Love Unbreakable
Bound By Love: Marrying My Disabled Husband
A Second Chance With The CEO After Divorce
A Second Chance With My Billionaire Love
Addicted To The Genius Lady With A Thousand Faces
A Return To Love's Madness
Unconscious Husband: Meet Her Love In Silence
Mated To Big Brother-in-law
Unforeseen Temptation: Spoiled By The Aloof Magnate
When Love Comes Late
Camilla's POV
The elevator doors opened and I took one step forward but immediately stopped dead in my tracks at the scene unfolding before me
I let out an inaudible gasp as I continued to watch with widening eyes.
I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
**TWO HOURS EARLIER**
I was seated at my desk in the moderately sized room that served as the head office for AXIA COSMETICS which was a small and relatively unknown cosmetic company in the country.
Peering at my phone's lit up screen, I smiled as I clicked on the post I uploaded on social media to wish my boyfriend of two years now - Ryan - a happy birthday.
My smile continued to widen as I read and reread the brief but touching message I had posted along with a picture of Ryan and I together, smiling lovingly at each other instead of the camera
We looked so happy, so in love, so perfect
Which was exactly the way we were in real life and I knew that everyone who looked at the picture would be able to feel our love from it.
I barely registered the sound of quiet footsteps approaching me from behind until I heard the person speak
"Gosh you're so in love with Ryan. Look at you staring at that picture and smiling like a fool" a female voice said from behind me and I flinched slightly before swerving around in my office chair a little to meet the pale blue eyes of Diana - a friend and co-worker.
She smiled as she shook her head at me, the action causing her perfectly cut short black hair to bounce from side to side
I returned her smile "Yes, I love him so much. What's so wrong with that, huh?"
She shrugged "Nothing's wrong with that but if I'm being honest; I really don't get what you see in him. I mean, sure, he's pretty good-looking and all but he honestly didn't impress me that much when I met him"
I chuckled softly "Well that's because you've only met him once. I'm one hundred percent sure you'll like him better if you meet him again"
She waved her hand dismissively with a small smile on her face "No thanks, just wish him a happy birthday for me. By the way, how are you two celebrating? I'm sure you've got something special planned"
I smiled giddily up at her "I actually do have something planned, he just doesn't know about it yet cause I plan to surprise him"
One of her brows arched slightly in mild curiosity "Oh really?"
I nodded excitedly before swerving back around to face my desk. I dug my hand into my purse and pulled out the two courtside tickets for a basketball game that I had managed to score before swerving back to face Diana while holding them up
Her eyes widened as she gasped "Are those basketball courtside tickets?!"
I giggled as I nodded "Yes!"
She snatched them from me in awe "How did you manage to get this? They cost a fortune!"
I snorted "Of course they do, I would have to sell my kidney in order to afford even one of those tickets"
"So just how did you get them?"
I smirked as I took the tickets back from her "I got them from my roommate who got it from her boyfriend, who got it from his boss that hangs around celebrities and athletes"
Diana let out a breathy laugh "Wow, what a connection"
I chuckled "I know right?"
Diana opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by the sound of the door to the head manager's office AKA our boss, opening
She and I both turned to the door just as he popped his head out and his eyes zeroed in on me.
I gritted my teeth to hold back a groan
Just what could he possibly want this time?
"Camie" he called and my stomach twisted sickeningly at his use of the nickname that I only preferred close friends and loved ones calling me by
I still shot to my feet however "Yes, Mr Monroe?"
"Step into my office, I need to talk to you" he uttered before disappearing back inside
"Shit" I swore under my breath
"Since when does that slime ball call you 'Camie'?" Diana asked in a whisper as I placed the tickets into my bag and slipped my feet back into the uncomfortable high heels that I normally kept stashed away under my desk when I wasn't walking in order to give my feet a break
I sighed as I rolled my eyes "Since now, I guess"
I brushed past her as she too walked back over to her desk and sat down
I marched up to the door of the head manager's office and pushed it open before stepping into the fully air-conditioned space
He was seated behind his desk and had been flipping through some papers but he looked up immediately I walked in.
I clenched my hands into fists as I saw the way his dark brown eyes raked over me hungrily, lingering more on my hips and the small cleavage left exposed by the fitted, black office dress I had on
This was what I hated about Jack Monroe
This was what made me hate working directly under him as the sales manager.
My position as the sales manager and his as the head manager meant that the two of us always had frequent closed door meetings alone in order to have discussions about the company and strategize on how to boost sales
Though I had always managed to set up the meetings during work hours when my coworkers where around so I could scream if he dared try anything; Jack would always find ways to make my skin crawl and my stomach churn with disgust, either from the way he looked at me or from the way he would always try to make unnecessary body contact with me
I often asked myself why he disgusted me so much and made my skin crawl
Was it the fact that he was ten years older than me or because he was my boss?
It was probably both because he wasn't exactly ugly
I was sure some women would even find his dark brown eyes, sandy blonde hair and lean-muscled body attractive
But I just wasn't one of those women and it was getting harder to refrain myself from slapping him across the face every time he looked at me inappropriately or tried to touch me
I couldn't do that because I would definitely get fired and I needed this job to survive