Mr CEO's Freaky Obsession

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er now. I could hear her swallow.

a vulnerability I

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desk and got up. I straightened my suit, smoothing m

secretary as I walked past. I didn't wait for

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s and checked the time

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e picked her up? Was she havi

made sure this meeting was as private as possible, no interruptions, no unwanted

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her expressi

her inside. She followed, offeri

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m that night, but I coul

at hesitantly, an awkward smile flicker

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dy. Black stilettos. Red lips that had burned themselves into my memory. Her wavy hair had been elega

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her eyes studying me with a l

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gaze shifting around t

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assessing me in a way that

t from that night,

embered-smooth, sweet, yet laced with

eyebrow. "Do I not ma

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plate, her lips partin

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es like pe

ank God you love it. I was prepared to

ow. "You have the a

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gers together on the table. "Firing pe

whole point of

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tated. "

that night it wa

Oh. Yes, yes. I love seafood. All of it." She

relief was

that, despite the differences, she wa

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glancing at her. I placed a hand

t our hands befor

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