Chapter 9

Anita’s POV

“Wow,” Richard stated as his eyes scanned me.

I gulped down the saliva that had formed within seconds. Why was he here?

Wait a minute!

“She’s pretty, isn’t she?” Jenna stated after she heard Richard.

“Hi, Natalia, nice to meet you. Welcome to Aceage and Co.; you are going to love it here,” he said with a naughty smirk on his face.

Dang! It was him.

But wait another second. Didn’t he call me Anita? Well, that was a good start; maybe he didn’t recognize me after all.

I mean, the flight was a week ago!

“Nat, this is Richard; he is our database manager. I have a feeling you two will get along,” Jenna giggled.

All this while I was dumbstruck, like, how?

His blue eyes twinkled with mischief, scanning my fingers; he stared at them for 5 seconds!

And then it clicked—he knew it was me. He knew, he freaking knew, and what he was scanning for was a wedding ring, but he found none!

I knew that it w