The CEO's Pretend Lover

Ten: "Start of office romance"

"Elizabeth…" A voice whispered into her ears and she groaned, the desire to have more sleep and she turned away, letting her subconscious pull her back into dreamland.

"Wake up, my love." The voice whispered again and she groaned, swatting whatever it was that was disrupting her sleep.

Elizabeth felt her body being adjusted and someone's breath on her face. Her eyes slowly opened and she was staring right at Jéan.

"You didn't want to wake up," Jéan said with a smirk. "I was about to use other means to get you out of bed."

Elizabeth felt very threatened being in this position with Jéan and she wasn't sure to trust her heart would cooperate. "And what was that?"

Jéan's head dipped and Elizabeth's face turned to the side. She wasn't sure if Jéan was about to kiss her and she turned on the reflex. Regardless, Jéan's lips grazed Elizabeth's neck and the female felt goosebumps grace her skin. With a gasp, her fingers clenched and she let out. "What are you doing?"

"Waking you up." Jéan murmured and kissed her neck again.

Elizabeth couldn't fight the moan that escaped her lips. She hadn't been in this position before, never had anyone kissed her neck. She didn't expect that she'd react this way. Jéan's lips left her neck and went to the shoulder, leaving wet kiss trails. She was skillful, Elizabeth had to admit.

"Jéan-''. Her voice was light, like she was out of breath. She tried to hold Jéan's shoulder but the woman grabbed both hands and placed them above her head.

"Stay there." Jéan smiled at her and booped her nose. She noticed Elizabeth's hardened buds and reached under the shirt to feel them.

"Jéan, please." Elizabeth's back arched when she felt cold fingers on her buds, playfully pinching them. Her skin was hot and she wanted Jéan to touch her everywhere.

"Jéan please what?" Another voice said beside her, causing her attention to shift to the side. Jéan stood there with her arms folded and questioning eyes.

"Jéan!" Elizabeth sat up immediately, her cheeks burning from embarrassment. She couldn't believe she just had an erotic daydream of her boss on her bed.

"I wondered why you kept moaning and calling my name. Now I wanna know how it ends." Jéan approached the bed.

Elizabeth cowered under the intense gaze of Jéan. How long was Jéan standing there to notice everything that happened?

Elizabeth gathered her remaining pride and stood up from the bed, "I have to use the bathroom."

She couldn't get very far before Jéan pushed her back onto the bed and hovered over her. Her gaze went from her eyes to her lips and back to her eyes.

Elizabeth's chest rose and fell with each breath she took under Jéan's watchful gaze. She didn't know what was going through Jéan's head and she didn't want to know. All she could see was that Jéan looked amused.

"It seems someone has been having certain thoughts about me." Jéan whispered dangerously too close to Elizabeth's ear and she squirmed.

"What exactly did I do in your daydream?" Jéan joked as her fingers traced Elizabeth's face all the way to her lips and let her thumb run over them.

"You're being so cute, it makes me want to kiss you."

Elizabeth let out a shaky breath in response and Jéan was pleased. Standing straight, she laid eyes on Elizabeth's squeezed toes and laughed. "I think you wanted to use the bathroom. You're free to go."

This was very embarrassing for Elizabeth and she would rather be in another space than here. Hurriedly, she ran to the bathroom, locked the door to prevent Jéan from coming in and sat on the floor.

"Stupid, stupid, stupid…" She chanted over and over again, patting her cheeks to cool the rush to her cheeks.

Jéan held back a laugh watching Elizabeth scamper away to the bathroom. She was about to tease her some more when her phone rang.

"What is it, Jules?" She had informed her brother not to hit her up with calls or texts today because she didn't want him bombarding her with questions about how the date went.

"I know I promised you not to call, but trust me, before you get cranky, you might wanna see the headlines of today." Jules informed her and she frowned.

"What about the news?"

"Just check it out yourself. It may be dad." And he hung up, leaving Jéan in a state of confusion.

Needing to see what Jules was talking about, she opened the local news app and was shocked at the multiple headlines about her and Elizabeth.

'Heir of Romano has a lover?'

'Spotted: Jéan Romano and new girlfriend?'

'Is this the start of an office romance for Romano?'

"f**k it!" She yelled, throwing her phone on the bed, not bothering to look at the other headlines about her and Elizabeth. Jules was right, this had her father written all over it.

Grabbing her keys, she decided to pay her father a visit so he could explain what he had done. Barging into his home office, she slammed the door, causing Leonardo to turn in his chair.

"Mia figlia, I was expecting your company but this was sooner than I expected." Leonardo smiled like he hadn't done something he wasn't meant to.

"Can you explain yourself, papa? I have reasons to believe this is all because of you." Jéan demanded.

"Of course, when Jules informed me you had taken your woman to the restaurant, I had to make my move."

"But this wasn't our agreement. I already agreed that I'd try and make her fall in love with me."

Leonardo sighed, "This would also make her parents aware of the fact that their daughter isn't lying about a lover. It's a win-win situation, Jéan."

Jéan realized she wouldn't get anywhere if she kept yelling at her father, so she sat down. "Papà, I will handle it on my own. Give me that chance to handle it my own way. If Elizabeth sees this, she may back out because she doesn't want to be in the spotlight and that's the end."

"Just leave it to me." Jéan pleaded once again to her father. "And please tell them to take it down. Give them an excuse for personal reasons."

Meanwhile, Elizabeth had finished in the bathroom and came out but didn't see Jéan, even after calling out for her multiple times.

"I hope she went to reflect on what she did earlier." She convinced herself after seeing Jéan's phone on the bed and concluding that she didn't go far.

Elizabeth's phone rang, it was Elena and she pressed the green Icon. Placing the phone on her ear, she was greeted with screams at the other end.

Wincing, she hissed at her friend. "Why are you screaming early in the morning?"

"So you know how I don't watch the news unless there's juicy gossip or if Derek tells me to?" Elena was rambling and Elizabeth rolled her eyes.

"Slow down, hyena. What exactly happened?"

"Okay, Derek woke me up and told me he saw something peculiar on the news and when I checked, b***h, I saw you on the screen."

Elizabeth was confused. Why did she need to be on the news in the first place? "Are you sure you're talking about your phone wallpaper?"

"No Beth, you and Jéan have been headlining different news this morning because of your date yesterday."

"Wait what?" Elizabeth was sure she didn't hear well. She was probably still recovering from Jéan's teasing, so her body wasn't fully awake.

"Believe it or not, girl. Just know that after today, you're going to be seen as the one close to Jéan's heart." Elena squealed once again and hung up.

This was meant to be between her and Jéan. This act was meant to be for just her parents, then the office got involved and now the whole world knows. She wondered how they were going to pull an act in front of the whole world.

"Oh Lord, don't make me regret this."