I Know You The Most.

She knew working with Mark meant trouble, but never did she believe that the both of them would be working in the same office until it happened right before her very eyes, and now she had no other option than to be on guard around him. 

"Are you going to keep sighing like this, Mrs Sky?" Mark teased.

Her heart jumped, “I’m allowed to sigh as much as I want," she fiercely replied.

“Yes yes, you can sigh as much as you want to, I must admit, I did miss the way you reacted whenever you were tired or hated something,” he answered with a crooked smile.

Tempted to tell him off she rose her head and met Mark's face with surprise, she didn’t even notice when he drew near.

She felt her insides stir up like she had spun around for almost an hour, that sickening nausea erupted the more time she spent looking at his face.

"You disappoint me, my dear, to think you would abandon me, only to marry my cousin," his left hand stretched out to her as he caressed a lock of her hair that lingered at the front.

“It was you wasn’t it?” She asked as she stepped back. 

“Hmm?! I have no idea what you’re talking about,” he laughed innocently as he stood from her table and walked over to him. 

Leia paused, and the corners of her eyes twitched as her breathing increased. 

Just watching this man in the same room with her was enough to infuriate her as she got up with a force that her chair flew backwards. 

Her teeth grind while she straightened her suit and hurried over with some papers tightly clenched in her hand, and before Mark could take his seat, she flagged the paper before him.

“Now listen up, I already paid for what I did, we had a deal, and I played my part well," she told him. 

Mark just stood still as he watched her complain with a smile on his face.

Unknown to her, her words went through one ear and got out of the other as she spoke to him.

A little scoff from him was what it took to finally send the message that he was interested or listening to what she had to say.

When he couldn’t hold it back anymore, he finally exploded with a peal of loud laughter, it was a good thing the doors were soundproof.

“Still as feisty as ever, now ain't you darling," he said as he brushed her lips with his finger. 

Leia sneered at him at the mention of that word, enraged to the point where she aimed to bite off his pretty fingers. 

“Seeing that you’re now happy as the wife of my rich cousin, I’m wondering if you truly loved my cousin?” 

“More than you’d ever dream about,” she said with a smile as bright as the sun, automatically causing Mark to have the opposite reaction, “so, I’d appreciate it, if you pretend not to know me, from now on, we’re nothing more than strangers, got it?”

Growl~

Leia’s stomach grumbled, as her face turned redder than a tomato. 

“Pfft! At least take care of yourself before threatening me,” he mocked her.

He snickered once he saw how embarrassed she was, but there couldn’t have been a better opportunity than now.

Quickly he seized her hand and pulled her in, his arms wrapped around her waist so tight that she could not break free as his arms suddenly felt like they were made of bricks.

“Would you like to take a break now?" He asked, feigning ignorance of his actions as she battled in his arms.

"That sounds very much needed,” she answered calmly to soothe him as she struggled. 

As soon as she answered, he let go of her, finally satisfied to hear her reply softly and strolled over to place an order as if nothing happened, suddenly he stopped to ask for Leia’s order. 

She couldn’t help but notice the way he stared at her, but not a word left his mouth and she as well wasn’t willing to speak to him.

Once he was done staring, he returned to the phone, “yes, I’ll take two of your waffles special with cream, and some dried fruits..." he explained. 

“I won’t be having either of that,” she yelled, her eyes wide open almost as if they would bulge out at any time. 

Her heart was thumping as she stared at him, horrified.

“Tacos or pancakes would do,” she alerted him with a poker face.

Unpleased, Mark could only return to his phone when he suddenly smirked as he placed the orders. 

An awkward tension accompanied by dead silence flooded the room as they prepared for their break. 

Leia helped herself to some coffee before her stomach took the next opportunity to embarrass her while Mark ordered takeouts.

She glanced towards his direction and watched him carefully, he didn’t seem dangerous from a distance, but she knew too well how good he was at hiding his emotions.

“If you keep glaring at me, I’m afraid I might end up with holes in my face,” Mark said with a chuckle.

“Don’t get ahead of yourself, I just have a few things I’m thinking about, and I just got stuck in the cloud,” she answered. 

“Ha-Ha!”

A bewildered Leia could only watch as Mark’s laugh echoed throughout the room like a madman. 

When he finally stopped laughing, he stared at the papers in his hands and muttered, “you’re still a terrible liar.” 

She was speechless, it bothered her to know that this man knew her too well, even when he placed her orders, he knew exactly what she craved.

Knock! Knock!!

A woman at the door held a package in her hand as she waved it at the door to verify that their order had come in.

She was Mark’s secretary, but at the moment, since Leia was without any, she was their watchman assigned by the BOD, someone who had been placed to keep eye on her.

“I just received an invite for the both of you,” she said.

Leia and Mark stared at themselves, thoughts running through her head as she was greatly concerned about what she was going to do about the situation that she got goosebumps from the thoughts of walking with him to an event. 

“And who is the invitation from?”

“The Eva hotel is marking its golden jubilee this year, many high ranking and famous people will be attending, as well as you and Mark,” she answered much to the disgust of Leia. 

“Your point?”

“For your first test, you are to make an important remark to the CEO. You would only be damaging our company's image, so you have to attend, both of you, together." 

At the drop of the bomb, Leia could only click her tongue while Mark nearly died as he choked with laughter. 

“It seems like the universe is on my side, Mrs Sky," Mark said with a mischievous grin. “I sure hope you prepare yourself.”