Wooing The Ex-Wife

Jonathan stood in front of Liza's office. He was tapping his foot nervously against the hardwood floor. The other employees looked curiously at him as they passed by him. It was unusual for them to see Jonathan out of his office. In the past few days Liza and Jonathan had shared more than a smile, they had made small talks, shared some laughs and he had even made her blush once or twice though he was pretty sure it was out embarrassment rather than shyness. Their relationship was going steady and dare he say that they were almost friends. So here he was standing in front of her office, trying to gather courage to ask her to go to the celebratory ball with him.

He knocked on her door once. "Come in" she said distractedly. Jonathan stepped into her office. Her eyebrows were furrowed in concentration as she read through the script in her hands. She irritably pushed a strand of hair behind her ear as it fell in front of her eyes. "Um Liza, do you have a minute" he said. Liza looked up her hair once again falling in front of her eyes, as she irritably adjusted them again. "Yeah, sure" she said turning towards him. "Um... so I was wondering that whether you would go to celebratory ball with me?" he asked, hoping that his voice didn't sound as nervous as he was really feeling. Liza sighed as she removed her reading glasses and rubbed her eyes.

already have a date to go to the celebratory ball" she said. "Oh, okay" was the only thing he could say as he turned around and got out of her office. He knew that he shouldn't be feeling that hurt. He had already known that the chances of Liza accepting were very less, but he hadn't thought that Liza would be going with anybody else either. It hurt him but there was nothing he could do except give her time and make

provided. It was weird how she could talk so easily was weird how she could talk so easily with him even after his betrayal. However she wasn't ready to go to the ball with him. She didn't trust herself enough not to fall for his charms. She was nothing like the weak woman she was before but she still had the same