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CHAPTER 1

ARIA

I wasn’t quite sure what to do with the heartfelt and endlessly aard confession of roiance that one ofWould he notice if I stealthily put my headphones on?

On a norht-hour shift at the bank iht hours of no sleep and two very difficult entleman in front of me, who seemed mesmerized by the pal at them Mitch? Mark?

“And, you know, I come here, like, every day at the same time because, you know, like, that’s when your shift is,” he was , eyes firmly on his palm “Sometimes I, like, just come and deposit some cash only to withdraw it the very next day for no other reason other than to see you”

Really? I could have never guessed It’s pretty normal for people around here to make daily deposits and withdrawals of exactly 200 without fail for a whole month Moron

“Listen,” I said finally He looked up and h for lasses Sweat? Oh God “I am really flattered but-”

“But girls like you don’t go out with guys like et it”

Shit

“No no no no! I’ the rooing with fear and eht have an audience “To him My boss He is very possessive so you should be careful He owns the bank and he is well connected If he learns of this he has the power to ruin your credit, and believe o to from now on to be safe – switch banks even if you have to! It’s in your best interest”

Theat flashed a crooked smile, his eyes firmly rested on his computer, and I felt my chest fall Don’t be silly Aria, there is no way he can hear you He was at least fifty feet across the hall, inside his office behind a solid glass door He would have to have superhu abilities to be able to hear this conversation Although, it would hardly surpriseabout Zayden Sinclair was a notch above the average human

At thirty-two he was the owner and CEO of the Southern National Bank empire, but you didn’t need to know about his econoh sheer physical presence He had the tendency to command the attention of anybody within a five-es gravitated towards hi looks and defined physique were only partially responsible for the effect In fact, dashing did not begin to accurately describe his rare co blue eyes, perfectly chiseled jawline, and dark, wavy hair straight out of a men’s shampoo commercial Soh his shirt, or even his sweater Maybe ination interfered at that point

And ination is where Zayden’s shirtless body should reirls fall prey to his char the job that kept e just because I couldn’t control the desire to touch whatever was underneath that shirt This branch went through tellers faster than the days of the week, and I wasn’t going to become a number in the statistical chart of Zayden’s conquests

Half an hour later I was thankful for the clock to indicate it wasback tears, there was a sudden stream of traffic in the teller’s booth, and I had to deal with an old wo from her It shouldn’t be that difficult to convince soain nothing fro an old lady of fifty bucks

I was relieved to find that the pantry in the back end of the bank was empty Normally I enjoy some commotion but today I was just really tired, ry I hadn’t realized how hungry I was I sat down on the first table looking away fro Before I could open it, however, I heard a very familiar voice

“So when’s our wedding?”