Leo reached out for Ellen at the same time she landed in his arms, just as she shouted his name, “Leo!”The elevator shook, and the lights went off as it stopped."Ellen, you’re fine; we’re fine,” Leo whispered as he patted her back.Ellen’s head lay on Leo’s chest; her ear could hear his raging heart beat, which she assumed was because of the shaking of the elevator.Leo held onto her, his whole body a mixture of reactions. He was glad they were okay, and it was something minor that would be resolved in a few minutes. Leo didn’t know whether to be glad or indifferent that Ellen was wrapped in his arms.“I hate tiny spaces,” Ellen whispered as she squeezed her eyes.Leo chuckled, the vibrating sound of it in his chest audible to Ellen, whose head was still placed on his chest.“You’ll be out of it soon enough,” Leo told her reassuringly.A few minutes later, the lights came back on, and Ellen’s eyes shot open. She realized the compromising position she was in and consciously took a st

Felix was sitting in the lounge when Ellen stepped into the office. He raised his head from the document he was perusing as she walked up to him.“Here are the documents, Felix,” Ellen said as she handed them over to him.“Okay, thank you,” Felix replied with a smile.“I just might steal you away from Leo,” Felix added, winking at her.Ellen smiled at his statement, “Steal? I don’t think so,” Ellen replied. She always finds Felix amusing when he talks to her."Are you sure about that?” Felix asked her, folding his hands on his chest.Folding her hands on her chest too, Ellen placed her right thumb on her jaw as she feigned being in deep thought.“Hmm, no, I’m not,” she replied, chuckling.“Very well then; you just might find yourself on a new wagon,” Felix said, spreading his arms to emphasize himself while drawing out the words ‘new wagon’.Ellen burst out laughing at his theatrics. “An interesting Wagon, that’ll be Felix,” she said.“What would you say to dinner?” Felix asked her su

Leo turned on the bed one last time as he awoke from sleep and opened his eyes. He had retired upstairs earlier when his headache persisted. Patting along the bedside table for his phone, he discovered it was not there.“Oh, dammm, did I forget this phone again?” Leo muttered as he stood up from the bed.“I might as well finish what I was working on,” he said aloud as he got himself ready to head down to his office.Stepping out of the elevator, “Oh, god,” Leo whispered as he lost his breath for a moment.He saw her standing in front of his desk. His heart picked up at the sight of her. Flipping his right hand through his hair, Leo felt his body being pulled like a magnet towards her.Walking towards her, Leo stood behind Ellen, his desire clogging his throat as he tried to reach out to her. The drum beat of his heart was like the sound of a raging ocean in his ears.As Ellen turned and bumped into him, he felt his whole body electrify. She looked up at him, and he drowned in her eyes

Leo looked at her, his anger increasing at the calmness of her face.“Why are you just coming to work?” he asked her in a hard voice.“I’m sorry, Mr. Warner. I had a personal issue to attend to, and that was why,” Ellen answered, trying to tread carefully so as not to spite him more.“You call coming late to work without any notice 'attending to personal matters?” Leo stated his grip on his arm rest tightening as he tried to reign in his anger.“I’m really sorry, Mr. Warner. It was not my intention to come in a few minutes late,” Ellen pleaded, wondering why Leo was being so angry. Her heart broke as she looked at the man who had shown her so much passion the night before.The look he gave her was clouded with suspicion, similar to the one that had encompassed his expression on her first day.“Mr. Warner, I..." Ellen opened her mouth to say, but all of a sudden Leo rose from his chair and walked over to her, interrupting her.“Don’t you forget you’re bound by a contract, and I hope yo

The text had Ellen springing up from the bed as she read through it: Leo isn’t yours, Bit*h. The four words glared at her as her mouth hung open. “What the hell?” she muttered. Who could send such a thing to me? Ellen thought. Most of the ladies she had been sent by Leo to respectfully send away didn’t like her, but which of them would send her this? Ellen thought. “Damn you, Leo,” Ellen muttered as she undressed. The hurt she had felt that morning came washing over her. A tear ran down her eye. Why did she feel so hurt by Leo? Why did his words hurt her so much? All these thoughts ran through her head as she went to bed. After staring at the ceiling for a few minutes, Ellen closed her eyes to the thought of Leo’s hard face. ****** Leo stretched as he got up from his seat. It was almost mid-night, and he had worked all night. “What a night,” Leo muttered as he moved to the lounge, mentally taking note to go up to the penthouse later. “I’ll need Felix to be around for tomorrow