Dating Mr. Texture

An invitation.

Ginger Fields POV.

As I got into the bathroom, I realized I had not taken my phone in and I wanted to listen to music while I showered. So, I walked back into the room and instead of taking my phone in I just turned on my music player then hummed what was playing, and walked back into the bathroom.

As I showered I thought about the events that had happened today, Lucille was now an employee at Texture and I am done with my 6 months internship at texture. It all seemed like everything had happened in such a short time, even though then it had seemed like a long time.

I saw Adrien Texture twice, and that is someone who we had never seen and from everything we heard at work, he was rarely seen in Sun City. And the craziest part is that Lucille and I had been talking about him earlier on and now he is hot on my heels.

I giggled as I let the water from the shower rinse my hair and the rest of my body, I was feeling giddy and it was because of Adrien Texture, or Mr. Hot CEO as we called him. I was enjoying the chase but I was also thinking about what Lucille had said.

It was reasonable to think about the plus side and the fun side of it but I have been hurt before and even though it would make sense to just enjoy the summer with a handsome billionaire, I had to go travel back home for the summer.

What a bummer, I thought and as I realized that I was even thinking of the billionaire I laughed at myself, I have let Lucille’s talk earlier get to me. Shaking my hair, I came out from under the shower and toweling my hair and body dry, I went ahead to do my night time skincare routine.

After my routine, I walked back into the room in my night dress. The music was still playing so I just reduced the volume, then I fell on the bed and allowed myself to close my eyes for a few seconds and I did not even realize I had fallen asleep till I got a call from Lucille,

“Hey, lazy angel”

“Heyyy,” I said, my voice sounding sleep-filled.

“I got home a few minutes ago.” Lucille said in her usual cheery voice, “Have you spoken to him?”

Then I yawned and before I could answer, she said,

“Are you sleeping already?”

“No, I just dozed off, but I’m up now. I had no idea I slept off,” then I yawned again, “If we talk, I will tell you how our conversation goes but if I can’t help it, I will just talk to him tomorrow.”

“Girlll, if you need to sleep, you should. I am so tired and with the way that I am feeling I am probably going to sleep on these clothes tonight.”

I laughed at her and said, “Alright, love. I’ll talk to you tomorrow then. Goodnight.”

“Night, b. I had a great time today, thank you for coming out with me.”

“Thank you for making sure I came out with you tonight. I had a great time with you the whole day too.”

Then smiling I ended the call, I was definitely feeling sleepy so I sleepily picked up the gift bag which was still on the bed, and dropped it on the floor right by the head of my bed.

Then taking Lucille's advice I got under the covers and let myself be carried away by the sleep.

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I woke up because I needed to pee and as I was walking sleepily to the bathroom, I heard the sound of my phone ringing. I Ignored it, with the intention of calling whoever was calling me this early back after I was done with the bathroom.

When I was done easing myself, I walked back into the room and the shiny gift bag Adrien's security detail had given me yesterday night, caught my attention, I picked it up and dropped it on the bed as I reached for my phone and checked who had called me.

Immediately I picked up the phone to check who had called, it started ringing again. It was Lucille.

Why would Lucille be calling me by this time of the day, I thought as I checked the bedside clock and that was how I noticed that it was some minutes past 9 am.

Wow, I had been sleeping for some time now.

“Hey boo.”

“Do not boo me, Ginger.” She said, sounding a little frustrated.

Frowning at the phone I said, “What is wrong?”

“I have been calling you for the last one hour.”

“I was asleep Lucille.”

“I was worried and I have an impatient man breathing down my neck."

"Huh? What impatient man?"

"Adrien Texture of course. I have been on my toes since I got a call from him and that was like.” there was a pause then she added, "an hour ago."

“He called you? What for?” I said as I walked to my window and sat on the bean bag I had placed by it.

“what else? You!” I heard her sigh then she continued, “He said he was expecting your call but you did not call him yesterday or this morning.”

“I had a long day and I sincerely did not know I was going to be asleep for that long, you know I never sleep late.”

“I know, I told him you were tired and needed sleep but I actually got worried when I called you several times and you did not pick up. I do not know you to sleep this late. Many scenarios came to my head.”

Then with a relieved sigh, she added, “I am just relieved that you are fine. Now can you please call your suitor before he calls me again?”

“I am sorry you got worried my love,” then I laughed and said, “I will call him now, I haven’t even opened the phone.”

“Alright bye-bye. I need to get to my clothes now.” Then she hurriedly added, “Please call him now, now. I do not want to get a call from my boss again.”

“He called your boss?”

“Umm, how else do you think he would get my number? Just call him. Okay? Talk to you later baby gotta get back to these clothes.” She said she ended the call.

The nerve of that man, I thought as I stood up from the bean bag I had been on and walked to the bed then as I dropped my phone on it, I reached for the gift bag I had dropped earlier on the bed. I sat down on the bed and took out the phone pack then I opened it and took out the slim phone from the phone pack.

Taking a deep breath, I turned the phone on and watched the lights come on. Then I checked the contacts on the phone and there was just one number on it, it was saved as A.T, I knew it was Adrien’s number.

So, I called him.

I heard the dial tone for a bit and at the point when I thought he was not going to pick, he picked,

“Took you long enough.”

Again, the nerve of this man!

“I was going to call you.”

“But at your own time.”

“Well, yeah.”

“It’s fine. I hope you had a good night’s rest because after sleeping for that long it would be a shame if you did not.”

I laughed at that, I knew he was trolling me, “Ohh I had an amazing night. Did you sleep well?”

“Good for you, I on the other hand did not.”

“Why?”

“I was expecting your call.”

I laughed again, “I doubt that the fact that you did not get a call from me would be reason enough to disturb your sleep.”

He chuckled, “I like the sound of your laughter. But yeah, it did disturb my sleep. I mean, why else would I call your friend first thing on a Saturday morning?”

“If you insist,” I said then I turned in my bed so I was facing the ceiling.

“I do. So, my day is a bit occupied; I have a couple of meetings but I will be free tonight, I want to see you then.”

“Okay? And what if I have other engagements?”

“You can postpone them. Tell whoever it is that you have a meeting with Adrien Texture.”

I laughed at what he said,

"It does not have to be with someone. What if I want to have some time to myself?"

“Well, just think about it. I will text the details of our meeting to you later today.”

“I will think about it.”

“Please do. Oh, and before I go, can you tell me your name?” that was the first time I was hearing any of the five magic words from him,

“My name is Ginger Fields even though I have a feeling you already knew that.”

He laughed,

“Alright, I'll see you soon Ginger.” Then he ended the call.

What a man!