"W-We're just a boss and employee, ma'am...We're not a couple or anything!" She said quickly, her voice a little too forced and uncharacteristically flustered.
The couple only waved cheerfully, the man adding with a wink, "Employee or not, you two look rather cute together!...Reminds me of the days my wife and I started to go out!"
"Oh, you!~" The lady blushed at her husband's comment as she lovingly held his arms as they entered the changing room.
As the door clicked shut behind the couple, I turned back to Nina, propping myself against the counter with a grin I knew would get under her skin, and said,
"Guess we're not fooling anyone, huh?"
She crossed her arms with a dramatic harumph, tilting her chin up in mock disdain. "Keep it professional, Kafka." She retorted, though the faint pink dusting her cheeks betrayed her usual composure.
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