Traded to my Husband's CEO Boss
“What if we weren't a secret anymore?”
My heart stuttered hard against my ribs, flutters erupted widely in my belly, but I crushed that misleading feeling down.
“No.” The word came out firm, sharper than I intended.
His jaw tightened slightly. “Why?”
I shook my head, stepping back, needing the distance, some space to breathe some air. “Because it won’t work,” I didn't like the way my voice quivered on the edge of tears. “We can never be anything but a secret. You're my boss, you are one of America's most Eligible bachelors, and I'm a divorcee, there is no way we can be together in the open”