BAD BOSS (Irresistible #2)

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at the office if I didn't stop Googlin

y seeing my mystery man again yesterday, but al

that dropped during my cab ride home while searching the fu

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ned about half the magazines of my career dreams. The company was so revered in the magazine worl

ike sweet, sweet revenge on its own. Of course, it would be even better if they knew, but whatever. I was no longer

se, I was st

fore," Lia said for the fifth time this

ce 6:30AM, drifting in and out of our half-assed arg

just a bra and a half-zipped pencil skirt. I really needed to get my shit toge

didn't tell m

"Did I just chip my favorite mug?" I heard so

d do though? Tell you about Julian. A long t

ght. I had just been so a

ls, like how he owns Hoult Freaking Publishing," I said as I scrolled through Getty Ima

if he was posing with the same pretty girl in both. The answer was no,

pictures of him. I can he

" I derailed. "I'll nev

r, I have no idea what Hoult Publishing is. When I first met Julian, everyone was t

The fact that he owns the Empire

n ball or white ball? And a

need to finish g

dirty little job to not

even then, I do have to keep it tasteful. I can't just wa

not. You'd need sequin

p it classy – pinstriped nipple tassels, only. Maybe khaki one

essionalism... which probably also requires being on time," I groa

ed last night and my thin red belt wit

k is eight

I glanced over at the clock on the nightstand. "G

ust check for panty lines on the way out," Lia instructed j

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ns str

t to confirm the buttons, but instead I l

hoved ear buds into my phone to take Lia of

you wore

s rarely ever worn. Its lifting powers were too intense for a regular day basi

nuts. I hope you're prepared for some hot, sweaty, bent-ove

ot sure," I smirked as I flew down th

you sure?" Lia ask

then it was hiding you from that guy yesterday," she said, referring to Julian hastily sending me home in a c

. That man is wa

orld completely. He's intense, and he's focused, and actually, it's insanely fucking hot and I'm really not sure how I'm

your day goes on, except for when yo

talk to

"Enjoy your first day as

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ff. Of course, I should have guessed that I'd run into some sort of

who'd filed into the elevator. It was men and women alike, and it was nothing offensively leering or critical –

tarted moving. Despite all heading to differ

ekends – about finally trying that omakase on Twelfth

re. Everyone maintained a certain li

pt f

someone's eye and hearing h

colleague, who responded wit

, it prompted th

d L

y? And who knew that after all these years, the ne

d myself were mostly gone. God, I'd clearly been prematur

s being an outsider again

erated myself. That seemed about the r

just tucked myself into the corner and closed my eyes, doing my best to drive the useless thought

the small space. I felt a strange little shift in the air, and

irst, "Good mor

pinned on mine from the door. My pulse jumped, but with a

mall huddle of suits. I watched the way everyone swiftly changed around him. Th

mornin

g, Mr.

his way to the back corner. My cheeks were on fire but I did my bes

oult,"

Han

ke that, an invisible spotlight was cast upon me. Thankfully, despite a kn

this morning?

yself a peek at him. Yes, please. Dark blue sui

sual, but I was getting better

better now," I confessed as the eleva

I bit my lip when I found myself pressed against

absurdly pushed-up breasts, but he swiftly

mine. "Better now a

mice now, sneaking the occasional glanc

ator we were in, I thought as the doors opened again, this time welcoming

old me that the suits was used to his daily ant

dy," he

r the sheer size and volume of our new guest. I felt a second of Julian's chest pressed hard against mine

languid pace that I curled

o

ad

up with a shameful little thrill in my eyes. "

p at him, a bit surpri

ust don't make tha

t fa

ght before you put m

to make sure no one had heard, but it was clear

mouth shut, I looked back up at him, wearing a smirk

ou," I rema

, but I agree," Julian

Guy out. By the time eyes returned to us, we were the one

t was so hard not to smile as we stood side-by-side, hands folded

o on.

ned still in the back, but his lips were twisting slowly, gorgeously up in a grin, and I co

barely a secon

you right in

e, and I sucked in a sharp breath wh

can

y n

ime," I hissed, my fing

in here?" he asked, smoothing my hand down to mold over

breathlessly. "That

oulder at the indicator.

to his knee, giving me no time to think before he pushed my s

d my lips apart just enough to

tongue over me then sucked. My knees buckled as he pushed two fingers inside me, licking and tunnelin

irt back down over my legs. I was only just starting to catch my

?" he

s opened to the offices