112 Convenient Lie
“You’re the one who is misunderstanding things. You see, Karina is my girlfriend now. She’s no longer involved with your husband. I can personally guarantee that,” Ace stated as his arm tightened around my shoulders.
What did he just say?!
Elizabeth’s eyes widened even further as she gasped and covered her open mouth with her hand. Her eyes travelled from Ace to
and then back to Ace again. It was clear that she was struggling to believe that we were dating.
Well, I didn’t bla here. We’re not really dating and I’m not really his girlfriend. I had no idea why Ace said that, but it did seem to work in throwing her completely off her ga.
“If you don’t have any more questions, then I guess we’re done here. Karina and I have a dinner date together, so if you don’t mind, we’ll excuse ourselves now. Have a good evening,” Ace said as his arms dropped to circle my waist.
With a slight push, he began leading
away with him.
“Wait!” Elizabeth called out quite loudly from behind us.
We both paused in our steps, and I felt scared of what she was going to say next.
“I’m expecting great things from you, Ace. I’ll be seeing you soon...” Elizabeth directed her words at Ace.
.....
“Sa goes for . See you soon, Elizabeth,” Ace replied after turning back to face her.
Elizabeth didn’t say anything more and Ace led
away in silence while I wondered what those parting words between the two of them ant. I glanced up at Ace’s stoic face as I pondered how those two knew each other.
Thankfully, Ace did not ntion the incident with Elizabeth at all during our ti at dinner. I had so many questions that I wanted to ask him but after weighing out the benefits of fulfilling my curiosity and the risks that Ace might discover that Kyle ca to my room, I decided that perhaps letting the whole thing slide by might be the best idea. Elizabeth is Kyle’s wife now and so it didn’t quite matter how she knew Ace. Ace probably knew a lot of people anyways.
There was one thing that I should still ask him, though.
“Why did you lie to her?” I asked from across the table where we were seated.
Ace’s eyes continued looking at my face. The way that the candlelight casted shadow and orange warm light on his face made his nose and lips look even more alluring than usual. When his eyes t mine, I could see the sparkle of the candlelight reflected in them like a dancing fla. It was a sight that left
montarily speechless at how attractive he looked.
“About what?” Ace asked like he had no idea what I was talking about.
“That we’re dating. That...I’m your girlfriend...” I replied in a soft mumble.
“It worked. She shut up and left,” Ace replied like it was nothing.
I had no idea how to feel about his attitude and how easy-going he was about declaring that I was his girlfriend. It was a big deal for , but it seed like sothing extrely casual for him.
“Still, you shouldn’t have lied to her. This can lead to so many misunderstandings,” I complained at once.
“I have the perfect solution for that,” Ace said after a short while of thought.
“Really?” I asked hopefully.
“Date ,” Ace stated without hesitation.
“...What?” I exclaid in disbelief.
How can he say that so casually and with such as emotionless face?
“If you beco my girlfriend for real, then I wouldn’t be lying to her and there would be no misunderstandings...just the right understanding,” Ace explained like it was supposed to be a no-brainer solution.
dating Ace for real would present a throng of other problems. He’s my boss and we’re not supposed to be dating!
...
**Around Two Weeks Later **
After that dinner, Ace and I both got extrely busy with work. In the end, I never got around to formally agreeing to be his girlfriend. I wasn’t even sure if he was even serious about it when he suggested that I should just date him for real. It wasn’t the first ti that he asked
to be his girlfriend and it wasn’t the first ti that I thought that he was just toying with .
Either he really was just playing around with
like he had probably played around with his countless past lovers before or I was just being extrely paranoid and insecure. Regardless, I didn’t dare ask him about it and I didn’t dare get my hopes up that he would get serious about soone like . Even if he did, there was no way that a long-lasting relationship could ever bloom from sothing that started off as forbidden and wrong like what we had between us.
Plus, a relationship that started off with just good sex was bound to be...
“Karina...”
I snapped out of my thought at the sound of my na being called. After turning around in my chair, I found Julianna standing right behind . Did she catch
spacing out just now?
“Yes?” I replied before showing her one of my most polite smiles.
“The final run-through eting will start soon. Are you prepared?” she asked as she stared down at .
I have to be. What other choices did I have?
“Yes, I am ready,” I replied determinedly.
“Good. I’ll go check on other people. The eting starts in 5 minutes. Don’t be late,” she said before she turned on her heels and walked away.
Julianna was as strict as always. Because this project was sothing that would directly impact the pride of the company and the marketing team, I could understand why Julianna was so hung up on it.
The past few days flew by in a blur of late night working as a team to get everything together for the first pitch presentation for Project Alpha. Now we only had one last run-through eting before the real presentation in front of the award committee tomorrow.
Things better go well...
–To be continued...
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