chapter 29 -Let the fun begin

Lara'S P. O. V. :

"Baby, you'll be okay with Mrs. Adams, right? " I asked Cara for the umpteenth time on the phone.

Right now all six of us are in Mr. Adams' private plane. It's been three days since our fake marriage took place.

We wanted to bring the kids with us on this tour but Cara caught a cold and we had to leave her there and, Jonah and Josh said that they want to stay with Cara so now only we 6 are travelling.

I really didn't want to leave Cara and come as I have never done that before. I wanted to cancel my trip and stay with her but then I thought about aunt Suzie and I couldn't do that to her. She requested me to come and if I didn't go she would get disappointed.

I don't know how Mrs. Adams and Cameron are gonna manage Cara. Though I trust them completely, it's just that sometimes Cara can be difficult to handle.

"I will be fine, mommy." Cara said. I could hear the heaviness in her voice due to the cough.

"And you won't trouble them and be a good girl. Promise? " I asked, giving her a warning.

"I promise, mommy. I will be a good girl. I won't trouble grandma. I am your good girl. " she said, bravely.

It's so good to hear Cara address Mrs. Adams as grandma.

"Aww my baby, mommy loves you so much." I said trying to restrain my tears from spilling.

God...I've become such a cry baby.

"Hey there, champ! Get well soon, okay? Your mommy will be back in no time." Mr. Adams took the mobile from my hand and spoke.

"Good...Of course, I will. Yes I know." he said looking at me. He then cut the call and passed me my phone.

"What did she say? " I asked whilst shoving my phone inside my bag

"She said to take care of myself and to be aware of you. You know sometimes the spirit of a witch comes into your body and starts throwing punches on people, precisely on me. " he said rolling his eyes, dramatically.

"Oh yeah right, I believe she said that. " I said, sarcastically and rolled my eyes to which he chuckled and shifted in his seat comfortably and started doing his work on his laptop.

Such a workaholic.

I knew that he's a workaholic but never had I ever imagined that he would be such an extreme level of a workaholic.

I still remember, the day after our fake wedding, Mr. Adams caught cold and was shivering with fever. Well in this case any normal person would have stayed home, taken the medicine and rested in bed. But, Mr. Adams is not a normal guy. He ate two tablets at once and then flew to LA for his business meeting. Like seriously? What is he?  A robot?

He could have done the meeting via video call but according to our workaholic Mr. Adams, that isn't the way he works. He works with perfection and he needs everything to be perfect and up to his standards. He doesn't allow any imperfections in his life.

It's been a few weeks that I have spent with him. In these few weeks, I have come to know a lot about Mr. Adams. First thing that he's an extreme workaholic, secondly, that he loves his family more than anything and also, that he's a good man. He loves and cares about his dear ones but he doesn't know how to show it sometimes. He gets so much indulged into work that he forgets to make time for his family and friends.

No wonder, Cameron asked me to teach her little brother how to loosen up a little and to enjoy.

Flashback:

"So the packing is done? " Cameron asked whilst entering the bedroom with a wide smile on her face.

"Yep. Almost done." I said closing the luggage.

"Lara, can I ask a favor from you?  I know you're already doing a great favor on us by helping my mom but I need you to help someone else as well." she said holding my hands, hopefully.

"Don't say that, Cameron. I am not doing any favor on anyone by helping Mrs. Adams. It's just the humanity. But whom do you want me to help other than Mrs. Adams? " I asked, confused.

"Shane." she said.

"Mr. Adams? " I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"Yes, Lara. I want you to help my little brother to get out of this workoholism. You know that addiction for anything is not good and my brother is addicted to his work. I've seen how Shane comes out of his workaholic zone when he's around you. Trust me Lara, Shane was never like this. I mean he seems to loosen up and be all funky and teasing kind when he's with you. I want you to help him. You saw how even in his severe fever, he flew to LA for his meeting. Please Lara, teach him how to live, laugh and...love. You'll do this for me right? " she asked, hopefully.

"I don't know about the love thing but I'll surely try to teach him how to live the life and how to laugh." I assured her which earned me a tight hug from her.

"Thank you. But I will still hope that he learns all the three Ls. " she said as she winked at me and exited the room.

I was brought out of the flashback when Ash pinched me on my upper arm.

"Aah! What are you doing, Ass-Ash? " I hissed, rubbing my arm.

She ignored my question and instead turned my face towards the subject of attention.

"Lary, look! Our Angie is all grown up now. " Ash said.

Angie and Jake were sleeping on their seats hand in hand.

Aww!

"They look so adorable. Is something cooking between them? " I asked adoring the couple.

"I have no idea. " Ash replied.

"My brother has fallen for your friend but denies every time I ask him about his feelings." Ian said from beside Ash.

Okay...now that's the reason of the sudden change in our Angie.

"I hope they will come to realize their feelings for each other soon and confess. " I said, hopefully.

"Yeah me too." Ash said holding my hands in excitement.

"I've never been to China before. I am so excited. I am going to enjoy as much as I can in China. " she continued.

"China is going to be fun, Ashley. I promise." Ian said looking at her with adoration.

So Ian is crushing on my silly girl Ash? Not bad!

I think this trip to China is going to bring more than one couple together.

I turned to look at Mr. Adams and found him nowhere.

Where did he go?

I excused myself and searched for Mr. Adams.

Where did he go?

I walked to the extreme part of the plane and found a cabin.

I went towards the door and knocked gently.

"Roger, I said not to disturb me for an hour. I am busy. " I heard Mr. Adams say from the other side of the door.

I didn't speak and continued knocking.

Time to have some fun, Mr. Workaholic!

As expected, he opened the door, fully pissed.

I could see various files spread all over his bed and the laptop open. So he's busy with work on plane as well.

He was about to shout but his voice subsided in his throat when he noticed it was me.

"Ms. Jones, what are you doing here? " he asked.

"Cool room!" I ignored his question and entered his room pushing him aside.

"If you didn't hear then let me repeat my question. What are you doing here, Ms. Jones? " he asked, slightly irritated.

"I heard your question earlier, just didn't feel like answering your useless question. " I said as I shut his laptop and settling on the bed. Comfy bed!

"What are you doing Ms. Jones?  I was doing some important work on my laptop. Why the hell did you close it and without even my permission? " he asked, furiously.

He walked towards me and tried to get his laptop from my hand.

Not so easily!

I placed his laptop on the bed and sat on it.

"If you want your laptop then take it from here. " I said pointing towards the laptop beneath my ass.

"Are you crazy or something?  Did the air hostess spike your juice? You are acting like a crazy. Why are you being so childish?" he asked totally pissed off.

"Nope. I am completely fine, Mr. Adams and I am not being childish at all. I am here to spend some quality time with my dear husband. " I said stressing on the word husband.

"What do you mean by husband? Now I am sure, something's wrong with you. I am not your husband, Ms. Jones. We were just acting. Remember? " he asked crossing his arms over his chest and looking at me with an expression mixed with amusement and disbelief.

"Yeah I do remember that. But guess what, I want you to leave your workholic attitude here and come to China without any business stuffs of yours and enjoy this trip with me. " I said in ordering tone.

He laughed out loud.

"And what makes you think that I would follow your orders, my fake wifey? " he asked sitting on the couch in front of the bed facing me.

I side smirked before answering

"The fact that in front of Mr. Chang and aunt Suzie, I am your wife and I don't think you would want them, precisely, Mr. Chang to know about our little fake marriage secret, now do you? " I asked, crossing my legs.

I remember him telling me how important the deal with Mr.Chang is for his company. That's my trump card to blackmail Mr. Adams.

Suddenly my answer made his smirk to fall from his face and be replaced by the fury.

"You wouldn't even think of doing that or the consequences would be something you don't really wanna know. " he warned.

I just rolled my eyes.

"Oh yeah, I can. Try me, Mr. Adams. " I said, challenging.

He didn't speak for a minute or two.

He kept looking at me in disbelief.

I know I am not acting my normal self. But to make him do as I say, I need to blackmail him. There's no other way to teach him what I want him to learn.

Don't blame me. Being a teacher, I know how to handle the stubborn students and Mr. Shane is one hella stubborn man.

He looked at my face trying to find out if I was serious or not. I guess he saw the seriousness and he took a deep breathe and finally spoke.

"Fine. What do you want me to do? " he asked looking at me.

"For the whole trip in China, you'll do as I say without any complaints. Deal? " I asked extending my hand for the 'seal deal' handshake

Why am I behaving like Mr. Adams now?  Handshake?  Seriously, Lara?

He looked at my hand in amusement and then finally took my hand and shook.

"Deal. " he said and stood up from the couch.

I also got up from the bed and closed all his files.

"You said I need to leave my work while we are in China. I guess we haven't reached China yet. So don't you even dare touch my files and laptop. " he said as he snatched the files from my grip.

"Oh no no, Mr. Adams. I also said 'trip' which includes this flight to and from China as well. So if you may...please?" I asked for the permission to get back the files from him sarcastically and packed them including his laptop inside the empty luggage kept at the side of the couch.

"Hey, that's not fair, Ms. Jones." He said, pouting.

Aww...his pout is something to die for.

What are you thinking Lara?

"I didn't know that the great Mr. Shane Adams knows how to pout. " I teased him which made him get rid of his pout immediately and bring his signature stoic expression back on his face.

"But why are you doing all this?  What'll you get by doing all this to me? " he asked raising his eye brows.

"Not everything has to be done for profit. It's life and life is not a business. " I said and walked out of his cabin without waiting for his reply. He followed me out.

Let the fun begin!

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