Chapter 13

I kissed Gabriel Whitlock.

No, he kissed me.

And as good as that kiss was, kissing him was not good for me at all because even more than twenty-four hours later, the kiss was still all I was thinking about though I was at my desk on my first day at my new job.

I needed to focus. So, I tried all day. And all day, I failed.

All I could think of was him, Kissing him. More than kissing hi

“Girl, there’s literally drool on your mouth. James commented as we walked out of the elevator together, and my cheeks. flushed.

“My husband… did a number on me.” I bit my lower lip. Every time I replayed Gabriel’s words to me, I was inevitably lost in thoughts of what he had promised me.

I would f*ck you)

there’s no tomorrow.

James was the first friend I met at work. He was the head of product design at Wales and even though our jobs were nowhere. interrelated, our desks were adjacent. He was tall and dark with buzz cut looking intimidating, but he talked to me himself when I first entered and hadn’t stopped since.

He hot?” James asked in a heavy southern accent, and I laughed.

“Yeah, he’s hot.”

When we got out of the building ready to grab dinneras per the spontaneous plan we had made, he paused, his eyes narrowing. “He loaded too?”

“Huh?” I followed his gaze which had stopped at the car parked outside Wales, the driver standing outside, his eyes fixed at

me.

breath, apologetically looking

happy I made it home

me for dinner soon-ish. You’ve talked about his cooking all day. I’m tempted to have it

to invite me

waving him bye and then walking

leave,” I scowled in a whisper once I got to hiin. “I told you I’ll

day were to take you wherever you want, and get you back home. Not to leave

him. “Are you also going to tell him where I was at the

asks,” My driver said, and I grit my

will tell him I was at Wales all

my job. I was doing an ordinary job. Gabriel never offered me to work with him when I told him

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Chapter 13

job myself. He

getting into the car and pouting all the way

was your first day!” Luna greeted me by the door, persistently taking

a

me about her. She fuelled

her and her lips parted

“Oo!”

early that night because of the lack of sleep on Saturday after what happened between us. I

“No, he hasn’t, she replied. “Peter called and did leave a

What is

to let you know Gabriel sir had to fly out to London urgently yesterday.” She

he left, or even asked Peter to. I didn’t expect him to let me know everything but I thought we were making some progress, Especially after the kiss… I shook those thoughts out. “Do we know when will

voice was apologetic.

off but I couldn’t help getting lost in the what-ifs. What if he had been here tonight? Would there be more of that kissing? Would we acknowledge what happened between us, or would we

in those thoughts. Tuesday passed. Wednesday passed Thursday passed. And then, so

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