“When and where should I pick you up for the premier Rhonda?” Oberon had asked when he had called yesterday to fix their date. Rhonda had given much thought about this discussion and she did not want the paparazzi start any kind of rumours about him and her when actually even she did not know what he wanted from her. Of this she was certain that Oberon had no idea about their baby and until now she would like to keep it that way. Moreover she had given her father’s recent advice also a lot of importance before she replied him.
“I don’t think that you would need to do that Oberon. I shall be staying at The Hyatt that night and I think we can meet there itself. You would not have to take this extra burden of picking me up and stuff,” Rhonda had replied in a light breezy voice.
“Do I sense a hint of jealousy or envy in your voice Rhonda?” he had asked with a chuckle and Rhonda could feel the heat coming out of her ears.
“Only a fool would be jealous to have the kind o
Oberon smiled at his own ingeniousness. Of course it was a damn brilliant move, but he was a bit miffed at the fact that it was Rhonda who had suggested it and not him, himself. Moreover it was Libby Gretchen’s movie, so starting off with a serious personal relationship with her daughter itself creating a buzz at the premier was a publicity stunt that he himself could not have choreographed so well.If the guy who had been put on his tail to check out the fact that if he was doing everything by the book then the investigator would go and report back that he was already in motion of taking the first step towards marriage and love.Love and marriage.Strange. He had always considered himself a confirmed bachelor and marriage had not been in the cards for him. But suddenly his biological father dies and gives him a task out of nowhere to have a family of his own if he had to find his own family first.It was just six twenty and the lobby of the hotel was abuzz w
In the middle of all his thoughts Oberon could feel that the light buzz which was going around from all the chatter in the lobby stop suddenly. It changed into surprise and excited speculation which made him aware of all the people turning and looking back and fixating at the head of the grand staircase which led down from the mezzanine level where the main restaurant was situated.Oberon was sure that it was bound to be one of the main actors of the movie which was premiering tonight, after all they were all supposed to be staying at this hotel only, so that none of the people had any problems in shifting the drunken actors after the ending of the after show party. Oberon turned around to see some instantly recognizable face from the glamour world.Recognition hit him like a truck hitting him with full force, and for a few moments Oberon could not exactly believe what he was seeing. He could not come to grips with what his eyes were showing him and he certainly could no
It had been almost a year since he had walked away from her in that hotel room where they had crazy wild mind blowing sex. It was as if the sheets would have caught fire if they had been tangled with one single more time. She had been forced to keep it aside and she had locked it up in a hole where no one was going to be able to reach it, not even herself. Was he remembering it now? Asked Rhonda to herself…Was he remembering how mind jarring it had been? Was that why he had not been moving a single inch from where he had been standing to meet her? He was still standing in the reception area looking at her as if she was an alien and he had never seen anything like her ever in his life, not even taking a step towards her in meeting her. Fine!! If he would not come to her then she would go all the way to him, she would take the plunge and cover the distance and force him to acknowledge the fact that he was here with her today and not anyone else. She would make him say it with h
Oberon gave Rhonda a twisted little smile and then raised his sardonic eyebrow in a question which was anything but innocent,” Are you getting in the spirit of the premiere Rhonda?”Tingles of burst of electricity ran up her arm and adrenaline shot up her bloodstream sharpening her mind against all the defense stations of her mind so that she could protect her already and obviously distressed heart from his sharp blows of questions. Her already vulnerable heart pitter-pattered its distress after being mocked in such a manner and it was plenty obvious that whatever Oberon wanted tonight from her was obviously nothing remotely or closely linked to a shift away from the platonic friendship that she had expected and which had made her heart grow fonder.“I thought that it was only right that I would lift my game a bit for the publicity limelight. After all I am the spokesperson to the producer-director of this movie. It would not do Mom any good to see me in the usual ragged
Oberon had tucked her arm into the crook of his elbow as they both went in the elevator so that Oberon could be able to do her bidding.“That tart tongue of yours…Gods Rhonda how I have missed it,” said Oberon with a contented sigh and then she smirked at him.“Too much honey for the busy bee, is it?” slinging insults at him was the only thing that could keep her mind and her heart under control which had gone into major overdrive if she thought about their proximity and this intimacy with a casual vibe that they were sharing. The zing that her skin was enduring was something beyond all the bounds of discretion but she was insanely jealous of all the women whom he considered to be his, but she did not want her tart tongue, as he had called it, the only thing to show that.To her intense relief, he laughed out loud and his green eyes danced with wicked mirth at her. His skin on hers were shooting pleasure along her nerve endings and the spine that she thought to be
“To be honest Rhonda, I can never control the hopes of any other person. I am not one with super-powers, am I? But I definitely can make sure that I do not feed their hopes,” said Oberon as he quietly answered her mocking and she again parried with him in her usual manner.“So still trying to maintain your unique brand of integrity?” she asked.“I have never liked deceit Rhonda and you know that. I have been harmed by that enough in my childhood to make me choose honesty over deceit every single time I havea decision to make,” said Oberon and Rhonda’s nerves started tingling again.She was keeping something so substantial from him like this she felt if she should blurt it out to him like that. Maybe she should blurt it out right now, throw the news of fatherhood in his lap suddenly and then see how he actually dealt with it. It would be something satisfying and she would love watching him squirm under her intense gaze. On the other hand, he had not still give
Before she could formulate her line of attack and open her mouth Oberon opened his and started the conversation without giving her a chance to get ready for it.“Where do you exactly fit in the deal Rhonda?” asked Oberon as he looked at her with a different kind of intensity.“I possibly cannot understand what deal you are talking about Oberon. Would you mind talking a bit more explicitly?” asked Rhonda.“The one where all the rich men try and attract the most beautiful women they can possibly afford and the most beautiful women try and attract the most rich men that they can. The one where my looks would just be an added bonus!! The one deal which my mother and your father has so frequently made in their lives to keep themselves in news?” he asked.“I don’t fit,” she shrugged casually and then she added,” I guess when it comes to an heiress you cannot separate her from the riches that are attached to her automatically. As a marriage prospect, the men would b
Oberon had wondered if he should dump the sexual approach in Rhonda’s lap like that. It was very callous of him, he realized that now but how was he supposed to go ahead with that when she was the one who had been setting it up? There was no doubting Rhonda’s shock. She had not been quite expecting it in the least and had not been made up for it. And now quite possibly she was recoiling from it.He had read her provocative strut down the staircase as being aimed at him. Something to deliberately stir him up sexually. May be she was doing that simply because she wanted to see if she could, a female thing of putting on a show to see if she could garner enough attention for herself, being at the centre of all the amazement and attention was something like a drug. And being in LA, Hollywood, at that with her mother would make her behavior seem absolutely normal.But the problem was he had been stirred by it.Stirred into remembering the highly vivid memory of how it ha