"No, I'm not talking about Sugar Mommy. I am a year and three months younger than you."

Zara left her spoon down and gracefully dabbed the napkin on her lips looking at Ceon's expectant gaze. She wasn't dumb after hearing it. "Mr.Davis is talking about me being in a relationship with you."

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Ceon smiled hearing her understand perfectly, "Yes."

Zara's face turned cold, "Sorry, I'm not interested."

Ceon expected her to change in reaction and asked, "You mean you don't want a younger man?"

Zara could feel the traces of sadness in his tone but her decision didn't waver. "No, I am not interested in the relationships itself."

Ceon got the answer to his question. "No problem, I can wait."

Zara: "..."

'Wait till I get the interest?' Zara unknowingly smiled which put Ceon in a great mood.

"Is this blind date by Noah?"

Ceon started eating as he responded, "Nope. I got to know you are Zara Wood just yesterday. So I'm here."

Zara now wanted to know the backstory of what he meant, "What do you mean?"

Ceon didn't hide and told the whole thing happily by the time both finished lunch. He had heard Finn say Zara doesn't like lying so he wanted to keep everything crystal clear.

Zara didn't show how she felt hearing him. She was still afraid of being played by a man. Even though she felt glad he wasn't liking her for the name or how she looks, she couldn't make her mind to date him or anybody else.

She asked her first question, "So the Fourie knows about you and allowed you to meet me."

Ceon nodded, "Yep. But yeah they warned me to skin me alive if you get sad."

Zara chuckled hearing it. "They will really do it."

Ceon was very attentive about Zara and her reaction. He knew making her happy was easier and he didn't have to pretend. He just has to be himself to make her smile.

Finishing her fruits, Zara stood up, "Mr.Davis, you should move on. I'm really not interested in relationships."

Ceon didn't accept it, "Without trying how can you say it?"

Zara's faint smile disappeared, "I don't want to try either. Excuse me." She turned and walked towards the exit after checking Noah and Norah weren't there and even Zoe had left with them.

Ceon quickly drank water and caught up with her, "How about we get to know about each other first?"

Zara didn't stop walking, "Waste of time."

Ceon countered, "I don't think it's a waste of my time. If you think spending time with me is a waste of your time, I will meet you whenever you are free or how about I accompany you daily and we can talk when you are free?"

Zara paused and turned to Ceon, "Mr.Davis, don't you have any other work? Are you jobless?"

Ceon nonchalantly responded, "I am currently working as Vice president of Davis Textile. Most of my work is meeting clients and handling a few projects. That I can manage when you are busy. It's not a problem."

Zara's lips twitched. She meant to say stop having those thoughts. "How did you convince Fourie? Why did they leave you behind me?"

Ceon gave it a thought and responded, "They said I'm not smart enough to play you."

Zara controlled herself from smiling but eventually chuckled as she walked towards her office, "Are you really so straight forward or just to impress me?"

"Most of the time, yes."

Zara glanced at him and thought for a few seconds, "What if I ask you to meet me when you have a client meeting?"

Ceon got to know Zara was too naive and she couldn't reject him again and again. He promptly responded, "I left my client in the restaurant and went behind you in the mall before even talking with you so what do you think?"

"You… Did you leave your client to meet me?"

Ceon nodded, "Yeah, I had gone back later." and he opened the door for her like a gentleman which had her name on it.

Zara entered her room thinking about how to reject him for a proper reason. Ceon looked at her minimal designed room and sat in front of her waiting for her to speak.

Both heard a knock on the door and a man entered inside, "Director Wood. These are the resumes President Wood shortlisted."

Zara nodded and responded, "Thank you." That man left after bowing her.

Ceon checked the resumes and asked, "Assistant for whom?"

She responded unmindfully, still thinking about how to turn down Ceon, "For me."

Ceon offered, "I can be your assistant." Then he kept the file aside, "No need to check these."

Zara: "..."

She took the time to digest it and spoke, "Vice President Davis, no need to go beyond the limits."

Ceon thought Zara didn't take him seriously. He opened his mobile and quickly found a template of a resume. Filling the details, he pulled Zara's card from the holder for the email address and sent her an email.

The whole time, Zara was looking at him like he was an unearthly creature.

"I'm serious, I have sent you my job application… My current job can be handled as part-time. You can fire me if I don't work well."

Zara was really at a loss of reasons to send him out. "Are you for real? How could you neglect your company just like that?"

Ceon didn't feel like he was neglecting anything. "Actually I can appoint somebody at my place to join here."

Zara: "..." She couldn't believe the Vice President was willing to leave his company to be a mere assistant of a director.

She firmly spoke, "Vice President Davis, that's enough. I don't know if this could impress other girls but I find this irritating. Please leave."

Ceon's intentions were pure. Since Zara wasn't ready for a relationship, he wanted her to know him and he wanted to know her better. He wanted to wait and see if she could change her view of relationships.

His work at Davis textile wasn't really hectic. He was just helping his father with the title of Vice President. He stood up looking at her furrowed brows.