Wooing The Ex-Wife

Liza's eyes widened as Leslie said "Mr. West" she hoped that it was someone else but even she knew that it was highly unlikely. She peered around Leslie only to come face to face with Jonathan. He was dressed in a gray formal suit with a black shirt under it and a silver tie. She recognized that tie as the one which she had gifted him on their first anniversary and fury blazed in her veins. She got over her shock and put on her mask. "Nice to meet you Mr. West" Liza said forcing a polite smile on her face when her thoughts were far from anything polite. Jonathan nodded his face set in an n equally emotionless mask. "You will be assisting Mr. West in all the meetings and help him to get a grip of the publishing business" Leslie said drawing Liza's attention to her.

Liza knew that she would be having hard time to maintain her professional façade and spending extra time with Jonathan was not on her to do list, so with a sugary sweetness she spoke "I am sure Mr. West is a very capable businessman Mam, I don't think he will be needing my help" "But I am new to this business and I would be really grateful if you could help me" Jonathan cut in before Leslie could answer Liza. He wore a smile on his face, the one which Liza wished she could punch off. "Yes, Liza and I am sure you will learn something new to" Leslie said, her tone daring her to refuse. "As you say mam." Liza replied, looking straight at Leslie. She wasn't someone to go down without a fight, however she knew that fighting was futile in this situation. SO punctuated her affirmation with a nod and got out of the cabin as soon as she could.

Liza had never hated Jonathan more than she did now. She was shaking with anger by the time she reached her office and slammed the gate shut, scaring the shit out of Rachel. She sat down on her chair and buried her face in her hands. She hated that Jonathan had somehow ended back in her life and now whether she wanted or not she would have to interact with him. Her emotions were in a jumble, she wanted to cry for her fate, she wanted to laugh at life's joke, she wanted to smash things and scream at fates for doing this to her but she did neither of the things instead she took deep breaths and started working on the manuscripts checking each of them thoroughly in hope of distracting herself away from all the feelings building inside her. She was determined not to let Jonathan affect her anymore and by the end of the day she was sure that she could face Jonathan again.

Liza sighed and got up from the char. Her neck was stiff from working all the day, she cracked her neck and looked at the clock on her table. It showed 10:00 pm. Liza peered outside from her window's cabin only to find out that everybody had left. Rachel had messaged her an hour before that she was leaving. Liza closed the blinds of the glass window and walked over to her table. She sent the last of the emails and switched off the laptop, sliding it into her leather bag she left the cabin.

Dim golden lights were lighting up the office, Liza looked around enjoying the peace the silence brought while waiting for the elevator, the silver gates of the elevator opened up and Liza walked into it not bothering to see if anybody else was with her. She reached out to press the button for ground floor only to find it glowing red indicating that somebody had already pressed it. She turned around to see who it was only to meet green eyes. Jonathan was once again standing in front of her. "Hey Liza" he said. Liza didn't respond instead she turned back and began glaring at the elevator doors. Sure, she had prepared herself for facing Jonathan everyday but that didn't mean that she wanted to be stuck with him in an elevator. Her heart beat faster and light sheen of sweat began forming on her forehead. Suddenly the elevator felt claustrophobic and from this alone Liza knew that her life was going to be difficult from this point forward.