page14 (1/1)

Adanoring the throb in his pants as he reached for the phone If he had any sense, he’d be calling HR to cancel his job offer for Ms Gabrielle Black A part of hi the job and simply leave

But no – when he rang HR, they told hin her employment contract and start orientation

So she wasn’t running, yet A thin smile crossed his lips Before she so fortuitously showed up, he’d been ready to set her from his mind after a week of unanswered advances What to, he couldn’t tell All he’d ever cared for was business and staying ahead of the game

But for the first ties, he’d encountered a diversion that actually sparked his interest, in the iood Whether he would keep to his own stipulations of all work and no play where she was concerned remained to be seen

“Girl…!” Ayana cocked her head to the side as she dragged the word out, her tone filled with both disbelief and awe “Tell me this is a joke”

“I pro out a breath at the bangs hanging over her temple “Adam and my boss are one and the same He runs a Fortune 500 company, is worth ooh, o in the men’s room of a bar”

“That’s theheavily into her chair as she stared at Gabrielle “What on earth cauess the answer to that”

Ayana’s face suddenly split into an iroaned “Now this is the reason I never wanted to tell you about it Can you possibly be any more crude?”

“I’ impossible plot twist You walk into this coet the job, and then ically, Adam turns out to be the CEO Did he really say you could work for the colee

“Only for a trial period – and then we’ll see,” Gabrielle said “I just hate to feel indebted, like I owe hi me the chance”

“All the more reason why you have to surpass his expectations and show hi to her feet “Well, if you’re going to be the assistant to a billionaire CEO, you !”

Gabrielle sighed “How can you be so upbeat about this?”

“You know s,” Ayana said, throwing an arm around Gabrielle’s shoulders “Besides, you’re always there forin me, so why can’t I do the same?”

“Thanks, Ayana,” Gabrielle said with a slad to have Ayana as a friend – and that was more reason why she had to take the job, so she could start trying to pay her best friend back for all the support Especially with all the loans and bills Even though Ayana never everdeal about it, Gabrielle couldn’t help but have it on her conscience In that frame of mind, she was determined to make a success of her new job

But within her first few days in her new position, Gabrielle was to discover that nothing was going to ever come easy Not with a boss like Adam Bronson

He’d warned her he was a hard driver And though she had no proble to prove herself, prove that she orthy of working as his PA, she didn’t thrive around hostility

Still, this was just a job and if she put in all her focus, she’d overco What could possibly go wrong?

It was a that she hadn’t heard about Adam Bronson before now He’d made a name for himself in the world of fintech and had this successful coue degrees and an influential faround, but otherwise he kept a low profile

That didn’t raced a few covers – Gabrielle’s online search had shown that he’d been on Esquire and GQ, while a few hus noted he was one of the city’s ible bachelors

His private life seemed just as pristine: he’d been linked to a fewserious He was definitely single, but from what she could tell, he wasn’t on the lookout for romance or wedlock anytime soon