The Billionaire's Secret Lover novel Chapter 11

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My phone ringing continuously in the sitting room woke me up. Have been lazily waiting for whosoever is calling to stop, but it seems important. I stood up and make my way to the sitting room. I was only in my bra and panties, I quickly grab a robe and put it on as I answer the phone on the fifth ring.

“Hello” I call immediately I pick up the phone making my voice to come out groggy.

“Nina Miller!!” My father's voice jolted me awake as he shouted on the phone. I heard mom's voice in the background as she was trying to calm him down.

“Dad?” I question softly, my voice sounding gentler and awake.

“When were you planning to tell me that you have a boyfriend?”

“I'm sorry dad”Why is he getting worked up, was he not the one pestering me to get a boyfriend?.

“I have to find out from a damn tabloid” He shouted again.

“I'm sorry dad” I repeated, as I held myself back from rolling my eyes.

“I'll like to meet him. Soon?”

“Yes dad” He hung up after asking how I was.

I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding, damn Austin. The doorbell ring in got my attention as I move to open the door. Lily breeze in, barely glancing at me…

“Girl! You are number one most search person on google as at the morning” Lily said as she sat down, taking in my appearance.

“Gosh! What's wrong with you?”

“Mr Tom Miller happen to me!” I huff at her while I stroll to the kitchen to drink water. Lily follow me until she was sitting down on one of the kitchen stool.

“Your dad? What happen?” She collected the water from me and drank from it.

“Well, he found out from the tabloid that I'm dating Austin Walker”.

“Speaking of tabloid, you need to see this” she stood up and went to her bag and pull out her tablet.

“Here” she gave me the tablet.

“What?” I ask her immediately I collected the tablet, turning it around in my hands.

“Just take a look at it”

“Haa!” I gasp, in the tablet was the picture of I and Austin kissing so passionately after his song at the party. If I didn't know better, I'll say this is so real.

“Haa!? Right? Read the caption” Lily point to the down part of the picture. I turn to read it:

“New York most eligible bachelor and Artist finds love in the eyes of a journalist”.

“Wow! Nice! No wonder dad flip”

“Exactly, who wouldn't flip after seeing that. So is it serious or should I mind my business?”

“Lily wow! Girl. Don't be too fast. We are barely two days old and you are already asking how serious we are. Gosh! You are so funny”

She rolls her eyes at me” It's good to plan ahead”

“Says who?” I laugh at her.

“Says Lillian”

“Did you just roll your eyes at me. Young lady?” I said mimicking my dad's voice.

“Yes” We both laugh as I went to prepare for the press conference.

I was in the bathroom bathing, when Lilian called from the bedroom. She was trying to pick what I will be wearing to the press conference.

“How are you getting there?” She asked.

“Austin will be picking me up, I guess” I reply from the bathroom.

“OK”

“Speaking of that, I might have a problem or two” I told her as I peek my head from the bathroom.

She regards me with her questionably eyes and set the clothes she was holding down as she walks up to where I was standing at the door to the bathroom.

“What could be the problem, young lady?”

“Deborah Melton”

“Your boss daughter”she gasps shocked.

“And Michael's wife to be”

“What's wrong with that?” She asked sounding confused.

“She told me to stay away from her after yesterday's party” I shrug as I went back to brushing my teeth.

“What? Why?”

“I don't know. Maybe because both Austin and Michael were betting over me”

“That remind me, I've been meaning to ask. What's going on with you and Michael?”

“Nothing” I said as I avoided her gaze.

She clearly didn't believe me, she yelled at me” Nina Miller? What's going on?”

“Well. I. May. Have slept with him before?”

“What?” Lilian shouted” Why? How?” She said a little gentler as she was trying to control her nerves.

I couldn't look at her in the eyes, after I've explained everything to her, but I left out the place of Austin asking me to be his fake girlfriend.

“Babe! Your silence is killing me” she still kept mute, just regarding me with an expressionless face.

“Lily? Please talk to me. I'm sorry” I try to hold hands, but she flinches, and turn to walk away from me without a backward glance. I try to run after her, but I was naked and it will seem pathetic.

I bathe quickly and put on the dress Lilian has picked for me as I waited for Austin to come pick me.

Thirty minutes later, Austin walks in dressed in a white linen shirt and a blue trouser. He looks handsome and ravishing.

“Hey beautiful” He said as he walks up to me and kiss my knuckles.

“Hey handsome” I smile shyly at him. He looks up at me, knowing fully well that the smile didn't reach my eyes. He raises an eyebrow to ask what was wrong but his driver alerted us that we need to be on our way if we want to beat the traffic.