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"How about you? What do you want for dinner?" I asked Justin. He looks a little confused as he had probably assumed the pizza order was for both of us.
"Oh. Were you expecting to have some pizza, too?"
"Well yeah, it’s a large pizza and I bought it."
I shook my head vigorously .
"Nope, I think this is just for me. I have no plans of sharing it with you. I made some pasta however, so you can have that for dinner." I winked at him knowing he would rather settle for my Pasta.
"Okay the pasta is nice, but I still want at least a slice of pizza". He was begging with his eyes; but I had no plans of budging in.
"You're getting nothing my dear. Not even a bite. I earned this.”
"You're just a pretty bully." He said as he made a move to go up the stairs.
"At least you know that I am pretty!" Justin scoffed and went up the steps grudgingly to shower and change his clothes. He comes down wearing his favorite lounge wear, a pair of pale pink shortsand a T-shirt. He said he felt most comfortable in this pair of shorts.
"Won't you be having some of the pasta, too?" He saw that I had already had four slices of the pizza. I had let him know that he could get the best slice. The pizza was so good. They added a different ingredient that gave a whole new taste.
"I'll be having just my pizza, thank you. I already had some pasta before you came home because I was really hungry."
My eyes were mostly on the screen at this time, I barely paid any attention to Justin as he paced around trying to dish out some food for himself and get some water.
"When did you get back?" He finally asked just realizing that I had just returned from a trip.
"Oh, now you're going to ask?" I responded turning towards his direction and rolling my eyes at him.
"So sorry, Ash. I got carried away with the food talk. I didn’t get the time to have lunch at work today. I had a lot of work to finish up before I left for the day."
"The only reason I'm going to pardon you is because you called me often while I was away."
"And because I got you pizza". He cut in winking at me and sticking out his tongue. I looked at him derisively and just yawn. He laughed and sit on the couch with his food.
"The trip was good though. Our flight back was an early morning flight, so we got back quite early. I was home by 11."
"That's nice. About what you called to tell me yesterday. You know, regarding what he did. I hope you didn't overreact or cause some kind of problem for yourself."
I am certainly not telling Justin about what happened at the hotel that night. It was far too embarrassing, especially for me.
"No. I just let it go." I pretend to be largely distracted by the TV and used it as an excuse not to look him in the eyes so I didn’t feel compelled to tell him the truth.
"Really? You did? Are you being honest with me right now?"
"Well, yeah. I realized that it was not worth it, so I just laid the matter to rest." I glanced at Justin through the corner of my eyes. The look on his face showed that he was aware I just lied to him. However, he was trying to give me the benefit of doubt.
No matter what happens, no one was ever going to hear about what happened between Ian and me in London. Not even Justin.
"There's a party tomorrow anyway at the boss's place." Justin said while eating pasta dish.
"I know. Ryan told me." I feel Justin's eyes on me again. I tried not to look back to prevent meeting those prying eyes.
"Ryan? You mean the vice president?” I didn't know you guys were so close now that you even address him by his first name.
“What's his deal anyways? What does he want with you?" I could tell Justin was just being concerned for my welfare. However, I hadn’t figured out the answer to Justin’s question myself, either.
"I guess he just wants to be friends. At least that was what he said, and I have no intentions of having it become something else." Justin let out a deep sigh and continued to eat his food.
"Just be careful, alright? I’m worried about you. I don't want to see you getting hurt in anyway." I looked at him and smiled warmly.
