Wooing The Ex-Wife

Liza knocked on the door and entered in the office after hearing a muffled come in. "Why did you want to see me sir?" she said as coldly as she could. "I have a meeting today with Adam Smith, I want you to come with me to the meeting?" he said. Liza wondered if there was really a meeting or he was just making it up before she could even bring the question up, he beat her too it and said "there really is a meeting and I am not making it up, just in case you are wondering" he said making Liza flustered. "I-I was definitely not thinking that" "Yeah? Okay" Jonathan said but by the smirk on his face Liza could tell that he totally knew what she was thinking "Cocky Jerk" Liza muttered under her breath. "Sorry, did you say something" Jonathan asked her, hearing what she had said. Liza put on her sweetest saccharine smile and said "No sir. At what time do we need to leave?" "Right now" he said and got up.

Liza followed Jonathan out and stopped at her car "I will drive down to the restaurant on my own" she said. "Don't be ridiculous, why do you want to waste gas?" he said. "Oh, so that's why you want to drive with me, to save gas?" Liza asked. "No, but it is one of the reasons" Jonathan smirked and opened the passenger door of the car parked adjacent to Liza. Liza stood there not wanting to get in the car but at last she gave in and sat in the passenger seat as Jonathan closed the door and went to sit. After almost fifteen minutes of riving they stood outside a classy restaurant. Jonathan walked to the reception "I have a table reserved under the name of Jonathan West" he told the young girl who was standing at the desk. "Yes sir, if you will please come this way" she said fluttering her eyelashes and completely ignoring Liza Liza rolled her eyes at the girl's typical reaction, she was used to girls behaving like this in Jonathan's presence and was not least affected by it. She followed them to the table where their client was waiting. A man in his late fifties, dressed in a black suit, stood up. He had peppered hair and black spectacles which somehow suited his slightly crooked face. "Nice to you meet you Mr. West" he said shaking hands with Jonathan "The pleasure is mine Mr. Smith" Jonathan replied. "And who is this lovely lady?" he asked "This is Liza my Wi-, sorry this is Ms. Nestor, chief editor of our company" Jonathan introduced her ,catching himself before he blurted out that she was wife. Liza glared at Jonathan and then turned to give her best smile to the man in front of her. Adam Smith was one of the most influential writers and had been working with the company for more than ten years, now that the term of his contract was over he wanted to negotiate the new terms of his contract. They settled down and started discussing the terms of renewal.

Jonathan watched as Liza expertly negotiated with Adam Smith, her hands moving in wild gestures as she discussed his upcoming book and his writing style. Her dress up was plain but she didn't look plain at all. Her eyes were bright as she talked about one of her favorite poets, he could see that she was truly passionate about literature. His mind went back to last night as he remembered how cold Liza's eyes had been. He had known that she would be different from what she was before but he hadn't expected such drastic change, but then again her ice demeanor seemed to melt as she talked to the man in front of him He had hoped to find that maybe Liza had missed him even if it was a little but he should have known that he was nothing but a nightmare to her and no one wants to remember a nightmare. Liza's spine stiffened as she felt Jonathan looking at her but she continued to talk animatedly with Adam. She hated that she would have to work with Jonathan but then she didn't hate Jonathan enough to leave the job she had worked so hard for. So she sucked it up and accepted Leslie's decisions but there was a lingering doubt in her mind that maybe she didn't put up enough fight. She knew that humans were fickle by nature, they could be thinking about a thing one moment and would do the opposite of the same thing next moment but she always held a stable mind and dealt with every decision she had taken, she was determined to show Jonathan that he didn't affect her anymore and she was set to succeed in her mission, because she knew that she wouldn't fall again for the same Jonathan, but then she forgot that if she had changed so had Jonathan and this Jonathan wanted to never lose her again.☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐