Chapter 2
Hannah

“Give me one good reason not to fire you.”

Tobias’s words make my heart pound a mile per second.

I’m sitting on a massive chair inside his office, and his gaze is digging into mine. He looks as friendly as a wolf, and that face I found so beautiful earlier is now scary and intense.

“I really need this job, Tobias—err, I mean, Sir.”

He lifts an eyebrow, and I stare down into my lap. I’m sweating despite it being rather cold inside his office.

But can anyone blame me?

Tobias is too frightening to keep eye contact with, especially now when he is wearing an expensive suit that seems to scream, “Man in charge!”

“Hm, if that’s true, I would expect you to put more effort into keeping your position, Miss Darling…” he looks at me again. “Did you use a fake name when you were hired?”

“No, Sir,” I grimace. “My surname is Darling.”

“And you’re a college student?”

“Yes…”

“I see…” he absentmindedly taps his chin while scanning my papers without even a hint of a smile. “Plenty of student loans to pay off, then?”

My shoulders slump in defeat. “That’s a rather personal question.”

He lifts his chin, eyeing me. “I know, but I’m your boss… also, are you really not planning on using that against me? Any other person in your position would use that to play with my emotions and manipulate me into feeling sorry for you.”

Tobias’s words are shocking. And the fact that he can say that while deadpanning is scary. It also tells me everything I need to know: this man won’t get manipulated easily.

“Um, something tells me that you would see through any lie I gave you,” I give him a hesitant, nervous smile. He is watching me like a hawk, and I quickly continue talking. “But I really need this job. I know that I’m at fault here. I made a mistake walking into that room. I’m not stupid, and yes, you have every right to fire me, but I’m desperate for money.”

“Desperate, you say?” Tobias is watching me with renewed interest now. He reminds me of a cat focusing on its prey. “How desperate?”

is thumping against

me. I’m drowning in student loans and food expenses. And that’s not mentioning the rent on

those

curl by the corners to form a wicked smirk, and his fingers intertwine underneath his chin.

a high-pitched scream. I’m pretty sure this guy just asked me to

out from the door behind

But that doesn’t happen.

Tobias smiling at me, but it’s not friendly. It’s cunning in a way that gives me

ex-wife cheated on me with

the terrible thing he told me. His eyes roam over my face as

it would make my life easier if my ex-wife didn’t know seeing her makes me miserable. That’s where you come in. It would save some of my pride if I married you and pretended to be perfectly happy and, most

dream. It must be, so I continue to gawk at Tobias, but when he doesn’t vanish, I lift my hand and smack myself straight

to hit my head against the

“Ouch…” I mumble.

fuck are

while lying on the floor. Tobias looks furious. Anger is ticking against his jaw, which makes

it’s reality, but I’m starting to wonder if something is wrong with you. Why would

his feet. He walks around his desk and squats before me. I’m unsure what he is doing and sit up in

“What do you want?”

my question, he tilts his head. “Did you hit

“No, not that hard.”

“Did it hurt?”

I nod.

and sit perfectly still as he comes closer. My heart is beating way too fast. I’m nervous even though there is nothing sexual in the way he

inspects my head and brushes my hair out of the way. Despite his cold expression

isn’t as bad as I

blush when he leans back from me. There is a ghost of a smile fleeting over his lips. “You must be the clumsiest woman that

scratch the above. I’m injured, and Tobias is insulting

rather rude

room, and now it turns out you can’t even sit on a chair without damn near killing

kill myself, and I’m not always

always this clumsy?” he rolls his eyes, muttering, “Why do I find that

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