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Just An Assistant

"She's not my girlfriend, she's just my assistant, nothing more."

...Why did he sound so irritated saying it? Couldn't he have used a rather friendly tone? Did he have to sound like it was some sort of abomination to be paired with her?

.... Embarrassed by his tone, Zee could only feel shame as she kept her head bowed. She felt the urge to get up and get out. She didn't belong there, amongst these people.

The appetite to eat disappeared along with her heart... But why did it hurt, that tone? Like the pain of being rejected by a lover.

....He had simply told his family the truth. She was nothing more than an employee to him, right? So why did it hurt?

Biting so hard on the walls of her lower lip, she held back the urge to...

....Wait! what is this stupid feeling going on in her tiny heart?

She sat straight and gently pushed the plate of barely touched food away. In the process, her eyes met with Mrs. Quin's. Zee tried smiling at the older woman, but the dangerous look her night-
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