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Author: Jasmine
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**** JACE *****

“You did mom.” There was no use pretending her words weren’t true. She wasn’t the only one who expected only the worst from me. But I had run the company for a year with zero experience under my belt, except from my years in Harvard business school, she could at least have some faith in me. “I’ll let her know the family wants to meet her, and set a date. But I’m going to make something very clear. With your approval or lack of it, Lily and I are an item, if that ever changes, it will be our decision. No meddling from you or dad. Not after your failed match-making attempt.”

“Jason…” I heard the hurt in her tone, perfectly blended with her guilt from all those years ago, and felt no sympathy.

“I’ve got to get back to work. I’ll try not to run father’s company to the ground.”

I replaced the receiver before she got another word out, feeling that familiar sadness settle over me.

…you break everything you touch…

On que, the pen I had been gripping snapped into two.

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    “There’s a perfectly good booth across from me. Shoo.”Lily swatted her hand at me after I sat down beside her“New rule, you sit beside me when we go out, not across from me, unless it’s a situation that requires it.” That way, I could act as a barrier between her and whatever horrors -aka dumb ex Taser- that haunted her. It also meant I wouldn’t have to look directly at her the whole time we were here.“Why? So horrified by my hair you can’t risk looking at it?” She taunted. So close to the truth and yet so far from it. “I didn’t say that.”“You implied it.”“Not really.” She huffed and crossed her arms, remaining that way even after the waiter had taken our orders and left.Did she plan on giving me the silent treatment the whole time we were here? What did she want from me? “I’m sorry I hit you with my car.” I apologized (even though I didn’t.) it seemed to be the root of her mood.“Whatever.”Silence. “What’s your problem?” I asked finally.“What? I didn’t do anything!” Rig

  • Fake dating my ex’s boss   12

    **** JACE *****“You did mom.” There was no use pretending her words weren’t true. She wasn’t the only one who expected only the worst from me. But I had run the company for a year with zero experience under my belt, except from my years in Harvard business school, she could at least have some faith in me. “I’ll let her know the family wants to meet her, and set a date. But I’m going to make something very clear. With your approval or lack of it, Lily and I are an item, if that ever changes, it will be our decision. No meddling from you or dad. Not after your failed match-making attempt.” “Jason…” I heard the hurt in her tone, perfectly blended with her guilt from all those years ago, and felt no sympathy. “I’ve got to get back to work. I’ll try not to run father’s company to the ground.”I replaced the receiver before she got another word out, feeling that familiar sadness settle over me. …you break everything you touch…On que, the pen I had been gripping snapped into two. Even

  • Fake dating my ex’s boss   11

    ***** JACE *****I could get rid of him. A simple note to the right person ans “Taser” wouldn’t be able to walk into my building, but I knew what doing that would mean.It meant I cared enough about Lily to get her ex dropped, and I didn’t, so Timothy would join the interns that would be in the office on Tuesday. It was a good thing men like me didn’t meet with the interns or I would have a fun time explaining why I randomly punched one of them. My hand tightened into a fist on the table. Taser had something on Lily. Something so big that it made her disappear into a shell even when he hinted at it remotely, and a part of me itched to find out what it was.Obviously because Lily was a wildcard and I was running a million dollar empire. If there was anything about her that could ruin our plan or spoil my name, I needed to know it.For the company’s sake. Which was why I kissed her. It didn’t look good for our relationship if she was seen crying over her ex. The things i did for the

  • Fake dating my ex’s boss   10

    ***** LILY ***** The music was louder with the door open. Just like Camille to turn the entire house into her personal dj booth with no regard for me or our neighbors. I remembered all the times I’d apologized for her behavior and began whistling.We lived in a two bedroom apartment, and she had taken the room closest to the living room. I had opted for the other so I could sleep away from the noise whenever she had friends over. Today, I noticed four girls and two dudes in the living room, the living room table and our little kitchen was littered with unfinished snacks and beers. The duty of its cleanup naturally fell to me because Camille couldn’t be bothered to do anything in the apartment, even when I asked. I had been such a kiss-ass. When the whole party noticed their presence their laughter died down. “Oh.” I said dramatically. “You’re still here?”Camille glanced at her friends before rising to meet me. “Lily, I’m surprised to see you.”I cocked my head to the side. “Why

  • Fake dating my ex’s boss   9

    JACEWhat was this kiss but one bad decision to top the others. It couldn’t be helped though.And as my lip brushed against her soft full lips, I decided my decision wasn’t so bad. Her lips parted, perhaps in shock of what was happening. I took advantage of the gap, and deepened the kiss till our lips fit perfectly against each other. I hated that word. Perfect. But nothing else described the feeling of Lily’s lips. The subtle cherry flavor from her gloss. Her taste…I pulled her impossibly closer to my body, part holding, part lifting as I explored her mouth.Lily whimpered, and I should’ve pulled away then, but she was kissing me back and every smart thought I could have fled my mind. Her arms wrapped around my neck, my hand moved down to her thigh for support, while the other tightened around her neck, ready to hold her steady as I trail kisses down her slim neck.“Get a room!” A man yelled, followed by giggles. Shit.Shit. I pried my lips away from hers, and placed her gently

  • Fake dating my ex’s boss   8

    LILYI had imagined what our first meeting after the breakup would be like. So many scenarios in between all my crying.In one he would walk in on Jace all over me, and I would flip my hair dramatically and say we didn’t see him there. Of course, that imagination branched farther and more detailed on what imaginary Jace would be doing to me when he walked in. Point is, I wasn’t supposed to be in a small cafe, my hair an absolute mess and talking about just how much my relationship with Taser had ruined me. How much of my words did he hear? If it was just the last bit, we were fine. “Mr Jace whitmore. It feels nice to run into you again so soon.” Taser turned away from me, his soon to be boss clearly more important than his ex girlfriend. He was beaming at Jace as he waited for a response. We were in public, I knew how important etiquette was for people of our status, but Jace didn’t seem to care because he stayed absolutely silent as he stared at Taser. What was supposed to be a

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