Chapter 40. Will You Be My Girlfriend?

**CHERYL**

Devastated and torn between the different emotions ravaging me, I dropped my head into my palms and groaned.

This was what I agreed to, wasn't it? To be his fake girlfriend for a week.

So why was I feeling this way over the impending end that awaited us after this week was over?

What a mess! 

I guess I wasn't as immune as I thought I would be.

The door was thrown open with a bang and the devil himself materialized on the threshold with an unreadable, dark expression.

My mouth ran dry and my eyes widened slightly. “Da…Damien,” I stuttered weakly.

His near-dark chocolate orbs settled on me and it narrowed. Fuck! That doesn't look so good. Was ten minutes already over?

I slowly stood up from the bed and backed away from it. “Damien, I can explain,” I said with my hand spread out in a placating gesture.

“Explain what?” he asked with a slanted brow.

I swallowed when he took large ground-eating steps and was