Engrossed in their own thoughts, neither of them commented on how long it had taken Rosaline to come back.
They went back to the casual conversion and ironed out some more details while waiting for Tessa to join.
Some more food and wine later, Tessa made a grand entrance. Owing to the privacy of the private room, the waiter would get the ID and ask the ones inside if they did indeed call the person in question.
When Tessa came in, both William and Tessa were astonished.
“WTF, boss, how do you know Rosy?” Tessa inquired William.
“She is the help you called?” William asked Rosaline, ignoring Tessa as he was wont to do.
“Damn! Can you be a little more human, boss? I spent so much effort digging on your bitch?”
“Interesting!” Rosaline finally said. William had a bad feeling about it.
“Babe, who is he?” Rosaline asked Tessa.
“Babe?” William frowned, not being the object of the address.
“Senior Will, how do you know my Rosy? Is it okay if I introduce myself as the girl who gave you your first blowjob?” Tessa had her revenge on William for ignoring her earlier.
William coughed, spitting out all the wine in his mouth. ‘Damn it! Why the hell do they know each other?’
William glared at Tessa with gritted teeth and explained to Rosaline. “It’s not what it sounds like.”
That piqued Tessa’s interest.
“Oh My! Has our infamous asexual senior Will finally fallen in love?” Tessa teased.
“Asexual?” Rosaline’s interest was piqued. ‘The way he looks like me does not seem asexual’ Rosaline thought biting her lips.
“Miss Johnson, how about I fire you from the AR group?” William finally acknowledged Tessa.
“No, please! Don’t! boss? senior? respected senior? senior Will? CEO Will? boss Will?” Tessa continued to beg but William acted as if he did not hear her.
“Don’t listen to her. She talks nonsense all the time.” William told Rosaline with a hint of expectation and fear in his eyes.
Rosaline knew the story of the “first blowjob”, she just did not expect William to be the person pranked by Tessa. Wanting to have fun, she deliberately drawled, “Really, why don’t I think so?”
“How do you two know each other?” William asked Rosaline. He knew Tessa would be contained for a while with the threat of her job.
“Besties since kindergarten” Rosaline’s honest answer had William frowning even more.
“She was my junior in college. We got acquainted during a hackathon project and collaborated a lot after that. And she will be working in my company. She is also the person I asked to look into Supriya” William did not want to hide anything from Rosaline.
Tessa was even more intrigued. ‘Looks like William is hooked. So this is what the poker face looks like when he has emotions. Rosaline seems to be attracted too. If these two get together, William won’t be able to threaten me.’
Tessa got excited when she thought about that.
William had a bad feeling looking at Tessa’s eyes which were shining with excitement.
“Boss Will, if you want to date my bestie, you have to get my permission. Besides, I can tell you about her sensitive spots.” Tessa sold Rosaline immediately to one-up William for once.
It was Rosaline’s turn to choke as William’s eyes were clouded with desire.
“Stop it, Tess!” “That’s not what it sounds like.”
“I hope so,” William answered involuntarily, which had Tessa in stitches.
Rosaline stared wide-eyed at William who coughed to hide his embarrassment and changed the subject.
“Alright, how about we get back to business? Miss Johnson, do you want to order first?”