It wasn’t an expensive one. On the contrary, it was quite economical, and I didn’t remember seeing him owning a watch that cheap.
He looked at me in surprise and arched his eyebrow. “You gave me this watch, remember?”
Well, that was confusing, then I noticed the bouquet of flowers in the backseat, much to my surprise. “Why’d you put that in the car?”
He smiled at me. “This is for you. You’d say it’s too conspicuous, so I didn’t take it out. Honestly, aren’t you the one who bought this watch?”
I shook my head. “I didn’t buy anything for you lately, and this is a cheap watch too. It doesn’t suit you.”
He took off the watch and tried to throw it away, but I stopped him. Then, I took it to have a closer look. It was a niche European luxury watch, though a casual one. It didn’t fit Ashton’s air at all.
I tilted my head and arched my eyebrow. “Seems like another vixen is closing in, Mr. Fuller.”
He smiled. “Sounds like someone’s jealous.”
I shrugged. “You’re a lady magnet, so no surprise there, but this one’s interesting. She gave you a watch using my name, though it’s a cheap one. Seems like this girl’s a smart one.”
He arched his eyebrow too. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, you look like you eat caviar for breakfast, so everyone’s just going to give whatever’s expensive to you, but she didn’t. My guess? She makes four to five grand a month, so she’s probably working for you.”
He nodded. “Please continue.”
The watch looked like it was around three grand though. So the lady spent most of her pay on this, huh? “Mind if I ask you something? Why would you think I was the one who gave you this? Who told you anything of that sort?” I could just give him a present anytime I want. There was no need for the middle person, and we weren’t really that romantic, so such gesture seldom happened.
“It was already on my desk when I was done with my meeting. The writing looked like yours, so I thought you were the one who gave me the watch.” He frowned pensively.
I arched my eyebrow again. “So it’s your employee alright. How bold is that.” She pulled that stunt despite knowing that he was a married man. If that wasn’t bold, I didn’t know what was.
I wore the watch around his wrist again, but he dodged me. “What are you doing?”
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