One of the girls glanced in Jonathan's direction, her eyes went wide. "OMG, are you Jonathan Gonzalez?!"She began to speak and caught the other three girls' attention. They all looked at Jonathan in surprise then started pointing at him."Stef- It's Stef's fiancé y'all!!" They all shouted in shock and delight, Jonathan was confused for a moment there."Guys, I told you to be quiet-" Stefani came from the kitchen area, her eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets as she roamed her eyes around the now disastrous living room. "What the hell did you do!!!!"Jonathan bit his lip and looked at Stefani. He then grabbed Stefani's wrist who was still holding a bowl of popcorn, a girl quickly went over to them and snatched the bowl from Stefani."You're handsome just as I thought!" She, Bridget was her name, said to Jonathan and giggled which Stefani instantly glared at.Stefani was about to hiss and attack Bridget when she felt her wrist

"Oh, Nini, you're here too? ... What's this... what did you do to Stefani?" Jane, Jonathan's elder sister, has always been on Stefani's side. She hugged the still blushing Stefani all while looking at Jonathan with a hard and accusing stare.Jonathan, who was still wincing in pain, stood up and saw the two hugging each other. "Nothing. Why are you here?" Now there was another woman in his home, Jonathan wanted to flip tables. No wonder his phone irritatingly rang multiple times."Aw, this monkey's giving you a hard time, isn't he? Don't worry, Big Sister is here and will save you from the bad monkey," Jane cooed to Stefani whom she had always treated like a baby ever since they were kids. Jonathan was really an independent guy. Even when they were still young and Jane and Jonathan's parents were still alive, Jonathan had always been the person to do things with himself, not relying on anyone's help. Despite being the last child, he hated to be treated like a baby. So i

"... and the official product release would be on XXXX. I, Jonathan Gonzalez, COO of the HE Corporation, together with the CEO Mr. Hernandez, and other officers, will be expecting each of you to attend the launch. That's all, good day."Everyone applauded respectively as the Chief Operations Officer, Jonathan Gonzalez, ended his speech. One of them was Ari, the woman who likes her boss secretly.Jonathan heaved out a sigh as he tugged his tie loose while glancing at the people around the table who were now getting up and heading out of the office. At last, the presentation has ended and he would only have to worry about its launch next week. He could finally breathe a little more once it was done.Well, not totally, considering he'd be engaged tomorrow... with the person who still hates him to the core: Stefani.It has been two days since they have last seen each other and even when Jonathan tried to call Stefani, Stefani would always either hang up or ye

Jonathan's face was too close that it instantly made Stefani blush. Frowning, she pushed Jonathan's face away. "Don't get too close to me!! And there's nothing to talk about, okay? J-just leave me alone, you perverted alien!"Jonathan only stared at Stefani, thinking deeply. If they really were going to be engaged and then get married soon, then now would be the right time to actually have a "talk" with Stefani. He wanted to fix and settle things down between him and the person who hates him to the core. He wanted to know Stefani's real reasons for hating him.It was only after Bobby made the people laugh for the hundredth time and glanced at the stairs on his right did he notice his original role for the night. He immediately apologized jokingly as he then called out for Mr. Hernandez who greeted the guests. It wasn't even two minutes later in the speech where he introduced Stefani and Jonathan.Stefani's heart was beating crazy as she heard her name being call

Stefani's heartbeat stopped. She looked over at Jonathan."It's going to be fine," Jonathan assured, giving the younger one a small smile.Stefani's heart hurt. She didn't like how Jonathan was looking at her. It was as if he was going away and never returning back. She didn't like that. Stefani was confused why. She hated Jonathan, from the beginning of this engagement plan, she has always hated Jonathan. She was the reason why Stefani wanted to escape. She hated Jonathan. So why was her heart aching upon seeing that smile?"I'm going to distract them. Run after I count to three. Here," Jonathan handed some cash he had hidden in his pockets to Stefani. "I don't know where we are but I could smell grass and soil, which means it's pretty far from the city. As soon as you're out, go to the nearest bus station and wait for me there."Stefani knew Jonathan was lying. How dare he lie to Stefani at times like this? Just what was he trying to do? Why was he acti