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CHAPTER ONE

VICTORIA

I looked at o and I could soak ht shift of the week and it had been a hectic one Alexander Reigns, ht anyways I didn’t blame him and I often felt bad for hins was in the middle of a divorce I had worked for him while his wife lived in thefor thens was smart, respectable, kind and with the combination of his dark brown hair and intensely sexy hazel eyes that were surrounded by ridiculously long lashes, he was also drop-dead gorgeous Mrs Reigns on the other hand was petty, small, unkind and fortunately for her since she really had no other likeable qualities, she was also drop-dead gorgeous The pending divorce hadn’t come as much of a shock to the staff We had all discreetly heard the argu apart It was infor them both since neither of theoing to ask the upstairs maid for her opinion anyways I had plenty of the of the divorce, I’d very much like to voice my opinion to my thirty year old employer that a man in his position in the cohout the eek partaking of wild partying and loose wohts as I dusted the pictures on the walls and the vases on the tables outside of the master suite, but I knew that if I were ever asked for my opinions, I would more than likely keep thehts, let alone real words when he looked at me with those incredibly sexy eyes of his

With a sigh at that thought, I finished hly polished marble hallway floor Once I finished that, the only roo the banister was the ns this hly likely that he was still asleep Since the divorce, we had all been asked by the house supervisor Karen to wait for the doors to be open before we cleaned or took anything into the suite Mr Reigns was prone to skipping boarduntil noon some days and as kind as he could be, you didn’t want to wake the sleeping lion with a hangover; he was prone to hotheaded outbursts when he was under a lot of stress and with the divorce and the pressures of running a multi-national corporation, the stress was plentiful I alh when I saw them closed I really wanted to finish up here before I went to lunch Because of his late et in there until the end of h cleaning I waspast the closed door when I heard his voice

“Please listen to me and hear me this time I earned the fruits of hteen I have either gone to school or worked twelve hours out of nearly every day to get where I a ht now to take what is rightfully mine thanks to all of my hard work”

I wasn’t trying to eavesdrop, but he wasn’t whispering either I assuns It wasn’t the first ti It seemed that the wo how soht, the cell phone in e I stopped, leaned on my mop and pulled it out I smiled when I saw that it was froe and as I read it, the smile quickly faded

“Victoria, I’m not sure how to say this, but I’s between us aren’t what they used to be I’ve been doing a lot of thinking and I’ve decided thatsome time apart will help us decide if ant toour ti work that just isn’t there I wish you the best and I’ll keep in touch”

I stared at the phone for a long time What did he mean a break? What the hell was that? What are the rules when you take a break? Do we see other people? Do we just sit around and look inside ourselves and try to decide if we’re really in love or not? I seriously have no idea what a breaklike I knew there were problems I had no idea there were proble fine I’le tear slid down my face I was surprised until I tasted the salt at the corners ofObviously, he doesn’t think this relationship is worth e to just call an end to it We were supposed to see each other tonight This couldn’t have waited? A steady streaun to ether I was at work for crying out loud! I prided myself on my ability to always maintain a professional appearance at work My hair was always up, I wore very littleuniforms were clean and starched and ironed… yet here I stood in the grand upper hallway of this beautifulcart for a tissue and that’s when I heard the crack of the door opening I didn’t mean to look up, it was just an automatic response to the sound But I did look up and I hadn’t wipedat work… I was face to face with ht now!

“Victoria? What’s wrong?”

Alexander Reigns was looking at me with concern in his pretty eyes He looked so sincere and instead ofidiot in his hallway, it ulping sobs and the whole bit God, I wanted to crawl behind the two foot tall priceless vase that sat just to my left and disappear

“I’oing to go pull ether…”

“No wait, Victoria, please” He came towards me Even in reen of the shirt he wore reen around the outside of his irises His full lips were set in a frown and his perfectly shaped brown eyebroere drawn together in the midd