Chapter 23

A cough from nowhere got our attention.

"Excuse me, Kier?"

I pushed him as if I was getting burned. I pretended to fix my t-shirt. I simply looked at him, his hands were in the pockets of his slack pants–a sign that he was also tense at those moments.

Gosh!

My eyes widened when I saw the man standing near the office door.

"Draven?" I was surprised. I didn't know that Kier's cousin had also returned to the Philippines. "When did you return to the Philippines?"

"Last month," he replied. He stepped closer to us. "You look great, Fatima. I hardly know you!"

I smiled at him even though I was embarrassed.

He looked at Kier. "Kier, I guess you forgot to mention that you and Fatima are getting along well?"

"No. You are wrong," I replied to Draven. "That will never happen."

"What I saw a while ago, what does that mean?"

"Draven, you saw nothing," he threatened. "I repeat, you didn't see anything."

"I have eyes, Fatima," he said with a grinning face.

"Don't you dare tell anybody about this!" I