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Iris stared at Luca with shock etched on her face. She was speechless and didn’t know what to make of the sudden offer to work at his firm. It was a total 360 of what she had expected to happen when she came down for breakfast this morning. She had imagined different scenarios in her head but Luca asking her to work for him was far from it, it never crossed her thoughts.

“What?” She couldn’t help but whisper as she looked at him, trying to decipher if he was joking or trying to toy with her like he usually does.

“I want you to work at my publishing house. We have been looking for someone to manage it and I noticed that you have spent most of your time in the house library. With the number of books you’ve read, I think you would do a pretty good job if you are taught properly and it would be a win for both of us, a double win for you since you’ll keep reading and kill your boredom at the same time”

Iris couldn’t help but look at Luca like he was a stranger that had two heads because he