FLASH MARRIAGE; CHARMED BY THE RUTHLESS BILLIONAIRE CEO - Chapter 58

Chapter 58: Embarrassment

Henry was left dumbfounded at his best friend’s words.

“He knows Amelia? How?” He echoed in his mind, his heart drumming in his ears.

Here he was thinking he had found the girl of his dreams when the latter was already taken by his heartless friend. From the look of Amelia’s bewildered reaction, it was clear that something tangible was going on between them. He recalled how Blaze had reacted to him the other day when he spotted Amelia for the first time and declared his interest in her. His reaction could be likened to that of a ferocious lion marking his territory.

‘But what changed? Didn’t Blaze swear that he would have nothing to do with women after Tina dumped and left him for her career? What was he doing with the beautiful and lively young lady? What did he do to coax a beautiful and free-spirited girl like Amelia to tremble at his sight? Was she somehow indebted to him? Did he have her in some sort of crazy arrangement?’

Harry’s head began to ache from so many clashing questions. He needed answers. He wanted to desperately know if he still had a chance with Amelia. He wouldn’t let Blaze hurt her. He wouldn’t let her suffer the backlash of a selfish lady who took advantage of his friend’s love. He would save Amelia from Blaze if she didn’t love him. He would love her unconditionally and even marry her if she accepted him.

“Open the wine and fill everyone’s glasses,” Blaze instructed the waiter in a deep and commanding tone.

“Yes sir.” The waiter did as instructed.

“You can get lost.” Blaze gestured with a wave of his hand.

When it was back to just the four of them in the room, Blaze replied to his mother’s question, returning his soft gaze to her curiously brimming eyes.

“Yes, mom. I know her. Funny right?”

Maria’s jaws dropped, her somewhat thrilled and troubled gaze darting between her son and her young lady friend. She could see the panic clearly written on Amelia’s face and it didn’t speak well of a promising first encounter.

“How?” Maria pushed on, directing her question to Blaze.

“We met in an awkward situation…”

Blaze drawled, holding everyone on the table spellbound while he leisurely helped himself to the spicy beef stew that he saw Amelia eating. He knew that she won’t get to enjoy her meal anymore especially now that she was in a disoriented state. What better way to punish her than to make her watch him enjoy the same meal while poking holes into her crumbling composure.

A wicked idea crossed his mind and he couldn’t wait to accomplish it. This if executed properly, would not only help him to stake his genuine claim on Amelia without having to hurt Henry, but it would set his mother’s troubled mind at ease concerning his resolution on marriage.

Taking a scoop of the hot and spicy beef stew into his mouth, her savored the different blend of spices, unaffected by the scalding heat and spiciness.

“Blaze, I thought you were about to tell us something?” Maria’s brows pulled together in a frown.

“Yes bro, stop keeping us in suspense. What awkward situation did both of you find yourself in.”

Amelia took her glass of water on the table with shaky hands and took a few sips to quench the inferno burning inside of her, as though she was the one eating the spicy food.

Blaze chuckled inwardly at Amelia’s reaction before speaking with the same leisured tone.

“Forgive me, Mom, I’m a bit famished after a long flight and this food is really spicy. I wouldn’t want to choke on it. So, I’ll leave Amelia to tell you all about our awkward meeting.” Blaze took another mouth full of the beef stew, before turning his now amused gaze to Amelia.

Amelia almost peed herself as she felt every pair of eyes on the table tilt towards her. She dropped the glass of water back on the table with a shaky hand and slipped both her trembling hands under the table to hide them.

“Oh God… I hope she’s not my son’s one-night stand.” Maria prayed earnestly in her heart. This was the reigning topic amongst her friends and she feared that Amelia may be a victim of such a disgraceful encounter seeing how she was looking so pale and unsettled.

Nevertheless, if Amelia happened to be Blaze’s one-night stand, Maria wasn’t going to judge her. She had come to love the girl as if she was her daughter.

Amelia, whose forehead was now covered in beads of sweat like a criminal about to face the lie detector, shifted uneasily on her chair. If only she had the power to vanish from this room right now, she would disappear and never show her face to Maria again. She gulped down the lump in her throat as she searched her disoriented mind for the right thing to say. She could bring herself to lie to Maria. Not after the genuine and rare relationship she has built with the woman over the space of two days. She would rather tell the truth and damn the consequences.

“Ahem…” Amelia cleared her throat, while moistening her lips, an innocent action that captured Blaze’s sensual attention.

“I…I…umm….I…I will be as honest as possible.” Amelia managed to say faintly giving Blaze a hint that she wasn’t going to tell a lie.

“Sure.” Blaze picked up his glass of wine and raised it to his lips. “Don’t forget to tell them how you stole a kiss from me on two different occasions.” He said before taking another sip.

Amelia’s eyes widened like a saucer, her nose, her cheeks and the tip of her ears reddened in embarrassment. She was tempted to pick up her glass of wine and hurl it on Blaze’s beaming face. But not in front of his mother. She couldn’t bring herself to display his wild side in front of everyone on the table.

Maria who was initially worried thinking their meeting was something scandalous couldn’t help beaming as her son specified that the kiss happened on two different occasions.

Henry on the other hand didn’t like the way Blaze was taunting Amelia. He thought of helping her out but only ended up embarrassing her further.

“What era are you in Blaze, the medieval era where women were discouraged from expressing their feelings or emotions? You should be grateful that a beautiful girl like Amelia kissed a grumpy fellow like you.