LOGINRosalie is a woman who wanted nothing more than to feel good even if it was for a night. When she met Knox she thought he was her dream man, but he wasted no time in proving her wrong. She tried to avoid him which wasn’t easy since he was her boss and when he suddenly changed his mind about her. She doesn’t know what to think.
View More“Hey, you awake?” he called, his warm hand trailing down my back, taking the sheet with it, making my skin tingle and stopping just above my bottom.
I smiled.
Finally, I had sex with someone and I didn’t feel like shit after. I finished with another person, and it was incredible, I was satisfied. He was the one. This hot man in bed with me is the one I’ve been looking for.
I never would have guessed it would be a man like him. I knew it the moment he touched me and whispered in my ear. The sea of people laughing, drinking, dancing, or shouting all faded away and it felt like we were the only ones there. It wasn’t my scene, but I promised myself to go out and look for a stranger who could make me feel good and desired. I wanted to experience the lovemaking they write in books even if it was once. I almost backed out, but my best friend: Stella wouldn’t hear any of it saying I made the decision and I had to embrace it. So I did.
I had been dancing for a while when I felt someone move in behind me. “Hey,” he said with his lips at my earlobe in a deep, gravelly voice and I shivered. I looked into his dark almost black eyes and didn't need words to understand what he wanted. He took my hand and led me to the third floor which I learned from Stella that only the elites have access to it. I knew it was careless to just go with him, but even if I wanted to I had a feeling I wouldn't be able to refuse him.
And now, several hours later I'm in bed with him naked, satisfied, and at ease. And it wasn't just the sex. It was him. His whole being.
I was on my belly in bed, my cheek on the pillow with my head turned away from him. I turned my head in his direction and looked up at him.
Dark unruly definitely sexy hair, dark almost black hard eyes that indicate that he doesn't smile much, a beard that looked like it had its own maintenance routine, broad shoulders that I could see even through the custom-tailored suit, ripped chest and the rest of his body was hard and strong something I knew because I'd acquainted myself with every inch.
He was simply beautiful, perfect, and most definitely not my type and I never would have imagined that a man like him, pristine, serious, bossy suit and tie would be my type. But now that I found the man of my dreams I knew he was perfect even though my fantasy was just for tonight.
“I'm awake,” I whispered because a whisper was all I could manage. My throat was hoarse from screaming.
His hand lifted to smack my ass lightly before he said, “Time for you to leave darling, the fun is over.”
I blinked repeatedly while the rest of my body froze. I couldn't believe my ears.
He moved.
He exited the bed, snatched his cufflinks and Rolex off the dresser, and snapped them on. Then he sauntered to the door, didn't even glance back as he said, “Leave your number and close the door on your way out, you can do that much, Right?
He swung the door open and disappeared behind it. I jolted in shock as it slammed shut.
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It was eight thirty on Monday morning when I ran to the other side of the biggest marketing company in the country because I had just been told I would be a temporary assistant to the CEO as his former assistant was on maternity leave.
I was breathless by the time I entered his office. “I'm really sorry sir, I was just informed that I'll be filling in for your assistant a while ago, it won't happen again. I'm really sorry." I apologised over and over because I heard he has little tolerance for lateness, even though I'm not at fault he's still the boss.
He had his back to me, and I noticed there was another person in front of him. It looked like they were making out. I was apologising for being late and he was making out with someone. I couldn't believe it. I cleared my throat to get his attention.
He turned to look at me, and I couldn't believe my eyes. It's him, the same guy I met last weekend that rocked my world, and proceeded to throw me out like I was some piece of garbage. His eyes hardened when recognition dawned on him. “Out,” he said, still staring at me like I was his biggest enemy. Maybe I was given that I just interrupted his make-out session.
The brunette wrapped her arm around him. I guess she's a bit slow.
He slid his hands off her. “I said out,” he repeated before she realised he was talking to her. She couldn't hide the hurt on her face, and begrudgingly packed her stuff and waved at him as she headed out, but he was done with her. I knew this because he wasn't paying her any attention and had his angry eyes on me as he buttoned up his shirt.
“What are you doing here?” he asked.
I stared at him, flustered and fired, I finally said. “I work here.”
“You what?”
“I work here.”
His eyes did a top-to-toe then he repeated after me, “You work here.”
“I was told your personal assistant was on leave. I'll be your temporary assistant.”
He stared down at me and didn't look any less unhappy. In fact, he looked even more unhappy.
Then he stated, “You are shitting me.”
I fought against biting my lip, succeeded, and shook my head.
Apparently, Knox wasn't a big fan of working alongside women he had slept with. Or, in my case, slept with and kicked out of his bed.”
I found this piece of information interesting, not in a good way but it was interesting nonetheless.
Then Knox announced, “You don't work here anymore.”
I blinked up at him as my hand automatically reached out and grasped the chair in front of me.
He is ridiculous.
I spent the rest of the week at the Norman house.Steve drove me to and from work every day without complaint. He didn’t push, didn’t ask why I was sleeping in my old room again, didn’t mention the way I sometimes stared at my engagement ring weirdly. He just… was there. Quiet. Steady. Familiar.Knox didn’t call. Didn’t text. Didn’t show up.The office was a minefield.Mike kept his distance after our lunch, but I caught him watching me—concern in his eyes every time Aiden walked past my desk with that smug little smirk. Knox was a ghost: with his doors closed, endless meetings and his eyes avoiding mine in the hallways.By Friday I felt like I was coming apart at the seams.I was late.Not late-for-a-meeting late. Late-late, for my period.Five days. Then six. Then seven.I’d been irregular before—stress, grief, the chaos of moving in with Knox—but never this late. And the nausea that hit every morning, the way my breasts ached when I took off my bra at night, the bone-deep exhaustio
Steve’s SUV smelled like pine cleaner and the faint trace of cigarette smoke he always tried to hide from his mom. It was familiar in a way that made my chest ache—the same scent that clung to the old Norman house where I’d spent most of my teenage years after the accident.He didn’t take me to his apartment. He drove straight to the house in the suburbs, the one his parents still lived in, the one that had been my safe place when the world fell apart at fourteen.The porch light was on. Mrs. Norman—Ellen—opened the door before we even reached it, wrapping me in a hug that smelled like vanilla and home without asking a single question. She just murmured, “Oh, sweetheart,” and led me inside.Steve carried my bag. His dad, Paul, gave me a quiet nod from the recliner, the TV flickering with some late-night news. They didn’t pry. They never had.Ellen made me chamomile tea and tucked me into the guest room that used to be mine—same pale blue walls, same quilt Lena and I picked out at sixt
I didn’t go straight to the penthouse after work. I couldn’t face it—not after the day I’d had.I walked the cold streets for hours, letting the December sleet soak through my coat, watching happy couples hurry past with shopping bags and linked arms. My phone stayed dark. No texts from Knox. No calls. Just that last message from hours ago: Staying at the office tonight. Don’t wait up.As if I’d been waiting up for him like some lovesick fool.By the time I finally keyed myself into the penthouse, it was past eleven. The lights were low, the city glittering beyond the windows like a mockery of everything I thought I’d have when I signed that stupid fake-engagement contract.Knox was home.He stood in the kitchen, back to me, pouring scotch into a crystal glass. His jacket was gone, sleeves rolled up, the muscles in his forearms tense as he gripped the bottle harder than necessary. He’d heard me come in—he always did—but he didn’t turn around right away.“You’re late,” he said finally,
I didn’t go back to my desk after the break-room disaster. I couldn’t.I hid in the ladies’ room for twenty minutes, splashing cold water on my face until the red blotches faded and I looked almost human again. My phone buzzed twice—Lena asking if I was alive, then Knox with a single word: Boardroom.Of course there was a board meeting. There was always something that required the perfect fake fiancée to sit prettily beside the CEO and pretend we were madly in love.I fixed my lipstick, straightened my blazer, and walked into the executive conference room like I hadn’t just seen a ghost.Everyone was already seated. Knox at the head of the table, Aiden to his right looking smug, the usual gray-haired board members scattered around. And there—directly across from my usual chair—was Mike.He stood when I entered, like some old-fashioned gentleman. A few heads turned. Knox didn’t stand. He didn’t even look up from his tablet.“Good morning, everyone,” I said, voice steady by some mirac












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