Falling For Mr Devlin

Chapter 2

A dangerous encounter on the rooftop

"This better be good or I swear-" I could feel the tension growing up inside me as I looked at myself in the mirror of the washroom.

So, finally, I was in the restaurant ready to meet the guy named Keith Devlin. Finally, after five days since the party where Miss Leila Devlin and her father Aaron Devlin bombarded their wish on me of wanting me to see Keith, I am here to meet the man.

I can't believe this. Damn it, Dad!

According to Dad's conditions I have to meet the guy, try to know him more like analyze him and think about their marriage proposal. Dad clearly told me that if I didn't like him he would never pressurize the topic ever again on me. And it's not like I'm not in any relationship or something, so why not give it a try?

But what if the guy is just like those rich spoil brats out there? Driving luxury cars, drinking, smoking, spending time with babes, like those typical brats as they show in television series?

"Oh my god! My life will come to an end! I don't want another Skipper Jones in my life. No! Just no!" I slapped my face thinking about Jones. She was enough for me to remember her till my death. And don't want another one in my life.

No Vienna! Don't have these stereotypical thoughts.

The ringing of my phone brought me out of my thinking state as I fished the phone out of my pocket to read the caller ID displaying 'Dad' over it.

"Have you reached there on time my baby Raccoon?"

"Dad first of all why do you always forget this that I am never late and what baby Raccoon?" I scoffed at him rubbing my temple in agony.

"No, I was just making sure of it. Has he reached there yet?" he asked and I shrugged my shoulders but remembered he couldn't see me "I don't know. I'm in the washroom," I replied as I looked at myself in the mirror. A girl came out of the toilet and washed her hands beside me while I focused on my phone call.

"What? What are you doing in the washroom? What if he shows up and doesn't find you there?" he panicked and that made me roll my eyes.

"It's only eleven. You told me that he would come right at eleven-thirty," I said reminding him about it.

After I had met Leila, she had informed my dad that Keith had flown down specially to meet me and he wishes to meet me in the restaurant right at eleven-thirty in the noon and that is how I ended up here thirty minutes earlier preparing myself for the typical Q and A round.

"But what if he is there just like you? Earlier?" Dad asked and at that moment I wanted to hit my head hard on the wall until I die of a brain hemorrhage.

"Look, dad if I am earlier, he will think I am desperate. If I am late he will think I do not respect people. It's better to be on time,"

"Yeah you are right, but what i-"

"So what? The time was fixed to Eleven thirty. It doesn't matter if he comes first or not. I will show up right at the decided time. I have to go, bye" I told him as I hung up on him before he could ask more.

My dad acts more like my mother. I don't blame him though. After I had lost my mom at an earlier age, he has been pampering me and had given me the love of my mother. I know he loves me but sometimes it's just too much to handle.

I looked back at myself in the mirror. I was wearing a brown vest over black jeans and I had my full sleeves Jeans jacket on. Nothing fancy! But it was how I liked to dress up. I was comfortable and I believed the guy should know about my choices at the very beginning.