Online Dating: My Partner Is My Boss!

As expected, when I finished my work, it was pouring rain outside.

So, I grabbed my umbrella and got ready to go downstairs. As I went toward the stairs, I ran into my boss. He was also leaving the office.

"Hi! What is your name again? Why are you leaving so late? Come on. I'll give you a ride."

Dammit! Wasn't it you who told me to work late? Stop acting like you are so innocent here!

I forced a smile on my face. Then with a sarcastic tone, I said, "Boss, I am Juliet. Juliet Harland. Don't worry about me. I can go home myself."

However, he ignored my word. "Keep up with me. I am in a hurry." With resignation, I followed him.

The ride was not peaceful at all. Even if he drove the car, he still took the time to ask me about the proposaland this made me straighten my body and start to tell him my report. This was truly a nightmare. I was so miserable. In my heart, I swore I would never hitch a ride in his car, even if it killed me.

When I arrived home, I immediately took a shower. After that, I called my online boyfriend and the call immediately picked up. His soft voice drawled, "Sweetheart, I miss you so much."

"I just got home. Hi, why am I hearing the rain? Are you staying outside?" I asked.

"Well, since you had to work overtime, I don't want to go home. It's too lonely there without hearing your voice."

I laughed. "You are so nice."

He asked cautiously, "Sweetheart, are you in a bad mood?"

I huffed. "My boss just called me a pig."

He tried to stifle his laugh. "Well, it seems many bosses like to use that insult, my lovely piglet."

Hearing this, my mood turned better. In his eyes, I was a soft, cute, loveable piglet. Far different than the image in my boss's eyes. He viewed me as a big, harsh coarse hair, wild boar.

I giggled. "What will I do without you?"

My online boyfriend sounded excited. "I will never separate from you, sweetheart. We'll be together for a lifetime. I am so nervous about meeting you. Say, what do you want me to wear for our date?"

Unconsciously, I blurted out, "Just not old fashion-style."

Boyfriend said, "Roger that."

Before noon the next day, I slipped early from my work to meet my online boyfriend.

Thirteen was my lucky number. So, me and my boyfriend planned to incorporate my lucky number in our first date. This was the reason we would meet at Thirteen Street, at the thirteen café, table thirteen on the thirteenth of this month.

I arrived too early at the café. So, I decided to go to the restroom first to fix my makeup. In the restroom, it just so happened, I met a guy who was fixing his hair. Coincidently, our gaze met in the mirror. Both of us froze.

To my shock, the man in trendy clothes, with a stylish haircut and no glasses, was no other than my old-fashioned boss!

He raised his hand to look at his watch. With his usual stern face, he looked at her and said with a cold voice, "What is your name again? You have left the office at working hours; your salary will be deducted double."

What the fuck! How could he forget my name again? I am Juliet! Juliet!

The excitement that I felt for finally meeting my online boyfriend immediately diminished by half. As I was walking toward table thirteen, I kept grumbling and bitching about my bossand it made me too occupied that I failed to realize that my boyfriend’s back looked a lot like my boss's back.

When I arrived at the table, I was surprised to see the man who occupied my reserved table was my boss. The shock was so great that my head started to buzz and I almost lost my balance. I still clung to the hope that he was not my online boyfriend, until I saw the red rose on his right hand. I was so devastated that I wanted to cry.

The rose was the signal that me and my online boyfriend had agreed upon.

My boss was also surprised to see me there. However, I refused to let him know that I was his girlfriend. Fortunately, I was blessed with a smart brain and a glib tongue.

I immediately said, "Sir, I come here only to tell you that the reason I am here during office hours is because I want to help my friend buy coffee beans here. I'm just being helpful."

My boss looked at his watch again as he cut my words. "I will deduct your salary as usual. If you say another word, I will deduct an extra hundred."

I quickly closed my mouth and turned to leave.

As I left the café, my heart was in turmoil. All I could think of was that my online boyfriend was actually my strict, old-fashioned boss, Finn McCain. The man who liked to bully me?

This was truly ridiculous. I could not believe it. I tried to find any similarity between my sweet clingy boyfriend with my boss, but after a long time, I still could not find any.

After all, my boyfriend liked to laugh and was a warm person. I could not imagine him acting like Finn who was stern, never smiled and his harsh words were so cruel that they could cut someone into pieces. What's more, Finn was so old-fashioned. He always parted his hair in the middle and wore a suit.

I could not imagine he would be able to say "Sweetheart, I want to kiss you to death" with that face. To make matters worse, I got my salary double deducted because of this meeting.

Moreover, Finn was the one to reject my leave request just because he was not satisfied with my report. Just when I was about to fall into a full-blown panic, a chilling thought flashed into my mind, did he recognize me?

I was terrified when I received a voice message request from Finn, so I immediately hung up the phone.

Before long, he texted, [Sweetheart, where are you? I've been waiting for you for so long. You don't have to rush through. I will be waiting here.

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The word "sweetheart" burned my eyes. I quickly erased the message and deleted his contact from my list. However, as soon as I did that, regret filled my heart. I should have broken up with him first. After all our relationship was based on sincerity and we had been together for so long.

Cars honked and people bustled around me, but I felt like the world had gone silent.

As I looked at the darkened phone screen, my eyes filled with tears. I had just lost my love.