Chapter 13 - Layla Prime

Layla POV

"Layla," I hear my name being called from inside the office. We are waiting for the IT people to fix the link of communication between his office and mine. Something happened overnight, and several lines have been disrupted.

I walk into the office to find Richard without his jacket, his light blue shirt with the first button undone and the tie a little loose, his sleeves rolled up to his elbows as his hands move through his hair. Damn, this is a lovely image.

"I need you to call Jude, get him through, and then I need you to go to IT to see why they are taking so much to connect the links," he says, and I type everything down on my iPad.

"Anything else?" I ask, raising my eyes to his, and I realize his eyes are glued to my lips. That's when I realized I was biting my lips. His eyes dart to mine, an