The silence that overtook the room was deafening. Marko had not been discreet about the announcement, as though he had wanted everyone in the room to hear him. ANd looking at him he seemed unbothered by the rising whispers that surrounded them.
Nicole knew that her eyebrows were raised impossibly high, but she could not help it. This was NOT what they had agreed to when they started the whole charade. She agreed to help him because she knew that sooner or later they were going to break up. This was a temporary thing. They go out on a few dates, get seen around together, and then fizzle out. But now with an announcement like that, at an event like the one they were at, it was not going to be as easy as when they were just dating.
Looking at Marko, that was exactly what he had in mind. He
