The Plan
Damien had barely made it out of the building when his phone rang. He already knew the consequences of his action before he went ahead with it but this time, he was determined to face whatever was coming.
“Damien, have you suddenly gone mad?!” His mother yelled through the phone as soon as the call went through.
“Mum, can you listen to me first-”
“Do not tell me to listen, Damien! What has come over you? It’s that bitch, isn’t it? She’s the one manipulating you, isn’t it?” Stacy said, her body shaking in anger.
Damien leaned back on his car seat and pinched the bridge of his nose. If only she would let him explain himself.
“Come home immediately!” She said and hung up.
Just as that call ended, his phone buzzed and this time it was his brother calling. Damien already knew why he was calling so he declined the call and drove to his parent’s house.
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“You didn’t tell me that Damien already agreed to the marriage, Evelyn! Gosh! I can’t wait for the wedding.” Her mother squealed happily and she could hear her father and brother’s voice from the call, clapping happily.
“What the fuck are you talking about? I thought I made it pretty clear that you shouldn’t call me!?” Evelyn groaned as she stirred in her bed, shamelessly waking up from her morning sleep at 10am.
“I know but this is big news, Evelyn. I couldn’t stop myself from calling to congratulate you.” Her mother laughed awkwardly.
“Have you finally lost it? What big news?” She murmured, her face twisting in annoyance.
“You haven’t seen the news? You’re the talk of the town, Evelyn. Congratulations on finally defeating that goody two shoes and making Damien yours. We’ll be in New York for the wedding and probably move into his family’s mansion too. Ah! I have never been so proud of you, my dear!” The happiness is her mother’s voice has her thinking if she had really lost it or she was being serious.
Deciding to check things for herself, she ended the call abruptly and went straight to the Internet. Evelyn’s jaw dropped to the ground when she saw the trending topic.
‘Damien Daniels set to wed four years girlfriend, Evelyn James. Could this be the end for the Edwards and Daniels relationship?”
“W-what the hell is going on?” Evelyn’s heart began to race and her hands shook out of both fear and excitement.
She had no idea of what was happening but if the media was talking about her getting married to Damien it could only mean one thing since she didn’t give them any new Information.
It was Damien’s doing.
But, Evelyn wasn’t so stupid to just happily accept the news. It was too sudden and Damien hadn’t given her any heads up so it was impossible for her to just believe the news blindly.
“D-damien… please pick up the phone.” She bit her nails nervously as she paced around her house but her call went straight to voicemail.
“Fuck!” She ran into the bathroom, freshened up and drove to Damien’s house without bothering about breakfast.
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“Carla, take the twins upstairs.” Stacy ordered the head maid, glaring at Damien who was seated like he hadn’t just turned the Internet upside down with his announcement.
Thomas Daniels was also in the room with them as he also wanted to hear what Damien had to say.
He knew that his son wasn’t so stupid and that he still had feelings for Harriett so whatever he was doing, there was definitely a reason for it.
“One question, Damien. Are you really getting married to her?” Stacy asked, her eyes glued to him as she awaited his answer.
Damien chuckled, shaking his head. “God! No, mother. Why on earth will I get married to Evelyn?”
“Then what was that announcement about? Do you have any idea how people now think of you? They’re calling you a cheat and betrayer for leaving Harriett! Why would you say something like that on a live interview, Damien?” Stacy complained, settling down in her chair.
“Look, mum, dad. I have a plan, okay. You just have to believe me. I won’t be getting married to Evelyn, not after everything she has done. For now, I’m going to need you guys to play along and fool her. I plan on beating her at her own game this time.” He revealed and Stacy felt a smile crawl up her face.
“Is there something she has done you aren’t telling us about?” Thomas asked, already knowing that Evelyn was no good. All in all, he was he was thankful that Damien’s eyes were finally opening and he was starting to see Evelyn for the witch she is.
“I’ll tell you guys everything with time but for the next few weeks, I’m going to need your support.” He said and immediately they both nodded, feeling extremely proud of their son.
“What about Harriett? Are you going to explain this to her? The poor girl might already be fuming with hatred right now.” His father said making fear crawl up Damien’s body.
“I’ll explain it to her when everything gets sorted out. She can’t know right now. I don’t know how I’m going to live with her thinking that I’ll be getting married to Evelyn but I need to do this for her sake mostly.” Damien replied, although he was still in doubt about the whole thing.
All he could do was hope that his plan his plan won’t backfire and cause Harriett to hate him permanently which is why he planned to make things move as quickly as possible.
Since he had finished with the interview, his work for the day was done and he didn’t feel like returning to the office so, he decided to head home and handle some paperwork from there.
As he entered the building, he noticed Evelyn’s car in the parking lot and he nodded with a smile.
“Perfect.” He said and moved to the front door. As expected, Evelyn was waiting by the door, leaning on the wall as she fiddled with her phone.
As his footsteps got louder, she noticed his presence and turned to him with an innocent look, her eyes filled with hope.
“Damien?” She whispered and ran to him, wrapping her arms around his neck.
As Damien stood there, his heart burned with hatred for her but he knew that if his plan was going to be successful, he would need to put up with her for a few weeks….hopefully.
“I missed you, Evelyn.”
