Total pages in book: 37
Estimated words: 36367 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 182(@200wpm)___ 145(@250wpm)___ 121(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 36367 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 182(@200wpm)___ 145(@250wpm)___ 121(@300wpm)
“Work for you?” My mind is having a hard time remaining stoic. I’m not sure what to even think right now.
Did he use me?
“Yes, I’m offering you a job.”
“But, you think I betrayed you. You used me as a pawn in your little vicious game with Pulse.”
Nicholas shakes his head. “No. No. None of that is true.” He grabs my tiny hands in his. “You have to believe me. When I walked away that night, I knew deep down you could never betray me like that. I was already looking for ways to find the rat when you sent me the recording.”
“Did you sleep with me to get me to stay?”
“What?” he asks like it’s the most preposterous thing I could ever ask. “No. Never. I slept with you because I’ve fallen in love with you.”
Whoa.
I’m over here thinking about how much I like this man, and he’s dropping the ‘L’ word. I gaze into his eyes, looking for any signs that he could be lying. I see nothing.
Instead, what I see is a man I’ve completely fallen for as well. I didn’t realize I loved him until he just said the word. First.
“I love you,” I say back to him, knowing without a doubt that I mean what I’m telling him. I’ve worked for him for so long, and in that time I’ve been falling day by day. I didn’t want to face the fact that I was a smitten kitten.
So, instead I pushed him away.
He cups my cheek. “I know for a long time I’ve been a grump to work for, and I’m sorry. It’s because I’ve been falling in love with you since the first moment I met you, and I was trying to fight it.”
“Why?” Why didn’t we just profess our love on day one? It seems ridiculous now that we didn’t.
“I don’t really know. You always acted like you weren’t interested. Besides, you were my assistant. I didn’t want to cross that line.”
I grin. “Well, can you cross that line when I’m your marketing exec?”
His face lights up. “Why? Are you not going to take the job if I won’t?”
I shake my head.
“Good. Because there’s zero lines between us now. It’s my company and I make the rules. But just know, I couldn’t have done any of this without you.”
“Like your prestigious award,” I say, thinking about the award he won in Aspen.
“Yeah, where is that award by the way.” He glances around my apartment.
“Um, you took it home.” Why would he not take the gold and glass video game console shaped award home? It looked like it cost thousands of dollars. Heck, it probably did.
“Not that award. I’m talking about the Frost Family Cup.”
I shake my head. “I think we burned it.”
He smiles and it lights up his entire face. “You better not have burnt my award. I earned that thing fair and square.”
I’m laughing now as he moves closer, wrapping his arms around my waist. “Pretty sure I chucked it off the airplane.”
“Lies,” he whispers. “I’m not leaving here until I get the cup back.”
I narrow my eyes. “Looks like you’ll be staying forever then, because I’m pretty sure we wrapped it up and gave it away to Toys for Tots.”
“I guess I’m staying forever, then.” And with those words he leans in, captures my lips, and kisses me until morning.