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Right now Ruby would believe that the sky was falling in if Veronica told her ‘Wellington Towers?’ Her broered in confusion She’d clearly missed that part of Sam’s speech

‘Apparently Sam owns it Five floors of office space were cleared out over the weekend to er A lot of the hardware and case-sensitive info has already been moved out too, so it’s just our personal stuff that has to be—Ruby, are you okay? You look white as a sheet!’

Ruby glanced at Veronica and gripped her forearm ‘Actually, I feel terrible Just’ She looked around wildly as she felt herself being inched forward in the line to greet their new boss ‘I’ll see you in my office’

Veronica frowned ‘Sure, sure Want ies?’

‘No’ Ruby squeezed her aroing to have to resign, so why botherher name?

Fivelater she felt no better, but at least she was no longer thinking about resigning She loved her job and there was no way she was going to have her career sidelined by a o

And ould he sideline her career anyway? He didn’t know she was the woht As far as Sam was concerned, she was Miller’s best friend he had shared a few kisses with a couple of years ago and that was it No big deal Nothing to get bent out of shape about And perhaps he’d been too drunk to reoshe certainly hoped he was too drunk to reo

Nearly knocking over one of the paralegals as she exited the bathrooised profusely over her shoulder and stepped straight into the path of the long, self-assured strides of her current boss andher new boss

Heart ha, Ruby firstup in her lungs, her brain auto Sam Ventura was sans mask He was a couple of inches taller than Drew, his white shirt with the blue stripe perfectly co his olive skin tone, his navy-blue suit jacket stretched perfectly across his broad shoulders

Her gaze lingered on his clean-shaven jaw and sensual ht her body immediately felt hot all over Hot and weak Especially when she remembered the way his mouth had felt on her breast, the way he had used his teeth and his tongue to torture her with mindless pleasure

Coffee surged out of the spout of her to-go cup and dribbled over her fingers Squeaking in disht her hand to her mouth to capture the drops before they hit the carpet and nearly tipped the whole contents out instead