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“Come again, I didn’t quite get what you said?”

He said and she repeated herself

“Lucas asked me to be his girlfriend,”

She said much louder.

“Wow, girl, that so nice, wow, your dreams finally came true, he exclaimed with much excitement, too much excitement for someone who claimed not to like her boss.

“You don’t look happy about it though,”

He said after a while when she didn’t smile or react to his congratulations.

“Well, that’s just one part of it,”

“Well, spill girl”

He replied even more concentrated

“Well, the thing is he asked me to be his girlfriend for a week, not a real girlfriend but like a fake,”

She said and trailed off when he gave her a pissed look.

“What the fuck Katrina Elizabeth Jones, tell me you didn’t agree to that, I’mma go and wipe that mudafuckers ass right now, who does he think he is and why will he make such foolish request,”

“Calm down, Jord, and hear me out.”.

“I finna wanna go and do some ass whopping so you better start talking, wait, why does he need a fake girlfriend when he can get all the girls in the world, okay maybe not all but the majority?”

He questioned his voice calm for the first time since she told him.

“That’s why I told you to calm down and let me explain, and before you ask again, no, I haven’t given him an answer yet, I told him I will think about it and get back to him tomorrow,”

“Better, but tomorrow is too short a notice though,” he argued. “Okay, start talking young lady,” he added sitting down and facing her with attentive eyes.

“Fine, the thing is he has this new deal coming up which I only found out about on Monday, it the reason we are going to California, and apparently, the owner of the property he wanna acquire runs a resort in California and is looking to hand over his properties in New York to someone and according to Lucas, the old man is old fashion and believes every successful man needs a woman,” she paused and looked over at him and he was watching her with eager eyes.

“Continue, I ain’t gonna say a word until you finish,”

“Okay,” she continued. “Like I said he needs me as his girlfriend for the week we are in California to convince the old man that he is the man for the job,”

“But you do know it not gonna end there right? That if you agree to help him this time it gonna have to continue till the deal is signed and sealed and also that if you help him you will be deceiving the old man and that’s not right,”

He said and Kat mentally scolded herself for not thinking about those and making those points when she had talked with Lucas.

“I didn’t think of that, again I have not given him an answer that’s why I am asking for your advice.”

She replied.

“Well, my advice is don’t do it, let him look for someone else to,”

“Jordon,”

“Aha, yeah, I remember you like your boss and will get jealous if he brings another woman with him to your trips, sucks to be you,”

“Come on Jord, that’s not it, Lucas said I am the only woman he trusts to do this for him without catching feelings,”

At her words, he busted out laughing and almost fell off his chair

“What’s funny?”

“You are funny, you and your boss, if only he knew you were head over heels for him, he won’t be saying that,” he said in between laughs.

“Jordan!!!”

“Sorry,” he apologized still fighting back laughter. “See the thing is no matter what I say, you already know what you are gonna do, I have never known you to listen to people over what your head is telling you, so my advice is to think about it real good, weigh the pros and cons without leaving anything behind, though it pretty short notice, while you will get his attention for a week which might help you get over your feelings for him or maybe make you fall more in love with him and also think about how your work life is gonna be when it over, I know you, Rina, you are gonna do it even if I say you should not”Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

He said and she understood everything he meant, if she is gonna consider helping Lucas she has to make sure it doesn’t affect her or her work, apart from the fact that she will hate quitting, she also hates writing applications and going for interviews, Jordan knew her so well, he knew she is not gonna refuse him and he was right she is not going to, even if her head was telling her not to do it.

“Why are you so quiet?”

“Nothing, I am just weighing the pros and cons as you advised,”

“See I knew you were gonna do it either way but just know I am not in support but if anything does go wrong I can help you deal with the loser of a boss,” he said punching his fist into the air.

“Thanks, Jord,”

“For?” He asked raising his eyebrow.

“For the advised and also for helping with dealing with my boss if he messes up,”

She said and he smiled weirdly.

“You know this might be helpful though, it might help you to see there is nothing to die for in Lucas, thinking about it again, you should be his girlfriend, and then when you guys break up you will just handle it as I did, drink a few glasses of beer and get over him, oh that reminds me I am going on a date this weekend,”

He said with excitement.

“What? Jord? So soon? Is it my memory or wasn’t it yesterday that you had a major heartbreak? That’s so quick”

“Come on, bitch this is the twenty-first century, you don’t expect me to agonize over a man who has moved on already, yes, I am allowed to feel heartbroken for a while but there is no way I am letting that stop me,”

“Wow, you are doing good, I wish I can be like you,”

“Baby girl, you can’t, remember when Brandon broke up with you? You spent the whole academy section looking like a widow,” he said laughing at her past heartbreak moments.

“Don’t bring that up, I was stupid then, I can’t even remember what I liked about Brandon,”

“Your teenaged self remembers though, anyway, Max the guy I am going on a date with, he has been asking me out for a while now but I have been turning him down since I was supposed to be in a relationship but now I am free so I am gonna check him out but it nothing serious though, true love doesn’t exist,” he said getting up to serve them food, “except it one-sided like yours,”

He added throwing her a backward glance, she threw the napkin on the table at him but he caught it and threw it back at her, she stood up to help set the table and remembered she has not told him that her travel has been moved forward.

“I forgot to mention we are leaving tomorrow not Thursday,”

She revealed.

“What? I thought it’s Thursday?”

“Yeah, it was but Lucas said we have to leave tomorrow, you know the way he is,”

“I hate your boss I still don’t know what you like about him,”

“He is your boss too you know, he owns the company,”

“Not directly my boss though, my boss is an angel and if he wasn’t already married I would have seduced him.”

He replied flipping his invisible hair.

“But let’s be serious though, as much as I don’t like this fake girlfriend ideal, now that I have thought about it again, you should do it, girl, I know you already made up your mind to do it anyway, I am just saying you can use it to test if what you feel for him is real love or if it just in your head, you know what I am saying right?”

He said as they sat down in front of the TV watching their favorite TV series,”

“I am offended by your words Jordan, I am twenty-eight years old not eighteen or sixteen, I know what I feel,”

She reprimanded.

“That’s what you say but you act like sixteen years old in love for the first time, I already told you to tell your boss how you feel about him, get it off your chest, tell him he doesn’t have to be responsible for it but you just want him to know but you said no and have been carrying a one-sided love for over six years now,”

“It’s not up to six years and I can’t tell him that, that will be selfish of me and I don’t want him to have to be cautious around me or maybe worst fire me if he gets too uncomfortable.”

She replied. She has envisioned telling Lucas how she felt about him a few times but it didn’t always end well in her head so she always chickens out when the voice in her head tells her to tell him.

“And you feel it right that you haven’t dated anyone in a while, like for real when last did you make love? You are hopelessly in love with your boss and not dating while he is fucking every bitch in the country, I wanna spank you sometimes you know,”

“Sex is not life and Lucas doesn’t sleep with every bitch like you are saying, about dating I went on a date four months ago remember?”

“Who? The guy that showed up at your business trip? That will forever be iconic, cuz that was legendary for real,” he said in a fit of laughter.

“It wasn’t funny, Lucas looked like he would kill the both of us, I don’t even wanna think about it, don’t know why I even brought it up and again you were the one that set me up with him so it’s your fault,”

“Don’t blame me, blame your inability to get over a man,”

He said shielding himself with the throw pillows.

“Don’t worry I will get there soon, I am not gonna stay on this one side love story forever, I haven’t just been able to meet anyone good enough to make me want to end it.”

She responded. No one she has met so far did it for her Lucas set the standard so high that she hasn’t been able to meet someone who got up to half of him.

“Girl how will you meet someone when you are with your boss and love interest almost every day even on weekends, you know what, just make the most of this one week, seduce him and get down with him and deal with the aftermath later,”

He encouraged but Katrina knew she wouldn’t be able to do that but she didn’t say a word just nodded her head.

“So when am I gonna see you again? Next week?”

“Nah, next month at Lilac’s wedding, we are going there after the one week in California and staying till after the wedding, I told you before remember?”

“Aha, yeah I remember now, see, you even have one month just cling to him and get the D for the whole month then get back to normal life as if nothing happened.”

“I need to pack the stuff I need would you help me or should I go alone?” she asked getting up to head to her room, she didn’t wanna talk about the D of her fantasy cuz it would drive her crazy.

“I am exhausted so I will pass,” he replied laying on the floor.

“Lazy,” she accused and went into her room to pack up. She decided to text Lucas her decision. “I will do it,” she texted and got a response almost immediately, he must have been waiting for her response.

“Thanks, Kat, I promise you won’t regret it,” he texted back and she hoped with all her heart that she won’t regret it.