"You needed help and I offered it," he said.
"I needed a boyfriend, not a fiance " she let out.
"Well now you have both, I enjoyed myself too, so thank you for the dinner " he smiled.
"I don't need either, and you can take back your ring," she said trying to pull it off, but it would not come off.
Jack chuckled seeing her struggle, "it seems the ring agrees with me "
She sighed, glaring up at him. "Please help me take the ring off, I need to leave now " she was now referring ever asking help from a total stranger.
He moved closer his long fingers gently holding hers, he gently pulled but the ring didn't move.
"Am going to be late?" she said pulling her hand in the opposite direction while he pulled, but nothing happened.
A black car appeared in front of them while they struggled to take off the ring. The driver walked out and stood next to them.
Jack stopped, "Tati, you go ahead, let me leave you with my card and when the ring does come off . You can call me and he will pick it up," he said.
The driver moved forward pulled a card out of his pocket and passed him a card.
"Please don't call me that," she said. He passed her the card and walked to the car., "Hi, wait ... you're really going to leave me with such an expensive ring," she asked.
"Why not, your my fiancee after all " he chuckled getting into the car.
she cursed under her breath, how did she end up in such a situation? All she had wanted was to stop the charade her mother was making and now she created one for herself too, with a crazy stranger.
The car drove off and she sighed looking at her phone, o a few minutes and she would be late.
She grabbed a taxi and left for her second job.
...
"You late " her boss yelled the moment she arrived.
"Am sorry, had dinner with my mother and traffic was bad on my way here?" she said.
"Your mother should let you be "
"Tell her that yourself, the woman is so obsessed about my life that it driving me crazy " Tatiana got dressed.
"Anyway get ready, it's the weekend so it's a full house " her boss walked away.
"Okay, I will be out soon," she said tying her hair in a bun and getting dressed in uniform.
And like her boss said, the club was full, she had served more than ten tables already, and her feet were screaming for help but she was used to it now.
"Tatiana, the VIP table upstairs needs another bottle " she nodded getting up as she took the order.
She knocked on the door and entered, "excuse me, your order " she walked to the table and placed the bottle with snacks.
Her head was down avoiding eye contact with any of them, "Wait " one stopped her.
She stopped not turning back, "Yes, anything else you need ?" she asked.
"Tati, is that you ?" the moment she heard that, Tatiana stood motionless knowing who it was without even turning ...Would this day ever end she muttered silently.