Chapter 891 - Thursday at Jaspers apartment (3) (1/2)

Jasper generously praised the food.

Ellie was not sure if it was really that good or he liked it because she made it. Probably both. After all, she is proud of her cooking skills.

”You wanted to talk about something?”, Jasper asked at some point during dinner.

”Maybe better after we are done.”, she gestured toward the plate in front of her.

”If we finish discussing that now, we will use our time wisely.”, Jasper said playfully.

How can she not understand that he wants to go to the bedroom as soon as possible? Or at least on the sofa... If they are not making love, he always wants to have her at a touching distance (skin to skin preferably). You would never know just by looking at him that CEO Kiani is such a cuddler.

And Ellie is not aware that gradually she is getting addicted to the feeling of him next to her as well. It will be tough on both of them when she leaves for Los Angeles.

Ellie can see that he is eagerly waiting for her to say what is on her mind.

One thing at a time. Which one first?

”You know I have a show tomorrow. Right?” Ellie saw that Jasper gave a faint nod and she continued. ”That show starts at five in the afternoon and EY is last one, that will be around seven…”

”Oh…”, Jasper realized. ”So you will work late tomorrow?”

”Yes.”

Jasper saw that Ellie is troubled and reminded himself not to give her a hard time. That is her work and he should be supportive. ”Don't worry about it. I will pick you up when you finish.”

Ellie squinted and shrunk in her chair like she is bracing herself for an impact. ”After that there is another event I need to attend, so it will be quite late.”

Jasper's fork fell on the plate with a clang.

His eyes darted over her face for few seconds before he asked: ”Are you saying that we will not see each other tomorrow?”

”This is an important show. And the event after that is crucial to network with clients.”

Jasper didn't try to hide his displeasure. ”Why is your boss not doing the networking?”

Ellie realized that this boss-lie, cough-cough, this boss-misunderstanding is getting out of hand. She needs to tell him that she has no boss. ”That is another thing I wanted to talk about. You see, my boss is…”

”Don't.”, Jasper interrupted her.

”But I just want to tell you that my boss…”

Jasper raised his hand indicating her to stop talking. ”Let's keep talk about work for work hours.”

He was in a bad mood, hearing more about her boss will only make it worse. That despicable man is making her do so much work! When Jasper meets that man, he will give him a piece of his mind.

Ellie can see that Jasper is not happy. Well, she expected this. That is why she made dinner, but it seems it didn't help much. And he does not want to talk about work. She remembered that he was stressed when he got into the apartment. This probably only added to it.

Ellie told herself that this is NOT a good time to tell him about the stocks. And if she tells him that she lied about the boss thing, it can't end well. Uh, and she can forget about admitting that she is secretly looking into his locked assets! How did she end up with so many lies and secrets? She needs to untangle herself out of this!

Ellie decided to deliver him no more than one secret-revealing shock a day. And home-cooking does not seem to improve his mood much. Maybe she can try with some sexy lingerie next time?