College Crush Became My Boss

nd at this moment, he wa

I wouldn't have dared to

woman at the door, I recalled the utterly humiliat

first day at

the handsome boy from my college that I once

to be the unluckie

room sharing my overseas experiences, a

was Derek Reid! W

m around me, tying his sui

uncomfortable, but he looke

't dare to mo

nce room, leaving behind a c

restroom door, I sto

ss and leaned down,

I'll go borrow a sa

into chaos

a guy like you go

ack plastic bag, handing it

I quickly retreate

ants, I awkwardly tied the j

ended, and someone gent

mson, are

d some cold water on my face, and opened th

's graceful figure disap

, lost in thought. Hearing the

yes always smiling gently at you, giving

you waiting." I

e. Are yo

ips, murmuring

l, yet he still had to maintain his boss ima

ent seemed to come fr

I went abroad, the typical handsome guy with an

ong legs and abs, and he

with a chance encounter, ju

smanthus tree when Derek emerged from the mapl

ike that, you'll end up with m

im, and with just one g

t sight would be reciprocated, nor did I realize

captured my heart b

attending classes, dining, studying together, even going out

kind to me, offer

ally become a couple, if

began spreading rumors about me, escalating to bullying.

merged from the restroom, I saw Derek standing not far away. He met my gaze,

n clothes and holding me tightly, angrily scolding the girls. I watched he

any longer and cried

arrett, Derek's childhood sweetheart, and th

hey suddenly stopp

with Derek were like no

ore I left, I heard Alfred had beaten Derek badly. Marissa threatened to have Alfr

Derek, begging him

asked with a wicked smile, blood

s I am to you? Fine, kiss m

him in sho

n unreadable madness and restraint. He

s he

I secured Alfred's safety, thinking it would be part

ould fire me, but

pany, always out on business, acc

d up with his childhood sweet

e I liked, seeing them s

nded me too much

was to figured out the adorable person w

it, and a furtive figure entered my view, looking around

ized the face, I st

Jackson, Derek

beside me t

eyes

" I awkwar

standing at the CEO's

ry day. Because of an urgent meeting that morning, he had Martin deliver it instead. He eve

ve realized

the colleagues' unusual kindness, which co

ng Derek would be at the company that morning, I grabbed the washe

dow, I saw him leaning tenderly against a car door, flirtin

found Derek's figure eerily overlapped wi

up, and in a daze, I met a p

the elevator button

vators arrived

antically pressing buttons as the

slowly closed, I let

hands reached in, pr

e you r