Book III - 13

JULIA

I was thirty minutes late to the office. Damn, I was still so sleepy. Adam probably would get mad if he were here. Fortunately, he’s still in Florida.

I went into Adam’s office to organize his desk, but I couldn’t help but think about him. When was he coming back? I was worried that I couldn’t stop thinking about him.

“Julia.”

“Oh, my God!” I jerked. I spun around and found Adam at the door.

He’s here…

He scowled at my reaction and waltzed toward his desk, and sat. “What are you doing?”

“I’m re-organizing.”

“Okay. Prepare the boardroom.”

“Yes, sir.” I left the room quietly.

Hurriedly, I went to the boardroom and asked the person in charge to clean it before the meeting. I placed the folders in front of each seat and a bottle of water. Adam strode into the room a few minutes later. He was carrying a laptop.

“Set this up, Julia,” Adam ordered, then he put the laptop on the conference table. As usual, the urge electrified something strange sleeping in my chest. It’s as if the room