Sweet Little Lies

Klines

Evangeline~

I think about what Ellis said. Not noticed, but seen.
oh
In some odd, messed up, confusing way, I think I understand what he means.

He doesn't want us to be, questionable. We need to sell it. Seem like we actually have any kind of interest in each other.

I cant lie. Ellis is a charming guy. He's smart, and funny. He can be business one minute, and be totally goofy the next. He's genuinely likable.

I know I shouldn't admit it, but he's not all bad. At least he's not what my father told me he was.

Since I can remember, I've been told how terrible the Klines are. That they are some kind of disease, that I'll be infected with. They are the enemy, and I should avoid them at all costs.

I've been alive nineteen years. For twelve of those years, my company has been at war with KlineCo. I've never been told why, or what the big issue is between us. Now, as CEO, I believe I deserve to know why.

I know I can't just ask, and get a blatant answer, at least from my father, but I'm sure Ellis knows, and he can't lie to me.

I won't let him lie to me.

Rule number one of a relationship is communication. I won't hesitate to pull that card on him. I may be young, but I am definitely not stupid.

Personally, I think it's kind of weird that he's so much older than me. Six years doesn't seem like that much, until you put dating in the mix.

I wonder how he feels about it. Does he think I'm still some dumb college student? What does he want from me? Why did he choose to do this in the first place?

Thousands of questions run laps around my mind, but I don't have time to give myself logical answers to any of them. There's stuff that needs to be done, more than whatever it is I'm doing currently.