He wondered if she knew her
lashes were very long and that the innocent fluttering really
affected him.

Alex felt a fluster of warm
sensations melting through her and relaxed. Jayden moved his lips
to her ear and said very softly, “I’m sorry you have to meet them
here.”

His warm breath tickled her
sense. She giggled and snuggled her face against his neck. Once she
had managed to settle herself down, she asked, “Who are they?” She
was pretending ignorance of course.

“Nobody you should know. Ah.
Here’s our food.”

They made the most of their
meal, both in the delicious food itself and in putting on a show
for their unwelcomed guests Kyle and Sarah. Alex knew without
question that she had to make Sarah know her place, that she was no
longer Jayden’s girlfriend and that she, Alex, now was. She knew
she must act as the perfect girlfriend and so she did her best
flirting with Jayden, though she really had no idea what she was
doing. At least she thought she was flirting with Jayden. And this
was done by putting some of her food in his plate, feeding him,
smiling at him, said stupid things that she knew would probably
make him laugh of which he did most of the time, and yeah, touching
him most intimately. She knew, too, that Jayden was uncomfortable
with the presence of Kyle and Sarah and that he was tense and that
he was probably thinking about Sarah through out the whole meal.
That didn’t sit well with her because she knew Jayden still had
feelings for Sarah. Otherwise he would have a new real girlfriend
by now and not having to hire her to be one.

They finished their meal and
took their leave, managing a curt ‘see ya around’ to Kyle and Sarah
on their way out.

Sarah watched until the love
birds were out of sight before she allowed her full hatred
expression to show on her face.

“Ugh! I can’t believe this.
Disgusting!” she muttered.

“She’s hot,” Kyle said,
smiling.

“What? You think that b... that
girl is hot?” Sarah asked in disbelieve.

“I have to say Jayden does have
really good taste. Alexandra,” he said softly. “Even her name
sounds sweet. Can’t wait to taste her.”

Sarah glared at him, her mouth
twisted. Then slowly she smiled as a thought entered her mind. “You
really want her?”

Kyle laughed. “What man
doesn’t? She’s one hot chick all right.”

Sarah picked up her wine glass
and sipped, a plan forming in her head.

***

“WHERE ARE WE?” Alexandra
asked, looking around her. Jayden had been driving her around the
city, showing her the sight, which she still couldn’t believe since
he had not uttered one word to her about where they were going
since they had left the restaurant. It had been such a pleasant
surprise, and she was sure they both had enjoyed themselves
tremendously. At least she had been and hoped that Jayden had as
well. She hoped also that their encounter with Kyle and Sarah
hadn’t bothered him too much.

Jayden got out of the
convertible and came over to her side. “Come on, missy,” he said,
pulling her out of the car.

“All right. Hold on,” she
chuckled, grabbing for her handbag.

Once out he led her towards the
wharf. She had no idea where they were but she loved the scenery.
All she knew was that she was at the harbour because she saw lots
of yachts around, really big, expensive looking ones.

“Slow down will ya,” she said,
laughing. “I’m wearing hells. My feet are sore now.”

Jay shook his head. “Women,” he
said under his breath.

“Well excuse me for being one,”
she snapped as she tried to catch up with him so that his hand on
her wrist wouldn’t hurt her as much as he was dragging her
along.

“I didn’t mean it like that,”
he said. “Just kind of a figure of speech.”

“Yeah right,” she retorted,
ignoring him. Suddenly one of her heel got stuck in between the
plank. “Hold on.” She wiggled her foot, pulling him back. “I’m
stuck.”

“What?” Jay halted and glanced
down. He laughed, loud and clear that his chest was rumbling.

She smacked him on the arm.
“Stop it. This is serious.”

Once he had managed to stop, he
got down on his knees and helped pull the shoe out. Finally after a
good attempt, he said, “You might have to take that shoe off.”

“All right,” she said, bending
down.

“No don’t. I’ll do it.” He
began help ease her foot out of the peep-toe pumps as she leaned
over him for support. Once her foot was free, she stepped back so
that Jay could do the manly thing of freeing her shoe from the
board. His force was so hard that he broke the heel.

“Shit!” he swore, staring at
the dismantled shoe in disbelief.

Alex laughed. She couldn’t help
herself as she touched him on the shoulder, staring into his face.
“You’ve destroyed my shoes, Jay. I can’t believe it. It was very
expensive, you know.”

He grinned, his eyes twinkling.
He got up, shoe in hand. “Well then. What shall I do?” he asked
dramatically, his head cocked to one side.

“I dunno,” Alex replied, hands
on hip, her face all serious now. “You broke it. You fix it,
Mister!”

“Damn!” he muttered. “I’ll buy
you another one. That’ll fix it.”

“I happened to like that one,
Mister McCartney. And you can’t buy me happiness.”

“Really?” he prompted.

“Really,” Alex echoed, now
folding her arms across her chest. “So what ya gonna do with that
shoe?” She pointed out.

Jayden looked at the broken
shoe in his hands as if he was in a great dilemma. “Well, I can
always do this,” he began and then threw the thing into the water
near by.

Alex gasped, her mouth opened
in the form of an ‘O’. Once she had gained her sense back she
snapped, “Jayden! Now how am I supposed to walk?”

“Well, I see no other option
now than too, erm...”

Alex raised her brows,
wondering what he meant by that. Her curiosity was answer when he
suddenly scooped her up in his arms.

“Oh dear me,” she gasped,
wrapping her arms around his neck.

“Since you can’t walk with one
shoe, I’ll carry you.” He grinned.

“Well, I’m not that heavy
anyway, and you have to work off all that lunch you just had,” she
teased as she wiggled herself to get more comfortable in his
arm.

“I have worked it all off,
darling, due to your incessant chattering for the past three
hours.”

“Jayden!” she gasped. “I did
not chatter. I just talked that’s all.”

“Talk is chatter, my sweet.” He
grinned cheekily.

Alex smiled. She couldn’t
believe he was using endearing words when other people were not
around. That was surely odd because they didn’t have to act like a
loving couple right now. But she felt all warm and happy inside
when he had used those words.

“Comfy?”

She laughed. “Yes.”

Jayden nodded and started
walking down towards the end of the wharf.

“Where are we going, by the
way?” she asked some moment later.

“You’ll see,” he replied.

And Alex did see. There was a
beautiful large, white yacht waiting for them. It had the name
‘Spirit’ painted on the side.

“Oh my,’ she exclaimed in
excitement. “This is my first time in a boat. But I must tell you
that I can’t swim.”

“Don’t worry. You’re in safe
hands.”

“Who’s is it?” she asked
curiously as they walked towards the main deck.

“Mine,” he said, grinning.

“Yours?” Of course it was his.
He was a billionaire after all, and what billionaire didn’t own a
boat?

“You like it?”

“Heck yeah!” she chuckled. “You
know I can save up for the rest of my life and still would never be
able to buy this type of stuff?”

He chuckled, glancing at
her.

“I’m lucky. Thank you. So like
do I get to look around?”

“Heck yeah!” he echoed her
words, and Alex laughed, throwing her head back.

Jayden couldn’t help but felt a
glow of happiness spreading through him.

He eased her down gently. Once
her feet touched the smooth, shiny deck, Alex glanced up at Jayden
to see that he was gazing down at her. His stare was so intense
that she started responding. Her body was trembling and her heart
was fluttering.

She knew her cheeks were red
because she felt the heat rushing to her face. She bit her lip and
quickly un-wrapped her arms from his neck.

When she was about to walk
away, he caught her wrist and pulled her to him. “Come on, I’ll
show you around.”

“All right,” she managed to
say, her throat dry. She felt suddenly very thirsty.

He led her into the salon. Alex
gasped in awe as she stared at the interior surrounding. The dining
and living area was exceptionally beautiful with the leather sofa
and a chandelier smack in the middle. The galley was very flash
which was made out of oak wood and modern kitchen wears.

Jayden smiled at her look of
wonder. “Come on,” he said, leading her towards the upper deck.

Alex was very excited when she
saw that they were in the captain’s quarter. A moment later she
heard the engine running. She glanced at Jayden and saw that he was
guiding the yacht out of the harbour. She grinned and came to stand
beside him, studying as the boat slowly steered its way towards the
sea.

With the wind in her hair and a
big smile on her face, Alex couldn’t help but feel like she was in
heaven as Jayden cruise the boat about New York Harbour, showing
her places that she could see from afar. He even let her steer the
boat, with his guidance of course. She felt like she was in a
romantic movie as he stood behind her, his face beside her, his
hands on top of hers as she was steering the boat.

“Can you see that?” he asked,
pointing north.

Alex narrowed her eyes. She
gasped. “Oh my gosh! It’s the Statue of Liberty!”

“Yes,” he chuckled. “You know
all about it, huh?”

“Can we go there?” she asked,
looking up at him.

“We can’t. We need
permission.”

“Oh. Right. But it’s still nice
to see it from here.” She grinned at him.

Jayden suddenly switched off
the engine. “Come on,” he said, taking her hand and leading her
outside onto the deck. He made her stand by the rail, his body
behind her, and his face very close to hers. He could smell her
perfume, a floral sweetness scent. He loved it.

“Can you see New York City from
where we are?” he whispered into her ear.

Alex nodded, biting her lips,
enjoying the view and enjoying his warm breath against her skin.
They stood there gazing out into the distance, enjoying the peace
and silence moment. Alex didn’t want it to end because it was so
wonderful.

“I had fun. Thank you,” she
commented some moment later.

Jayden looked down at her.
“You’re welcome,” he said, staring deep into her eyes.

Alex didn’t know what came over
her as she tilted her face towards his, offering her soft lips.
Then suddenly he kissed her, deeply and passionately. His tongue
plunged into her mouth, igniting the fire within her. She groaned
and wrapped her arms around his neck, responding to his demanding
urge.

Alex felt like her whole body
was on fire. She was all warm and cosy. She felt very alive.

She tightened her arms around
his neck and dug her fingers into his thick, blonde hair. She
groaned and wondered if she was in heaven.

Jayden
suddenly stopped the kiss and pulled back. He stared into her eyes.
He saw the passionate desire there and something else, something
deep and personal.
Oh shit!
He realised what it was.
She was in love with him.

His heart did
a somersault.
‘Oh shit, Jayden, you really
screwed this one up now.’
This, he
thought, couldn’t be right. Alexandra could not fall in love with
him, not when he was supposed to be gay. And the most ironic thing
was that he knew he was falling in love with her too. But how the
heck was he going to resolve this complicated web? Would she still
love him if she knew he was not gay? That he was just like any
other man?

He frowned, taking a step back,
shocked at that realisation.

“What’s wrong?” she asked,
searching his face. “Oh. I see...”