The Billionaire’s Fake Marriage

“What do you want me to do then?” Kitty did not even look at Janet while answering. She was constantly writing something down in her notepad while reading files after files.

“I have to come up with an idea, not you.” Janet reminded her.

“Exactly! And so the least I can do is shortlist some ideas that we could discuss.”

Janet could see that Kitty was not going to stop, and so she got up from her bed, and took the file from her hands.

“I don’t want to buy any idea!” Janet’s voice was loud and firm.

Kitty stared at her for sometime as Janet held the file away from her.

“I am doing this so that we can get it over with as soon as possible and enjoy this holiday. I want you to relax and stop worrying about it.”

“I am relaxing, but you are making me worry with all this nonsense. I made it clear to you and Rebecca that I don’t want to buy somebody else’s idea. Why is it so hard for you two to understand it?”

Knowing how upset she was making her friend, Kitty threw all the files off the bed and looked at Janet with a reassuring smile.

“Here, I am not doing this anymore. Just don’t get upset, alright?”

Janet also threw the file in her hands away and took a deep breath. She saw how Kitty was trying to make her feel better.

“I am fine!”

“I am sorry. I should not have pushed you.”

“No, I guess it wasn’t you.” Janet replied. “I think it was something else that triggered that response in me.”

“What are you talking about?”

Janet then sat down in the bed and started explaining last night’s events to Kitty. “I saw this guy a day ago. A tall handsome man.”

Kitty was all ears.

“So I somehow gathered my courage and talked to him, and it turned out he was a great guy. Just as I imagined him to be. I was having so much fun on the beach with him.”

“But…?” Kitty knew there was a but coming in very soon.

“He’s gay!” Janet chuckled, infecting Kitty as well. Both of the shared a brief laughter.

“He took me to his boyfriend, trying to help me in coming up with an idea.”

“Hey, that’s a sign of a man who cares.”

Janet could not disagree, “I know. But I was not ready for that. Honestly, I was worried that he may propose a threesome after getting me drunk. But that was a curve ball.”

“So how did the brainstorming go?” Kitty asked.

“What brainstorming? We got drunk and talked about I don’t know.. I can’t remember anything.” Janet was laughing holding her head.

And suddenly, Janet stopped laughing. She was staring right into the floor.

Kitty knew this look and so she stayed quiet and did not move a muscle.

“The funny thing is, he met his boyfriend on a trip like this.” Janet said staring at the floor. “I met him on this trip, and almost planned a few days with him in my imagination.”

Kitty could see that Janet was building up to something. It was making her both curious and excited. Sitting in the bed, she sat with a deep anticipation watching Janet lost in her own trance. She knew this is how she came up with her ideas and she had not seen her like this for months.

And then suddenly, Janet looked at Kitty — “How did your date go?”

“What?” Kitty was not expecting Janet to turn to her.

“You were with Bilal last evening, right? And when I came back, you were not here. So I am hoping it all went really well.”

Kitty could not stop herself from smiling as she remembered the events from last night. Janet read her face and instantly got her answer.

“See? You had a good time, right?”

Kitty smiled in agreement, “It was wonderful! Did you know Bilal is a prince?”

Janet was surprised. Unknowingly, Kitty had just broken the rule of the group by telling her about Bilal. But Kitty was not in the group to begin with and it was Bilal who must have disclosed who he really was to her.

“Nice!” Janet said with surprise and amusement.

“See, we all meet these people from different cultures and countries at places like this.” Janet was now coming to the point.

“We form these friendships and relationships because we feel safe in this environment.”

“Right…” Kitty was unsure what Janet was trying to say.

“So, how about we give this experience to people without leaving their homes or country?”

“And how do we do that?” Kitty asked.

“An International Dating Site!” Janet revealed her big idea. “A place where you can meet other people from different worlds and feel safe while expressing yourself.”

“Aren’t there several dating and matchmaking sites out there already?” Kitty asked.

“Yes, but this will be different.” Janet explained. “We will provide the safety and comfort to people who like to meet people from different places. It will be like this place or any other, where people feel safe to mingle with each other.”

“An international dating site? That could work.” Kitty thought.

“You think it’s going to work?”

“I don’t see why it should not work. Have you thought of a name?” Kitty asked.

And then Janet realized that she hadn’t thought of a name for this idea. But to her defense she had only come up with this concept just a minute ago.

“Lets do that together!” Janet said as both of them started brainstorming over this new idea. Finally, Janet was feeling better for now she had something of her own.