Mistaking the CEO for a Gigolo

Nicole blurted out the so-called flawless excuse of hers, which she had long rehearsed in her mind countless times, in a sincere and serious manner.

Evan gazed at her with his abysmal pair of eyes. He found her odd because she wouldn’t stop fidgeting with the edge of her shirt.

Knitting his brows together, he neglected the things that she had told him and asked in return because he couldn’t suppress his curiosity anymore.

“I heard that someone has delivered you a gift. What is it?”

Nicole stared at Evan, wide-eyed. She couldn’t figure out who had turned their back against her and told him of the things that they should have kept from him.

If I’m not able to convince Evan, the flawless excuse that I have just made up isn’t going to do me any good, right?

After falling silent for a few seconds, she explained, “It’s a present from my assistant. I thought that something bad might have happened to her when I received the gift. Thus, I rushed over to her place to check if everything was fine.”

“What is it?” Evan decided to probe further into the matter. He thought that there was something fishy going on behind the scene because he noticed that Nicole was being anxious in an odd manner.

He couldn’t figure out the reason that she would want to keep him in the dark when it was a mere gift.

spent some time making something up in her mind once again. “It’s a bracelet, but I have returned it to her because it’s not meant

Evan shot her after she finished her sentence, Nicole felt as

bracelet? I’d thought that

race thereafter because of the maid’s words. She had never once noticed that the maids of Imperial

nerves were at breaking point due to

that he had narrowed his eyes in suspicion. It was evident that he was anticipating an

talking about? Are you sure that you were not hearing things?” Nicole decided to put the blame on the maid

hearing things? The maid stared at Nicole with an odd look in return because

mouth and was about to rebuke Nicole’s words, yet she decided to

have defied Nicole’s words, she apologized, “I’m so sorry, Ms. Lane.

had blamed the maid for something that she hadn’t done. “It’s fine. You should

left, in spite of the loopholes that he had detected, Evan decided to stop probing further because Nicole seemed to have her reasons

approached Nicole. Holding her hand, he suggested, “Let’s go and get something

because he detected the scent of the tobacco that was exclusive to

the last time she had made her way

scent, exclusive to his favorite cigarillos brand. It might have been a coincidence last time, but it’s too