Deadly Poison

Chapter 5

"Well, you can fake it though. You can just pretend," Leigh said to his face and paused. "It looks like to you that you are not fond of any type of relationship with anyone... so I can accept you can fake that," Leigh shrugged her shoulder off and walked her feet on the garden, her hands were touching every flowers that they could passed, and sometimes she will lean over towards it to smell. All of the flowers in that garden were obviously have been taken care of because they were lively and healthy and it danced through the wind.

"I don't want to fake my feelings with someone, Leigh. So if you want me to be happy as your fiance, you will do the deed. I'm okay with friends with you I don't have any complains. But....." Camero paused as he walked towards her slowly, Leigh stopped from walking and turned her body to see Camero that was walking closer to her with his serious expressions sculpted on his face.

"But what?" She raised a brow on him. Camero was now an inch distanced with her, the only thing that was stopping them from kissing each other was the tip of their nose. Leigh, who was blinking repeatedly, was shocked with his sudden action. She did not expect him to do what she did to him earlier. "But I think just friends are not good, in our eyes we are stringed to each other already, you will be my fiancé and you will marry me soon,"

It was right. Sooner or later, Leigh will now have this what they call engagement ring, and they will plan a wedding engagement party where they will have to stand and announce their relationship to a lot of people. When Leigh was a kid, she love to watch romantic movies, and majority of those movies she have watched everyone were announcing they engagement and wedding with a lot of people. She thought if that was necessary?

Now she was a grown up, she realized it was indeed necessary. Especially, if a lot of people are concerned with your life and who will be your partner, not because they wanted to see you where you are in your life right now, but because they wanted to guess if you business will grow or will go bankcrupt. That was just their mere concern about such thing. In a world of business, not everyone is your friend but not everyone is your enemy as well, it will always be 50/50. But one thing Leigh was sure of, they are not your friends, they are not your enemy but a competitor waiting for your downfall so they could be at the top.

Leigh's family company, Jihn Industry was one of the biggest, popular, and richest company in their country. Since it was on the top, a lot of competitors are waiting for its downfall, all of them are getting excited and waiting especially the president, Franco Jihn, was in vegetative state and could not lool after the company. But he has a child, 3 of his child were working and has a high rank in the company. They could run it. One of them is Leigh. She does not want to disappoint her family therefore she was trying everything she can. Even marrying a man he does not want nor love.

"Ahuh, yes... I get. I know, Camero," Leigh said and pushed Camero a little bit. It was not hard, only enough to create a huge distance between them. Now, they were facing each other properly and could talk without feeling each other's breathe. "Yes, we will get married soon.... ah, wait. Did you agree already to the..." Leigh got confused for a second. Her forehead was furrowing while she was waiting for Camero's reaction, the guy in front of him smirked.

"I am. " Leigh widened his eyes when Camero said it confidently. It seemed like she proposed and he answered. She was clapping her hands and giggling, she was not in ecstacy because she could finally marry someone, she was in ecstacy because finally they now have someone to help them lift up the company again.

While Leigh was happy, the guy in front of her was emotionless, you could see no emotion on his face seemed like he was born without it. When she felt that Camero was not happy about it, she stapped from giggling and became silent. Leigh bit her lower lip and thought of something to say.

"Do you have any rules?" She asked and went to the flowers again to disturb them, since she could not stand looking at him while he will just give her nothing. He was a boring man to be with, he does not smile if you're happy, he does not show that he is interested, he dosn not show any anger, which was good, perhaps?

"What rules? About what?" Camero asked confusingly, he was furrowing his forehead. While waiting for her respond he puffed on his vape and blew it away from her again. Leigh looked up at the sky, trying to compose her words. She was staring at it seemed like her words were sculpted on it. "Just.... rules. Haven't you encounter any rules?" She asked and looked at his eyes directly. She went closer to her and stayed beside him.

"The heck?" Camero hissed and paused. "I know what rules are, and I have encountered lots of rules, and I am the one making it," he responded confidently what made her winced a little. Leigh knew he got a high position in their company, she somehow so proud of herself for having this kind of fiance. And Zia did a great job about looking at him, she really got a nice taste when it comes to man and she knew what Leigh would like.

Camero may be a man who does not know how to smile or does not show any emotions. But Leigh could feel that she was a good man to be with, even their relationship after arranged marriage will be good or bad, she will still going to treasure it.

"What I meant was... what kind of rules do you want," he repeated himself again. Leigh sighed and pouted she even scratched her nape a little. "Rules like.... no cheating, no true feelings attached, let me know everything, and...." she paused and looked at his eyes even more. His gazes became so deep while he was waiting for her to continue her words, Leigh got stucked on his green eyes. Those eyes were intimidating as if anytime it will eat you alive, but somehow it gave her chills, affection, and she crave for it. She crave for those eyes to just look at her, her only and not anyone else, she felt like she was more than willing to kill anyone for those eyes.

"And?" Camero spoke when Leigh did not continue her words and was just staring at him. "Uh.... and, to... and.. pretend like you really love me, pretend that your feelings were true while we are in public," she finished ber words and that made Camero nodded his head. "Those were easy, Leigh. I could do it... and," he paused and went closer to Leigh, closer again that the bridges of their nose touched, close enough to make her smell his scent and that scent made Leigh closed her eyes. Camera slowly raised his hand and touched Leigh's right cheek, the woman in front of him flinched a little due to the sudden warm of his hands.

His thumb softly caressed her soft skin, she gulped. She could not push him away, and she does not want to. It seemed like someone was whispering on her to just let Camero do what he wanted to do.

"Leigh..." he whispered, "Cheating is not my thing... and I don't want any true feelings involve as well," Leigh could not fathom as to why she became disappointed aboht what Camero said, that he does not want any true feelings involved, she was the first one who said no true feelings attached they were just doing this for the sake of the two company.

They stayed like that for a couple of minutes even Leigh could not understand why Camero was initiating when in fact they were not in a relationship or engagement yet, and he said no feelings involved.

They were silent, Leigh was closing her eyes while feeling the scent of Camero's breathe. Later on that silent disappeared and changed into something chaotic.

"Help!"

"Leigh, run!!"

"Mommy, no. I won't leave you here!

"Aaaaaahhhhh!"

Those were the voices that kept on coming back on her mind. She heard a gunshot that madeher flinched, Camero got shocked and distanced herself a bit while his eyes were fixed on her. Leigh, on the other hand, was caressig her temple while her eyes were shut. "Are you okay?.... Hey. Leigh, talk to me," Camer got worried, he touched her shoulder and bowed a little to look at her clearly. "Let me know what hurts, Leigh," he was obviously panicking but he was still chill, his voice was still chill while trying to know what was happening on Leigh.

Leigh raised her hand and showed her palm. Gesturing him to stop. "I'm okay. I.... I think.. let's just go back. I'm not feeling well already, I'm sorry," Leigh said and walked away, she left Camero standing but while she was walking she felt that he was already following. When they got back at the VIP room, Emeral and Zia looked at them both. Leigh tried to smile at them while her head was still pounding and she was anxious already about what happened earlier.

That was the first time it appeared while she was awake, it usually happened in her dreams at 2 AM. Why does it changed all lf a sudden?

Leigh did not tell both of them that she was not feeling well. But Camero came.

"Leigh is not feeling well, I think let us call it a night," Camero spoke while he was standing beside the table. Everyone's eyes threw Leigh. "No... no, I'm okay. Let's finish our meeting," Leigh insisted but Camero hindered her. She furrowed her forehead to him but that did not do anything to Camero. "You told me you are not feeling well Leigh. She had a sudden headache, you should send her home, Zia," he looked at Zia asking her politely to do the job for him.

"I think we should go home now. It is not good that the soon to be bride is not feeling good, and it looks like Camero is worried and wants his fiancé to take her rest now," Emerald stood up and touched his son's arms. Zia stood up as well and nodded, she kissed her and his cheeks as a bid of goodbye. Leigh went to Emerald and kissed her as well, "I'm sorry, Mrs. Flox. I'll see you at the engagement party," Leigh apologized softly, Emerald assured her with a nod and a sweet smile.

She moved a bit and faced Camero, his facial expressions were still blank. She could not say if he was really worried or he was just pretending he did. "I'm sorry, Camero. I'll see you again soon," Camero nodded at him and lowered his head because he was way taller than her. Leigh could not move, she became paralyzed when she felt Camero's lips on her head, he kissed it.