Chapter 10: The Meeting (2)


    Liza knocked on the door and entered in the office after hearing a mufflede in. "Why did you want


    to see me sir?" she said as coldly as she could. "I have a meeting today with Adam Smith, I want you


    toe with me to the meeting?" he said. Liza wondered if there was really a meeting or he was just


    making it up before she could even bring the question up, he beat her too it and said "there really is a


    meeting and I am not making it up, just in case you are wondering" he said making Liza flustered. "I-I


    was definitely not thinking that" "Yeah? Okay" Jonathan said but by the smirk on his face Liza could tell


    that he totally knew what she was thinking "Cocky Jerk" Liza muttered under her breath. "Sorry, did you


    say something" Jonathan asked her, hearing what she had said. Liza put on her sweetest sharine


    smile and said "No sir. At what time do we need to leave?" "Right now" he said and got up.


    Liza followed Jonathan out and stopped at her car "I will drive down to the restaurant on my own" she


    said. "Don''t be ridiculous, why do you want to waste gas?" he said. "Oh, so that''s why you want to drive


    with me, to save gas?" Liza asked. "No, but it is one of the reasons" Jonathan smirked and opened the


    passenger door of the car parked adjacent to Liza. Liza stood there not wanting to get in the car but at


    almost fifteen minutes of riving they stood outside a ssy restaurant. Jonathan walked to the


    reception "I have a table reserved under the name of Jonathan West" he told the young girl who was


    standing at the desk. "Yes sir, if you will pleasee this way" she said fluttering her eyshes and


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    behaving like this in Jonathan''s presence and was not least affected by it. She followed them to the


    table where their client was waiting.


    A man in histe fifties, dressed in a ck suit, stood up. He had peppered hair and ck spectacles


    which somehow suited his slightly crooked face. "Nice to you meet you Mr. West" he said shaking


    hands with Jonathan "The pleasure is mine Mr. Smith" Jonathan replied. "And who is this lovelydy?"


    he asked "This is Liza my Wi- , sorry this is Ms. Nestor, chief editor of ourpany" Jonathan


    introduced her ,catching himself before he blurted out that she was wife. Liza red at Jonathan and


    then turned to give her best smile to the man in front of her. Adam Smith was one of the most influential


    writers and had been working with thepany for more than ten years, now that the term of his


    contract was over he wanted to negotiate the new terms of his contract. They settled down and started


    discussing the terms of renewal.


    Jonathan watched as Liza expertly negotiated with Adam Smith, her hands moving in wild gestures as


    she discussed his uing book and his writing style. Her dress up was in but she didn''t look in


    at all. Her eyes were bright as she talked about one of her favorite poets, he could see that she was


    truly passionate about literature. His mind went back tost night as he remembered how cold Liza''s


    eyes had been. He had known that she would be different from what she was before but he hadn''t


    expected such drastic change, but then again her ice demeanor seemed to melt as she talked to the


    man in front of him. He had hoped to find that maybe Liza had missed him even if it was a little but he


    should have known that he was nothing but a nightmare to her and no one wants to remember a


    nightmare.


    Liza''s spine stiffened as she felt Jonathan looking at her but she continued to talk animatedly with


    Adam. She hated that she would have to work with Jonathan but then she didn''t hate Jonathan enough


    to leave the job she had worked so hard for. So she sucked it up and epted Leslie''s decisions but


    there was a lingering doubt in her mind that maybe she didn''t put up enough fight. She knew that


    humans were fickle by nature, they could be thinking about a thing one moment and would do the


    opposite of the same thing next moment but she always held a stable mind and dealt with every


    decision she had taken, she was determined to show Jonathan that he didn''t affect her anymore and


    she was set to seed in her mission, because she knew that she wouldn''t fall again for the same


    Jonathan , but then she forgot that if she had changed so had Jonathan and this Jonathan wanted to


    never lose her again.