All Chapters of PLAYING PRETEND: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Monday morning, Callie was getting ready to go to the office when her phone beeped, she picked it up. It was a message from the head office informing every employee in Star Analytics Inc. that the big company meeting - the banquet - was scheduled for 7 pm and The venue was the Grand Hall of the DiamondStar Hotel.She went straight to her closet and brought out a white dress to take to the office.Callie put the phone inside her bag and headed to the office early to get busy.Not long after she sat down at her desk a phone call came in. It was from Golden! Magazine Callie was surprised because she didn't remember working with that magazine before The woman on the other end sounded like an experienced, confident professionalThe woman said, "Hello? Callie? I’m Kimberly-Clark, the chief editor of Golden! magazine.Callie, we'd like Samuel to be the cover star for our next issue.Callie recalled what she knew about Golden magazine. It specializes in high-end recipesand was considered to

Xander resumed eating his breakfast, an uncomfortable look flashed across Callie’s faceFor some reason this morning, Xander Thought Callie looked cuter than ever.He had to suppress a laugh when he saw her eating so quickly with her head down.This woman sure was a character! She had so many endearing qualities.He decided to go easy on her. Xander knows that If he continues teasing her, she really might die of embarrassment.Callie finally managed to finish her breakfast.she wasn't going to ride with Xander no matter what, she thought as stared at him resentfully.This man does not know when to stop.If she knew he was like this, she wouldn't have married him, no matter what!Thinking about this, Callie suddenly said,"I'm not going to the office today.” Callie sighed as she thought,“Then where are you going?”“ Wherever it is I will drop you.”“I can drive myself, I don't need anyone to drive“ I am your husband, not anyone, and you are riding with me”but she went along with it a

In the car, Xander and Callie were silent throughout the ride back home.As soon as they got home Callie suddenly felt tired and was about to go upstairs when she saw Xander standing, she simply said “Thank you for taking me out for dinner, I’m going to rest now”Xander's eyes darkened when he heard the distance in her voice, he wanted to resolve matters with her but she didn't even look at him before she hurried upstairs.He felt he deserved better treatment after taking her out, and with a burst of annoyance he headed to his studies.Callie stood in the window of her roomand thought about what happened at the hotel, she felt tortured, thinking if Xander was still in love with Veronica, why would he want to use her to make his Ex-friend jealous? She wanted to go and ask him but she couldn't; rather she stood at her window and continued looking out.Callie decided to keep her distance from Xander, maybe they were destined not to be together, they didn't see each other throughout the

That night after Xander rounded up what he was doing he came back to Callie’s room.The bedroom door was unlocked so he quietly went into the room, she was already asleep and the room was dark so Xander could barely see the tiny outline of Callie’s body under the blanket in the moonlight, He felt so happy as he approached her, Callie looks the same in her sleep, innocent, pretty but stubborn, whenever she sleeps, her calm look melt his heart, He was a little dazed but he forced himself to look away, he didn’t want wake her, he quietly sat down beside her bed, he was afraid of waking her so he held her hand and stared at her while she sleeps. Feeling Xander’s touch Callie slowly opened her eyes, she wasn’t that deep asleep, but didn’t want Xander to notice she was awake, her mind was deep in thought.Xander's soft hand carefully moved around her body, he wrapped his hands around her body.Suddenly, he stopped to check if she was awake, he was afraid of walking her up, his heartbeat as

Two months later, Callie had a slight step behind as she entered her office."It's an early morning for you today,” she remarked as she stood in the doorway to her office. "I'll have some coffee ready for you in a few minutes," Ruth said heading back to make coffee for Callie. It was Friday and Callie needed to check her mail and schedule for the day because she wanted to finish up on time and get home as early as possible that evening.Upon going through her iPad, she noticed her phone beeping, It was an unfamiliar number at first, and she hadn't wanted to pick it up.But the phone kept ringing, so she eventually picked it up. She gasped softly, not expecting to hear the caller on the other end. She regretted picking up the call immediately when she heard Veronica introduce herself."Callie, please this is Veronica Sutton, can we talk? Where are you? Do you have any spare time right now? Can we meet and talk?"There was only one thing that made her upset: Veronica called her.Calli