CHAPTER 18

Mikayla stood stunned in front of the closed elevator door. She was now alone on the boardroom floor.

In the silence of emptiness, she could pause to think about everything that had just happened.

Too many thoughts warred for space in her head at the same time so she couldn't make sense of anything. "Okay, okay, let's take this one at a time. Let's start at the beginning," she said out loud.

One, Armani was no longer an investor because she sold her shares to someone.

Two, that someone was no other than Cael Lautner, the very man she hoped to never see again.

Three, Cael Lautner had no intentions of leaving her alone, spending millions of dollars just to be close to her was a good enough indication.

Four, she couldn't resist Cael Lautner any more now than she could the night of the event.

In simple terms, she was screwed. Actually, she'd been screwed ever since that day she met him.

She'd known it deep inside that once you meet a person who affected you so much on such a deep leve