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as lying in a massi
ge ceiling above me. Last night had been the department dinne
th
eavy with intoxicating heat, was still echoing against the shell of my ear like a wicked spell. The phantom friction of his burning skin, the breathless pants mu
. I needed to get out of this dangerous pla
lk shirt lying crumpled on the floor. I
even be w
d tossed the rui
by him-a sharp, tailored skirt suit. I slipped into it in a hurry. It was definitely not my
, I caught sight of mysel
t beneath my collarbones? Absolute, unmitigated chaos. Feverish re
compliment this man
eckline spotless, terrified someone might find
of the bathroom, and grabbed
of any lived-in warmth. It did not look like a
the door and
h, it was
efore me, and sitting right in the center was a
s ears, lounging on the sofa with a pillow propped under his
doorway, he slowly lifte
as none other than my C
the untouchable, chaste g
was a total joke. He had not been practicing discipline; he had acted
my lips parting to speak,
g," he said, his
t instantly, knowing f
Have some
rm glass of honey water across the coffee table, nudging it
was pointing directly at the violent red marks on his throat. If the camera was running in
o hot it felt li
itely left behind b
rough the door and run straight home. Shivering slightly, I sat down
ntly sip the honey water
eing ice-cold. Cold temper, cold pe
ked a titanium
led into the wron
retly entangled with my so-called best friend. The sheer nausea and rage had
up to realize I had tangled with my own CEO was a full-blown catastrophe. How could this razor-sharp bill
l and shut the laptop, finally picking up h
now it was your first time
ame detached tone he used during executive boar
to regain my composure, the red flus
ned! Did we really n
here shortly. Wait until you
g in the medical team. Was he terrified I might end up pr
honey water in one go, havin
y, finishing his p
to headquarters today. I wi
ston, I can head back on my
e for not performi
slightly, looking
uh
eart began to thud wi
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