Engaged Despite Herself

The name Braxton was one of the best known in the hotel industry in Europe. This family was one of the most respected, because they had been able to maintain their leadership position for more than half a century. Their innovative idea in terms of comfort and luxury left their competitors no choice but to contemplate them from afar.

Most of the members of this family were hard-faced, severe-looking beings, which were considered almost unattainable. Daniel Braxton was no exception. He was, as his name implies, one of the major heirs of the company, and was determined to mark his generation.

He didn’t just want to be a Braxton, he wanted to be THE Braxton. He was handsome, tall, well built, and mysterious. His slightly tanned skin made him look like he was continuously returning from vacation. His brown hair with chestnut strands softened the hard, masculine features of his face with its square jaw. Nevertheless, the thing everybody noticed first, was his piercing light-blue eyes. One look and the temperature dropped by 20 degrees.

This didn’t displease women, who wanted only one thing: his money.

Indeed, there were some things he hated in life, such as venal people, unscrupulous people, his first cousin Felix and superficial, silly, provocative and especially boring women. Despite his appearance and the description of him in the press, he was not cold or distant, quite the contrary, he liked to have fun, laugh and above all play. So he wanted to meet an interesting woman.

He was a nice boy, and in the hope that positive things would happen to him, he had always obeyed his parents, well, only his mother, but that was the most important, everyone knew it…

So… Why was he sitting in front of this … thing that brought together everything that he hated in a woman?

Since, the moment he met her, Daniel had not stopped sending her contemptuous and unpleasant looks, yet it seemed to go unnoticed in the eyes of the young girl who thought for sure that he loved her.

He breathed for a long time massaging his temples, her shrill voice pierced his skull and he was convinced that it was damaging his brain.

Why did he accept this blind date? Oh, yes, yes! Because he had no choice.

He felt her hand caressing his own and barely held back from scrambling her fingers. He looked up at her.

She looked at him insistently, passing her tongue over her lips hoping to be sexy, but he just thought it was ridiculous. He had to admit that she had beautiful gray eyes, but that was the only thing he found pleasant about her.

Maybe because it was the only true thing in everything he saw.

Her blond hair, perfectly straightened, reached down to the bottom of her buttocks, probably extensions, which he had to recognize, were rather successfully made.

Her face was hidden under a thick layer of makeup; he didn’t know how her skin could survive such a crime. These false eyelashes were beating at full speed probably to look cute. He didn’t know what other bullshit women could invent to look sweet and innocent.

She was dressed in a piece of fuchsia pink fabric that he could not decently call a dress because it covered nothing. These breasts, compressed into a very visible bra, made her chest almost go up into her throat. And that ass! Oh, my gosh! He’d never seen anything like it before. They were round and curved like two apples, no one could have such perfect buttocks, so he deduced that surgery was the cause of all this. He must congratulate the surgeon, because it was well done and professional work, if he could only marry her ass, he would do it. She wore dizzying golden heels giving the impression that her legs were endless.

She was not to his liking (except for his buttocks) and even if he agreed to turn a blind eye to her physique (except for his buttocks again), he could not ignore his lack of judgment.

—“Darling, what are you taking?” she asked with her strident voice, always stroking her hand.

“Honey”?! They had known each other for barely 10 minutes, and she was already calling him that. He took his hand off her wild hand, but that didn’t stop her from smiling.

He simply looked at her without saying anything, and she took this as an invitation to speak again.

—“I’ll take…” she said looking at the menu. —“Oh my God!” she suddenly shouted, make all people turned towards them.

He squinted, annoyed, as she opened hers as if she had inadvertently discovered that she had no brain.

—“Catfish! Catfish! Wow, I’ve never seen that before in my life. A fish and a cat, that made a baby. Oh, they must be so cute. A fish with hair, little ears, and a tail!”

She clapped her hands, excited:—Dani sweetheart! Can you buy me one, please?

The young man was too shocked by these words to notice the horrible nickname she had just given him.

What?! .... WTF!

—We would call it… Danna! Mixing of your first name and mine. What do you think? Or Janiel! Oh, Janiel, that’s great.

Once again, she didn’t give him time to answer, she was a real chatterbox:—I’ll be back, I think I need a little makeup fix!

She tried to kiss him on the mouth, but he turned his head and her mouth landed on his cheek. She was not the least affected and left with an unsteady gait with her withers dress.

Daniel couldn’t take it anymore; he absolutely had to end this disastrous date, no matter what the consequences.

He called his best friend to the rescue.

—Brandon at your service, what can I do for you?

—Getting me out of this disastrous date. I want to tear my hair out! He shouted on the verge of an implosion.

—Oh, relax, buddy!! It can’t be worse than the meeting with the Russian doll obsessed!

Daniel looked up to heaven, he had forgotten about that crazy woman. Yes! He was a crazy woman magnet. All women, his grandfather offered him to meet, were psychopaths.

—It’s worse, I swear. I’m this close to cutting my veins with a fork.

—I doubt a fork is the ideal instrument… But this girl is the last one on your list, right?

—Yeah … but I’m gonna give up, there’s none of them worth it. I’ll find another solution!

After all his grandfather fault, he should have introduced him to normal girls. He was sure that the women who had been given to his cousin were more interesting.

—Wait! Can you contact the very shy, almost silent young woman you met last Thursday again? Brandon reminded him.

Daniel thought about it, he could actually select this young woman. The problem was that she was so afraid of him that she barely dared to breathe in his presence, which caused her to faint three times during the same date. Too bad! He thought selfishly, she would spend those days in the hospital, but he refused to spend another minute in the presence of this brainless Bimbo.

—Yeah, I’ll think about it. He said before hanging up.

Ten minutes later, he still didn’t see her coming back and he was tempted to leave without warning her, but his mother had raised him much better than that.

She must have been injecting herself, he thought darkly. He reluctantly decided to go upstairs and see what was going on. When he arrived on the first floor, he heard a young woman speaking, but the voice was not familiar to him, so he only stopped when he heard his name being mentioned.

—Yes, everything works perfectly. I think I deserve an Oscar. Poor Daniel Braxton. He is at the end of his life! Says the young woman, laughing her head off.

He came closer and saw a young woman dressed in pink with her back to him. It was the bimbo.

—Tsk, not at all! He’s not as sexy and handsome as the press says! Believe me, I’ve seen better! Not my style at all.

Daniel crossed his arms, dissatisfied. How dare she not find him attractive? He knew from a reliable source that he was very handsome. All the women told him this and so did his mother. His mother never lied!

—Guess what? I did the catfish trick to him, by using one of the highest voices you will ever hear. He was on the edge of breaking, I swear! I think I saw his soul trying to escape from his body ahahahahaha!

She was now gesticulating all over the place pulling on her dress:

—I have to put an end to this date as soon as possible. Oh, I can’t take it anymore, I can’t breathe with this dress! She moans as if she was experiencing the worst of suffering. —My face itches! My feet hurt in these shoes. May he dumped me quickly, I feel as if I’m going to die!

She laughed again probably at something the person said.

—Oh yes, you can already blow the champagne bottle, because he’ll never select me! I’m the winner in this story! Oh, poor guy, he doesn’t know I’m playing him.

Oh poor little girl! He thought back, she doesn’t know that I’ve heard everything, and that I’m going to play her. Unfortunately for her, he was very playful, and she came unknowingly to challenge him.

He came down and waited for her to finish her conversation. She soon came back to him with a smile, and he finally understood the reasons for it.

He got up to pull her chair, for a moment she remained petrified in confusion and looked at him strangely before taking up her act again.

—Oh, thank you, darling, you’re so considerate, she whispered, pretending to be under his spell.

Oh, the nasal and strident voice is back! He thought, laughing inwardly.

—But it’s only natural! He replied, taking her hand, she had a sudden withdrawal movement that she tried to hide with a fake laugh. —The short time you were away, I felt a strange feeling and decided to make a decision.

She began to smile with a look full of hope … the hope of being dumped by him.

—What is my love? I would accept your decision. Go ahead and tell me. I’m not as fragile as I look.

—I think you and we should … meet again. He said in a dramatic way.

—Oh, what a pity my heart is tearing, I loved you so much, love at first sight, but what can I do? Well, it was nice… What?

And then she stopped abruptly as if she had realized what he had just said. She looked at him, her eyes wide open, more shocked than ever, her hands shaking.

—To… To see each other again … what … what do you mean by that? See each other in pictures on Instagram? Because yes, well … um, I can accept you as a friend so that you can see my picture and I can see yours like that…

He cut it off, happy to see that it was about to crack.

—Princess, you have a remarkable sense of humor, which is why I simply fell for you. I think we’re well on our way to ending our days together.

Oh! She didn’t seem to be breathing. Was he going too strong? Her eyes looked into the void, her chest didn’t move, and he could even see her complexion turned blue underneath this thick layer of makeup. Was she going to die soon?

An inexplicable laugh was trying to reach his throat, but he held back, as well as he could, but could not stop a big smile from appearing on his face.

Oh! Poor little girl he thought. She would have to be brave, because the game was just beginning.

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Can I ask you something really important. English is not my native language as you can see. So tell me, must I say:

—Engaged despite herself

—Engaged despite her

—Engaged in spite of herself