All Chapters of A Partner For The Rich Playboy: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

CLAIRE. It was awkward to have a normal conversation with someone you thought you'd end up dating one day, especially with his pretty elegant date at his side and your fake boyfriend who happens to be an asshole and his buddy at your own side.I never got a text from Dave since the day after the club party I'd gotten drunk and I'd gotten carried away with other activities going on around me that I didn't even think about him after that day except someone brings up his topic, but that doesn't change the fact that I like being around because I like him? I'm not certain about that, but what's there not to like about Dave? His smile, his gentle demeanor, his physique, everything about him is just so attractive. His date looked so much like Cassie but I can't say the same about the personality aspect. There's this feeling of wanting to be in her shoes that I felt within me as she stood like a model beside Dave looking good together. Mia was struggling to hide her dislike for me, but i

CLAIRE. I forgot all about Dave and his date the moment Ryan's large hands held both sides of my waist with his green eyes intensely focused on me. There was this familiar warmth spreading all over where his hands made contact with. I don't know why or how Ryan's touch effortlessly raises my temperature, but it does. "What am I supposed to do now?" My voice was lower than I'd intended it to be. I'm slightly shivering internally. "Wrap your hands around my neck or something" His voice was also low, making it deeper than usual. And sexy. I obeyed his instruction, feeling the heat creeping to my cheeks. God, I am blushing. I am literally blushing. I am fucking blushing again. I wish I can control the appearance of that redness on my face. "Be careful not to step on my shoes" He said looking down at our legs. I copied his action then we looked up simultaneously, making eye contact. My heart skipped a bit, and all mean words in my head flew out the window. Ryan was staring at me in t

CLAIRE. After shopping, I felt exhausted and thought we were done for the day, but Linda had other plans in mind. "So I just spoke with my husband" she informed. "And he reminded me that it's the last Fridayyyyy of the mooooonth" she sang. Cassie and I stared at her weirdly at first, but soon, Cassie started to throw her free hand up energetically since her other hand was holding the shopping bag, grinning and squealing "Yayyyyy!!!" with Linda.They noticed I wasn't enthusiastic as they are and filled me in. "We're partying tonight!" They said simultaneously. I swear these ladies don't get tired. Are their bodies made up of machines or what?"So, you're coming, right?" Cassie asked, blinking her eyelashes persuasively. Remind me never to go out with them again."Ryan is gonna be there sooooo..." Linda winked at me. Ryan will be there? I don't know how to feel about that. I don't miss him right? Of course I don't, but I guess a part of me has gotten accustomed to having an argum

RYAN.Claire stood afront me like a statue, unsure of what to do. I don't know if it's because she really has no clue when it comes to dancing or she just wasn't comfortable dancing with me. There are few people dancing crazily here and there, and laughing excitedly, while Claire and I kinda looked like the odd one out because we were not acting crazy. She blew her cheeks out and said; "I feel like everyone at the bar is watching us" "That's because they are really watching us" I stated. She flipped her soft shiny hair from her face "That's not creepy at all" she said sarcastically. "So, what now? We're here, but we're not even dancing"I raised questioning brows at her. "Don't even start by giving me that look" she placed a hand on her hip "This is a bad idea, maybe we should just go back to the bar""No." I opposed "We give them a scene they'd like to see" I said, she looked intrigued, I continued "We have to make them believe we settled our couples fight, here on the dance flo

RYAN. The ruffling sound of the bedsheets told me Claire was awake, but I decided to look away from her or I'll be tempted to start laughing hysterically as the memories of yesterday keeps playing in my head over and over again. "Oh my God" she whispered in a panicky tone. "Oh my God, oh my God"Did she think we had sex or what?"Oh my, oh my, oh fuck!" She said loudly this time. I continued to type on my laptop, still ignoring her. "Ryan, what happened?" She demanded, sounding edgy. I shrugged my shoulders, still running my fingers swiftly on my laptop. "Did we...did we uhm..." She paused. I smiled to myself. I could imagine her biting her lip, looking all flushed. "We're leaving for Chicago in two hours" I deadpanned. "Gosh your voice is so deep" she said and huffed, forgetting about the topic of last night's event. "That deep, bass voice almost got me scared"Ten seconds passed "Wait did you just say WE ARE LEAVING FOR CHICAGO?!"I closed my laptop and finally turned to f