Ex-boyfriend

"You see your boyfriend for the first time in three months and that is the first thing you say?" He scoffed, taking offense to her question. 

"EX. Boyfriend", Kareena corrected with emphasis on the word ex as she walked to sit behind her desk. 

Not only was she rude with her words, but her actions too. She did not want to join him in the lounge area. Her cold attitude made his blood boil but he still got on his feet to walk towards her.

"I never gave consent to that breakup so, as far as I'm concerned, we're still together", he smirked, pointing between himself and her. He stopped to stand before her desk.

As though avoiding his phonecalls was not enough, he dared to show up at her workplace. Kareena's fingers moved, putting her bag on the desk and turning on the devices. 

"You cheated, why would I keep you around?" She deadpanned.

His eyes widened in panic and he quickly hopped over to her side. "Kareena!" He reached out to hold her hand-

"Don't touch me", she warned, eyes glued on the monitor. 

"Kareena, are you still hung up on that issue?" He coddled, making her scoff. "I told you it wasn't like that."

"So the thong I found in your study was yours? Is that your preferred choice of fashion?" She gave him a disdainful side glance, all physical signs of deception were heavily printed on his face just like three months ago when she confronted him about the found thong. Just like then, it was so obvious in her eyes that the man had cheated.

He averted his gaze to the floor, unable to take her sharp one. "C-Come on! Don't be like that! Let me explain myself."

She turned her gaze back to the monitor, giving him a cold shoulder. But he still went on to give his explanation. "Kareena, I had nothing to do with that thong! It belongs to the housekeeper!"

"So you're saying you're sleeping with your housekeeper?" 

"No! No! No!" He answered with an enthusiastic shake of his head. "Not her!"

"Then who?"

"Kareenaaa", he cried helplessly. She was not making things easy for him. He let out a heavy sigh, but continued, "It's like this. You know my housekeeper, she's very poor. She has ten brothers and sisters to look after by herself. People like her barely make it through the day on the little they have. Do you think she can afford to buy good quality underwear that actually fits her? That thong is too big for her! It probably fell off without her knowledge while she was cleaning my study. She probably could not ask me of such a thing. The poor girl is probably looking for her underwear till today!"

Kareena halted in her movements with his supposedly justified explanation. She looked at him, he was serious in his demeanor, giving her an expression that practically said she had wronged him. 

She shook her head. She wondered what his housekeeper's reaction would be should she find out her boss was using her as a scapegoat with a ridiculous explanation on top of it. 

"Is that so? Why don't we ask her?" She fished out her phone and unlocked it to scroll through her contacts. "Emily... I actually have her numb-"

"Kareena!" He restrained her hands with his and looked like he was about to cry. "Do we have to humiliate the girl because of our private issues?"

She was bluffing, but his obvious panic continued to confirm her suspicions a thousand and ten percent! Realizing his drastic actions, he let go of her hands. 

"Christopher", she started quietly, her tone indicating how tired she was of him and his lies. "Get out of my office."