A YEAR WITH THE BILLIONAIRE

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boss on my laptop and other details about him, I twirl my

ive Juliet's advice a

of my

at he would

ain today like he did yesterday w

dmother to live, I want her to witness my white wedding and

e that grandma survives? Where will I get the money the doctor requested of us? Wi

e hot guy I met at the club Juliet and I went to last week. I thought I had eventually succee

as so emb

t having my first sex but when he told me abo

ac and he derives pleasu

f my reverie. I twirl the swivel chair back and

ave learned to push back all my problems

unprofess

sometimes, I used to wonder

ms into the intercom, making me self-c

listen with rapt attention.

ice now", he in

in sharp breaths to calm my nerves and make me summon up the cour

will determine the next line of action. If he doesn't help me, then I will have no choic

my boss's office. I had gone to serve his coffee

now. He always tells me all that I need

door, waiting with m

a "Yes" an

op is open in front of him. He looks busy. I know him to

oes he

him, making him raise

the chair opposite his large de

d you didn't inform me about it", he

ng my time looking at his information on the interne

s it just came in this morning", I reply with my hands shaki

inced. "Haven't you

hav

een doing, then?

shouting at me today l

ld I go on with letting h

fore you work on this file. I want you to arrange them alphabetically, then

bediently, taking

nods. "Yo

thin me on whether to tell him about my problem or leave i

" He has the pen in his hands

losing my confide

making me halt in my step and close my eyes.

this. Grand

ead. "There is something

ce fa

look up. Why is he silent? He is just wat

idgeting with my fingers. My grandma needs to be operated on b

t?" He cut me sh

aying. "We need $20,000 for the surgery. I want to request a

f he will help. "You want us to p

ven calculate it. My grandma's sa

o

d me

looking thoughtful for a whi

ok away, scared that interlocking eyes

increased in

ce is kil

? He should just say somet

ake it the good way, it is not the end of the wo

Frederi

making my heart skip a beat an

suddenly and I almost kne

u! I pray wi

ment as my face breaks into a smile.

tached", he interrupts me wi

ion? I ask within me as

. Pounding wildly in my chest

fe", he blurts out, without

statement sinks deeply into

exclaim loudly in disbelief a

tently. "But it is goin

ha