The next morning Zara Arrived very early To the office To make sure No one arrived before her Reality Proved are wrong It Was already at the office Sitting Comfortably And reviewing the document while maintaining his calm and composed appearance Like nothing in the world could disturb him.
She stood at the door and observed him, Looked away and pretended not to see him He looked or immediately And greeted her "morning" Then she replied hmm morning ~
She's trying to do everything possible not to get attached to him but our mind is just messing up with her emotions.
There is an upcoming Public press event so they were required to rehearse their public interactions for that event. The entire office floor has been transformed into a mini performance stage. They need to practice action and sentences perfectly .
The both of them moved up the mini stage for the rehearsal . Ethan moved towards Zara and held her tiny Jade hand , a cold shiver was sent down her spine , she looked away for a short while and blamed it on cold air, sorry , are you fine? Ethan asked, don't worry , I'm fine, Zara replied. He nodded his head and focused on the rehearsal.
They practice staged rehearsal with the cameras present. Ethan's calm and confident look made her scream inside her mind , he didn't even flinch, as if he's used to such moments .
Her full attention was not on the rehearsal anymore, she was using her side eye to glance at Ethan, when suddenly, she slipped and brushed past Ethan's arm , she was about to fall when she got caught by Ethan, she removed his hand from her body and rearranged her dress , then gradually the rehearsing session came to an end.
After rehearsal, they were left alone in the office , it was silent, the hum sound of the air conditioner was the only thing that made it different from a graveyard .
Ethan was on his phone, Zara was deep in her own thoughts, she kept telling herself , it's just a rehearsal, nothing else .. it's just a deal. Yet she couldn't shake off the feeling that the deal was starting to blur those lines she doesn't want to cross.
Ethan on the other hand wasn't even thinking about it, just scrolling through his phone mail for messages from friends, family or organizations. Although he noticed that Zara was occasionally glancing at him , he noticed it but he didn't even give a comment, just ignoring and doing his own things . Then suddenly a thought came to his many, maybe my presence is here alone with her is making her feel uncomfortable , but is she not supposed to speak up if that's he "he thought"
In order to keep away the thoughts, Zara also picked up her phone and started scrolling through some fashion portfolios, viewing clothings , jewelries and foot wears that can fit her , something she can add to her fashion collection, she's the fashion type, she loves to make herself appear expensive because she can't even bear people looking down on her due to of lack fashion sense .
After she finished sliding through the fashion portfolios, she raised her head and saw that Ethan was still on his phone. She kept looking at him and observing when he suddenly raised his head too and their gaze clashed, she quickly retracted her gaze and lowered her head.
It's time to leave, Ethan thought, he stood up, walked towards the door , waived goodbye and left.
Still sitting on the chair, or the first time since the arrangement began, Zara felt a small, reluctant question creeping into her mind: What if this isn't as simple as I thought?
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