After dinner they were enjoying their drinks. He had taken her to a Chinese restaurant. Abigail enjoyed his company without a doubt.“Devil must be in fits by now.” He teased her about Hunter.But Abigail just laughed it off. Then she remembered about Patricia. “By the way a very good friend of mine, who happened to be a big fan of yours, sent you a kiss.”“Hmm. So better do it now because I don’t have much patience in me.” He leaned towards her closing his eyes making a pout, waiting to be kissed. Abigail gave him a playful punch across the table. “Stop it Raf!” then looking at him seriously she gestured towards the table “Thanks for this wonderful dinner.”She had not only enjoyed it but also missed Hunter a lot.“My pleasure!” He bent his head a little.“So tell me about you, Abigail? Who is Abi?” He had a friendly smile as he asked the question. It

Geena chuckled, when he left the kitchen holding her hand heading to the backyard.Once they reached there, Hunter took her in his arms and held her tightly but she got back shaking her head with a mocked smile, “No need for this pretense, Hunter. Nobody is here.”“Abigail…” he tried to talk to her but she held up her hand.“This fake engagement is…”“Stop it, Abigail.” He said a little sternly.“Why stop, Hunter? … Why should I? Isn’t it fake?” she said between her clenched teeth keeping her voice down. He stayed quiet just assessing her face. “Every decision you make, reaches to me by your receptionist.” She laughed sarcastically, “She knows your whereabouts better than me.”“When I need to vacate my office? When you would fit me in your own place? When your grandparents are coming?  When they would postpone the trip?&r

“Did I do something wrong, Mr. Kevin?” She was somewhat expecting the consequences. But not such harsh ones.“I am sorry, Ms. Chloe Mason. But I got my direct orders from Mr. Hunter.” He rolled the pen under his palm, “I am in no position to question it.”Chloe nodded her head. Though she did try her best but could not help it when a tear rolled on her cheek. She wiped it stubbornly and started signing the papers.Abigail was allowed to sleep with whoever she wanted but once they saw me kissing Rafael Wyatt and they could not digest it?She could not wait to get out of here. She entered here to show her worth to Abigail. But later when Abigail was hired on a higher position, she changed her focus to something else.While staying here she had done her job quite well. But they won’t realize it yet.They would realize it long after she would be gone.So, no regrets.After signing the papers,

 “Hunter when are we meeting your Granma? I have heard a lot about her from your employees.” Abigail sounded tipsy because of having two shots of tequila. She was going to start her third one when Hunter found her and had to snatch it away from her hand.“Let’s see. We can go to see her at noon. Around lunch hour.” They were dancing slowly with music beats along with other couples. His arms were casually around her shoulders and her hands were resting on his chest.  “Something is cooking in your head, Hunter?” then taking her mouth near his ear she whispered, “You know what? We can tell them that we like each other. No need to pamper me every time when people are around.”Looking into her eyes he frowned a little, “Not everything I do is for pretense, Abi.”“Really? Then why we don’t have sex?” she looked into his eyes.

He wished that he could go back and shake her a little to put some sense into her. She was paying him? She thought he was helping her because he wanted her money? Her salaries? Her showroom?All this time when he thought that they were friends, she was thinking of him as some sort of…But then his sensible side got hold of him.He was a businessman. He never took hasty decisions in his life nor he ever became judgmental.Abigail was insecure. Kyle left her when she was least expecting it. But this time she wanted to be more than ready to face the same consequences. She did not want to be caught by surprise.And the only thing which could keep her secure was the sense that she had bought his services. The trauma she had faced had developed some trust issues.This was her mental immune system warning her to be ready. She could never trust anyone so easily. After giving it a lot of time to think he closed his eyes and leaned back.