117 - Mysterious Fiance

“Grandfather’s organizing a party on Boxing Day and insists that I bring you along with me. Do you mind?.”

“Uh?.” Lola dropped the cell phone from her ear. She looked at the contact on the screen carefully with squinted eyes, after confirming that it was grumpy Noah Sanchez who had uttered the words she’d just heard, she mumbled an inaudible ‘wow’ and lifted the cellphone back to her ear.

“When did you learn to be so polite?.” She asked.

Noah’s eyes narrowed. What did she mean by learning to be polite? “I’ve always been polite.” He argued confidently.

Lola scoffed and cleared her throat. She had not meant to say that out loud but it was really surprising. The Noah Sanchez she knew was a cold grumpy man who would always do things his way and never ask for her permission to tag along and he would instead give her orders to be present at the party. Hearing him ask properly for a change felt.. good.

Lola smiled. “Well since you asked nicely, I will think about it and get back to you.” Sh