《In bed with my boss》全部章節：第 21 章 - 第 30 章

EMILY What the hell did I just here? Troy Kingswood was in town and in this same building as well? The last article I read about him stated he’d moved out of the country and was now living his best life as a bachelor in London . The memory I’d buried for years began to crawl its way into my mind, reminding me of how cruel he was to me back in high school. The way he’d create every chance and opportunity to call me a fat pig or four eyes anytime he saw me, or when he and some of his friends would break into my locker and pick some of my textbooks. And anytime I threatened to report them to the principal, Troy always had a way of shoving the fact that his family owned the school across my face, making me stay quiet and become an object of their ridicule. I couldn’t shake the image of him and his friends creating a circle around me after lunch breaks while Cole just stood at the side like he normally did, watching and only stopping them when they began to get handsy

EMILY The past few days had been hectic with work, but the strangest part was Cole. We had spent several nights working through a launch date for the fake project and a few other projects that had piled up on our desk. Yet, despite the long hours sitting across from each other, I could feel the cold shoulder he had been giving me. He was there, but something about him felt distant. There something else beneath it too, something I couldn’t quite put a name to. And apparently, whatever was wrong with him had somehow changed rubbed off on me. Because lately, I’d caught myself staring at him for longer than I should. It happened in those late hours when the office had grown quiet and the only sound was the occasional click of his keyboard. My eyes would wonder to him without permission, lingering on the way his fingers moved across the keys, the slight crease between his brows when he concentrated, or the way he leaned back in his chair when he was thinking. I didn’t

EMILY Buzz! Buzz! The sound of my alarm clock echoed into my room. Through the warm comfort of my blanket, my hand flew out and slammed onto the clock, shutting it of. I slowly peeled the blanket off and sat on the edge of my bed, stretching my arms with a yawn. I barely got enough sleep last night. All I could do was toss and turn, thinking about what could have happened if the lights in the elevator didn’t come back on. Maybe the way Cole leaned into me was all in my head, or maybe that’s what I kept telling myself so I could feel less guilty and fall asleep with a clear head. But waking up, everything came crashing down on me like a wave, making me slap my palms over my face and scream into them. I couldn’t believe the first thing I thought of doing when the place went dark was to move into him, but then there was the way his body felt so warm and familia, just like in the car after our crash in Boston. And just like in Boston, when I thought he’d push me a

COLE My trip to Chicago was supposed to be all about work, to get everything I needed situated for the launch and nothing else. But in the past thirty-six hours, I’d thought about only one thing—only one person. Emily Carter. The same woman who was my employee and who I’d promised myself I was going to put through hell. But instead, it felt like I was the one being put through it. I looked across the table at her, watching as she sat quietly, completely unaware of how much space she had been taking up in my thoughts. Or maybe she was aware. My mind drifted back to the sauna. The way she’d looked at me when she realized I was there. The way her eyes had slowly travelled down my body before I held her face in my hand, lifting her twinkling brown eyes to meet my gaze. And the way I’d almost lost control again. I clenched my jaw at the memory. I didn’t know what it was about her that kept testing my restraint. I’d spent years mastering my emotions, k

EMILY “Who do you think he is, Ms. Carter?” He asked again, taking slow, predatory steps toward me as he fully entered the restroom. “I don’t think she meant any harm, Cole darling,” Maria said in a smooth, perfectly composed voice. “Maria.” His head snapped toward her, a warning look settlling over his face. She lifted both hands in surrender. “I was just saying. And you can’t blame me when this is the third time someone who has seen us together has come up to tell me to be careful with Cole Callway, the heartbreak.” She turned to me, completely ignoring the scowl on Cole’s face. “I promise you, honey, Cole here is like a younger brother to me. And besides…” she lifted her left hand, showing off the huge diamond ring on her finger that I was surprised the paparazzi who took their picture had missed. “… I’m a married woman, so you don’t have to worry about anything.” I wanted to tell her I wasn’t worried about them, then I remembered that the reason why I was