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de, her friends were still celebrating-her seventeenth birthday, the moment she officially stepped closer to adulthood. Balloons

d be excited. Yet, all she cou

best friend Mira called

mile. "Yeah, ju

yes. "Let me gues

my first real step into the worl

And who knows? Maybe you'l

it's just an internsh

no idea how

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eneath the morning sun. It was her first day as an intern, and though she had spent the past week con

r hanging overhead. Businessmen and women in sharp suits moved with purpose, their heels clicking rhythmically agains

r way toward the reception desk. A woman with sleek black hair and a h

nd depa

Marketing Department," she said,

h her screen. "Sixth floor, last office o

the elevators. She pressed the button and in

ep into the corporate wo

floor. She exhaled slowly, trying to push away the lingering nervousness. The ride up w

he doors until she reached the last one on the right. Without hesita

as her fir

rlooking the city skyline. A sleek black desk sat in the center, surrounded by shelves filled w

ace that made her heart stop-i

sent a shiver down her spine. He was breathtakingly handsome in a way that was almost unfair

throat

't just a

wasn't ju

he company. Billionaire. The mo

barged into his

ere?" His voice was sharp, cuttin

. "I-I'm sorry. I think

hair, studying her as if she were an insect that

d to report to the Marketing Departm

me get this straight. On your very first day, you managed

owed hard

n't quite a smile. More like amusement

Carter," she

oth but laced with authority, "Do you always make t

ted to disappear, to rewind time and st

again," she said, forcing

resting his elbows on t

back toward the door,

ice stopped he

back, hea

eyes scanning her from head to toe, "What

," she sai

emained unreadab

t by that, and she wasn't abo

. Cross," she said quickly,

voice carrying an underlying warning. "Next time, you m

r spine, but she di

office, she let out a shaky brea

as a di

ding the correct office, and introduce

n her tasks, she couldn't shake the lingeri

ade a mis

r on the radar of the most d

d her that was on