Chapter 12

Valerie's P.o.v

I was so excited to start work today that I got to the office before 7:00 and on getting there, the receptionist handed me my badge and I walked upstairs.

I open the elevator and I walk in. The elevator is just about to close when a hand reaches in and stops it. I look up in surprise at the intruder only to come face-to-face with Carter.

I try to go to the very back of the elevator but the effort is futile because it's just both of us in the elevator. He looks up at me with a smirk on his face and every bit of my nervous system reacts.

I know I said I was going to stand up to him and give him no reaction but this is so hard. He works towards me and I swear my heart drops with every step that he takes.

He sports a devilish grin as it comes to stand at the very next point to me. Somehow my tongue is tied because I cannot motor a single word and I start to feel the walls closing in.

The elevator makes a disgruntled noise and stops moving and my fear increa