ENTRAPPED IN THE CEO'S EMBRACE

ed, her voice laced with annoyanc

igure of the CEO waltzing his way through the recept

ingering on the handsome figure of Benjamin

. Just then, the manager's voice boomed throu

instead of working? Get

. The rest of the day crawled by in a blur of fielding phone calls and welc

w may I help you?"

n I get a bottle of whiskey and s

e? That meant... "Certainly, sir. Wha

," the voic

st. Mr. Hayes himself? In a daze,

ust called!" she exclaime

t." Nancy responded, alr

njamin Hayes!"

"Seriously? You're d

Sophia exclaimed, bu

'll wait for you outside,

hotel kitchen seemed to fade away as she descended the staircase, her steps echoing on the cool, concrete floor. S

refully made her way through the aisles, taking her time to

ored liquid. She reached out and picked it up, observing it with keen interest. The label was a work of a

y back up to the main level. She stopped to pick up a bucket of ice, know

rves. She clicked on the button for the penthouse and waited patiently as the e

thouse suite, she stepped out into the vast space, her breath c

e table ," a vo

ling windows. It was Mr. Hayes, now minus his suit jacke

ling glances around the room as s

hed, her voice b

o." He acknowledged,

and in those four years she had never answered a call from him until today, and not only that she was privileged to visit his pe

re of nonchalance. But Sophia could see a flicker of

lly oozing with Curiosity battled w

gazine! And the view from the window seemed to stretch on forever, like a vast, endless horizon. I felt like..." She trai

r eyes already scanning the exi

phia responded, while Nan

_

ty lights and Sophia's excited cha

ed to a stop at their apartment. Sophia paid the cab driver with an app

herself with dinner preparations. Taking her

ing caught her attention, and she l

her friend. " You seem awfully

queezing her hair in the small towel. "You know

you mean. Dinner is ready no

, her stomach grumbling in ag

etti with meatball

lied, walking into the kitchen.

-

es before her mind was transported to her obscene crush on her boss again. She poked

ed out gently, her vo

esponded abs

ut of it. Everything a

Just a little tired, I guess." But the w

e's rich and lives in a penthouse. Don't let that cloud your judgment, okay?

a bristled, a defensive edge creepin

Sophia, and

ew her cutlery down and stood up, forcefully sending the chair flyi