Tangled Temptataion: A one night stand with my boss

he gleaming revolving doors at precisely 8:45 a.m., hair pulled into a sleek low ponytail, matte lipstick

ffice like her world hadn't burned down over the weekend. Like she hadn't been robbed of the

wo partners she didn't bother acknowledging. The mirrored walls reflected her comp

l she earned the right

es rang, heels clicked, and coffee cups clinked. But there was

was Lila, who was wearing high heels and a too-bright lipstick, sliding beside her with the speed o

d. "Anothe

in already. And HR. Yo

were goin

ents-"CEO," "unexpected," "someone new," "family member?" She ducked into the restroom for one last breath of solitu

vel managers. A few board members stood along the back wall. Monica Blackwood, po

ddle, unfolding her notebook with mecha

hroat with the quiet gravity of a

gan. "As many of you know, in the wake of Daniel's pass

s previous CEO legend in tailored suits, known for both brilliance and ruthless diplomacy. His dea

swept the room l

decision. Effective immediately, the new Chief Exe

's world stopped as he stepped int

color of something you couldn't name but never forgot

could rise. He stood at the front of the room now, buttoning his suit j

ght nod. "This is Grayson Black

ay

dy saw coming. The one who had kept to the shadows of the empire. The one with

ly slept with an employee da

the room and landed on her recognition hit him, f

ylight-smoother and colder. "I've spent the past few years running acquisitions over

ught of him being her boss, her CEO, might crumble her world because of her mistake with him. But holding her balance, s

dedication. Blackwood Enterprises has always stood on innovation,

word. Integrity. A

ghts ago, he had been tangled in her sheets? When he wal

hen he didn't ackn

. Whispering behind a strategica

idn't

coul

that disastrous Friday had just deton

ten minutes later, and people s

ine until she felt th

ame a voice she

slowly. "Mr

dable in his expression-something harder than t

talk? Pr

e same expression she'd perfected in conference rooms and inve

e," he sai

t you

, his voice dr

hat's the first time

hem. It was not longing or chemistry, j

ning. "Then I'll say the second t

her throat. "Didn't know what...that you'd

e said. "

. But Ava had trusted charm be

ast him as she walked away, with every cell in her body s

an unfinishe