Bride Of Honor.

What was Jerry up to?

Ann and I were both freaking out already, but we could not shout because of the order given by the robbers. It was already 8 pm, and they were in search of the money in the boss's safe.

“Where is your boss, you two freaks?” one of them said while pushing the nozzle of his pistol against my head. I could tell that he was already getting pissed that we all could not tell him about his location.

“Sincerely speaking, we don't know where he is. We did not set our eyes on him today”, I confessed. That was a lie anyway, but I knew I was never going to tell him the truth if I had a clue.

“You're kidding me. Damn, this heist is a total bust” one of them said. I could tell that he was very angry.

They scattered the whole place, but they could not find what they were looking for. With anger and frustration, they fled before the police could arrive at the scene.

We called it a day and locked up the bar as we both ran back to our respective houses. I must confess that it was a very eventful day for me.

“Good morning sir, what can I get you to drink?” I asked Jerry as he took a seat in the bar. He had a really stern look on his face, and he just had his eyes fixed on his phone.

“I would love a glass of your finest whiskey”, he didn't raise his face up from his phone. This man is really giving me some real creeps here.

“Here you go sir”, I offered it to him after one minute. He grabbed the cup from my hand softly and finally raised his face from the cup.

“Can you have a seat with me?” he said with a deep voice. I was nervous at first, but judging from the environment, I had nothing to be afraid of. And there weren’t any customers besides him that morning.

“You're Vanessa?” He asked. I don't know what he is up to, but I know that something is fishy somewhere.

“Yes sir” I replied while nodding gently. Though I was curious to know why he called me here, I kept a straight face while talking to him.

“Jeremy has spoken highly about you, but you don't seem to be into him in any way” This discussion would be more interesting than I expected will I can sense that.

“Yes, he irritates me, and I must confess he really has no basic manners. I just feel he has lost it when it comes to women”, I said. I was not aware that I was talking a lot.

“Those details are irrelevant to me. I need you for a deal” he said bluntly. I felt so embarrassed because he just made me say a lot of things, and he called them irrelevant. What I said was irrelevant to him.

We were still trying to continue the discussion when a customer walked in, so I had to stand up and quickly respond to the customer.

While I was working, all I was thinking of was how he picked interest and decided to talk to me. This seems really weird if you ask me because now he wants to say something relevant to me, but he has never spoken to me.

The worst just happened. Jeremy went into the bar, and he went straight to the bar table. “Good morning, princess,” he said with a soft smile. He looked very pumped up with joy.

“What are you ordering today, sir?” I asked. All I just wanted was to do my job and nothing more.

“I don't think I want to drink today, I just came here to check up on you” he said softly. He just looks ridiculous saying that, but he is not aware of that.

“OK sir” I replied with a straight look on my face. I was irritated about the fact that this young man called Jeremy was seriously trying to get into my space.

“Jeremy, you know you can go on and on trying to get this young lady to go on a date with you, but I don't think she would accept”, Jerry said as he walked towards where Jeremy sat.

“Stop trying to make fun of me before her, that is not helping at all” It seemed like Jeremy was already getting angered by what Jerry had just said.

“You're such a funny man,” Jerry chuckled. I was really entertained by the company of these two. But I was also nervous and curious to hear what Jerry wanted to tell me before Jerry walked in.

I can recall that he tried to pull out a file from his briefcase at that time. It could be a job proposal, but no one is certain. All I know is that I am damn curious right now.

“But I sincerely don't know why this pretty lady doesn't want to accept me to take a place in her heart”, Jeremy lamented while facing Jerry. It was a good thing he was lamenting to his friend. I would literally give him another slap if he was talking to me.

“Can we just change this topic, Jeremy?” Jerry replied. I just love the way his friend behaves. He tries to be more composed compared to Jeremy, who is the loudest one in the house.

Jeremy got pissed about sitting down there, so he angrily walked out of the bar, leaving Jerry and I alone.

It was time for Jerry to continue what he was trying to tell me. Jerry notched on the seat and took a really close look at me. He was quiet for a while, and the whole bar was filled with silence.

“I have a deal for you. Marry me” he said bluntly. I took a closer look at him to see if he was actually being serious. I don't think that came out right from him.