It started with a lie

16

I received a message from Jonas on Friday morning. 

Jon : Are you free for dinner tonight? 

I was surprised. It's weekend; Friday night, doesn't he needs to spend time with his girlfriend, or rather, fiancee? 

Me : Don't you have to spend time with your fiancee? 

I don't want to give his fiancee any reason to suspect that I might be trying to steal her man. Bringing him home that night had been a last resort. And if worst case scenario, like Rowoon suggested, I can pull out his name and use. After all, really he was the one who came with me and picked him up and carried him to my place and because we really didn't know his address and he was too unconscious to reply us, we couldn't possibly leave him on the streets right... Why was I trying to hard to defend myself..? 

Anyway... 

Jon : She is away 

Ah... that's why... no wonder he dares to ask me out! 

Jon : I wanted to thank you for taking care of me when I was drunk the other day... 

Actually it was my boyfriend who helped.. should I ask him along? I was tempted to ask him.. 

Me : It's fine actually 

Jon : Please just let me treat you to a dinner, at least I'll feel better

I let out a sigh. Fine. 

Me : Ok 

So he told me he would pick me up at my office after work. 

"What are your weekend plans?" Daniel came over and asked casually. He had finally removed his cast but he was still in a boot which he can walk more easily. "Boyfriend dates?" he teased. He was the only one who knew about my fake boyfriend of course.

"Does Fay has a boyfriend?" Michelle heard and looked over. She sat just across my table. 

I gave Daniel a glare. He shrugged sheepishly. 

"Just asking," he said. "Maybe she got a boyfriend suddenly?" 

I rolled my eyes at him. Enough.. I was trying to shoot signals to him. 

Michelle chuckled. Then she went back to work. She wasn't very keen on gossips, unlike Yejin. 

On Fridays, normally if you have finished your work, you can leave around five. This would be our last free weekend because next weekend was the prelude to the Busan conference so we would be pretty busy I expect. 

Michelle and Dexter both left at around five. Iljun left at half past five. I had to wait for Jonas because he said he was coming around six. Usually I either meet Esme for dinner or if she's meeting her boyfriend, I would pack food home and do a drama marathon at home while doing housework. So much for singlehood. I used to go to the gym but with my irregular work schedule, it was getting difficult to maintain a regular gym attendance. So I stopped my membership totally and only pay for per entry. 

"Why are you still here?" Manager Bong asked when he was on his way out. He was the last of our team remaining other than me. 

"Oh - I'm waiting for a friend," I answered him with a smile. He didn't have to know that it's Jonas. 

"Alright then.. see you on Monday," he waved and left. 

Then finally at six, I made my way downstairs. Jonas had just texted me that he was on his way. 

There were a few people waiting at the driveway for their rides. I joined the waiting list. Shortly, Jonas's black KIA SUV came driving up. 

"Hi," I greeted him when I climbed in.