One Wild Night

"Seriously? You mean your brother is interested in Sonia's best friend?" Matt asked in a whisper as they continued eating while Sonia was in the room talking to Lucy.

"Yeah. So I need you to help me find out all you can about her best friend," Bryan said, and Matt grinned.

"Are you sure you can get rid of Sonia? From the way I see it, if your brother ends up getting married to her best friend, you might have to see her every time you show up at your brother's place," Matt said with a cheerful smile as though he was already looking forward to it.

"That doesn't change anything. Stick to the plan and get her out of here within a week. You can still do that, right?" Bryan asked with a slightly raised brow.

"A week? What's the hurry?"

"I just don't want her around me," Bryan said with a shrug.

"I wasn't going to say anything, but maybe I should. Why do you seem so worked up over her?" Matt asked, watching Bryan closely.

"I don't know. She just makes me very..." He paused as though he was searching for the right word, "She makes me very uncomfortable," Bryan said, choosing to make do with uncomfortable.

"Uncomfortable? How?" Matt asked with a slightly raised brow.

"I wish I knew."

"Are you sure it's not because you find her interesting, and you're scared you might fall for her charms? Maybe you're just scared you might end up falling for her," Matt said thoughtfully.

The Bryan he knew would have no reservations about playing along with Sonia until they both get tired and went their separate ways, so why was he putting in so much effort into trying to have her leave?

"Shut up if you have nothing better to say. Quit saying shit," Bryan growled at him.

"Are you sure it's shit? Because if you're being honest with yourself right now you'd agree with me that you are not acting as you ordinarily would act if she was someone else," Matt pointed out.

"And how do you think I would have acted if it was someone else? Go on, tell me," Bryan said, looking at him with a slightly raised brow.

"We both know if you really didn't want her around you, you would have called off the whole engagement thing by now. You're not someone that cares so much about what the public thinks. You've been in and out of a lot of sexual and relationship scandals. And if you really proposed to her just to clear up the scandal concerning Sophia, you would have cleared this up already," Matt explained.

He raised a finger when Bryan opened his mouth to speak, "Hold on, I'm not done yet. What is the worse she can do if you call off the engagement? Tell the world that you both didn't know each other before? What is the best you can do? Refuse to give any comment and tell the public that you'd like your private business to stay private. It would take a week or two, and you would be done with all of that. Another celebrity would do something scandalous and attention will shift from you. Now think about it, am I right or wrong when I say you're acting out of character?" Matt asked, making Bryan frown.

"..." Before he could respond, they heard Sonia's voice.

"So what did you both talk about in my absence?" Sonia asked with a teasing smile as she returned to join them at the table.

"I was just telling Bryan here, how lucky he is to have a beautiful and intelligent woman like you," Matt said with a grin, making Sonia raise both hands to her cheeks as though she was blushing.

"Aww, I'm blushing. That's so sweet of you. I'm glad I have you on my side," Sonia said, while Bryan just kept looking at them both with a blank expression as he processed what Matt had said. Was it really as easy as Matt had made it sound? Was he really just stalling when he can easily just tell her it's over?

"So tell me something, do you have a friend or sister that you can hook me up with?" Matt asked with a playful smile and winked at Bryan who quickly took the cue.

"Yes, she does. Or is your best friend in a relationship?" Bryan asked, looking at her and trying not to sound too curious about her best friend.

"I would have loved to hook you up with her. But unfortunately, Lucy isn't interested in guys, so I don't think it will work," Sonia said with an apologetic smile which made Bryan narrow his eyes. She wasn't interested in guys? Did that mean she was into girls? Bryan wondered.

"She is into girls?" Matt asked, voicing the question on Bryan's mind, which made Sonia laugh out loud.

"No, she isn't. Maybe if she was into girls I would be married to her by now," Sonia said with an amused smile.

"What about you? Are you into girls?" Bryan asked suspiciously since he had noticed the way she had checked the strippers out at the club the previous evening.

"I don't think I will be engaged to you if I was into girls. But you could say I'm bisexual though. I've been with one or two girls before," Sonia said with a wink making Bryan scoff even though he was actually feeling intrigued to know more about Sonia.

"You're joking, right?" Matt asked in disbelief.

"I'm not. Anyway, I was just trying to say Lucy is not into the whole relationship stuff," Sonia said with a shrug.

"Why not? Did someone break her heart? If she did, then you should hook us up. Bryan tell her my nickname," Matt said to Bryan who chuckled.

"He's the heart mender," Bryan said with a small smile. Of course, there was no way he was going to allow Matt to go anywhere close to Lucy, and Matt knew it. He just needed Matt to keep asking Sonia questions about Lucy. That way Sonia wouldn't suspect anything.

"You heard that, right? I mend broken hearts," Matt told Sonia.

"Well, I don't think you can mend this heart. It is more complicated than that. And she prefers to be alone," Sonia said before turning to look at Bryan. "So what about your siblings?" Sonia asked, trying to change the subject from her friend.

"They're okay. My brother is busy running his company, while my sister is busy being a lawyer," Bryan answered, wanting to give her the answer he knew she wanted.

"That's so nice. So what is your brother like? Is he anything like you?" Sonia asked again, grateful that he was being more responsive now than he had been earlier that morning.

"Nah! He is completely different from Bryan. He is the gentle version, and he is more handsome too," Matt said, making Bryan raise a brow.

"He isn't more handsome than I am," Bryan hissed at him.

"You have always been jealous of your brother's looks, admit it," Matt said with a chuckle making Bryan throw a piece of steak at him.

"Shut up," Bryan hissed at Matt, making Sonia giggle. That meant Tom was very handsome just as Matt had told her before.

"I bet he has a better personality too," Sonia said, wanting to get more information.

"He is boring. He prefers to keep to himself. And I don't think he is very good with ladies either, or has he changed?" Matt asked Bryan who shook his head.

"No, he hasn't. You know he lives like a hermit. He still doesn't like people looking at him or coming too close to him," Bryan said, while Sonia nodded her head as she digested the information.

"Why? Did something happen to make him that way?" Sonia asked thoughtfully.

"I don't think so. He has always been that way since we were all young. I can't even remember him playing games with us more than twice when we were young. He was always in his bedroom busy with his book or his computer. It's no wonder he is so successful today," Matt said, and Bryan nodded his head in agreement.

"So you mean he is not married or involved with any lady at the moment?" Sonia asked, trying not to sound too into the subject even though both Matt and Bryan could tell she was very much interested.

"He isn't. He would settle down when he meets the right person. By the way, what about your best friend, where does she live? Do you think maybe we can hook her up with my brother? I think they might be good for each other," Bryan suggested, making Sonia choke on the water she had just started drinking.

"What?" She asked, looking at him in surprise, while Bryan and Matt stifled the urge to laugh.

"I was just kidding," Bryan said with a smirk as he pushed away his chair from the table and stood up, "I will do the dishes since you both fixed dinner," Bryan said as he started stacking up the dishes.

"I will assist you," Matt offered as he stood up to join Bryan.

"What do you think you are doing?" Bryan asked forty-five minutes later when he walked into his bedroom after he was done doing the dishes with Matt, and saw Sonia seated in front of his closet drawers, folding his briefs into a different drawer, while her luggage box lay open on the floor next to her.