No Billionaire, I Am Already Married (completed)

anicked about it, the

we've stopped. Instead of saying a numbe

or error, but I feel like it should mean emergency, because

o I'm stuck with, he

s something. "Dinner is worth missing." He doesn't look up from his phone. When he's finished his message, he puts his

I messing up Zully's makeup job. "I'm more

s chest and leaning his back against the steel w

osed to know who he is, which I do,

it's like to

e continues, "you'll

ng as I press my back into the wall behind me. I don't know if I'm more disappointed abo

uld he kno

lt can't know everyone who works for him. Even ones

if he'll recognize me now. But his gaze looks more pr

as born at the top of the ladder. He doesn't know what it's like to have t

y to introduce myself. That was the goal for the night,

ard? Too eager? I'll get th

e fucking ceremony. "Should

H

should hit the

to take him a second before he comprehends my words. "Oh. I was

of a classic black sheath dress, with a double slider zipper that runs all the way from my cleavage to the bottom hem and another one that matches in the back. It means I can ma

ael had wanted, but apparently t

something to

r me. I didn't expect him to come on to me. I'm a stranger to him. A stranger except that h

right. He's

ut Cancel Culture." And I suppose that was probably a

really look at him, and I was right-face-to-face, he's devastating. His cheekbones are cut high, but not too sharp. A closely trimmed beard darkens

hose

blue-gray that I wasn't sure existed in nature. In fact, I'm not sure they aren't contacts, and I almost take a step towa

stified-most likely because I've been staring at him like a fangirl for the last thirty seconds-and of course

probably backpedal on the ac

be canceled anyway, I might as we

uld not ask. "What wer

, practically caging me in. So close I can smell his wood and musk and citrus scent. "I was really think

age. This close, he has a good

y.

he exudes, but also the reaction it draws from me. I should be appalled-

pulse is not from fea

to examine it closely because just t

uch invading my personal space. His

steps out, abandoning me without a glance back, as if we hadn't been stuck alone