I Still Hate You

Chapter 7

I closed my eyes and slurped my milkshake. God, I'm in heaven.

"Slow down, or you'll get a brain freeze," Ethan laughed.

"Shut it, Boss, you are ruining the moment," I snarled, then continued to enjoy myself. Going out to lunch with him wasn't a terrible idea after all.

"You haven't changed at all," he said.

"And how would you know that? I doubt you were trying to get to know me while you were beating me up," I scoffed. I dipped my fry in the shake then ate it.

Ethan frowned. "It's not like I beat you all the time."

"No. You only beat me seventy percent of the time. You spent the other thirty percent ridiculing me and calling me names," I said. The friendly atmosphere turned dark all of a sudden as I recalled the memory.

"Corey, I'm sorry.." Ethan started.

"Don't. I didn't come here to relive my terrible past. I came here because you forced me to. Now that you're my boss, I can't refuse your orders, but please don't ask me to forgive you," I said.

Ethan tried to say something, but I wasn't paying attention to him anymore. I looked ahead and saw none other than Mr. one night stand, Jacob. He came inside the café and went straight to the barista. He still hadn't noticed me sitting with Ethan.

"We should leave. I need to finish work," I said quickly.

"You haven't even finished the rest of your milkshake," Ethan said.

"It's fine. let's just go and..."

"COREY!"

The words froze in my mouth as I heard Jacob calling. Dammit, he saw me.

"Oh, hey Jacob. What are you doing here?" I said, pretending I saw him for the first time.

"Corey, how come you left so quickly this morning? I thought we had a good time last night?" Jacob said. He looked like he was about to pout like a sad little girl.

"What happened last night?"

I was startled to hear Ethan's deep voice near me. I forgot he was sitting here. "Oh Jacob, this is Ethan Miller. My...my boss," I said.

"I'm Jacob. A friend of Corey," Jacob gave Ethan a friendly smile and shook his hand.

"It's nice to see you, Jacob, but I have to get back to work," I said and stood up quickly.

"How about another date? Are you free tonight? You should come by the gym, and I show you some cool workouts," Jacob offered.

I love to workout but going to the gym as a date? Jacob needs to work on his wooing techniques.

Ethan grabbed my shoulder all of a sudden. "Corey can't come out tonight. He has to help me do something in the office," he said.

Excuse me, who is he to decide what I'm doing tonight? I was going to refuse Jacob, but now I am not so sure anymore. I shrugged Ethan's hand off my shoulder.

"Don't be silly, Mr. Miller. After 5 pm, I am as free as a bird. We don't have anything to do afterward," I said firmly.

"So you can come?" Jacob's eyes were glowing with excitement.

"I'll be there. Then we can continue our 'date' at the club again. How about that?" I felt Ethan's heated gaze on my peripheral vision, but I ignored him.

"Cool, see you then," Jacob came closer and hugged me.

"What was that all about?" Ethan asked me after we left the café.

"What do you mean?" I played dumb.

"Who was that? Why are you going on a date with him tonight?" Ethan glared at me. What was his problem?

"What do you mean why? I am a single man. Why wouldn't I go on a date with Jacob? Did you see him? He is fucking hot. Oh, wait, let me guess. The prospect of two men going out on a date must be grossing you out. Well, too bad Boss, what I do on my personal time is none of your business anyway." I took a deep breath.

His lips curled into a smile. "I don't think it's gross. I am not some dumb teenager anymore. I'm much more tolerant. Besides..."

I interrupted him. "I'm happy for you. Now can we please go back to the office? We've wasted enough times already," I tried to sound annoyed as if to show him how he inconvenienced me today.

"Fine. We are done here anyway," Ethan said and started the car.

Later that day, I put on some gym shorts and a tank top for my 'date' at the gym.

"So you are going?" Alley asked.

"Yes. Why wouldn't I?" I countered.

"I thought you said that guy had a baby dick," Ally said.

"I didn't say he had a baby dick. I said his penis was smaller than I'm used to. I just thought he was annoying because of how self-obsessed he was when I first met him. But I am gonna give him one more chance to see if I like him," I said.

"Or, are you doing this to make your boss jelly?" Ally smirked.

"What the fuck? No. Ethan has nothing to do with this," I protested.

"Sure. Anyway, if you want me to rescue you from the narcissistic personal trainer, I'm your gal," Ally offered.

"Aww, thanks, Allycat. You're the best friend I've always dreamed of," I cooed.

"Whatever. Don't give Jacob false hope to piss Mr. Boss off," Ally said.

"For the last time, I couldn't care less about Ethan, and he doesn't care about me," I said. But I didn't believe it myself.

Jacob greeted me as soon as I stepped into the gym. There weren't too many people there as it was kind of late. I guess Jacob invited me to have some alone time together.

He was wearing a sleeveless t-shirt just like the one he wore at the club but in blue this time. He sure likes his sleeveless T's.

"Here I am. What are we doing?" I asked.

"How about I show you some exercising routines? We can work on your glutes," Jacob smiled.

Sure Jacob, you are just trying to find an excuse to touch my glute. I know all about these tricks.

"Yeah, that sounds good. I needed help with some abs workouts too. I am sure you can show me some tricks and..." my words caught in my throat as I looked at the entrance. No fucking way...I thought angrily.

"Corey? What's the matter?" Jacob asked and looked in the direction of my angry eyes.

"I believe I need some help with my abs too," Ethan grinned as he looked at the shocked expression on my face. This asshole.