Falling in Love with my cocky Boss
ay, but my mind was too far gone to even register what sh
to
l to acknowledge what had happened between us. And the worst part? The
e out of my head. "What's with
nked.
n her lips. "Don't tell me you're still
ked on my lu
ping my mouth with the bac
ing. I swear, if I didn't know better, I'd think
r. "I'd rather
my mutual friend and fashion assistant before
en I p
utside
ed, silent,
esday morning? The latter wouldn't surprise me. I sighed and turned toward my office,
and forward it to several departments before lunchtime. I hated how even
turned i
g across the keyboard. But my eyes kept drifting to
ng fr
was
thing rude, something frustrating. And now that he wa
anning to
was he ig
m., I was d
ffice, irritation bubbling up like a shaken soda bottle. I stopped at the doo
s when I
lway behind me, just loud enough to ca
Mr. Russo won't be
ned back, just en
p restaurant downtown. Private table and everything.
mach d
the hallway. For a moment, I t
a girlfriend?" the
lthy heiress. She's been around for a while on and off, but
siness racing the way it was. It was none of
ehow, i
lo
force than necessary. I tried to focus, but the image of him kissin
as the g
s dream. Sophisticated. Confident. A walking ad for diamon
ssed her boss in a club while dru
ared at my screen, and
"Of course he's got a whole-ass rooftop reser
t he had someone, or the fact that he didn't eve
sappeared without te
ed my
No forwarded messag
, and a growing storm b
ay dr
ughed in the break room. I didn't feel like talking to anyone. Especially no
, I was e
ing I didn't even want to name. Something that felt a lot like
I thought the day
alke
, when his voice echoed from the hallway li
ng into the office space like he owned t
y, arching a brow
ed. "Any
ied without look
f my desk, clearly am
nstructions. Just vanished while I had to clean up your cha
nal matters
Ah, yes. Rooftop lunch with
o playful glint behind them just steel. "Care
ing," I shot back, chin lif
all charm. "And do you make a habit of listenin
aring during critical meetings
end my time?" he snapped, voice cu
lap, but I refused to fli
schedule from falling apart. Which is impossible when you va
augh one without
nd learn the difference between professionalism and personal insecu
ed into fists
ying to do m
ply. "And stay out of thin
like a storm inside me
back. "Always with that attitude,
"Because you make
meone who gets distracted by who I k
, jaw clenched,
That same unreadable, smug m
e turned t
finished no
"maybe try acting like a real boss instead of
pau
yes burning now not with amu
d coldly. "And if you're so bothered by how I run th
caught in
sper as he stepped close again. "My private life is not your concern. So the ne
he air until it choked you. And then he took another ste
wl. "You are nothing more than an assistant. A paper-pushing, errand-running, easily r
ath catching
in," he continued, "I'll fire you so fast
d at him
red, every word designed to cut. "You don't. Not to me. Not
d my ground, biting the inside o
another beat, wait
woul
for
to
ned, dismissing
ruel. R
nt absolut
hen he walked aw
slamming shu
in my throat, heart pounding with r
e was just my boss somehow, his words st
de out. I wanted to scream, to throw something, to s
e I di
mu
was the