Chapter One

"Yo, let's go get some coffee." Ryan, my best friend nudged me as I kept working on my laptop.

"I have work, dude. I need to get the sample designs for our new project done, like now." I replied not taking my eyes off the screen.

"Oh right, the new project. I heard that our new project manager is a woman. Can you believe it?" he whispered so that no one could hear us and climbed on my desk.

"Really?" I asked in shock because we were working in a gaming company and I was a game designer while Ryan was working in the back end. Women were rarely interested in gaming and stuff so I was genuinely surprised to know that a woman was going to be our new project manager.

"Yeah, I hope she is hot. I'm bored of seeing all these dudes and nerdy chicks around this company." He stated, making me laugh a bit.

"Yeah, whatever." I shook my head and continued to focus on my work.

"What happened to you, man? I miss the old Nate,"

"Old Nate is no longer available. This Nate here is fucked up," I replied dryly and he rolled his eyes.

"Are you still hung up on that Rebecca chick?" he asked and I froze, not able to say anything.

"I'm not. Stop bugging me, Ryan." I muttered in annoyance. Ever since her wedding, I threw myself into work and tried my best to not think about her. Ryan has been annoying me for a while to go on dates and even tried to hook me up with some chicks but I wasn't interested at all.

"Jeez, someone has got their panties in a twist." he teased, punching my arm while I glared at him.

"Girls are throwing themselves at you, man. Just get over her already,"

"I'm not interested in dating."

"Then, let's hit the club and find some chicks." He winked and I let out a huge sigh, knowing he was not going to give up anytime soon. The last time I hooked up with a girl was on Rebecca's wedding day and even though I was drunk, the memory was still fresh in my mind.

Phew, that was one hot encounter!

"Boys, get in the conference room. Our project manager should be here any minute now. Nate, are the designs ready?" David, our team lead asked and I nodded, grabbing my laptop while Ryan jumped off my desk.

"Time to meet the hot chick," He whistled and walked in front of me while I dragged my lazy ass towards the conference room.

The room was filled with our entire team which consists of around ten people and I sat down in my seat already feeling bored out of my mind. I opened my laptop and tried to keep myself busy.

"Hi, Nate." I looked up at the sound of a familiar voice to see Amy smiling at me from the other side of the room and adjusting her glasses. She was a nice girl who had a silly crush on me since day one but she was definitely not my type. I smiled back at her just to be polite.

"Why don't you ask her out?" Ryan stated loud enough so that she could hear and I kicked him under the table.

"Shut up before I kick your ass,"

"I'm just looking out for you, jerk." He whispered and I mentally face plamed myself.

"Now, you whisper. Asshole!" I cursed, making him chuckle.

"Guys, our new manager is very talented and really good at what she does. She expects nothing but the best and I expect all of you to work your ass off to deliver this project successfully," David started and continued to go on and on about this chick and I wanted to kill myself already. I started to play Super Mario on my laptop all the while wondering what the hell was so damn special about this woman? She must be in her late forties or something if she had achieved so much.

Poor Ryan!

"Here she is. Team, I would like to introduce our new project manager, Samantha Perez." David beamed proudly. I looked up from my game to see who this mysterious woman was and literally choked on my own saliva, gaining everyone's attention.

"Fuck," I muttered under my breath and loosened my tie to breathe a little.

"Mr.Wilson, are you okay?" David asked with a concerned look on his face and I smiled assuring him that everything was fine. I could feel a pair of hazel brown eyes staring at me from right across the room and I swallowed hard, unable to believe my own eyes

Is this what they call as coincidence?

"Dude, she is smoking hot. Am I dreaming or something? She is so freaking young. I thought she would be around 30 or something," Ryan gushed beside me while I gave him a nervous smile. David began to introduce the team members one by one and he finally pointed at me.

"That's Nate Wilson, our game designer and the most valuable asset of our company."

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Wilson." she smiled, adorning a knowing look on her face, her eyes lingering on me for a while longer than usual. I gave her a tight smile and looked away immediately. Fuck, Nothing made sense. How could she be my project manager? She looked younger than me and she was too pretty to be smart.

Okay, that came out wrong but come on, this was unbelievable.

"Nate, she is literally eye fucking you, man. Do you know her or something?" Ryan whispered and my eyes went wide.

"Wh-- what? No, Of course not." I stammered nervously.

"She keeps glancing at you,"

"I can't help it if I'm good looking, dude," I mumbled, wiping the beads of sweat on my forehead. I kept glancing at her occasionally and noticed that she was even hotter than the first time I saw her. She was wearing a sleeveless beige colored top and grey pencil skirt that hugged every inch of her body. She looked so poised and sophisticated and nothing like the woman I met at the bar the other day. I reluctantly peeled my eyes from her smooth olive skin which brought back sinful memories of that night. I finally took a deep breath to calm my raging nerves.

Okay, I can do this. She probably doesn't even remember me.

The rest of the meeting went pretty well and I explained my design confidently, trying my best to imagine that she wasn't in the room and once I was done with my presentation, I sat down on my seat.

"Alright, team. Everything looks good and I'm so excited to work along with each and everyone one of you. You can go ahead and continue with your work. Thank you so much for your time," she finished off and I stood up from my seat swiftly, shutting down my laptop with such force.

"Uhh...Mr. Wilson, I need to talk about your design. Could you please stay back?"

Fuck! Holy fucking shit!

Was she going to fire me or something?

"Sure, Ms. Perez."

"She totally has the hots for you, dude." Ryan whispered before walking out out the room, leaving us both alone.

"You look much better than the last time I saw you." She smirked, folding her arms in front of her chest and my eyes flicked to her breasts for a split second.

You look much hotter too, I wanted to say but refrained from doing so to keep my job.

"So you remember me," I stated, running my hands through my hair.

"I should be asking you that. I'm surprised that you remember me given how drunk you were," she scoffed and I stood in front of her awkwardly, not knowing what to say.

"Small world huh?" I laughed, trying to break the tension between us.

"Yeah, small world indeed." She said, looking at me amusingly.

"Umm...did you really want to talk about the game design?" I asked just to be clear and she raised her eyebrows.

"Mr.Wilson, don't even get the idea that I'm going to treat you any different just because we fucked. We both didn't see this coming so let's just put that behind us," she replied bluntly.

Damn, what happened to the wild sexy woman? She was acting so cold and professional, not that I wanted to sleep with her again or anything or did I? I mean, it wouldn't be bad.

"I know. I-- I didn't mean it like that." I stuttered like a fool, feeling a bit intimated by her.

Fuck, I was acting like a pussy. What was wrong with me?

"Coming back to the project, your designs suck, Mr.Wilson. I need you to come up with a new design in the next twenty-four hours," she replied casually and was about to walk past me.

"Excuse me?"

"Do you have a hearing problem?"

"I worked my ass off to come up with that design," I raised my voice a bit, feeling pissed out of my mind. Who the hell does she think she is? She probably doesn't know anything about this stuff.

"Well, work harder. I heard some great things about you so please don't disappoint me again," she replied and turned around to walk out of the room, leaving me speechless.

What a bitch!