Love's Deception

Chapter 4 - First Day

Have you ever thought about how true the quote, "Never judge a book by it's cover" is? You really can't judge someone just by looking at someone. You could pass multiple criminal masterminds on the street everyday and never notice because they can look like ordinary people. You really have to read and study someone for a while in order to to understand what comes after the cover.

Not everyone is what they appear to be, and not everyone has to automatically show you who they really are. People lie about who they are to hide their feelings, insecurities or real thoughts. In order to truly know who someone is, you have to get to know them and not just go off their first impression. That's what you would want someone else to do for you.

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Jace Dyer walks into the office like he doesn't have a single regard for anyone but himself. He's wearing a white dress shirt and black dress pants, similar to Cooper. I can't lie and say that he's as attractive as he looked in his pictures. He's even more attractive.

His clean shaven face looks so smooth and his dark blue eyes are like an ocean. I can't help but wonder what his smile looks like, but for now all I'm getting is a scowl. And that's completely off putting.

Jace walks right past me and Cooper and only glances in our direction. Our eyes lock for a moment and then he breaks it off to go into his office. As soon as he closes his office door the entire office goes back to normal.

"You're dismissed for the day, Ms. Collins." Cooper tells me, "But don't be late tomorrow."

I turn back to Cooper and smile, "Of course. I assure you, I won't be late tomorrow."

As I walk to the elevator I manage to stick another bug under a table. I look back behind me to make sure that no one noticed and it seems like no one did — if they did, they aren't showing it.

Once I get to my car I pull out my phone and call Paige. She immediately answers but she sounds a little distracted. She answers with a preoccupied greeting.

"The bugs are recording. You did great! We have bugs in the entire office except Jace's office." Paige tells me.

I smile to myself, "Thanks. I'm heading back to the FBI building right now to report to Billings."

"I'm already on my way there, so I'll see you soon."

I hang up the phone and drive back to my normal work. When I arrive at the FBI building I stay in the car for a moment. Looking down at my outfit, I realize that this is something that I would never wear into work here. It's not something that isn't allowed to be worn here, it's a perfectly acceptable outfits. It's just not something that I would wear here.

I grab my FBI badge from the glovebox and then button up the top button of my shirt. That's better. I then head inside the large buildings and head straight to SSA Billings' office.

When I walk in Paige is already waiting there in the leather chair that we sat in yesterday. She looks excited and she proves that she really was listening into my earpiece the entire time.

"You got the job!" She tells, "I heard, you did great!"

"Thank you, Paige." I say.

I take a seat in front of Billings' and next to Paige and I wipe my nervous hands on my skirt. I look up at Billings' who has a smile on his face which makes me feel a little less nervous.

"Congratulations, Agent Warren. I'm proud of you, and your dad would be proud of you too." Billings' says.

"Thank you,"

"Now, we have to move onto planning for the next stage." Billings' clears his desk from all paper work and lays his arms down on the desk, "You have the job, and now you have to do the PA work while also doing your FBI work."