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Zara. 30. Boss woman.

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Luciana gasped jokingly and placed her hand on her chest. “How dare you make a threat like that? What would I do without my two second break to breathe?” Turning towards the table again, she made sure to smile at everyone sitting around, making sure that everyone knew that she wasn’t just by Zara’s side and that she was friendly enough to know most of them. She caught Preston’s gaze at the two of them, but it was quick enough that she hoped she went unnoticed. Sneaking another look, he hadn’t broken sight. Deciding to anger him a little more, Luciana removed their hands from her thigh and intertwined them on the the table, leaning over to press a lingering kiss to Zara’s cheek. “It’s really fun to make him angry, why didn’t you ask me to do this a long time ago?” She smirked as she whispered into Zara’s ear, ending with another quick cheek kiss.

Zara followed Luci’s gaze, smiling as she kissed her. She knew it was just for show, she knew it was just because Preston was watching, but her cheeks still flushed slightly at the contact. “You really are the perfect woman for this job.” She teased, moving her head to capture Luci’s lips in a kiss before she moved back. She wanted to make the most of the situation while she could, using her ex-husband’s glare as enough of a reason to get what she wanted. It was probably an abuse of power, but she couldn’t seem to resist. “Maybe we should just do this all day.” She murmured with a smirk, hoping that Luciana would take it as a joke, even if she didn’t exactly mean it as one.

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Luciana looked over with an amused look before smirking. “In case you didn’t know… I am your secretary. I think I might be the category with those people that have to do the work for everyone else, huh?” She joked, winking to her boss. It wasn’t exactly true. Neither of them really did more than the other when it came to work in general. Zara’s was definitely more important than the things Luci had to do, but nothing was ever totally pushed off on her to do. They were a team and they worked like a team. Hearing that Zara did actually want to spend time with her caused her to look away and down to her thigh were Zara’s hand still sat and where her own rested comfortably. She squeezed gently and smiled, hoping what ever blush she had had at least softened by now. “Yeah,” she said, lightly agreeing, knowing that both things she had said were the truth. Zara had never been the woman slip up before. She knew what she wanted, or at least that’s what Luciana figured throughout the years working with her. However, if that was Zara’s response, she was definitely going to let herself be selfish for a little. “I guess beach it is. Who knows when we’ll be able to have time there without being bothered. Guess it’s just a chance we gotta take.”

“Oh yes, maybe I should start sitting back and give you a larger workload.” She teased back, her own smirk mirroring Luci’s. She could never do something like that. Zara took too much pride in her work to let anyone else do it. Not that she thought Luciana would do a bad job, but that she would feel guilty in herself for not doing her own duties. Plus, she would end up getting bored with nothing to do. She liked keeping busy. She rolled her eyes at the thought of being disturbed again. She knew that Preston would be there, that she would see him often, but even then, she found herself irritated by the mere thought of him getting in the way of spending time with Luci. “It is such a hardship, being in paradise.” She sighed overdramatically, before the smirk reappeared on her face.

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As they both pulled away from the kiss, Luciana smiled back and looked towards the table. She had to remember that even though this was all just a plan, Zara was still her boss. The line between work and real life was slowly becoming incredibly thin and Luci was sure she was crossing it. The only thing keeping her spirits up is that Zara hadn’t stopped it, even when they were in their own privacy and could say or do what they wanted. “Oh, we do?” She asked back, placing her hand onto the one that Zara had sat on her thigh. “I don’t… really know. I wasn’t planning on this, I kind of just expected to be going by a strict schedule. You can’t really blame me for that though, it is a work trip.” Laughing quietly, Luciana shrugged her shoulders. “What is there to do? If we can’t decide, I’m more than okay with going back to the beach. We didn’t get enough time there yesterday, in my opinion.” Well, of course it was that, but Luci was also, possibly, using it as an excuse to be able to see Zara’s body again. Not to mention it would be in public, so she kind of has a reason to stare and gawk at how beautiful she is. “As long as that’s what you want to do too.”

“There are perks of being so high up, we get everyone else to do the work while you get to lounge it up.” She smirked, although there was some truth in her words. While she may work ridiculously hard, she knew that she was slightly in the minority within her peers. It wasn’t unusual for someone to get the position due to familial connections and not just due to the effort they had put in. But she wasn’t like that. She had worked her way to the top, and now that she was there, she wasn’t going to just sit back. Her work was her pride and joy, the only successful thing she could pinpoint in her life, and she wanted to make sure it stayed that way. Well, not that it was her only pride and joy, she hoped one day she would have more to her life. “Anything that involves spending time with you is what I want to do.” She admitted, blushing as she realised what it was that she had actually said. “I mean, you’re the only one who is going to keep me sane here.” She backtracked slightly, although not denying what she had said.  Except she was certain she was going to end up going crazy for Luci, if her sudden attraction was anything to go by. It was like she had spent the last two years blind and now could suddenly see. It was exciting and terrifying all at once.

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Luciana chuckled slightly and looked to Zara. “She’ll look like that and we’ll look pretty well rested, very nice. I’m a bit proud of myself for my mouth last night.” She smiled at the ones passing by them before sitting in their spot. She rested her hand on top of Zara’s, almost instinctively. There was no denying that she was a bit tense. But she knew that the truth that definitely not because of the power around them. It was the fact that her fake-girlfriend’s ex was going to be staring at her all morning and she wasn’t okay with it. They were definitely fake, it shouldn’t bother her, but man, did it piss her off. Zara’s breath against her neck caused her eyes to shut and a slight shiver to fall down her back. She nodded slowly and opened her eyes to look over at the girl. A small smile made its way onto her lips as she looked into Zara’s eyes, feeling drawn in. Figuring they were around people, and there was no better time, she leaned in and pressed a small kiss against her lips. “Good morning, by the way.” She whispered, giving her the good morning kiss she wished she could have got away with when they were alone.

Her eyelids fluttered closed as the kissed, her body relaxing, as if she had realised what she had been missing all morning. Which, she supposed she had. She had wanted to kiss Luci again since she first work up, even when she still had bed-head and was, in her eyes, absolutely adorable. Her bottom lip jutted out as they lost contact, pouting slightly. “Good morning.” She composed herself, her face rearranging into a smile. “Once breakfast is done, we pretty much have free reign.” She informed her. Sure, eventually Zara would have to suck up to her bosses, would have to put in some time to network and socialize, but right now, she wanted to spend as much time with Luci as possible. “How would you like to spend your first full day in paradise?” She asked, her eyes still flitting between her eyes and her lips. How was she ever going to get any work done back home now, now that she could just close her eyes and replay their kisses over and over.

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Finishing her task of brushing her teeth, Luci exited the bathroom and slipped on her shoes. She looked up at Zara as she spoke and smiled, standing up to meet her. Grabbing her hand, she was about to open up the door for the two of them, but realized she didn’t have her phone on her. Instead of letting go of Zara’s hand and crossing the room, she dragged the woman with her and slipped the phone into her pocket. “Okay, ready now.” Luciana smiled, opening up the door and letting her out first. She followed suit and locked it behind them, walking out to where they were needed. “You know,” she started, a tiny giggle behind her words as she spoke. “I wonder how the night turned out for Pesto and his fiancee or girlfriend or whatever she is. Wow, honestly, that’s a shame that I don’t even know.” He barely paid any attention to him and his relationship since getting there. So far it’d been all about Luci and Zara and whether or not they were really a couple. They weren’t, but that wasn’t what was important. She just hoped she could control her anger, and slight jealousy, while at breakfast so they won’t have to leave any earlier. Not that it was her fault the time before. The two arrived and settled down at the table, looking around. She was going to make a smart comment about how they were told they were late and everyone was waiting on them, but it wasn’t really her place. She was also a bit afraid to speak up around all of her boss’s superiors.

Zara stumbled slightly as Luci pulled the two of them across the room, a small chuckle leaving her lips as she realised why exactly they were doing it. The fact that Luci hadn’t let go of her hand made her bit her lip, hiding the smile. She could have easily let go, grabbed her phone, and have been next to Zara again within a few seconds, but she didn’t, which made Zara feel a little smug, another sign pointing towards the fact that she wasn’t the only one enjoying this more than she probably should be. “I’m sure we’ll be able to tell by her face, whether it still looks like thunder or not.” She smirked. She hadn’t expected the attention to be quite so much on her, and she was even happier that she had brought Luci along with her, knowing that she wouldn’t have been able to deal with it all on her own. As they sat down, she quickly apologized, her hand dropping from Luci’s, instead falling to her thigh. She squeezed gently, feeling the slight tension in the other woman. “Relax.” She murmured, her breath against Luci’s neck. “Just forget anyone else is here.” She hadn’t meant it quite so much that she should focus on Zara, but she also selfishly wanted all of her attention. Plus, Zara wasn’t sure she would be able to focus on much else for very long, anyway.

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“Best assistant,” Luciana nodded with a slight laugh. She hadn’t exactly realized what she had said until it processed, leaving her to sigh slightly. At least it was a slight reminder that this wasn’t real and Zara actually wasn’t her girlfriend, despite how much she loved acting like they were a real couple. “Well, he needs to knock it off. It’s the second day and he literally came here to tell us breakfast is ready. As if we’re the couple of the hour and need to be the ones there before everyone starts eating. Bullshit, he wanted to come check on us. You.” Rolling her eyes she stepped out of bed and dug around her clothes for something to wear. Thanking Zara for allowing her first use in the bathroom, Luci brought her items into the room and began to do all that she needed to do in the morning before opening up the door with her toothbrush in her mouth, welcoming Zara in to join her. Standing there together, she watched them both in the mirror, wondering how the hell she and her boss were standing right here when a week ago they were most likely down each other’s neck about something work related. It was like they both needed a break and were almost immediately tolerable. She actually enjoyed being around Zara as Zara.

Zara looked up as she heard the door opening, smiling her thanks as she walked in. As she stood beside Luci, she felt a pang of loneliness, missing the domesticity that such little tasks brought about. She didn’t miss being married to her ex, but she missed having someone at her side. Now that she had Luciana there, she couldn’t help but ponder how exactly they would fall back into their normal lives at home. Would they fall back into bickering? She knew that she could be intense, but that was years of training herself to separate herself from her work. She still put her all into what she did, but she didn’t let it affect her personally. But now it felt so much more personal, she wasn’t sure she would be able to go back to such compartmentalizing when she was around Luci. Finishing up, she made her way into the main room again. “You ready?” She asked, holding out her hand. She was looking forward to having to pretend, she must admit. “I am starving.” She commented, suddenly realising that her body was shouting out for nourishment.

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Letting out a sigh of relief as Zara finally got into the bed, she tried to make it look as realistic as possible. Wrapping an arm around her waist, Luci rested her head onto the woman’s chest and looked at the door as they just made it. It opened to reveal the one person she didn’t want to see, causing her to roll her eyes and cover her face up with the blanket. She didn’t want to admit how comfortable this position was, even though it had barely been a whole minute since they did it. Trying to hold back the snicker as neither one of them vocally responded, Luci poked her head out as the door shut, giggling quietly. Zara rolled over and Luciana reluctantly let go of her, but kept the space between them very minimal. “Sorry for the pillow. I had no clue who was out there and wasn’t about to get caught on the second day.” She smiled, adoring the sight of a sleepy Zara Nieves. It was way cuter than she could have ever imagined. Actually, everything so far was way cuter than she could have ever imagined. She was convinced before the trip that her boss didn’t have an ounce of cute in her, but boy was she wrong. “Let’s wait a few,” she whispered, mainly because she wasn’t ready to move away from the warmth that was radiating between them. “I don’t want to give him the satisfaction that he made us panic or whatever.” Smiling, she shrugged and stretched, trying to subtly move a little bit closer to Zara in the bed. “Also, sorry, but I don’t know what you saw in him. He’s a bit of a dick and I like to annoy him.” Closing her eyes momentarily, Luciana yawned. “And apparently he likes to annoy me by staring at you all the time and literally following you places. Like, honestly, what the fuck?” She didn’t mean to speak it, considering they were alone and she just admitted that the annoyance definitely wasn’t part of the plan and she actually couldn’t stand being around him. Realizing that getting up meant the two could be a “couple” again, Luci was suddenly very excited for breakfast. Opening her eyes, she cleared her throat and slowly sat up. “Guess we should get ready, yeah?”

Chuckling, Zara waved her away. “Forgiven, was pretty good quick thinking.” She complimented. “That’s why you make the best assistant.” She cringed inwardly at herself, hating that she brought up their professional relationship again, after all the overthinking she had done. This time her laugh was louder, shaking her head at herself, looking down. “Honestly, he never used to be like this.” She shrugged, wondering if she actually believed that, or it was something she had just managed to convince herself so perfectly about. “He was charming and sweet, and a true gent.” She sighed softly, looking back at Luci. “But yes, he is definitely trying very hard to push both of out buttons, and is succeeding.” Nodding, she groaned slightly at the thought of having to go outside. Even if she was in paradise right now, staying in bed sounded like the best idea ever. If she was totally honest, staying in bed with Luci was the best idea ever. But of course, that wasn’t going to happen, so she followed suit, sitting up. “You’re welcome to the bathroom first.” She offered, she was the type who preferred to shower in the evening, so all she needed to do was get dressed and brush her teeth. Rummaging through her luggage, she picked out a pair of shorts and a loose blouse. She didn’t care about any make up, that was the pros of not officially being on work time.

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Second day into the trip and Luciana woke up with a bit of an ache. Heart ache was a bit too far, but it was close enough. She had spent the whole night before pretending to be Zara’s girlfriend, just to come back to their shared room and immediately act like assistant and boss again. The moments between them felt too strong to simply be fake, yet it’s all they were. It’s all they could be. While laying awake, she was way too comfortable to open her eyes. She also kind of just hoped that she could eventually fall back asleep and stop thinking about things for a bit. Not until they had to get up and be a “couple” again. Hearing a knock on the door, her eyes opened up as fast as possible. She didn’t want to get caught sleeping in the bed while Zara was sound asleep on the couch. Looking around, she saw a pillow and took hold of it. Tossing it over to hit Zara and wake her up, she just hoped no one would walk in during this time. Waving her into the bed, she pulled up the blanket, waiting for her to get under as the knocks she heard began to start up again. It wasn’t going to be long until the door opened, telling the two they needed to be up and ready for the breakfast and things planned head. 

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Most of the night had been spent with Zara lying awake, staring at the ceiling. She was having a hard time processing the day before. She had been so certain that there was something between her and Luci. She couldn’t believe that the electricity between them could be faked. And yet, once they were alone, they fell back into a professional relationship, being cordial and polite to each other. Which had confused her, but after hours of thinking about it, she could only come up with the fact that it was the situation. That they were both just good at acting, plus her own emotions were running high with having to be so close to Preston. It had meant that she felt like she had barely slept, which meant that the pillow to the face was not welcome wake up call. She frowned up at Luci, ready to shout at her, before hearing the knocks, and realising what she meant. Scrambling up, she slipped into the bed, making sure there was barely any room between them as she informed whoever was knocking to come in. Of course, it had to be her ex-husband. “You two slept in, everyone is waiting at breakfast.” He practically sneered at them, taking in the mess of a room, the blanket she slept with on the floor, with the pillow now down the side of the couch. She hoped that it looked more like they had been busy in the room rather than she had slept on the couch. Nodding, she yawned. As the door shut, she flopped backwards onto the bed, rolling onto her side, facing Luciana. “Well, shit.” She giggled slightly, clearly not too concerned that they nearly got caught out on the second day.

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Luciana cleared her throat as she blushed and nodded. “Yeah,” she started, keeping her eyes away from Zara. “Maybe we should go to sleep. It’s been a long day.” She pulled back the blankets on the bed and slid under them, getting comfortable. Getting caught probably wouldn’t have bothered her so much had Zara not reacted the way she did. It made Luci remember how much of this really just was fake. She sighed as Zara got onto the couch and bit her lip, feeling guilty about it. She was definitely giving her the bed the next night. She closed her eyes and rested her head back onto a pillow, staring up at the ceiling. How was she going to go about things now? When they’re alone, did she refer to her as Zara, or the normal Ms. Nieves? This was all work. The latter was probably the best choice. Rolling over, her back now faced her boss. “Goodnight, Ms. Nieves,” she said, her voice only loud enough to hit Zara’s ears.

Hearing the formality enter Luci’s voice again, Zara squeezed her eyes shut. She felt ridiculous. Of course, nothing that had happened between them had been real. None of it was real, she couldn’t forget it again. She was going to end up making a fool of herself. She was glad that she got the shock bump to reality over with before she did something stupid. Sighing softly, she looked over at Luci. “Goodnight, Luciana.” She smiled at her, even though the other woman couldn’t see her. “Sweet dreams.” She murmured, before finally closing her eyes, the exhaustion from their day catching up with her.

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Luciana turned around in surprise as she heard Zara. Most of her didn’t care, considering they had basically seen each other just like this earlier. But with Zara’s reaction, she had her eyes widened, waiting until the other woman turned around before continuing to work. “Don’t, uh,” she stuttered, looking for the right words as her mind scattered on what to do. “Don’t apologize, it’s fine. I should have waited until you were done in the bathroom. It’s my fault for thinking I was going to be quick enough getting out of a dress like this,” she tried to joke, hopefully making her boss a little less uncomfortable. Slipping into some shorts and a t-shirt, Luci looked in the mirror, giving herself an almost pleading face. Trying to stay some kind of calm, she let out a breath and sat down, tapping her foot to focus. “I’m done, you can, um, turn around now.” She looked to her hands, not wanting to make any kind of eye contact. “Sorry you, uh, you… Yeah.”

Turning back around, Zara tried to look as normal and unaffected as possible. “No need to apologise.” She cleared her throat, looking pretty much anywhere but Luciana. She had always praised herself for having such a good control on her emotions, being able to handle anything. But the sight of Luci was now never leaving her brain, and her hormones were acting like she was a teenager, unable to think of anything else. Finally looking up at her, Zara smiled. She pushed the image out of her mind, as best as possible. “Well, I think that’s the universe telling us we need to go to sleep.” She joked, trying to lighten the mood a tad. Grabbing a pillow off of the bed, she made her way over to the sofa. Although, it was still probably comfier than her bed back home, that was the perks of being in such a paradise.

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Luciana smiled proudly and shrugged her shoulders. “Good. Glad you like it enough.” She followed suit and stood up as well, reaching out to take hold of Zara’s hand as it was extended. She smiled to everyone and waved off, making sure to looked Preston right in his eyes when she did so. She turned to walk out with the woman, silently hoping they wouldn’t let go of each others hands just yet. They very well could, but she enjoyed having some kind of contact. “Yeah,” she breathed out, looking around and then landing on Zara. “It really is.” She was going to thank her for bringing her along, but didn’t want to ruin the moment buy possibly bringing up the entire reason she was there. Finally making their way back, she couldn’t shake the gut feeling that it was about to end. Even if they did have days ahead of them. It just proved to her how much this wasn’t real. The door was opened and Luci followed Zara inside, their hands dropped as soon as the door was shut behind them. “Okay, yeah, take your time.” Watching her boss walk into the room, she sat on the bed, letting out a deep breath. After a few minutes, she decided strip of her dress and open up her suitcase to search for her clothes.

As she opened the door, Zara realised that had been quicker than Luciana, and her eyes widened. As if out of her control, her gaze raked down her body. It was the same amount of skin as she would see if the other woman was in a bikini, but it felt so much more intimate. Snapping into action, she jumped, her hand flying to cover her eyes. “Shit, sorry!” She exclaimed. She was certain her cheeks were bright red, feeling more embarrassed than she would if the tables were turned. She didn’t want Luci thinking she had purposely been creeping on her, after all. She didn’t want to make anything awkward, not when things had been going so well between them. “Um I’ll just turn around until you’re done…” She trailed off, turned round, her hand dropping back to her side as she did. She sighed. Yeah, so much for not getting awkward.

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“If I was standing, I would bow. But instead I’ll go for a ‘thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all night’ kind of thing.” Luciana looked over for a quick second to see how the happy couple was working out after his actions were exposed before looking back to Zara with a smirk. “Make a move? C’mon, my arm is already around you, I already made the move.” Winking, she stood up and held out her hand for her boss to take. “I’d say it’d been a pretty great first day. It’s a perfect way to end the night. I’d be happy to leave now.” Her stomach began to flip as she thought about their sleeping situation. After just a nice day together, she felt so bad that they were about to be separated by a couch and bed. It was definitely enough to remind her that this wasn’t real and never will be. “Ready when you are, boss.”

Zara rolled her eyes, although the grin was threatening to stretch out the expanse of her face. “That was lame, like, the lamest.” She teased, humour lacing her voice. Standing, she held out her hand to Luciana. She looked over the table, wishing everyone a good night, before the two left into the night air. It was cooler now, although still a lot warmer than back home. Zara didn’t drop her hand once they were outside, instead, keeping their fingers laced, the quiet hum of the night providing a comfortable backdrop to the journey. Looking around as they walked, she sighed happily. “It really is beautiful here.” She murmured, not wanting to disturb the peace of the paradise. Reaching where they were staying, she couldn’t help but feel nervous, suddenly really that they were going to be truly alone. Unlocking the door, she padded in softly, only then did she let go of Luci’s hands. “I’m going to go get changed.” She whispered, although didn’t move straight away, her gaze lingering for a few beats, before she quickly exited into the bathroom. Leaning her head on the door, she took a few deep breaths. She definitely hadn’t expected to have such a rush of feelings for her assistant, and certainly not on the first night.

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Upon flying out for this trip, Luciana never expected to act this way towards Preston. Hell, she didn’t even expect to get along with Zara. Yet, she seemed to be doing everything in her power to make it known that she and Zara were a couple and to expose every thing that the man did. She raised her eyebrows at the man, begging him to say something else. Leaning in to the woman beside her as she spoke, a smirk slowly formed on her lips, looking to her. “I love you too, babe.” Looking back over to Preston and his girlfriend, Luciana tightened her grip around Zara and leaned in to press a kiss to her cheek. "I didn’t appreciate that he did that and thought he should know ”

At the expression, Zara felt a pit in her stomach. It brought back feelings she had many times before, wondering if it would ever be possible for her to fall in love again. She hoped she could, she felt like her last time was wasted. She had relationships before him, but he had been the only one she had spoken those three words to. Focusing back on the present, she looked down bashfully, playing her part once more. “Plus, his girlfriend looks mighty pissed off, well done.” She couldn’t help but feel even smugger. “Shall we make a move?”  She offered, knowing that it would be a perfect time to leave, not having to deal with anything else.

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Luciana smiled and nodded. “You know what? One more drink sounds great.” She agreed, winking to her. Whether she wanted to leave or not, this trip was pretty long. It wasn’t like everything needed to happen in one because they were leaving the next. In her opinion, this was a great first day. Amazing eve. She hadn’t expected today to turn out the way it did, yet she’s sitting here with a genuine smile, enjoying the time she’s spent with the boss she previously couldn’t stand. Wrapping an arm around Zara’s shoulders, Luci looked to the man sitting across from them. “What do you say, Preston?” She spoke, her voice finally reaching loud enough for other people to hear what they were saying. “One more drink okay for you? Are we allowed to go or are you gonna follow us out of here like you did with her to the bathroom?” She smirked, looking to his girlfriend momentarily and then back to him with challenging eyes.

As Luci’s arm went around her, Zara automatically leaned in, a small breath of satisfaction leaving her. As she spoke up again, her gaze quickly lifted, staring at Luci. She had to bite on her cheeks to stop herself from laughing so hard at the sheer balls her fake-girlfriend was displaying. She wanted to laugh even more as she saw the reaction, seeing his girlfriend’s head whip around so quickly it look like it might snap off, her clearly seeing red at the thought of him following his ex-wife around. Unable to keep it in, she hid her face in the crook of Luciana’s neck, tittering to herself. Lifting her head to reach her ear, she murmured into it. “If you were my real girlfriend, now would honestly be the time to tell you I loved you.” She admitted, before straightening up, unable to stop grinning.

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Luci silently nodded, putting on a smile to the ones around her. Zara didn’t need to thank her. This was a stressful thing to do, especially with your assistant. It didn’t seem to raise any eyebrows other than Preston’s, which could hopefully be easily ignored. He wasn’t the brightest, but he clearly could see through it. All they could do was try to sell the image so much that no one around them questions it and put Preston down for even beginning to think they aren’t an item. “We can, I’m okay with that. It’s up to you though. I’m good with what ever you want to do, Zara.” Luciana reached for her glass and sipped her drink before turning over to her boss. “Just let me know when you’re ready and we can head out.”

Smiling softly, she thanked her lucky stars that she had Luciana right now. She could thank the woman a million times over and she felt like it wouldn’t be enough. Really, the other woman was getting a pretty good deal out of the break, a holiday in such a location, paired with a bonus, but she didn’t need to be there for Zara as much as she was. As much as she always was. “Maybe we should stay for one more drink.” As much as she wanted to be away from her ex-husband, she also didn’t want to leave. Once they got back to the room, there was no reason for them to keep up the act. They would go back to normal, back to being separate. And Zara was selfish enough to not want that, not yet.

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Luci shrugged gently as she looked into Zara’s eyes. “Being your assistant isn’t just filing paper work, answering emails, setting up meetings and cancelling appointments. I’ve been with you for two years, I know who you are. I may not know absolutely everything, but I definitely know that the easiest way to calm you down is to let you know that you’re not alone. I haven’t once left you alone since I started working for you. You pissed me off a lot but I never got up and left. And neither did you.” Pausing for a moment, she began to use her thumb to rub against her cheek. “I’m here. And I’ll still be here when things happen. I’m only here for one reason and it’s definitely not the money, Zara.” Luciana’s head fell to the side as a small smile grew onto her lips. There was so much going on with just their stare that it made her feel as if it was only just the two of them in the room. The feeling of her boss’s hand on her own caused her heart to swell and her smile to widen just a bit. The kiss only made everything happen once again, even larger than before. Leaning in, she pressed a quick kiss to her free cheek and pulled back with a wink. “Don’t stress. I’ll always be here.” Removing her hand, Luci didn’t feel it was right to just completely go without any contact. Not only for the show, but her body craved it again, craved feeling Zara and giving the woman the love and reassurance that she needed. She reached out for her hand and laced their fingers, pulling their grip into her lap as she turned back to the guests, trying her hardest to not give Preston the most evil glare she could ever have.

Zara had definitely been taking Luci for granted back at home. She hadn’t even realised that she had been dong so, but she had always just expected her to be there, to be the one to help her. Now that she was aware that she needed Luci to help her through something, it made her even more grateful. The two of them had a lot of differences when in work mode, mostly due to Zara letting the stress get to her, but they were a team. Even here, now. The mention of not being here for money made her feel even better, although it caused her to feel a little anxious about what was actually going on. But that was easier to ignore, to pretend didn’t exist. “Thank you.” She murmured again. She would probably utter the words a lot more during the trip. Taking her hand, she squeezed it. “Maybe we should get out of here soon.” She shrugged, no longer in the mood to socialize.

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lucianaferrer:

Listening to her boss speak, Luciana could only assume she meant Preston. Well, obviously it was him, unless there was some other guy here that she was previously in love with. She didn’t exactly know what to say in the moment. Luci had only just met the guy earlier on in the day and already wasn’t his biggest fan, but she didn’t know how sensitive it would be to Zara to have her speak so low about the man. Deciding to keep quiet, she did what she assumed she should with potential eyes on them and scooted her chair closer, giving her the reassurance she needed. “Well, I guess we’re just gonna have to make it more believable, hm?” She smirked, looking over to Preston as he sat down. But hearing what she said, even as quiet as it was, Luci’s smirk fell, looking back to Zara with soft eyes. “Luckily for you, you do.” She reached up, their faces fairly close, and palmed Zara’s cheek. “At least for this trip you do and I won’t treat you like anything but.”

Zara felt her heart stutter as Luci put her hands on her, her words echoing through her mind. In total honesty, it was taking her a lot of effort right now to not throw herself at the other woman. While that would prove their relationship, she wasn’t sure it would go down quite so well with Luciana. “How do you do this?” She breathed out, her eyebrows creased. “How can you manage to make me feel better so easily?” There was genuine confusion in her voice. None of this was actually real, and yet her assistant had such an effect on her emotions. Well, at least if they got anything out of this trip, the other woman would know how to calm her down when stressed in the office. Her hand reached up, resting on top of Luci’s, turning her face so that she could press her lips to the palm. She smiled over at her. Yes, she was most definitely fucked.