Lie To Me

"Alright. Meeting adjourned," I annouced, closing my laptop and gathering my things.

It was already past six in the evening but my team and I had to work overtime to discuss about our new project.

"We will go ahead now, Ma'am." One of them said, I nodded and let them go home.

And for me, I still need to finish some documents that due the next day. So, I stayed.

I busied myself reading and approving some documents when I heard a knocked from my office door.

I thought it was Hanz but to my surprised, it was Elijah. He was smile as he lifted a paper bag of a well-known restaurant.

"Hey," I said, still surprised that he's in my office.

"Hi. It's past eight already and I noticed that you haven't eaten anything so, I thought of buying you dinner," he said with a shrugged.

me the

I took it. "You

I really insist," he said. "I want to prove myself to

My heart skipped nervously.

need to tell him immediately that

we

smiled again. "Basted na ba ako?"

even saying

eyes widened. "Ano kasi..." I started but I couldn't find

friend actually talked to me. He said you're not interested in me so I should back off. I would like to believe that he's just lying and he's just being protective but Russell has warned me about him. He told me that you tell him everything,

Oh, my god.

I said, running out

fine. Honestly, when I heard that talk with your friend, I got annoyed. But then, I was also thankful. Because I realized that I'm not interested in you,"

a big rock has been lifted from