Deadly Poison

Chapter 7

Three days since the last time Leigh and Zia met the Flox, the day after that they went back to normal and still tried to fix things about the company. Fortunately, some of their plans work and somehow made the company work better not, what more if the Flox and Jihn will collaborate and be the top contributor to each other's company. The two leading company will collaborate, that will surely be the talk of the magazine and their other competitors and the public.

Which was somehow a good thing for the sake of their business. The more are on them, the more they would gain investors, income, and potential customers.

It was 7 in the evening when Leigh got home from work. Her siblings that were also managing the business were still at the company due to their meetings so they will going to stay there probably until late in the evening. Leigh went upstairs to her room and threw herself on her soft bed, its cushion and her comforter slowly embraced her while her body was being eaten by her bed. Literally, her favorite part of the day was feeling the softness of her bed after a very tiring day.

She slowly closed her eyes and was about to fell asleep when she heard her phone rang at the upper left of her head. She growned and rolled her eyes due to the irritation she felt for disturbing her at the middle of her rest. As she grabbed her phone, it was lit up and flashed an unknown number calling, she thought twice whenever she would pick it up or stared at it and wait until it ended on its own.

But she had this feeling that she needed to pick it up so she did. "Hello?" She whispered as she put her phone on her ears, she was closing her eyes while waiting for the the person on the other line to speak. "Hi. Were you asleep?" It was the voice of a man who spoke from the other line, she was familiar with that voice but she could not remember whose voice it was. Due to the confusion and curiosity, Leigh furrowed her forehead while her eyes were still shut.

"Uh..... Not really. Who are you?" She could not stand the idea of her talking to someone and tell it everything about her when she did not know who on the other line was so she immediately asked for his name. A moment of silence devoured both lines until that voice spoke again. "Camero. I am outside your house. Can you look down?" Leigh immediately opened her eyes as if she have seen someone while it was closed that she did not want to see anymore.

Camero's voice brought chills and surprise on her spine, it took her a couple of seconds to absorb everything she have heard before she realised it and quickly got up from her bed. She was breathless ran towards the balcony and looked down, and when she did she saw a tall guy with its green sweater a gray pants leaned on the his car while looking up at her. At that point of time, she felt like she was in a disney movie who got to experienced to be visited with a guy in the middle of the night just because he missed him.

Leigh could not fathom what reaction or feeling she will express, everything seemed so confused inside of her. She wanted to feel irriated and reprimand Camero for disturbing her, but at the same time she wanted to smile and feel every tickles that his presence gave.

"What the heck are you doing here, Camero?" She was almost whispering, her phone was still on her ears and Camero was still on the other line. Seemed like no one wanted to hang up the phone. Leigh leaned forward at the brick wall at her balcony, while the guy outside of her house looked up at her even more. She could still remember her words to him that they needed to pretend because they have to convince everyone that they are into each other, however, she could not understand what Camero was doing.

"Are you about to sleep?" Camero asked again, Leigh immediately nodded without hesitation she was not sure it Camero can see it but that was her response. Even her shocked herself because she did not even try to lie. Camero chuckled in return. "You did not answer my question, Camero. Why are you here and how did you know our address and.... my personal number?" Camero did mot answer her question earlier, hence she had to repeat herself again.

"I'll tell you later. Are you free for a dinner with me?" For how many times she did not know already, Leigh furrowed her forehead again. Camero's sudden invitation, very sudden invitation, shocked her. Why did this man invited her on a very last minute? Leigh she got home from work, she was so haggard and tired, and she needed sleep. But at the same time she realised that she haven't eaten her dinner yet, her last meal was earlier in the afternoon.

"You are inviting me this late in the evening. How could I trust you, Mr.?" Leigh asked if he was his boss who she wanted to reprimand and threw sarcism with all the kindness she had. Their house was in the middle of an exclusive subdivision in their city so there were a few neighbors, there was a light post in front of their house and at the gate of their house, that light struck on Camero's face, she could not clearly see his green eyes but she saw his smirk.

"Why? Don't you trust you fiancé?" Leigh did not know if this guy really had an intention to pissed her. She could not threw something on what Camero said because somehow it brought her something, his question was a bit true though, sooner or later Camero will be his fiancé, and Camero will be his. Somehow it gave her tickles and butterflies in the stomach whenever she will hear the word 'his'.

Leigh did not bother to change her outfit and immediately went downstairs to meet Camero outside of their house. She sighed deeply and exhaled it to Camero's face as soon as she faced him. "What?" Leigh put her both hands at her waist and rolled her eyes on Camero. Their first meet at the restaurant, he was not smilling nor expressing any kinds of emotions at them, but right now he was smirking while looking at Leigh who was giving him a bit of attitude.

Leigh was finally to look at his green eyes again after days of not seeing those. They were silent while looking at each other seemed like they have been craving for each other's sight and presence, that silent replaced into a rain of profanities when they both heard Leigh's stomach grumbling.

"Let's go I'm hungry," Leigh said and left Camero—who could not resist himself from smilling— and directly went to the passenger side and sit. "Why are you so feisty?" Camero looked up from the sky, he seemed like trying to pamper a baby who was throwing a tantrum.

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"You did not even tell me you will going to bring me here. I should have wear something that fits to this place," Leigh spoke, her hands were on her lap, she was a bit shy because she was not wearing something elegant for the dinner. They were in a popular restaurant again, different from the last one they have went to with Emerald and Zia, that diner was a five star restaurant filled with everything made of crystals that will hurt your eyes because of its shine, and some of their things were also made from gold.

The restaurant where the two of them went was an expensive restaurant as well. But unlike the first one, it was simple but still emphasize expensiveness because of its minimalistic yet very pricey materials.

"Did you even let me say something earlier?" Camero asked while he was flipping the menu and finding something to eat. Leigh, on the other side of the table, pouted as she realised she did that. "Stop being bothered on your outfit. It was still good. Just grab your menu and find something to eat because I am so hungry," It seemed like Camero changed his mood again. Earlier he was a bit sweet and right now he brought back his Mr. Emotionless and grumpy Camero.

Leigh thought that he was a bipolar or had a multiple personality because of his sudden change of mood, but she could not tell him so she just rolled her eyes on him, Camero did not see it but he felt that Leigh was probably throwing profonities on him in her mind.

After she got tired of rolling her eyes at him, she grabbed the menu and checked the food she could or wanted to eat. The good thing about this restaurant was a bit romantic, if you will tell the waiter that you are with your partner then they will give you two separate menu, it both have the same menu but the menu they give to the woman does not have a price, while on the menu of the guy prices were included.

"Why don't you just eat without me if you are just going to make me do something so quickly just because you are hungry," Leigh changed her mood again and she was again annoyed at Camero, the latter stopped from flipping the pages of his menu and glanced at Leigh, who was flipping her menu with a greater force as if she wanted to rip every pages she will touch.

"Because I don't want to eat alone especially I do have a fiancé," He answered without hesitations, he was trying to make Leigh calm but perhaps it did not work. "I am not your fiancé...yet. We will, yes, but not yet.." She answered that made Camero put his menu on the table, he rested his elbow and arm on it and leaned forward slightly, his eyes were stared at Leigh. Those green eyes made Leigh also stopped from flipping her menu. "What?" She asked with her brows raised.

"You were the first one who almost beg to be your fiancè because of the company, and told me to act like I am really... really inlove with you and act like a real fiancé, and now you are complaining. Changed of thoughts?" Leigh gulped hardly while she absorbed Camero's word, she bit her lower lip even when words won't come out of her mouth. She was speechless and did not even try to say things to Camero, she chose to shut up. Camero did not even ask her to speak and instead grabbed the menu on her hand and called the waiter, he was also the one who chose what food she will eat.

She did not know how Camero knew that steak with melted cheese was her favorite, she was surprised that it was the food he ordered for her.