The CEO's mystery heir
se. She finds Alec seemingly distracted whi
s, she would saunter into his office, without even waiting to check if he was busy.
the door, instead of hearing "come in" she heard him moaning her name "Charmaine". Since it sounded like he
e making faces, telling her how much he missed her. Some X-rated stuff also made its way to her phone from him and it made her lau
some memes to her. To his credit, he never asked Rose about Sarah. It was clear he
was surprised to see Charmaine standing behind his chair, massaging
on his face when she placed his coffee in front of him. Trying to cover it, he pulls Cha
ut the schedule fully before turning around to leave. Ju
and have also briefly worked as a transla
Rose responds "Yes, that is correct.
ant client coming in from Italy. He does not speak English at all so I will need you to accompany me to
ick you up from your home. The meeting is in California so we'll have to catch the early morning flight. The cl
nd, Charmaine pipes in, "Baby since you mentioned it last evening, I've fixed a meeting w
ry but this is too last minute for me. I have some prior
is during business hours on a work day. I have not asked for anything out of the ordinary. O
agrees for now an
ring the entire trip but what hurts is that she would be missing out on the time
his end towards her. And it may turn out to be really good. Her favorite foster parents, Mark & Maya, lived in
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d more so his dad for a while. He and his dad had never gotten along well, especially after his mother'
e knew Derek was way stronger than him but he pulled every manipu
business wasn't doing as well as his dad wanted. Their company had been the biggest competitor of Alec's Xander
as tired now. He needed to be in a safe haven and right now that was only one safe
a text, "Babe I dreamt of you in your red lacy underwear this morning and had to take yet another cold s
ay Derek gets back to work when suddenly he feels someone enter his
om her telling him about canceling plans for this weekend is only read by Derek the next morning. By then Rose is a
ext morning at
nks to the super loud alar
h her overnig
Rose decides to step outs
As she steps out, she sp
partment, with a brooding A
g a ci
nd places her overnight bag in the trunk befor
she steps towards the passenger door when Alec tells h
her. But she is shocked to find no one there. Thinking maybe they'll be picking her up on their way to the a
at the private jet hangar, she starts realizing Alec's girlfriend ma
n on her mind. And uncharacteristically, she eventually as
ng an interest in my personal life? Never once sharing a meal with me but boldly askin
at I would ever do, Sir. But if you have such little trust in m
e your education loan to take care of. You are always free to leave. No one is going to stop you. But till you are directly working with me, you have to
tead, she responds, "As per my contract, we still have an hour before my work
, despite his proximity, Rose tunes him out. Within five minu
gs a sense of peace to him. Ordering the service staff to fetch him different things, he quickly takes out his cell phone and takes a pi
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uded successfully for the day. Now they have to wait for the
st a useless ploy by Alec to get her alone somewhere. Plus, in front of clients he treated
e wonders how he managed to get a booking at such a last minute. Ordering the wi
xcellent translation skills they are on the verge of another big contract so i
ises a toast,
me here today. We just mi
eart flutter wildly. Trying to get the conversation flowing, h
e weekend? Hope nothing major for you
usy for a while and this weekend we were supposed to spend
He couldn't hear much after hearing the word 'boy
correctly he asks her, "Did
at him and nod
d his Rose was single. At least she was when he had her background checked two
iend. He had been using Charmaine just to see if it can incite some
de woman. He hadn't even moved beyond making out wit
w about this she would
ate detective to get all details about Rose's boyfr
t does
breeze making her feel a little m
Delta Group. I don't know if y
go wide open