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TWENTY EIGHT
The receptionist sneered at her then said "The fifteenth floor" and went back to what she was doing, which was nothing. So much for making friends on her first day. Deciding to ignore her, she got in the lift and pressed the button that would take her to her new workplace. When the lift pinged open, all eyes turned on her. The layout was just like every other office she's been to, cubicles, only here people actually stopped to stare. Didn't they have anything to do? With the way she was dressed, they were making her feel uncomfortable. One girl who appeared to be her age got up and approached her
"Excuse me, are you lost?"
Do I look like I'm lost? Was on the tip of her tongue but she said "No. I'm looking for Mr. Copeland's office. I'm his new assistant"
The girl
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It was horrible. If Alexis thought Mr. Jerkface was mean that first day, she found out later what a devil he was. He'd explained to her what she needed to do. Get him coffee first thing in the morning, black no sugar, inform him of the day's appointments, remind him when it was time for lunch, and time to leave the office, get his lunch, go on errands when he needed her to. All that on top of her job and she'd thought that for someone so proud, his schedule was simple. Until the next morning.She'd arrived early so she could make his coffee but he was already there and he'd taken pleasure in telling her off about the importance of arriving at the office earlier than the boss. His face was a mask of anger and irritation but his eyes danced with humor clearly enjoying torturing her. That was just the beginning. Every time she made him a cup of
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"Yes sir," Alexis said out loud getting up to follow him. But then the idiot slammed the door on her face knowing very well that now she had to knock then wait for his approval so she could go in.Dear God. Where is the patience I asked for?She raised her hand and knocked."Come in" that came after five minutes. Taking a deep breath, she opened the door and walked in.Keep calm Alexis."What can I do for you, sir?""Call Miss Elizabeth Austin for me""Excuse me?" she blurted out without thinking because she was sure he hadn't made her wait for five minutes just so he could tell her to call someone for him."Ha
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Ray looked around the apartment he'd picked out. It was identical to Alexis' which was on the opposite side but hers had a better view than his. He wasn't complaining though because that view had nothing on her. They were on the twelfth floor which was the highest in the building and consisted of only the two apartments. No nosy or ridiculously loud neighbors. It would be just the two of them on the floor. The thought did nothing to calm some of his crucial body parts down.When he'd seen her in the kitchen dressed in those clothes that hid her figure, he hadn't seen how terrible they looked on her as Jayden kept saying. Oh no. He'd taken one look at her and the only thing he could think of was what he'd find when he was done unwrapping her. She looked like a Christmas present and given the chance he'd peel off all the layers one by one until there
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Hours later Ray was contemplating on what to do when he received a text from Marjorie inviting him out. Her only condition was that she bring Henry along. He knew she liked his friend and he felt sorry for Henry because Marjorie wasn't someone you could ignore. All throughout college Henry had turned down girls using the excuse of not wanting to get distracted. To some extent, Ray understood why he wanted to succeed so much, but he'd also told him not to forget about other things like relationships. They were important too. Otherwise, what would having success mean if you didn't share it with someone? But he'd grumbled saying there was time for that later. Hopefully, that later was now because Marjorie had set her eyes on him and he could only imagine what she planned to do to have wrapped around her little finger. Also, there is no way he was going to miss seeing Henry pretend not to like her which is why he called his friend. The fact t
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He leaned on the table with his left elbow obscuring her view of everyone else. He wanted to create their own bubble where it would be just her and him. Where she was relaxed enough to tell him everything. It would be the first time that she would trust him with any of her problems. Maybe if he played it right, she would learn to trust him little by little."So? What's bothering you?"She sighed. And for a second he thought she wasn't going to tell him anything but she must have made up her mind because she started talking. "I just.... I miss Jim so much. If he were here, he'd know what to do. He was so good with that. Giving me advice on how I should react in some situations. I depended on him too much and now I feel like everything I do is wrong but I have no one to tell me what's ri
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Dipping his head, he kissed her. Well, it was more like he'd placed his lips on top of hers, testing the waters, but that counted as a kiss in his book. He waited for her to push him away, slap him and call him names. God knew he deserved it. Her boyfriend was in jail, her boss giving her a hard time and here he was moving in on her instead of offering to help her. He'd get it if she got mad at him if she decided not to talk to him ever again. It would be horrible knowing he blew his chance with her because he couldn't control himself. He wasn't one of those people who gave up easily so he'd probably chase after her for the rest of his life but it would really suck to see her with someone else after Connor. He's supposed to come after that imbecile and stay forever. That was the plan.Her lips moving against his cut his muddled thoughts short. She was kissing him back and Ray could have j
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Alexis stared up at the ceiling wondering what she was doing. This was crazy, she had gone insane. What had she been thinking when she'd kissed Ray back last night? This was Raymond Lachlan. He was the quintessential annoying, bad boy, trust fund babies who did nothing but go from club to club partying and picking up women every night. All he needed were tattoos to complete his look.But he'd also said he was in love with you.No, he hadn't said that. His words were 'You can't be friends with someone you're in love with'. He never said that someone was her. So why had she kissed him?"Oh Alexis, what did you do?" she groaned burying her face in her pillow. As if it wasn't enough that she'd dry humped him in the bar, she'd kissed him again when he had dropped her off. Marjorie had taken a cab with Henry claiming he needed someone to take care of him since he was so drunk which was bullshit seeing as she was the one who'd gotten him drunk. Alexis only hoped he
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"Oh. So you saw through that. Huh?""It's disgusting mom. I hate to think what I would've walked in on had I taken ten more minutes to get ready""In our defense, we thought we were alone. Your grandmother took your brothers out and you were asleep. But next time we'll lock the door" Alexis heard what she hadn't said. 'We won't stop doing what we want wherever we want to, but we'll lock the doors so no one would walk in on them'"Thank God I'm moving out""So? Who was the boy? Do I know him?"Don't tell her. She'll overreact."It was Ray""Ray? Which Ray?" her mother asked pretending she didn't know who they were talking about but Alexis could see through that too."Don't act like you don't know I'm talking about Raymond Lachlan""Our Ray?"She snapped "He's not ours"He's mine. Shit. Since when?"Okay. But I thought you two didn't like each other?""I thought so too.""Why kiss him t
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