like the start of
ng color and chaos past the tinted panes. Hardly having slept, she chewed on th
lo Mo
o had broken her will and was now pull
you doi
is job offer upwards, and left him standing the
hadn't
is office, signed the contract, and left w
ng toward her first day working
d out in navy pencil skirt, crisp white blouse, and heels borrowed from her roommate. Her ha
ou make it, sh
r a polite nod. "Mr. Moretti said you would b
urse
he window and sipped espresso as if he had all the time in the world. Sunlig
, and when they did, they traveled down her body with a mea
rs. "Do you always eye y
hly, plonking the empty cup down. "But you
h twisted.
For one nigh
her breath. She absolutely hated that he still had
for that," s
re here for the job. Shal
rkspace just outside his office. Her desk faced a wall of glass wi
ze files," he said. "You'll be present during some delicate
went up. "
slow look. "Things that
r way of war
This is my way t
dn't tell whether he meant it as
f the day came a
Niccolo floated in like an impalpable shadow through it all: always poised, always in control. Aria kept her
, she was runn
coffee, she stepped into the break room. As she pou
e eyes of a man who could have been an ad for Calvin
k. "I'm second-in-command. Or glorifi
"Nice to meet
now who
omach knot. There was no judgm
n't get personally hired by the boss. Or show up o
. "Is there a point t
st wondering how long
oice sliced through the air like a kn
ing ominously in the doorway,
d casually sauntered out
p clang. "Do you always stalk you
interest
have him gently catch her wris
it?" he asked,
h hitched
t ni
ing hard. She could
king into this office the next day and
before she felt the burni
esk, one thing rang clear i
ven c