I'm Only Blushing

Walking next to Vince, Hailey was still in a trance. 

What she hopes in these passing months is progress that he will find Eva.

She believes it would be easy for him to search for her with wealth and connection. 

The longer she stayed by his side, the harder it was for her to leave him. And with everything he is showing to her now, the deeper she finds herself getting used to his attention.

She indeed signs an agreement that she must not fall in love during the time they are acting. She agreed because she thought he would not be this attractive to her and their contract only takes a month.

In these passing years, she traveled and met hundreds of men, but no one could make her heart move as Vince did.

Lately, Vince overdoes his acts, making her think he is putting her on a test to see if he could make her fall in love with him. 

Because if that's the case, Vince is succeeding in doing that. 

However, it's not the right time to worry about her love life but her dream.

And her dream right now is to finish her dream projects. And to complete her projects, she needs Vince.

She needs Vince, not for herself but for her dream project.

Although she won't tell Vince who she is. She must not attach to him but keep a distance and create a professional relationship once he works for her.

'Why are you hurting yourself?' Hailey could hear a part of her protesting about all her reflections.

Of course, she would take precautionary measures after what happened to her and Bryan. The decades of friendship have tainted it, and it seems impossible to get back to what it is supposed to be. 

And that is because of her stupidity. Everyone now has a problem working with Bryan, and it worsened after his negligence resulted in an accident and is now a dilemma for the Planning team. Not to mention the damages that inflict more delays.

What if something happens, and the boys raise a protest to kick out Vince? Can she protect Vince by then?

She wanted to avoid things from happening in the future. She doesn't want to affect her friendship with everyone again because of her love life.

Vince has the perfect ideas she thinks highly of.

She badly needed him to work for her, so she was careful not to make stupid decisions again.

As of now, Vince only wants his freedom from the arranged marriage he got into.

Before he hired her, he never went on a date. According to Hazel, he always avoids being introduced to any woman, more on blind dates, and it only means one thing...

Vince has no interest in having a relationship.

So then, she did not hope after realizing she was falling for him.

It broke her heart once. But it has never disturbed her life like this. She even cares less about thinking about Bryan's betrayal. 

But when it comes to Vince, it confuses her whether to listen and follow her heart.

Or she must kill this feeling while it's early.

Hailey was in deep thought that she didn't notice they had already arrived in the parking area, and Vince called her name.

She only came back in reality after Vince shook her shoulder slightly.

"Are you okay?" He asked Hailey.

Vince is peering at her earnestly. Hailey's cheeks flushed pink when she realized how close he was to her.

"What... What are you doing?"

"I wonder if you catch a fever as your face is red."

Red? Really? And why would it turn red? Hailey touched her face using the back of her palm, and she was not hot!

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"Oh. No! I'm feeling fine!"

"Are you sure? Do you want to drop by a clinic or hospital?"

What? That was exaggerated, was it? She just blushed!

Hailey refused Vince's suggestion. "There's no need for that! I'm totally fine."

"But..."

"Believe me, and I don't have a fever. I'm only blushing!" After saying it, Hailey rushed inside Vince's car.

Meanwhile, Vince was trying to understand what Hailey had told him. He weighs the difference between a face turning red with a fever or cheeks turning red because...

Ah. He got it. Hailey, indeed was blushing. Why didn't he know about this simple human expression?

Is he so focused on his career that he missed each emotion humans had?

Maybe this is the reason he had no girlfriend until now. He would never have had one if he hadn't offered Hailey an agreement—too sad it was just an act.

In the past, he made even just minor mistakes. It was his mother who would scold him and reprimand him.

And because his mother is keen to punish him, he works hard to perfect everything: from his lessons, grades, and projects, and he starts learning to manage their company even before he graduates.

All he did was study nonstop to please his parents.

His family has high hopes only for him to succeed. Also, he was the only son and the eldest, something he took upon his shoulder seriously.

Not until the contract he offered to Hailey. His mother began bragging to him about how displeased she was and forcing him to coax Eva.

Vincent shook his head to throw away this unnecessary thought running in his head.

This time around, he wanted to reward himself. He is done pleasing his family, especially his mother, and now he wants to do something for himself.

It won't be that bad. Right? If she desires to be happy? 

Thinking it over, Vince's lips curled into a smile glancing at the woman seated in the passenger seat. 

Hailey confessed she was blushing. Earlier, he told her that he was jealous.

It seems like they are slowly opening toward each other. Maybe it is what they needed...

Being honest about their feelings will make a living under the same roof more comfortable.