The Celebrity and Me

We spent the entire afternoon at one of the high end boutiques in the city. I tried on outfit after outfit and Dante either nodded in approval or shook his head with dislike.

"What about this?" I asked as I came out from behind the dressing room curtain. It was a pretty summer dress that flowed rather nicely a little passed my knees. It was a light pink and blue and fit rather nicely.

His eyes seemed to widen as I walked out but he looked away and gave a small cough. "It's a nice dress," he said.

Since the first outfit he had not one complimented anything that I had tried on. I smiled a bit. It was quite obvious he approved of this outfit a lot.

"What are you standing there for? Go on and change into something else, I don't want to be here until midnight," he growled and he shooed me away.

"What's with that? Can't you say you're having just a bit of fun?"

"Fun? Me? You're such an idiot. Now go and change."

I shook my head and went back to change. He was so insufferable. I turned to him before I went back in sighed. "You are such a child. You're nothing like an adult should be," I said before I quickly returned to the dressing room.

Nearly three hours later we were finished and Dante called for some of his servants to come and pick up all the clothes. I stood with Dante at the cash register and when the bill came up I screeched.

"What?" he asked as he took out his credit card.

I reached out and grabbed his arm. "You can't! This is too much! I won't allow you to spend so much on me."

"What are you talking about?"

"This is almost seventy thousand dollars!"

"You forget that I have millions. This is nothing," he said and he ripped his arm from my grip and continued with the payment.

I bit my lip. This was bad. Who knows what I'd have to do to pay him back. I could feel myself beginning to sweat and I became nervous.

"Oh cut it out," he said. "This is nothing so don't beat yourself up about it. You're my girlfriend, I'm supposed to do things like this for you," he said and he cupped my chin and kissed my forehead.

The till woman gasped and she smiled at us. "You two really love each other don't you?"

"Yes," said Dante almost immediately.

"I love him very much," I replied and I smiled up at him.

As we left he sighed. "Damn it. This whole act is really annoying. I can't wait for the six months to be up. Then I can be free and not have to be with someone like you. I can have girls over all night long every night and throw parties."

I smirked. "I don't care if you snark girls in. Must be hard for a sleaze like you to not have any girls to sleep around with while you're with me. You can have girls over any time... just don't get caught," I said and I winked.

At this he pinned me against the wall just outside the boutique. His face inched nearer to mine until I could feel his breath against my lips. "Why should I have fun with other girls when I can have fun with you?" he asked.

"That's-"

Suddenly my phone rang and I pushed him away. "S-sorry! It might be important!" I said and I answered. "Hello?"

"Hey. It's me."

"Daniel?! Um... hello."

"You appear to be all smiles," he said. His voice sounded kind of hurt yet sarcastic.

"What?"

"I just happened to be out and about and just now I can see you and your boyfriend from across the street. You two seem to be having a good time."

Dante's stare became more intense and I could feel a small chill over my body. I looked across the street to see Daniel. He waved at me and I swallowed hard.

"It's not how it looks," I said. "He said he hated how I looked so he took me out to get a new look."

"You don't even look like the same person. At first I thought that that bastard was with some other girl but I recognize that outfit and I realized it was you. What the hell happened? I think you were fine the way you were but now you look like one of them."

"This all I can do..." I whispered.

"All you can do?"

"My mother, Daniel. If I don't meet his expectations for a girlfriend then it's over and my mother is put back in that shithole hospital and she will die."

There was silence on the other end.

"Daniel...?"

"I understand. But Helena. Be careful... I don't want you to get hurt."

My heart started to beat faster and I bit my lip. "Why?"

"Huh?"

"Why do you care so much? I want to know why."

"Isn't it obvious. It's because I like-"

Suddenly my cell was snatched from my hand and I turned to see Dante. He looked both furious yet amused.

"Hello? Daniel? Hi, it's Dante. I'd prefer it if you don't call my girlfriend in the middle of our date. Call her when I'm not around. Okay? Bye," he said and he hung up my cell and dropped it in my hands.

"Dante!"

"What? I ruined your little romantic moment? Too bad. Don't forget that you're with me today."

"We're not even together as a couple! Why does this matter!"

"Because I need you!" he shouted angrily.

"Need me?"

"Don't get too excited," he said. "I just need you for six months and then you're free to do as you please. "However I don't want you running out on me with him."

I frowned. "Find someone else. Why don't you use your ex girlfriend? Don't you love her even just a bit?"

"D-don't ask me such things," he said and he looked away from me.

He tried to hide it... but there was no way he could fully hide the redness of his face. It was too obvious that he still loved her. If that was the case... then why didn't he just dump me and choose her?