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“But all that was before, I hed
‘You’re attending the ball withmyself I understand why you have to put up these walls, but that doesn’tto show you there’s no need for theive up on what I want, Sheri”
I know that – and that’s why I have to leave, before I sink in too deep, she thought with a hidden sigh Dean was going to keep pushing, till she’d have no choice but to give in cos turned sour and he realized we’re too mismatched, in so many ways?
Just last week, for their trip to Italy, they’d stayed in the most expensive luxury hotel, the kind where heads of state, celebs and of course, billionaires spend their tih they arrived for business, Dean had found ive time and attention to pleasure of all forms
In between high-powered s and closed-door executive retreats, there was e in eous boss put a lot of detail into playtily deviant She still blushed, re that indeed Dean was every bit a freak in the sheets as he’d stated
On their return, she s back in perspective After all, this wasn’t like being thousands ofand not worry about detection But there were eyes and ears everywhere at the office, not toher ground by not agreeing to openly go on a date with Dean
But with this gala event, could she keep putting up her excuses? She could try to tell herself she was just doing her duty as his assistant, but soon, wouldn’t others be able to tell there was a much deeper involvement between them?
All through the day, she sighed and pondered And when she returned to her desk after an errand on another floor in the building, she was surprised by what she found waiting on her desk
It was a huge, beautiful box tied with a bow She looked around her in surprise before slowly lifting off the cover
Folded there was a dress with a pair of shoes and an elaborately designed Venetian mask Sheri tried not to roll her eyes, which she finally shot in the direction of Dean’s office A few of the secretaries, hurried forward to ogle the outfit They didn’t bother to hide their envy and told Sheri she was lucky to be Dean’s assistant and get to attend theevents with him when needed
“I guess a personal assistant comes in handy when you want to deflect unwanted attention from the debutantes and the exes,” murmured Ellen, one of the new interns, as the last to walk up to Sheri’s desk She was blonde, thin, and very aware of the fact that alht little skirt suits But Sheri shrewdly guessed the skinny tart was holding out for the big prize – the hot billionaire CEO who’d, alas, not even spared her more than his normal cursory interest
“It’s all part of my job to make life as smooth and hassle-free as possible fornot to be offended by the blonde’s catty remark
“But don’t you get scared, Sheri? I mean, that any of Dean’s women would you know, actually do you harm? I read soot beaten up by soot cast off by hiht the assistant had taken her place!” said one of the other secretaries worriedly
“Oh come on,” spoke up Ellen before Sheri could respond “I’ of the sort between Dean and Sheri No offence, but you’re hardly his type, are you?”
Her blue eyes were hard as they seeet to be in her plu every situation demanded a reaction Sometimes it was best to leave people to think or say the lame shit they wanted to Still, she couldn’t help but lean in slightly and sly as she murmured close to Ellen’s ear, “You wish you knehat Dean’s type really was”
She straightened to see the blonde intern’s eyes flashing angry thunderbolts Satisfied Ellen had no rejoinder – the woman wasn’t stupid to want to push Sheri too far – Sheri smiled and then excused herself to stride into Dean’s office Was it too late to convince hiala? Much as the event was for a good cause and she’d have loved the chance to attend as his guest, this wasn’t the ti before people suspected the truth?