"Trying to sneak off— somewhere?" Sienna bit her tongue when she heard Hunter’s voice behind her.

She couldn’t face him after that ’Almost kissing’ episode and was hoping that he’d be asleep in the morning.

Her prayer wasn’t answered.

She turned slowly, trying to look bold, "Office," She told him, fixing the strap of her purse, smiling confidently.

However, her smile wavered when she saw Brian waving at her from the kitchen. Her smile turned awkward as she waved back.

Urgh. What are they both doing here?

She didn’t want to show her face to any of them. How stupid she was to tell Brian that she was discussing a meeting.

Who discusses meetings, sitting on their secretary’s lap?

"Come on. Let’s have breakfast," he said, offering his palm, expecting her to hold it.

"I ..." She ran her hand over her hair, "I’m sorry, it’s just..."

What to say? Come up with something, Sienna. With anything.

"I’ve got an early meeting," Which was partially true.

"As your secretary, I don’t know of any such meeting," Hunter folded his arms on his chest, "The office isn’t even open yet."

She still avoided, looking up, "Not all my meetings are scheduled in the office," She shrugged, tucking her hair behind her ear.

Hunter’s gaze lingered on her face. She could see suspicion there, "Where exactly are you going, madam boss?" He asked her, "Joe’s?"

She rolled her eyes and looked away, chewing her lower lip, "No."

She had to force a smile on her face, trying to push the image that suddenly popped up in her head where she was sitting on his lap.

"Are you going to meet Lina?" His voice pulled her into reality.

"No!" She repeated quickly, "Look," she eyed the wall clock behind his shoulder, "The thing is..."

His fingers suddenly came up, tilting her chin just enough to face him, "Look into my eyes when you talk to me, sugar."

Her brows drew together as she shot back, "How am I supposed to do that? You wear shades!" She raised a brow, giving him a challenging look.

With a slight pout of his lips, he fixed the collar of her blouse, "Can I drop you?" He asked casually, "Wherever you’re going?"

Sienna nodded as his hand dropped by his side.

When he raced upstairs to get the keys, Sienna tried to catch her breath.

Being this close to you is the death of me, Hunter! She mumbled to herself. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

***

From the passenger seat, her eyes drifted to the handsome man beside her.

"Stop staring at me, sugar. Or do you want to finish what we started yesterday?" He asked her with a straight face.

She shot him an irritated look, crossing her arms, "Focus on the road!" She quickly looked outside the window.

Hunter didn’t say anything for a second, "Relax," He said lazily, his eyes still ahead, "You’re acting like I just stole your first kiss."

Her head snapped towards him, "What do you mean?"

"Mm. Could’ve fooled me. I can tell that... you hardly have any experience."

Sienna’s mouth fell open, "How can you say that?" She then turned her body to face him, "I’ve— I’ve been with different men. Okay?"

What does he think of himself? I’m not a virgin!

Hunter’s shoulders shook slightly as he laughed while driving.

Sienna stared at him, completely thrown off, "What’s so funny? I really slept with many."

"Many? Okay! I can’t stop the car, Sugar, otherwise I’d tell you why I don’t believe a single word of that... not when you look at me like that."

Sienna’s heart skipped a beat.

Look at him like what? Sienna thought with a frown and then exhaled when the car stopped at the café.

"Thanks for the drop," She mumbled without looking back, even when his dark chuckle followed her.

***

"So, what’s Ruby’s role in your movie?" She asked the director seated across her.

"It’s a small role, Ma’am." He placed his elbows on the table, "She wanted it badly— I had to offer her a casting couch," he said with an awkward smile.

Sienna scrunched her nose as she tried to imagine her sister pleading with the director to fuck her so that she could get the role.

"That’s great!" She looked outside the glass wall where Hunter was leaning against the car, watching her.

When their eyes met, he waved at her.

He didn’t ask her who she wanted to meet or what the reason was. Yet he was ready to accompany her everywhere without any complaints.

"Offer her a big role, Gabriel," She got quiet when the waiter placed their drinks on the table. Once he left, she turned her gaze to the director, "Why don’t you offer her a lead role?"

In our past life, she was offered the lead role in this movie and got a breakthrough in her career.

This time, I want her to lose. But not so soon. The higher she climbs, the easier it is to break her— the fall will do most of the work.

"If you think she can ace it, then I’ll definitely give it to her, ma’am. Seems like you love your sister a lot."

"Oh, I do," Sienna tried to mask the bitterness in her voice, "I do love her and want the best for her," she raised her one shoulder casually, "Offer her an apartment, I told you about. I’ll pay."

This was the same apartment Ruby used to live with Hunter in her past life. She hated it with every fiber of her being. In this life, Sienna would arrange the same place for her.

While walking out of the café, she stopped dead in her tracks. Now she understood why Hunter was laughing like a crazy man.

Before signing the marriage contract, she had told him that she never liked men. And now, during the drive, she admitted boldly that she had slept with many men.

He had caught her lie, and she had nowhere to hide.

God! What was I even thinking?

Okay. If he mentions it, I’ll tell him that I’m bisexual and interested in both, but mostly it’s girls.

Yeah. That’s the plan.

Trying to stay confident, she walked out with her head held high.

"I saw the director leaving the café," Hunter remarked, opening the passenger door for her, "Trying your luck in acting?"