Chapter 8

Justin picked Fiona up in bridal style and laid her down on the couch.

Fiona felt some drops of water on her face. She slowly opened her eyes and saw the two worried faces frowning at her. After realizing that it was Justin she frowned but smiled when she saw Grace giving her a concerned look.

"What happened?"

Before Grace could explain her, Justin spoke "You fainted. You got us worried..."

He was rambling too fast for his own good, which made him look cute. After a while, Grace interrupted him "you fainted out there. I think it's because your BP is low and you even look pale."

Fiona agreed with her "maybe, I am feeling exhausted and weak."

She asked, "What you ate today and you don't dare to lie to me?"

"Coffee" Fiona answered.

Justin was silently listening to them.

"Just coffee! No wonder you look pale and hungry. I cannot believe you Fiona, a working girl like you should eat every two hours and you on the other hand just drank a few cups of coffee. No wonder you fainted. And I am also assuming that yesterday you didn't have anything after lunch?"

Fiona nodded guiltily. Grace sighed.

"Fiona from the past few days you have not been eating properly," Grace stated sadly.

Now Justin was feeling guilty again. It was partly his fault that she had been skipping her meals and eating less. And in the morning she even skipped her breakfast to get away from him. He needs to talk to her.

Grace soon interrupted his thoughts, "I am getting you a bowl of soup and preparing a meal for you. I am not taking no for an answer. Justin you are going to stay with her. Not even for a second, you are going to leave this spot. Am I clear to both of you?"

They both nodded vigorously.

Grace gave them the look 'you better follow my order.' then left the room.

Justin noticed that Grace adores Fiona when she was talking to her and he felt that Fiona returned her feeling as well and he was glad about it.

Once again Justin's train of thoughts was interrupted, but this time by Fiona "I am fine, you can go"

"I would rather stay. I don't want to die from Grace Death glare." I stated.

Surprisingly, she chuckled which made her look cute.

She grabs the remote from the center table and switched on the TV. After surfing through various channels she decided to watch some cartoon show. "Seriously cartoons, what are you 10?"

She got into all defensive modes.

"Hey! It's Tom and Jerry, so what I am not 10, it's still fun to watch it. You are never too old to watch Tom and Jerry. "

"I am sorry." Justin blurted.

Fiona's eyes were wide with surprise and she looked curiously at him.

So he continued "I know, I acted like a douche to you and it is not acceptable. Like you even my father blackmailed me to get married to you. Not that I have any personal problem with you, it's just that I was pissed at my dad and I was taking out all my anger on you."

She was listening carefully without interrupting him at all. He explained her deal with his father and the talk that he had with him yesterday.

"I am very sorry Fiona. I don't deserve your forgiveness, but please, believe me, that I feel bad as to how I treated you. What all things I said to you were not said by me."

She raised her eyebrows, "I mean it was my anger that was speaking. All those things that I said in front of you and behind your back were all my frustration towards my dad."

She was silent for a few minutes.

"Please say something."

She slowly whispered, "then you don't think that I am a gold digger."

"Of course not Fiona. You are far from it. Please can we start over?"

Her answer made Justin jump out of joy.

"Yes, I guess we can start over."

He immediately hugged her "thank you so much. God, I feel like a jerk for putting you through hell. I promise that never going to happen."

"Well, I hope so."

"So hey, I am Justin carter." he initiated his hand for her to shake it. It was a childish move, but hey! She didn't complain about it. Though she did give him the look 'what the hell are you doing?'

"Hi, I am Fiona McGuire umm now Carter," she said awkwardly.

"But you do know that right we did meet at the gala."

He chuckled at her awkward yet cute response. "yes I do but still it is good to start over completely."

Things were a bit awkward but this was better than anything at present.

This is the beginning of their new friendship. And hopefully, he won't do anything to ruin it. There's no space for messing up this time.