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Chapter 1

"You're telling me that I've never fucked you?"

You'd think I'd walk away at this point It would make sense for me to turn on my heel and march out of his apartment I'm not even sure why I'm here

Today started out like any other day I woke up and then I had a glass of orange juice after I brushedthat and vowed that toe juice before I brushed my teeth I dressed in a navy blue pencil skirt and a pale blue blouse I'd let my dark brown hair fall in waves down my back and I'd hurried to h the door of my office at precisely two minutes before nine It was the sale day

I spent s with the development team and I had lunch with the owner of the company He'd been focused on his phone It's normal for him He can't resist his wife and whenever she texts or calls him, the world, as he knows it, halts on its axis

Once I got back to o over last et It was exactly fiveto get in a taxi to co across from the one man who has popped in and out of my life since I was a child

"Caleb," I say his name as I cross ency? Why am I even here?"

His finger darts into the air to silenceht it would benefit h I know exactly what's going on

"I have to go" His deep voice fills the room "I'll call you later, baby"

I shake htly as he ends the call "If you called me down here so I could listen to you talk to so fucked by you, I have better things to do with my time"

"I didn't fuck her" He pushes his chair back fros "If I had, she'd remember it"

I cover et back to my office"

"Why haven't you quit that job yet, Rowan?" His hand darts into the air "I need you to ith me I'm prepared to sweeten the offer"

"What offer?" I fuoing to work for you"

"I know that you will one day" He stands quickly, pulling his large fra you at Corteck and I'll double it"

"I' you howthe new emails that have coo "When have I ever told you how much money I make?"

"When you worked at that fast food place right before you graduated froned a project about young people in the workplace and you let me interview you"

"You were such an asshole" I don't look up from my phone "You were twenty-two, Caleb You should have been partying hard Instead you were harassing me"

"I was curious" He rounds the desk "I wanted you to come and work for me then, don't you remember?"