I wondered why I couldn't shut up and tell myself that it didn't concern me. Now, the whole department was watching me, and I could easily predict that if I failed to save them, they would blame me instead of feeling a little thankful that I tried… The CEO chuckled as he most likely found my desperate attempt of saving the entire department's jobs amusing. That moment I wished I could be as calculated as he was, I wouldn't get myself into trouble again. I looked at the CFO, he was smiling at me, impatiently waiting to hear my idea. I immediately realized that I burst out without even thinking about it thoroughly, but I knew I had to pretend as I knew exactly what I was doing. “My idea is to use our website and social media more actively…” I began. I instantly heard groans of disappointment and discontent extending into the room. So much for giving me courage to speak… I started to regret my rush decision even more. I was irked, but I decided to continue despi

We left the restaurant and got back to work. I kept glancing at Samil on the way back to the office, hoping to notice any signs, that he recognized himself as the main character of my story. Yet, that didn't happen. He either decided to keep his poker face despite the facts he knew that I was the one who rescued him, or this event didn't matter to him as much as it used to… or as much as it mattered to me. I felt upset knowing that the accident which determined my whole life could become irrelevant to him over the years. I imagined that when he would find out the truth, everything would change. Well… something did change. He stopped teasing me, his attitude became colder. I tried to tell myself it was merely my imagination, and that I expected too much from him, but my aching heart didn't want to hear such explanation. We got back to the office almost without talking to each other. Only Mr. Havet and I engaged ourselves in a meaningless shred of conversation, Samil d

I jumped up on my bed and nearly screamed. My hands were shaking, and I could feel the exhaustion from pulling the Duke up from the cliff, like I was the one who actually did it. I looked around to assure myself that I was awake and back in my own room. I sighed in relief and collapsed on the bed again. My heart was pounding like I just ran the marathon. I touched my lips with fingertips. I still felt the tingling sensation, as it was my lips that the Duke kissed. The irony of what I experienced hit me hard… I wondered if Samil's lips tasted the same as Duke's. No matter how hard I thought about the Duke as an enemy, he was as freaking hot as Samil! Besides, there was another thing that irked me… “Why Samil couldn't have a spontaneous reaction like that, when he found out I saved his life?!” it was definitely one of the things I envied Immara. Of course, I couldn't tell if the Duke did it to thank Immara, it was more likely that he did on a whim using the adr

“Sir… what brings you here?” I called panicked. The CEO closed the door of the conference room and walked closer to Grace and me. “I wanted to check on your progress,” he stated casually. “Our draft is almost ready… we just need to go through it one more time, to make sure everything is fine,” Grace helped me explain, while I kept hectically wondering how much of my blabbering did Samil heard.  “Good…” he smirked and stood right next to me, “I'm looking forward to see your draft,” he patted my shoulder. I flinched under his touch. My heart beat faster and faster, I couldn't focus, my brain was too busy processing words I said when the CEO entered the room and every possible way, he might have understood them. “Ms. Lee, I need to take Ms. Eder from you now, so you will have to finish your project tomorrow,” he gazed at me commandingly. “O-of course,” Grace gulped overpowered by his strong presence. “See… you tomorro

I took another glass of champagne from the waiter's tray and kept gazing around the room full of spiteful and hungry predators. I felt like a little lost bunny among them, hiding by the table and hoping that no one would notice me... Unfortunately, I forgot that I was already standing near one dangerous creature, and he was getting attention. Suddenly, some couple walked towards Samil and me. “Mr. Borda, nice to meet you here!” a tall man wearing glasses called. “Mr. Jensen, pleasure to meet you here as well,” Samil smiled. The couple walked closer to talk. The man looked like he was around 40 years old and was obviously a very wealthy person. I could see it by the tailor-made suit he was wearing, and by the luxurious Patek watch on his hand. The woman standing next to him and holding his arm wore a flashy designer gown, I wouldn't be surprised if there were real diamonds that were sparkling on it. As soon as she saw Samil up close, she let go of her partner'