"Well sir, I'm glad you could let go of her!" Smiled Nathalie innocently as she looked over to her superior who was driving and just simply nodded to her statement.

"Yeah me too! It feels great." He lied whilst in reality feeling more than guilty, even sorry for his sweet assistant who only meant good, but what she didn't know couldn't hurt her, therefore the designer kept this as a secret so that the smile on Nathalie's face wouldn't ever go away.

And by doing so not only was he hurting himself but also disallowing himself to actually move on from the past and now completely focus on his assistant.

Therefore Gabriel lied, and betrayed the young woman in such a way that it was painful for the both of them.

...

Once they arrived home to Paris it was already incredibly late at night and so dark outside that both adults were very tired.

So because of this, neither of them even hesitated when it came to sleeping, in fact, the two workers almost instantly went to bed.

The only difference this time was that they on purpose slept in the same bedroom as more than just work partners which didn't feel so weird as they've done this multiple times before, yet for some reason making their relationship official seemed difficult.

"So...you'd like me to-...maybe like hug you? Or do whatever couples do?" Gabriel asked as Nathalie appeared quite far away from him, however even when he tried to get closer she would move away causing the man to think that something was wrong with him.
Something obviously was, but as of right now that wasn't the main topic, instead the focus quickly became the grey haired man's hurt face as he almost teared up from Nathalie being so distant and cold towards him.

It was understandable, and a reasonable behavior, he just didn't like it.

Gabriel wanted to hold her, hug her, or just at least feel the woman close, but whatever he did she'd reject, and seemingly hate.

So with a depressed sight he laid on his side, facing the opposite way from his new 'girlfriend'.

"You hate me, don't you?"
"What?! Why would I sir?!" The young woman questioned only irritating her superior more and more with her clueless voice.

In fact, he got so annoyed that Gabriel couldn't even contain his anger and he just ended up shouting his following sentence:

"Well maybe because whatever I do you dislike!!" He ranted "And I can't really blame you because we all have things we don't like but damn it, just tell me if you absolutely despise me!"
"Sir...oh sir."  Nathalie chuckled a little whilst crawling close and hugging the man from behind "I don't hate you! And I most definitely don't hate the things you try to do! I was just simply tired, and when I'm tired I'm a bit grumpy...so...excuse my attitude!"
"O-oh sorry." He turned back "then may I hold you now? If I ask very nicely in hopes of not making sleepy Nathalie mad."
"Well." She smirked crawling even closer "sure hold me, but don't do anything too much as this is still very unbelievable and new, plus..."
"Plus?"

The dark haired woman stopped answering and just shook her head:

"Uhm-...nothing...today I just got reminded of someone...b-but it's fine, you s-shouldn't worry about it!"
"Nathalie! I worry about everything! So you better tell me!!"

The assistant looked away for a second feeling embarrassed but as her superior almost immediately dragged her face back she knew there was no escaping this situation.

Therefore Nathalie just sighed and began with a quiet whisper in hopes that this way the man wouldn't be too worried:

"Oh okay well-...Amelie's lover looks-...he looks a lot like Tom...you know who that is right?"
"Yes, continue."
"And well...it felt strange talking to him. Almost as if he himself would've been Tom, but he isn't, it's just my mind playing trick on me, and I hate it!"
"That's fine!" Gabriel gently kissed the top of her head in a comforting way, before laying an arm around the precious woman  "I mean no it's not fine because Tom is a horrible person who deserves to be behind bars but it's completely normal to imagine the face of such a hated person like him from your life, because that's just what our crazy minds do. But don't worry, because in reality I'm here to protect you, I promise."

Nathalie smiled and nodded as she tightly hugged him and by that they both fell asleep.

Or at least it appeared like that.

But in reality whilst the dark haired woman was peacefully sleeping, her new boyfriend almost cried himself into exhaustion whilst he stroked along the unbelievably smooth hair of his assistant, not at all thinking about her.
Instead Gabriel's mind was filled with what happened earlier this day, that accidental yet very intentional affair with Emilie.

He missed it and yet felt incredibly guilt whenever he'd look down and glimpse upon the cutely smiling face of his worker who was now more than just a worker, but it didn't feel like that.

The designer still couldn't move on and if he was being truly honest the goodbye only made things worse.

Now he couldn't even go a second without thinking about how bad he betrayed the woman he promised to love and how bad he wanted the woman who he promised to leave.

...

"Good morning handsome!" Said a very familiar voice and as Gabriel opened his eye it became very clear who it was.

"Good morning Nathalie." He replied back and in that instant the man received a little kiss on his cheek from his new girlfriend who for some reason seemed to be awfully energetic this morning, he just didn't know why. "Is today special or something? You seem excited."

"Well...I don't know...you should though! Because Audrey is going to announce your plan for the next few years, and what if something super exciting happens!!"
"I doubt" He chuckled "It will just be a bunch of fashion shows plus maybe some gala gatherings to secure more costumers, but that's it, nothing else."
"Okay then-..." she rolled her eyes "...but you could have some hope! Maybe things will change! After all you've changed as well right? And you usually hate change...but now you love me...right?"
"I-...of course, I love you." Gabriel whispered as he took Nathalie's face into his palm and kissed her back like she did before "And I gave up completely on getting the miraculouses."
"B-but...you already had them..."
"Nathalie they-...well they were fake." He admitted "Both the earrings and the ring, they were just made out of clay."
"And how do you know that?! Did you try to make 'the' wish?!"

She pulled back for a second feeling offended and scared that her boss secretly wanted his wife back but as she heard him chuckle suddenly her fears melted away.

"No-no not at all my love. They just both crumpled in my hands and then I realized. But don't worry, I never made the wish!"

"Good. You better have not!" The assistant smiled in relief whilst she laid back closer to Gabriel where she was before. "I would've been mad then!"
"I know love, and I wouldn't ever want to make you mad."

He lied again, but looked so honest whilst doing it that not a soul would've guessed the designer's actual cruel feelings.

So while feeling very special and honored from that comment Nathalie began to actually allow herself to sink into this new reality where her boss now became much more than a boss, and where she as an assistant became much more than just a simple assistant to Gabriel.

It was great.
At least now she completed her biggest dream which was to be with the man of hear dreams, yet even now their relationship wasn't completely perfect.
It had many flaws which could only unfold later on, once they got to know each other even better than they already do.
But as of right now everything seemed to be sugarcoated like in a fairytale.

...

After getting ready for the day and driving over to the hotel where Audrey was, they could see that almost everything was fully decorated and prepared for the big announcement.

In fact the two work partners found Audrey doing her final practice for the speech once they walked into the back room.

"Hello-hello everything okay?" Gabriel asked as he very proudly walked in whilst holding Nathalie's hand who seemed to be smiling so much that Audrey immediately jumped back when she saw the usually cold and mean woman's face so happy.

"A! What happened?!?!"
"Nothing..."
"No-no something is definitely wrong! Your assistant is broken I think."
"Broken? No Audrey no, we're just dating, I think that's it."
"DATING?!?! GABRIEL MY GOD! Have you lost your mind?! Dating?? DATING AT YOUR AGE!" She scoffed "Oh god that's funny!"

Now the designer didn't only feel awkward but also absolutely furious. He hated the hurtful comments of his boss and although he couldn't do much since Audrey was much superior to him he still replied back in an arrogant manner:

"Says you who most definitely sleeps with guys half your age!"
"PARDON?!" She screeched "As far as I'm concerned you're not half my age!"
"AUDREY!!!"
"What? That was a long time ago anyway! Plus now you're hired, so don't complain Gabriel!"
"Okay but there was no need to mention that, especially not now!"
"Too bad." The woman gave a despicable look to Nathalie before turning her head a little and then very fakely smiling at Gabriel "Deal with it!"

With that the very hated woman left, leaving the new couple all alone for the first time ever in public, and as they shared a very special look they both instantly broke out laughing.

"She's mad isn't she?" Nathalie giggled.
"Please when is she not?"
"Right, I almost forgot! Now pardon my words but Audrey is a real bitch!"
"Please Nathalie." Gabriel rolled his eyes, sarcastically "I think the same, in fact I can only feel sorry about Andre for having to deal with 'that' on a daily basis."
"Oh god, don't even mention him. That man must be miserable."

But before the designer could've chuckled in agreement again, a whisper came from outside of the room:

"I am indeed quite depressed." Said Andre as he quickly walked passed, and in a blink of an eye he was already gone leaving the couple to only laugh more about others's miserable marriage.

But in a few minutes that exact same couple was watching Audrey's announcement which wasn't sounding incredibly fun, in fact it was just like Gabriel had predicted.

A couple of fashion shows and a couple of galas, nothing special, making the assistant sigh in disappointment as she looked up at the man beside her.

"Damn it! My hopes are really crushed now." Said Nathalie with a quiet whisper sounding incredibly broken and with that almost instantly alarming her boyfriend who without hesitation rushed to her aid:

"Oh it's alright Nathalie" Gabriel scoffed before kissing her quickly and wiping away those hurt looking tears for the woman's 'cute' face "I'm sure we can plan something exciting to make work seem more fun for you, or, you and me could even go on a vacation, how does that sound dear?"
"I like it! But when? There's so much to do and be done before we-"
"Nathalie! Please forget that! Just stop thinking about work for a little while, alright? And how about now we dance, after all what is a gathering without getting drunk...or should I say 'absolutely wasted'?"
"Oh you sound so lame when you say that, but I love it, it's cute!"
"Come on then love!" Cheered the designer pulling his girlfriend out of the crowd and onto the dance floor "Let's get 'absolutely wasted'!!"

To be continued-

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