Lie To Me novel Chapter 42

Days passes to fast. I always meet Elijah around the office. Apparently, he's a hands-on boss. He visits each offices just to check his employees. A big check for all of us.

Mikael was like that. He was friendly to all of his employees and we are glad that Elijah's like him. At least, it won't be hard for us to work with him.

I smiled at Elijah upon seeing him in the elevator. "Good morning, Sir." I greeted.

He smiled and greeted me as well. "Good morning, Ma'am." He said.

It was unusual to be called ma'am with your boss but I don't want to make it a big deal so I just ignored it.

Maybe, he is still not used with his current position. After all, it wasn't easy to adjust.

"Max is asking for you. She told me to say hi to you on her behalf," he said after.

"Uhm... I'm good. Inabala ka pa n'ya. She could text me naman," I said.

Elijah smiled, showing his dimples. "Actually, she gave me your number long ago and I just learned last night that it was yours. I didn't know that it was you they were trying to set a blind date with me," he said shyly.

That made me awkward. So, I just smiled and shook my head.

"Just don't mind them. They're just paranoid about me being single the rest of my life," I said.

He looked at me witn squinting eyes. "Parang hindi naman. Surely, you got a long line of suitors," he said.

"What?" I said. "No. I don't have. I'm not even interested," I said.

He nodded. "I see. I guess, that's the reason why you didn't reply to me?" He said.

"Huh?" I asked, confused.

"I texted you after the wedding. Sol, told me that you were at the reception. She even pointed where you were sitting and I saw you there, doing something at your phone. So, I thought of texting you. I saw how your brows creased but you didn't reply." He said.

Why are we suddenly talking about this? Gosh.

"Uh... Sorry for that. I just don't reply to unknown numbers," I reasoned.

I remembered that. I was playing mobile legends that time when I received a text from unknown number. And I was creasing my brows because I was on a clash when he texted and why screen was blocked by the notification, making my character died on war.

I was so annoyed that time.

"So, if I text you now, will you reply? I'm not unknown anymore." He said.

Is he being serious?

"Of course, I prioritize work matters," I said awkwardly.

I look at the elevator's door. When will this open?

"But I'm not gong to text you about work matters," he said.

"Then, why are you going to text me? I asked, getting more confused.

"So, we could know each other?" He said.

"And why do we need to know each other? I mean, we already know each other professionally," I said, emphasizing the last word.

Elijah smiled, showing off his dimples again. "Because I'm interested in you. Ever since I was in my cousin's wedding." He said.