All Chapters of When Did You Get Hot : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

I did what he asked. I arrived at his office at exactly eight in the morning. The building stood tall in the center of the city, all glass and steel, reflecting the early sunlight like it was carved from something untouchable. The moment I stepped inside, I felt like a pebble thrown into a place built for giants. The lobby alone could swallow my entire apartment. Marble floors. Crystal lighting. A scent of polished wood and something expensive lingering in the air. Men in tailored suits walked with purpose. Women in sharp heels moved like they had somewhere important to be. I could hear keyboards clicking in synchronized rhythm. Phones ringing softly. Heels tapping against tile. Everything felt expensive. Everything felt heavy. And I felt small. I expected someone from human resources to approach me. Maybe a polite assistant to guide me through the orientation process. Instead, the elevator doors at the center of the lobby slid open. And he stepped out. Lucien Moreau. He d

That moment I stepped back into the office, the familiar quietness of the floor wrapped around me like a suffocating fog. Yet the thought about how normal his wife sounded like still lingers in my head. Everything looked the same—perfectly arranged desks, polished marble floors, the distant clicking of keyboards—but something inside me had shifted. My thoughts were still trapped inside Lucien’s mansion. Inside that room. Inside that conversation with his wife. I felt unseen. Maybe I should have slammed the door harder to make him notice I'm still there standing. He is still sitting behind his desk, flipping through a set of documents as if nothing in the world could possibly disturb him. His posture was relaxed, one hand resting lazily against the arm of his chair. But his eyes lifted the moment I stepped inside. His Sharp. Observant. He looks at me like he's always calculating everything I say or do. “Did she say anything?” Lucien asked calmly. The next question