chapter 15

Jessica's POV. 

As soon as I woke up the next day I quickly rushed downstairs trying to figure out what to do next. Was I supposed to act like we were now chummy all of a sudden or was that going to give up what I was trying so hard to hide? 

Nate, we had reached a truce last night but he didn't still mean that my life was completely balanced. 

I had a lot of things that I wanted to do to ensure that we had a smooth sailing operation but I didn't think that was going to work because he looked like he would be anywhere else but my presence and I didn't even blame him for that. 

Instead, I blamed myself for the mess that I had landed myself into and then I suddenly became an epitome of consolation for him. 

The subject of my thoughts walked down the stairs so briefly that one wouldn't even know that a person was alive in here but I could feel every bit of his nuances. 

I was one of the people who had decided to leave my life the way it should go and then refuse to get what I deserved, going forward to see what I could gain. 

"Good morning." I chimed.

I was rewarded with a brush of the shoulders and my eyes winding a little bit in surprise. 

I thought that we had already reached a compromise and that everything was going to be fine. How on earth was I unable to secure all of this? 

"Morning." 

His morning voice did something to my inside that made me start thinking about how much I needed to get closer to this month so that we could just move beyond all of this. 

"I don't think that you have any idea of the meals we'll be eating today." He said. 

My eyes widened in shock at the interaction. I would never in my wildest dream have thought that he would ever try to initiate a conversation with me on his own accord without sounding like he was some freaking king or something.

The moment I woke up I started to panic but I just knew at the back of my mind that everything was going to be fine.

"So are you going to just stand there and watch me or are you going to come over here and ask the questions that you want." 

It was very direct and I didn't even know how to start placing my words without stuttering and blubbering like a fool. 

It was one of the things that I had decided not to get involved in because then I was going to lose my composure and a lot of things at the same time. 

I was very concerned about my life and how things were supposed to play out, especially with me having to go side by side and then doing a few things with him. 

My body reacted, more like trembling whenever let together and I didn't even know how to start going about it. 

"So there is going to be a little bit of disagreement here and there between us, but we have to keep it under wraps because of the people we are dealing with." He reminded me as though I didn't already have an idea. 

I was very much involved in what was my business inside of going around and spilling someone else's to my mother. 

I looked upstairs just to be sure that my mother wasn't coming to prepare breakfast. "They should be in there together and I think this is an opportunity to re-strategize." I whispered to him. 

"If we want to get this done we have to still portray the image that you hate me. Or that I do not want anything to do with you. Then you will be able to get more information than what you already have. Do I have a commitment to that?" He asked carefully. 

I would be a fool to say that he didn't have the right to ask me such questions because then I would be completely losing my mind. 

"Of course, I also think that we should establish some ground rules that keep us in check and so that we can get our plans done before anybody even finds out." I winked at him. 

Nate recoiled as though I had slapped him and my smiles immediately waned. 

"Darling... What are you doing downstairs all alone by yourself?" My mother's voice called from the top of the stairs and I glanced her way. 

So that was why he maintained such a facade making sure that we didn't even have anything to do with each other at least so the world thought. 

I was impressed at how much things had become so glaring and what I was supposed to do in return but at the same time I didn't want to be brushed off like some fellow who was just disturbing him and he couldn't wait to get rid of. 

"I was just trying to talk to Nate, but he is acting up as usual." I gestured to the man in front of me. 

Nate looked unperturbed, staring at me as though he had wasted so much time, even sparing me a glance and even though I knew that it was just a facade, I still felt very weird inside of me. 

Something is definitely going on but he was trying to be as secretive as possible. 

I guess it was one of the things that I would have to come to terms with that we will never be friends in very closely knit terms, but I guess we would always find a way of retracting and making sure that we have everything covered up. 

"What would you like to eat Nate? I could whip up something. Your father isn't in at the moment so I don't think he would mind." 

I felt a heated glance, yet didn't take the bait to turn. 

Was he thinking what I was also thinking?