'What Jared said makes sense,' Nicole thought to herself as she accepted the reality of the situation and followed Jared into the restaurant.

The restaurant's ambience instantly relaxed Nicole as she allowed herself to sink into the atmosphere.

As soon as Jared sat down, he heard someone calling out to him in a tone of surprise.

"Mr. Johnston!"

Soon, an attractive looking woman stood before them. Jared shot her a glance before taking a look at the menu and handing it to Nicole.

"Order whatever you feel like eating. The dishes here should fit your palate," Jared said.

Nicole flipped through the menu, though she could not keep her mind from wandering off to the thought of the woman she had just met. 'Who is the girl? It seems that they are pretty close to each other, but she isn't in his list of contacts. There's no reason as to why that is, unless she's not important.'

"Mr. Johnston, who is this?" the woman asked, noticing that Jared seemed to be really concerned about the woman sitting in front of him.

like her around him, let alone one whom he would display so much affection

Jared

I not aware of that?" she asked, her

eyes. "Just do your job properly. There's

of it, and with her face as pale as a sheet, she apologized, "I'm sorry, I was just a little

wanting to stay in the room for a second longer in fear of provoking Jared's

her to blurt the question out by accident. Jared had never permitted anyone to

seen him with a woman by his side or heard mentions of him being married. He didn't even have a girlfriend, so where did this 'wife' of his come

she reached for the door, she turned back and glanced at Nicole while gritting

ordering, she gave Jared

"Administrative secretary," Jared explained.

Doesn't talk much and has worked for us for quite some time now, but to be my admirer…?'

did not put it to heart, as

as he asked in a deep voice, "Why? Are

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