Is that Mia?
Is that Mia?
"You want to buy a phone?" She asked curiously when she saw him stop at a store where phones were sold.
"Yea." He answered with a shrug.
"Why? Is yours bad?" She asked curiously. She had seen him use his phone just a few minutes ago and it didn't look bad.
"Hmm... something like that." He answered as he picked up a phone. It was black, sleek and the latest model of that particular product. He checked the specs and nodded in satisfaction.
"This would do just fine." He said to the salesman before making payments, then he turned to look at Mia.
"I really want to buy this phone. But what's going to happen to my other phone?" He asked her.
"Are you asking me that right now?" Mia asked looking at him in confusion.
"Yes." He answered with a nod as he continued to wait for her to say something.
"You seriously aren't expecting me to say something right?" She asked again.
"I think I should keep using my phone for the meantime."
"Then what are you going to do with this?" She asked with a frown. Did he just derive joy in spending recklessly?
"Maybe you should just have it. That way, I can still see the phone around." He said as he handed it over to her.
"You... are kidding me right?" She asked looking down at it and shaking her head.
"Yea. I already paid for it."
"We could just ask for a refund then!" She said and tried to move past him to the salesman but he blocked her path.
"They do not refund after payment. We are going to mess with the records and end up putting him in trouble."
"I don't think so." Mia said shaking her head again as she tried to walk past him but he pulled her by her arm.
"You must be hungry. Let's go have lunch. ." He said as he began to lead her out.
"But..."
"Let's just go."
"The pho..."
"We have to eat" He interrupted as he opened the car's door for her to get in.
She sighed in frustration before entering inside while he placed the nylon which had the phone on her laps.
He was definitely doing all of this on purpose. Since he was being too stubborn and wanted her to keep playing dumb like she didn't know what he was doing, she was just going to play dumb then. It was his money, wasn't it?
Finally, he pulled up in the parking lot of a really tall and magnificent building.
"Why are we here?" She asked nervously seeing it was an Hotel..
"What do you think?" He asked with a grin.
"Why... are we here!?" She asked in a really nervous voice that made him chuckle.
"You'll see. But do not be tensed. I didn't plan any naughty thing." He said with a cheeky wink before leading her inside.
Seeing the place, she understood why he had made her change into these clothes. She really would have stood out had she looked that way. People looked at her now as she walked in beside Leo but seeing the looks on their faces as they looked at her, she was confident it wasn't for a bad reason. She did fit in.
He led her to the hotel's restaurant and a smartly dressed waiter led them to their table.
"Mr King" A man called as he approached their table.
"Mr Charles."
They both shook hands before Mr Charles turned to look at Mia.
"Hello." He said to Mia politely.
Mia also greeted him before they all took their seats.
She gave Leo a questioning look as she wondered who the Mr Charles was. Mr Charles was a fine man who looked to be in his late thirties. He wore a really nice suit and he looked kind of strict.
"Mr Charles is my family's lawyer. One of the most reputable lawyers in this country, he is going to be helping us with your family's case with Mr Timothy. So feel free to tell him all he needs to know about the case."
He said to Mia making her look at him in surprise.
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Two hours later, they returned to the car and sat quietly. It was already past 6 in the evening. Mia was quiet and looked downtrodden after recounting her family's tales to them.
Leo tried to cheer her up so he poked her arm to get her attention.
When she looked at him, her eyes closed immediately when a light flashed.
"Stop taking pictures." She said in embarrassment before covering her face with her hands.
"Come on, let's just take one and send to Mira. I'm sure her reaction to your looks is going to cheer you up."
Mia shook her head stubbornly. "I don't want to."
"Come on, don't be stubborn. If you refuse, I am going to send her this picture." He showed her the one he just took of her and she shook her head in horror. It was ugly and not very clear.
"Just one?" She asked.
"Just one." He assured her.
Mia sighed before moving her hands away. He turned it into a selfie and stretched out his hand so he could snap the both of them.
"Now smile.. 1...2...3... *click*"
He looked at the picture of the both of them with a smile before opening his WhatsApp to send the picture to Mira. He thought he should surprise Richard and also marked his number and sent it with the caption "Guess who?"
Once he sent it, he dropped back his phone and smiled in satisfaction as he began to drive.
He hadn't driven far when his phone rang with a call from Louis.
"What's up man?" He asked after connecting the call to his earphone.
"Is that Mia?" Louis asked in surprise.
"What are you talking about?" Leo asked in confusion as he slowed down.
"Didn't you just send a picture of yourself and Mia into the family group chat? Why did you do that? Are you dating her now?"
"What!?" Leo braked the car immediately.
"Family group chat!!!!!!!?" He asked in shock.