Mag-log in"Uh-huh." The disbelief was palpable. "And you need to personally observe her interview because...?""Because I said so." I stood, grabbing my jacket. "Reschedule the board meeting. Tell them something came up."Charlie was grinning now, that insufferable I-know-something-you-don't grin. "You know,
Sebastian looked away almost immediately, as if his gaze had merely swept across the room and happened to land on me by accident. As if I were nothing special. Just another candidate.Although I understood why, his dismissal stung more than it should have."Everyone, please remain calm." Charlie's v
I wanted to melt into the floor.My face burned like I'd been standing too close to a fire.Sebastian paused—just for a second, maybe less—then he stepped back with the kind of casual grace that suggested nothing unusual had happened at all. But the damage was already done.I had just accidentally k
They sat only two seats away from me and thankfully, Sebastian hasn't seen me. Yet.He hadn't even looked in my direction since he came in. I used the big printed out study material Charlie from HR of the Rossi Corporation had sent to my email to cover my face. I sank deeper into the chair.Why did
The question Luca hurled at me hung in the air. I could almost feel it slicing through the space between us.What really happened between you two out there?I opened my mouth then closed it again.A part of me wanted to lay everything bare.Not the whole truth, of course. I would take Sebastian's fi
I had not expected Sebastian’s intervention or even the way it made me feel.A strange warmth blossomed beneath my ribs, unsettling me in its precision.How could Sebastian—the man I hardly knew, a man with a reputation wrapped in cold steel—read me so clearly?Support me so instinctively?The reali
Sebastian's POVThe position we were in reminded me a lot of that first night. How she had fallen into me with surprise in her breath and heat in her eyes.The room I’d dragged Eleanor into was barely lit, shadows spilling across the walls. The moment the door closed, she reacted—sharp, instinctive.
On the day we met, I was to meet high-profile clients. But when I saw her, I canceled the meeting we’d spent two months arranging—a meeting men had flown across continents for— without the slightest hesitation, all for a girl who looked like she was counting her steps as she walked that night.Ridic
Luca jiggled the door knob.I froze when he came inside.In the heat of everything, Sebastian had not locked the door.Luca's silhouette appeared in the opened door before he closed it.My heart was trapped in my throat but Sebastian didn't seem to mind that we were seconds away from getting caught.
I watched the scandalous, skimpy photo Chloe sent Luca disappear in real time. One second it was there, and the next, it was gone and I was staring at a blank screen.My breath hitched, sharp and painful.Chloe had deleted it for both devices.The message was gone, but I could still see Chloe's come







