Ten minutes later, Natalie stood just inside the door of his office."Mr Van Holt, you wanted to see me?" she asked, her voice breaking a little when he turned from the window and stared at her, searching her face as if all the answers to his questions were written there."Do you plan to stand over there the whole day?" Levi asked as he leaned on his desk."Is something wrong?"Yes. Everything was so wrong, and she was the only one who could fix it.But he ignored her question and asked one of his own. "Did I stutter, Ms Taylor? How long do you plan to stand over there?"The edge in his voice startled her out of her indecisiveness, and in a flash, Natalie crossed the room and paused in front of him, her intoxicating scent paralysing him.Levi gripped the sides of his desk to stop himself from reaching for her. Even when he was so confused, he still wanted her with a fierceness that shook him to his very core."Who are you?" he asked after a tense minute of silence from him and a bit o

The moment Levi was alone, he went on a rampage, hurling everything from his shelves and desk across the room, papers and files scattered in the air, glass pieces shattered on the floor, accolades of years of hard work attesting to his greatness destroyed in an instant.His laptop and computer screen didn't survive the carnage either.By the time his partner and Angela came in, there was nothing left to salvage.Mark dealt with the aftermath, starting with Angela. He asked her to cancel all Levi's appointments and ensure no staff came to the tenth floor.He got the first aid kit and joined Levi on the floor amongst the broken glass and his shattered dreams."Oh, God!" Levi clutched his chest, blood gushing from his palm. His heart ached so much he thought he was dying. "Mark, what do I do?""Steady there." Mark pressed his hand tightly to stop the bleeding. "Shit was bound to happen. It's better you found out now before you got in too deep."They stayed on the floor until two bottles

The doctor called Natalie as soon as Amber hung up with some bad news.Unfortunately, her blood type wasn't compatible with Jamie's. So even though she was relatively healthy—but on the underweight side—and as much as she wanted to, she couldn't donate her kidney.Since Amber was a match, though, their brother's chances had improved considerably. Over the next few weeks, her siblings would have to go through a few more tests and meet with various specialists to prepare them for the transplant, which still largely depended on their finances.Natalie was already crunching the numbers while the doctor brought her up to speed; the various specialists he'd mentioned and the transplant team sounded very costly.She was still reeling from the doctor's call, and her eyes still red from crying at Amber's news when she walked into the meeting she normally wouldn't sit in. But Norah had asked her to represent the office support area and take notes for her since she had a clash in her diary.All

"She's right," Mark said from the window when Levi turned back to his desk. "Your fifteen minutes of barking and growling at her could have been a simple email, you know."Of course, he knew. The whole game proposal was a sham, a way to save face for giving in to his compulsive need to see her, especially after Angela had handed him that bullshit resignation letter.He'd read somewhere it took ninety days to get over someone. Thirty was the longest he could go without Natalie. Anything over that was enough to send him to a white padded room."I'm just saying—" Mark carried on.Levi shot him down with a snarl as he roamed his eyes on the laptop. "Don't say anything!"He didn't know what was worse. Natalie making suggestions about how he should manage his time. Mark's know-it-all attitude. Or the jumbled up mess on his desktop."Fucking hell!" he growled. His files and documents were still syncing from the cloud, making it impossible to find what he needed.Mark sprung from the window a

Immediately after their breakfast, Levi and Mark set off for the studio where Crystal was shooting her lingerie ad. It was ten minutes away from their hotel, and they made it on set just as the crew began setting up for the day."Over there," Mark made her out from a troupe of lingerie-clad models huddled in the corner.She looked up and smiled when she saw him wave at her.Crystal was almost as tall as them, and she wasn't wearing heels. Big and imposing, she reminded Levi of an Amazon. She had a raspy voice and a booming laugh to match her larger than life personality.They exchanged introductions and hugs.She was a hugger and believed one could tell a lot about a person from how they hugged.Crystal led them to an empty dressing room and sat down, not in the least self-conscious about her state of undress."Why are you looking for Jewel?" she asked, her eyes growing suspicious for the first time since they met.Mark explained she was missing and they needed to find her."I get tha