Liar, Liar

It's Really Happening

Your mind was still reeling with what just happened but you had to act normal and part of that was doing your job. You were in the middle of replying to an email when the sound of nails tapping on a desk caught your attention. You looked up and stared at one of the women your boss had hooked up with at some point.

"Can I help you?"

She popped her gum. "You know what I'm here for."

You smiled. "Mr. H/N is going to be busy for the unforeseeable future."

She curled her lip with disgust. "Where. Is. He?"

Before you could respond, the door to his office opened and the man himself stepped out, focused on his tablet, and stood behind your chair. "Can you make some copies of this?"

"There you are," the woman sighed. "I've been waiting."

He finally looked up, looked at her, looked at you, and then looked at her again. "Waiting for what?"

"You said you would call."

"I say a lot of things."

"Well, we had so much fun, I thought we had something...special between us."

"The only special we had was the lunch special. Besides, I'm unavailable." He looked at his tablet again

"What?"

"Oh, I assumed you knew. I'm officially off the market and engaged."

"Engaged? To whom?"

"She's sitting right in front of you."

She scoffed, face turning red. "Is this some sort of joke? She's not even wearing a ring."

"That's because we're having it resized. I'll look over the fact that you showed up here unannounced when you know I hate that but now that you're here, I would appreciate it if you could respect my fiancé by not contacting me anymore."

You felt your mouth drop open at his words. Was he serious right now? The woman stared at him, just as surprised as you.

"Y/N? Follow me to my office."

You got up and followed him and then shut the door behind you. "Did you just tell her off?"

"She's one of the clingers. You have to be firm to get your message across with them."

Asshole. "Okay."

He took a deep breath. "We need to get a ring and we need to get it now. I can't believe we didn't even think of that."

"I'll make an appointment with the jeweller for tomorrow."

He set the tablet down. "Tomorrow? No, we're going right now."

You sat on the luxurious cushions as the jeweller placed a case with multiple rings out in front of you. You pointed at a ring and he pulled it from its case and handed it to you.

You were about to slip it onto your finger when your boss plucked the ring out of your hands and slipped it onto your finger for you. You looked at him in surprise but his attention was focused on the ring.

Weird.

The light reflected off the huge rock, causing a kaleidoscope of colours to dance across the table. This one was certainly befitting of a billionaire's fiancé

"Do you have anything bigger?" the billionaire in question asked, still looking at the ring.

"What? Anything bigger than this and l'll have to drag my hand everywhere I go." You faced the jeweler. "We'll take this one."

"Quit staring at it."

You sighed. "I can't help it. Never in a million years did I think I would ever wear such an extravagant looking ring."

"Yeah well people are going to think I haven't been showering you with jewels and we can't have that."

You were just about to respond when you felt someone tug on your arm. It was an old lady who was dragging around a cart full of stuff and her eyes were zeroed in on your new ring.

"That is quite the rock!" she said.

You closed your hand in a fist and clutched it to your chest and she chuckled at your action

She faced your boss. "You have never fallen but you will fall soon enough!"

"What?" he asked as he looked around the sidewalk for something he could fall over.

"I meant in love. Your heart is guarded but this one," she pointed at you, "is going to find the key."

"Ma'am, I'm just here for the money," you replied and then laughed. "I'm kidding. I love this man so much."

She stared at you until she burst out into laughter. "I used to have someone like that once." A look of regret crossed over her face before she shook her head. "Remember, you will fall!"

You both stared after her as she walked off. "That was...something."

"Yeah," you agreed. "So, what's next?" You asked as you walked down the busy sidewalk, stuffing your hand in your pocket. Maybe it wasn't a smart thing to admire the ring in public.

"Well, meeting my mother. She's...something."

In all your three years of working for him, you had yet to meet his mother. She was always out of the country, jetting out on a moment's notice to countries you'll probably never see with your own eyes.

"Why do you say that?" You asked

"She ran off the last girl I introduced her to."

You stopped. In all your joy with your newfound riches, you forgot how petty rich people were. "Is she going to throw water in my face and hand me an envelope filled with cash demanding I leave her son because I'm unfitting?"

He gave you a funny look. "What? No."

"Then is she going to make me miserable and break me down until I'm nothing then toss me out?"

"Y/N?"

"Or maybe she'll just do the classic pay someone to cut the brakes on my car so I end up driving off a cliff."

"I don't think —"

You gasped. "She's going to run a background check and see I stole a candy bar when I was 12 and tell the media I'm a thief!"

You were in full blown panic mode. Who were you kidding? How could you honestly pull this off and convince the world that you two were actually in love? You both came from different worlds and had basically no chemistry.

You felt him rub your shoulders and your heart started to slow down. "I'm sorry. It just hit me that we're really doing this. You and me."

"Continue taking deep breaths," was all he said.

Was he not fazed by this at all? Was this his first time paying someone to be his fiancé or is this just a regular thing for him?

You opened your mouth to ask when all of a sudden, he turned you around, dragged you closer to him, and crashed his lips onto yours