Chapter 71

Emily only attempted to tease him. She'd never expected that his brain would go haywire. Ryan's eyes widened slightly when he heard her words.

He didn't react for a few minutes and when he finally did, the first thing that came to his mind was to deny it. Emily watched him as he laughed loudly.

His voice sounded a bit loud and strained, "What? I thought we have already talked about this before. Why did you suddenly bring it up again?"

"That's not my question Ryan," Emily pouted and his eyes or rather, his mind lost focus cause his eyes trailed downwards at that moment.

"What were you saying?" Emily knew he was trying to pretend to be oblivious. But two could play this game. Emily embraced him even more than before... They were now so close that if either of them moved forward once more... They'd be practically kissing.

"Mr Ceo, this humble servant has just requested to know if you have really fallen for her," Sarcasm laced her voice.

Ryan narrowed his eyes at her and he... "Yes," Ryan's sudden answer made Emily choke on nothing in particular.

Ryan had to quickly pour out a glass of water for her. Once she drained the cup of its liquid content, she turned to Ryan. "What did you say?" Her question came out lower than she expected it to.

"Huh?" Ryan was puzzled.

"What did you just say to my question?" Emily sounded like she was on the verge of screaming at him. Ryan once again pretended to be oblivious and faked a composure of being in deep thoughts... Before a smile slowly appeared on his face.

"Is it the one about the fact that I've fallen for you?" The words rolled off his tongue easily. Emily gasped inwardly but nodded with a poker face she was desperately hoping it is.

"Yes... What about it?" Emily was more than frustrated now. She almost slapped or at least punched him in the face to make him recover his lost senses.

'Yeah... She is indeed thinking of hitting you,' Ray warned Ryan while he gauged Emily's expression. Ryan chuckled but he dared not make a sound with the way Emily was glaring daggers at him.

He knows she doesn't like the way he is messing with her but it's fun so why not!? Emily on the hand did something contrary to what he was thinking she would do.

She slowly retract her hands that were wrapped around his neck and he panicked a little, thinking she was planning to leave. In the next minute, he was startled when her hand suddenly clutched his tie.

She exerted lots of force with her hands and succeeded him making him choke too. Even while he was coughing, "Emily... Cough... What... Cough.... Do.... You... Think... You... Are... Doing!?", she didn't stop.

Emily smiled sweetly and released the strong grip on the tie a little. "I thought we were playing a caring couple. I thought I'd show my care by trying to fix this tie that I think is crooked as a loving girlfriend."

Ryan coughed and held unto her hands which were on the tie. He succeeded in releasing his tie from her. "That doesn't mean you have to choke me to death before showing how loving you are, girlfriend."

He made sure to emphasize the word 'girlfriend' before loosening the tie a little cause he felt suffocated.

"Well... I wouldn't have to resolve to this if a certain boyfriend wasn't showing his love by teasing his girlfriend," Ryan chuckled cause he knew too well to who the word is directed.

His hands trailed down from her waist to her bum and she gasp as he squeezed her butt cheeks lightly. He really dared to! "What if I say I like you?" Ryan asked and Emily's mind went blank.

Well, not completely blank cause it still managed to function for her to think. Okay... Could someone tell her what is going on? What is Ryan saying? When did his opinion change from 'I don't love you to 'what if I like you?

Yes. Like and love is two different words that portray different emotions but they are literally almost the same thing.

Ryan didn't even give her a chance to think further cause the tiny kisses he was trailing down her face to her neck were doing a good job of distracting her. The way he kiss her neck almost like feathery kisses was still ticklish cause she couldn't resist giggling.

"What... Are... You... Doing?" The giggle and increasing tickles were making it difficult for her to speak coherently.

"You didn't answer," Ryan abruptly stopped and Emily gave him a stink eye. "Answer what?"

"What if I like you? What are you gonna do about that?," Ryan almost bombarded her with questions but she was quick enough to retort, "Do you?" Her question was implying that does he really like her.

Ryan's quick nod at her question rendered her speechless. He really is lying? She squinted her eyes at him in disbelief, "Ryan..."

She was gonna bombard him with words but fortunately or unfortunately, someone barged in without knocking. Actually, it's not someone... They are two.

"Brother, the...," Scott trailed off when he noticed the ambiguous atmosphere in the office. Chris was right behind him and saw the scene also.

Emily subconsciously hid her face in Ryan's shirt and the latter was more than happy to oblige cause he hugged her fight.

"What?," He queried the two intruders though his gaze was mostly directed to Chris.

"It's past the time we set for the meeting and the representative is already awaiting your arrival so we thought to check up on you and see what was delaying you. But now we can see that you are completely safe," Chris snickered and Ryan glared at him.

"You can leave. I'll be right behind you," Of course, he gave them the curt response they already expected.

"Brother...," Scott tried to say something but his sentence was rudely interrupted.

"Leave!" Even Emily was close to him and could feel the intensity of his voice.

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