Semua Bab THE CEO'S CHRISTMAS GIRLFRIEND : Bab 1 - Bab 4

ADRIAN POVThe problem with Christmas was not Christmas. It was my grandmother.“Adrian, tell me you are not planning to spend Christmas alone again.”I closed my eyes. Of all the calls I could receive in the middle of a billion dollar acquisition meeting, this had to be the one.“Grandmother,” I said quietly, “I’m in a meeting.”“I know.”Her voice came through the phone with the same authority that had once made me sit straight at six years old.Across the conference table, twelve executives suddenly became fascinated by their documents.Nobody dared interrupt me. One look from me had been enough to stop a vice president from speaking five minutes earlier.Now I was standing at the head of the table, phone pressed to my ear, listening to the only woman in Manhattan who could make me feel like a disobedient child.“You have been in meetings for the last three years,” she continued. “That excuse has become boring.”“I have work.”“You always have work.” She said.“I run a company.”“A

By nine the next morning, my name was on a contract I never imagined I would sign.And the man sitting across from me was supposed to become my boyfriend.“Read it again.”I looked up from the pages. “I already read it twice.”“Read it again.”“Adrian.”“Adriana.”I stared at him. He didn’t smile. Neither did I. The contract sat between us on his desk. Twenty three pages.Twenty three pages explaining how I was supposed to pretend to be the girlfriend of the man who signed my paychecks.I turned the first page. “You really had your lawyer write all this overnight?”“Yes.”“Does your lawyer ever sleep?”“Not when I pay him enough.”“That explains a lot.”His mouth almost moved into a smile. Almost then his phone rang. He glanced at the screen. “It’s Marcus.”His lawyer.Adrian answered. “Yes.” A pause. “No. She needs to approve everything herself.”I looked at him. That surprised me. He listened for another few seconds.“Send the revised copy.” He ended the call.I frowned. “Revised?”“