All Chapters of His Fake Hired Girlfriend: Chapter 191 - Chapter 200

Ethan POV "I just...I was catching up with an old friend." I tell her, deciding that telling the truth is better than lying."Who?""It was Anna." I sigh, waiting for the bomb to go off.She stays silent for a few moments. I had to pull the phone away to make sure she didn't hang up. A few seconds later, she finally speaks up."Your ex-girlfriend, Anna?" She asks, but saying it more as a statement. She's pissed, I can tell."Yeah," I mutter."Wow. You're going to go and cancel your entire day to hang out with your ex-girlfriend? I mean, what happened to not wanting anything to do with her? What happened to all of the shit you said? I thought you were done with her, Ethan. What changed?" She snaps at me."Melissa, baby...it's not like that," I say, trying to defuse this bomb."Don't baby me. You cancelled all of your plans to see her. I mean, you cancelled plans with me. I only have tonight here until I go to Vancouver for an entire month. You cancelled plans with your girlfriend just

Ethan's POVMelissa leaves early the next morning, waking me as she gets up to leave."Lock up before you leave, okay?" She says, giving me a quick kiss before scurrying out the door."Okay. "I love you," I say, but she doesn't even have time to reply by the time she is out of the door. "Okay then," I mumble to myself before drifting back to sleep.When I wake up a few hours later, I shower and change into the set of clothes that I keep over at her house for moments like this. When I go to lock up the house, I stop at the plant that is by her front door. The soil is dry as fuck, so I grab a cup and water it before I lock the place up. I swear, she could kill a cactus. She is terrible with things like this. When I mentioned wanting a dog, she shut the idea down almost immediately. This is exactly why, and I don't blame her for that. I mean, at least she knows.When I get to the office, Holly is waiting for me at the door with my juice and a bagel. I smile gratefully at her and wait for

Ethan's POV"Did you see what guys we were going to get, though?" I say to Frailey."Yeah, I got the list. It's honestly going to be super fucking cool. If I had more time, I definitely would have done it. You guys are going to have a lot of fun with that. Let's just hope they speak pretty fluent English." Frailey laughs. I didn't even really think about the fact that English is probably their second language. That could cause some issues."Fuck, I didn't even think of that," I groan. Still, I push the thought away and move on to the next issue at hand. "How are things going over there? How's Melissa doing at your building?" I ask."Oh, you know, she's being a pain in my ass like always." He says, and I can tell he's rolling his eyes."I would imagine so," I laugh."No, really, she isn't that bad. I mean, she is a pain in my ass, but I'm pretty sure she will always be that way. She is just so controlling. Like, fuck." He groans."I know. You kind of just have to play along with it unt

Ethan POV After you tried lying to her, of course."She didn't take that well, did she?" He laughs."Fuck no she didn't. Of course, she didn't. We would be in an alternate universe if she did it well. She completely freaked out. I went to her house after the call because I wasn't about to just let her leave Seattle while we were fighting. That's never a good idea. Well, when I got over there she made me promise not to talk to Anna. I deleted her number and everything. I can't fall back down that hole. I really can't. I have worked way too hard to get to where I'm at right now to just get fucked over once again. I just...I can't do it. I can't."I hear him sigh on the other end of the phone. Not too shortly after I hear his chair begin tosqueak. I know he's leaning back and forth in the rolling chair. I have told him to replace that chair for years now, and he completely refuses to. His only excuse is that he would have to break it in all over again, and what's the point in that when

Ethan POV She reminds me so much of my mom; it's insane. I know that's why I'm always so comfortable with her. I miss my mom a lot. I need to go and visit her soon. Maybe I can do that the week Melissa and I were supposed to go to New York."Justin, don't you dare let Ethan pay for this meal. Don't let her pay either." She says, pointing a finger at Justin, who nods in agreement."I'll try, but you know how stubborn he is." He laughs.Anna is smiling widely as she watches the exchange between the three of us."I'll let you cover me this time, but I'm leaving a large tip, so don't you dare try and fight me on it," I reply with a laugh."Well, I'll leave you kids to get your food. I'll see you soon, love! And it was so nice meeting you, Anna. I hope you'll come back and visit while you're in Seattle." She tells us with a smile before she walks to the back."Thank you!" Anna and I both call behind her, and she waves us off briefly."She was nice," Anna tells me with a large smile after