nd, the air betw

, her senses were filled with the m

aught a faint, delicate frag

t-no heavy perfume, no ch

the close proximity of a woman didn't t

strangely familiar, as if he had b

r bodies fro

nap back to her senses. She scr

rayson, I am

subtle, delicate fragranc

n their seats sucked in a sharp,

ears working for the boss, he had never see

room turn suffocatingly tense, Chloe'

fire me right h

hing. He turned on his heel

ng out behind him. She was finally starting

red down the corridor, a collective sigh of

to whisper, "Assistant Ubba, what's the d

resident Grayson

. Under normal circumstances, any secretary who dared to phy

s behind Xavier Grayson, tre

e man came t

t one-meter distance, or she would have sl

n?" he asked with

ly. "Because I was working on those meeting

now. Don't come bac

. Chloe lifted her eyes to gaze up

e you... caring about me

beat. Even he hadn't realized why those words ha

plied, his tone chilling over instantly

ly understood

omach during the board meeting-she had em

y care about her? She was just a temp who w

stood,

he woman wasn't following behind him, he threw a b

dn't you just tell me to g

elevators?" he asked, his

d forward to catch up. Side by side, they

ad overheard earlier that the employee cafeteria occupied the entire 50th floor-right

otels. Aside from the lavish lunch spread available during the standard break hours between noon

the button for

over and pressed the button for t

the elevator b

because she had pressed the 50th floor before his

n, I am so sorry!

an's deep voice cu

ate elevator, it arrived at the

loe offered a polite nod before s

, and the lift resu

o watch the ascendi

n't as completely unreasonable as