Force Proximity

ALANNA

How can one hate someone so dearly and still get so wet just thinking about the person?

For a week, all that had been on my mind was the weird encounter I had with my father and the possibly awkward date I was going to have with Brad today.

I had to push forward my date with Brad last week because I had to go on a business trip outside the country. I also used the trip as a means to buy myself time.

But right now, all that didn't matter, I was seated directly opposite Nolan, silently exchanging glance with one another and seven of the shareholders. Brad wasn't present, because apparently, it was executives only.

“The profit margins between the last four months and the previous had an increase of sixty-eight percent which also means the number in figures has well surpassed six hundred million in profit, in just six months,” he spoke in a stern tone, his face fixated on the projected number and chart on the screen.

Fuck, Nolan looked like some Egyptian god at this moment, he