Chapter 23 - So Embarrassing!

"Sorry, I accidentally hit the brakes." Jennet apologized with a sheepish smile.

She had actually hit on the brakes on purpose to stop her from asking the question that she couldn't answer with logic. She wouldn't be able to explain the most important parts if she were to open her mouth. She thought it would have been much better if her close friend is kept in the dark about how she had the nice smell.

Marvina glared at her. Her heart was beating like a rocket in her chest. If she's not an understanding person, she would have been cursing and even hitting her but she stopped herself from doing so because she was shivering so badly in her seat and had no strength to get angry now.

"Just don't scare me like that next time." She said. She exhaled a big relief as she patted her chest. The sudden stop made her panic in her seat. She thought they hit something in front but her friend had accidentally hit on the brakes.

As soon as they arrived at the company, they met Luca who waited at the entrance. He was in his formal black suit, standing elegantly outside the door. He was so early today and was quite unusual for him to appear so early. Normally, he would come in later since he didn't want to be seen by his fanatic fans who would go nuts upon seeing him. It was hard being handsome.

When he saw Jennet walking beside Marvina, he said, "Jennet, I need to see you in my office now." His tone was indifferent. He sounded calm like always.

Jennet just nodded her head, "Sure, Mr Tybelg."

She glanced at Marvina and said, "You go ahead. I'll see you later." Her voice was weak. She was feeling uneasy with the sudden meeting request by their boss. Or maybe, she made some mistakes in her paperwork yesterday and that's why she is being called by their boss. That was what she thought to calm her mind.

Marvina smiled widely, "Go, go. Have a nice chat!"

She couldn't contain her excitement from showing on her smiley face. Since she knew their big boss actually favours Jennet, she had been desperately hoping for them to be in a romantic relationship before proceeding on getting married in the future. It will really give a hard slap on Mira's face!

Jennet followed Luca from behind but had kept a distance from him. Walking side by side with him will only heating the atmosphere if someone saw them. Mira will surely go into a huge rage after that.

Luca glanced from his shoulder and halted. The person behind him also halted and looked at him with a surprised face.

"Yes, Mr Tybelg?" She spoked although Luca hasn't opened his mouth yet.

"Why are you so far behind?" He asked. He knew she wanted to distance herself from him but he wanted to let her know that he doesn't want her to keep the boundary between them. He wanted her to be comfortable around him and forget all about formality, if possible.

Jennet blinked at his unexpected question. Shortly, she came to a realisation. "I wanted to minimize trouble from brewing around the company." Her answer was direct and clear.

However, it made Luca chuckled. He turned his body towards her and crossed his arms across his chest, looking like a father who was about to give a piece of his mind.

"Why?" He asked again, though he knew her reason. He enjoyed looking at her troubled expression every time he started to question her. He loved to tease her even more day by day now.

She bit her inner lower lip silently. From day to day, she couldn't understand why Luca suddenly had this sudden liking towards her. She couldn't tell him to stop what he does either. Well, because she respected him as her higher-ups.

"Well, I had just said it just now. I wanted to minimize trouble from brewing around the company." She repeated the same answer. Her fingers played with the hem of her shirt, trying to distract herself from getting more panic. If she's alone, she would be biting on her fingernails now.

Her heart was crying hard now. She hoped no one sees them talking, facing each other, at the hallway to his office. She just couldn't stop praying for him to just let it go and finish whatever he wanted to say as soon as possible. She felt like walking around an active volcano that could erupt at any time.

Luca turned around and started to walk towards his office. He opened the door for her and gestured her to walk in first.

"After you." He said with a smile. He was a gentleman, alright. He was used to all of this. But, the woman before him found it a bit awkward.

Jennet ignored all the uneasiness in her chest and stepped into the spacious office. Her eyes roamed the place at the same time she walked in. It had been a long time since she last stepped into his office. It was about two years ago but everything was still the same. There was a working table at the far end, close to the glassed windows, long sofas with a round glass table by the right side of the room, and two shelves placed on the opposite side where files were kept. The room had fewer furniture but it was kept very neat and tidy.

"Just sit anywhere you want," Luca said as he walked towards his desk. He took off his coat and put it on the chair. Then, he walked towards Jennet who was now sitting on one of the long sofas. He, too, sat beside her and stared at her face.

The face before him was clean without any face powder or heavy make-up. Only her lips were tainted in red by lipstick but, it was a bit smeared and he wondered why didn't she notice it. He reached out a hand for her lips but at the same time, the woman pulled her face back in alarm.

She had her eyes rolled bigger at him. "What are you trying to do?" Her tone was a bit harsh but was softened in the manner of respect to him.

Luca let his hand hanging in the air. He smiled at her, "Your lipstick was a bit smeared on your lips, so I just wanted to..." Before he could continue, her face was getting red instantly. He stopped talking and stared even more at the red face in awe.

Jennet immediately looked away with her eyes widened. She had her hand cupping her lips, trying to cover it. Her heart accelerated the minute she recalled about the forced kiss she had this morning. She forgot to check on her face since she was furious and was distracted by Marvina's call. Even Marvina didn't bother to tell her about it because she was so into her 'nice smell'.

Goodness, this is so embarrassing! She cried while at the same time cursing Hue continuously in her heart. She didn't dare to keep talking or stay any longer with this man in his office.

The professional image that had always kept her confident were ruined by what Hue did. For whatever reason was he kissing her forcefully? She didn't know. She was not even his wife and she didn't even know how he ended up in her bed or who he is. Though he claimed they were married, she couldn't accept it because logically and technically speaking she had never married anyone.

Now, she was even more furious towards Hue and wanted to kick him out as soon as possible from her villa. She will just forget about looking for his family since he had turned everything into chaos!