Chapter 1- The devil in a suit

My hands fell like they're filled with cement but I still manage to raise them high enough to knock. I can hear him yelling at someone already so I know he's in a mood. It's too late to retreat, I can't turn back now. "Come in!" He yells in a loud and unecessary tone. He knows I can hear him clearly, I'm right behind the door. I smooth out my dress then push the door open. He doesn't even bother to spare me a glance. I stand there for a moment, waiting for him to acknowledge me. He doesn't. "Umm..." I start to stutter. Curse my timidity. 'This is not the moment Kayla, think about mum!' I square my shoulders and begin, "Mr. Blackwood..." He looks up at him with those ashy grey eyes, "I'm not Mr. Blackwood. Mr. Blackwood is the guy that signs the checks. My name is Damien." His voice has already thrown me off my orbit. I try to rearrange my words as I watch his patience dissolve quickly. "If that's all," he says, already pushing away from his table and standing up. "No, D

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Chapter 2- A new clause

By the time I reach the revolving doors, my driver emerges with my car. A silver range rover, almost as tall as I am. I slip into it and lean back, buckling my seatbelt. I let out a sigh as I contemplated my next move. Harold wasn't going to like this. I knew I'd never hear the end of it. Just moments before Miss Robinson entered my office with her ridiculous request, Miles had informed me that another company was being considered for a very lucrative long-term contract that we've been trying to secure. Miles Hale was one of by best friends. He was sort of a consultant for Blackwood and had worked with the company ever since I became CEO. He is dangerously good at his job, so when he called me this afternoon and said, "It's not looking good Damien," I knew something was terribly wrong. “Fuck.” The word leaves my mouth before I can stop it.The thought that another company might even be considered for the Eden District contract is an insult in itself.I rubbed a hand across my jaw

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Chapter 3- Just a piece of paper

I sit at my desk leaning back and chewing on the inside of my mouth till I taste blood. It was a bad habit I formed over time. Before, it was pulling out my hear, but after I nearly went bald, I decided to pick a much different outlet. I'm so deep in thought I don't hear him calling out my name. "For god's sake Miss Robinson, where's your mind?" I snap back to the present, jerking a little at the sound of his voice. "Yes sir?""Get me coffee and a breakfast sandwich. Bacon, egg and cheese to be precise.""Sir," I chimed, "have you had the time to think about my request."He stared me down. That was more that he'd looked at me in six months, "There's nothing to think about Miss Robinson. If you bring that up again, you'll forfeit your salary. Buying clothes and food for goodwill doesn't seem like such a bad idea."I merely gasped in response because there was nothing else that I could do. "Now do what I overpay you for. Coffee and Sandwich. Chop chop!" With that, she walked right in

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Chapter 4- A theft

I can’t get the look on her face out of my mind. Am I that terrible? I tell her to take the day off and she looks at me like I just reversed a death sentence. Like she couldn’t believe that kind of mercy could come from me.I shake off the thought. I have other things that need my attention. Bigger things. My hand tightens around the wheel when I remember my conversation with Harold last night.“Fuck.” The word comes out loud and it echoes in the car. I don’t care. My windows are tinted dark and the soundproofing makes it even better. It’s fine. I’m fine.But I’m not.The frustration keeps climbing until I can’t sit still. I need a distraction, something to ground me before I explode. So I call Miles. We meet at the lounge. One of our usual places. A hot blonde in a black dress leads me to the back where Miles is already seated. Her smile is professional but her eyes linger a second too long. Her heels click softly on the marble floor as she walks away and I don’t look back.Miles loo

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Chapter 5- A condition

It’s Monday morning and I’m trying not to hyperventilate. My hands won’t stop shaking, my heartbeat’s doing jumping jacks in my chest, and I’ve already rearranged the pens on my desk six times.I spent the entire weekend suffocating in guilt replaying the moment I took that money.By the time I get to work, I’m ten minutes early, but it feels like I’m already late for something. Everyone’s moving around as usual. Phones ringing, keyboards clacking, but I can’t focus.Where is he?Damien Blackwood is never late. Not once. He’s the type of man who could set his watch by his own shadow. Always in before 7:30, coffee in hand, suit pressed to precision. But now it’s 8:17, and his office is still dark.My stomach twists.Maybe he knows. Maybe he found out. Maybe he’s on the phone with security right now, sending men in suits to drag me out by my elbows.“Get a grip,” I whisper under my breath. I’ve already finished every single task I could possibly do before noon. I've rechecked reports,

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Chapter 6- A proposition

I hear the words as they leave my mouth and even I can't believe what I'm doing. It took me a whole weekend to find the thief. I was in denial when I was told it was Kayla. Kayla Robinson was transferred from the lower floor after I fired the last secretary for making a move. Honestly that was why I could never have a secretary for more than three months. All of them seemed to like me more than they liked their jobs. Kayla on the other hand was different, aside from the fact that she's a klutzs, she was the most capable secretary I had. And the best part, she was in no way attracted to me. I spent the whole day overthinking this decision, asking her to marry me. When I talked to Ethan and Miles about it, Miles said it was cruel. And in regular Ethan fashion, he disagreed with Miles. I know asking her to marry me is terrible, but in my defense, the amount of money and recognition she would get from this would put her in places a lot of people would kill for. I'm doing her a favou

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