“So I’m guessing you’ve finally come back to your senses?” I glared at the wench seated on the couch in my new office as soon as I walked in. She was sitting with her legs bent under her bottom, her blonde hair swept over one shoulder, and her bright blue eyes were bright. Her red lips curved up in a smile. “You kept me waiting, Nolan.” I moved to the only armchair available and took a seat making a mental note to get the lobby ready as fast as possible so Veronica, my new secretary, will not have to lead anyone to my office without my approval anymore. Although, I suspect that Lurane must have bullied Veronica ‘Ronnie’ into leading her into my office. “Lurane,” I said simply as I unbuttoned my jacket to get comfortable. She uncurled her legs sensually, holding my gaze as though she was expecting me to fall to my knees and kiss her feet. “I am glad you came…” “Of course, I came you, naughty boy.” She stood from the sofa and made to come to me but a raise of my hand stopped her.

“Hey, baby,” I said into the phone excitedly, glad to get a break from talking about Jason.But it wasn’t Nolan who spoke, it was Fiona and she sounded panicked.“Miss Jones, you have to come quickly.”The joy I initially felt at getting a call from him soon faded and was replaced with a feeling of foreboding. “Is Nolan alright? Why are you with his phone? Is he there?” I asked without taking a breath.“I wish Nolan could come to the phone now but I’m afraid he’s…” she paused and with each second that stretched out, I couldn’t breathe. I know Fiona, Nolan trusts her because she is levelheaded and smart, and very little makes her flustered. Whatever happened to Nolan must be really bad if she can’t tell me.I forced myself to calm down and tried not to think of the worst. Yolanda had stopped going through the inventory and put catalogs aside as she raised her brows to ask if everything was alright.“Fiona, I want you to tell me what happened.”She took a deep breath. “Mr. Pierce came i

I don’t know how long we stayed there and honestly, I don’t care because I could have stayed there longer and not gotten tired of his warmth. We slept, woke up in each other’s arms, had some more sex, slept, talked about nothing, laughed, and fucked some more. Eventually, we slept for a while and I woke up remembering Nolen but just as I reached for the phone Nolan stopped me with a hand on mine and smiled that great cocky smile that would always make me lose my senses no matter how many times I see it.“I already took care of him.”“What do you mean you already took care of him?”“I talked to Sophie already, she’s going to pick him up from school.”I gasped at the mischievous man with the equally mischievous smile on his face. “She knew about this?”He shrugged with a laugh. “She did.”“I’m so going to kill her. She didn’t tell me anything!”He laughed and kissed my ear then my cheek. “Then it wouldn’t have been a surprise.” He picked my phone off my hands and turned it off, doing th

I sat silently in the car with my hands folded in my lap while Nolan drove to the station. How will I get over this nightmare? Just one moment of happiness and now I have been thrown into mourning. I looked outside the window at my reflection in the side mirror noting the puffiness of my eyes from lack of sleep and hours of crying. My nose was red and swollen and my lips were dry and cracked. I don’t think I would have had my bath if Nolan hadn’t helped me to the bathroom and even helped me brush my hair.Even though he wasn’t looking like his usual self he wasn’t any better than I looked. His hair was rough from where he had thrust his fingers in and pulled and his eyes were red-rimmed. Between us was his ashtray and he had smoked half a pack of cigarettes before we got to the station.The head of the missing persons department was already waiting for us when we arrived and I think that had something to do with Nolan yelling at him through the phone moments before we left the hotel.

Fiona was waiting in front of my office with a gloomy look in her eyes.She tried to smile. “Congratulations on your engagement,” she said trying to sound cheerful. But her face fell and she added. “I’m sorry about Nolen.”I nodded, unable to speak. I need to get this meeting with Douglas done and over with. I pushed the door and tried not to cringe at the sight of him standing there with a condescending look on his face as he took a look at my office.“Douglas.”He turned to face me with a patronizing smile. “Nolan. Look at you, son. Looking as good and ravishing as ever. Are the ladies still throwing themselves at Simone Pierce’s heir? Or maybe he will come back to his senses…”“What do you want?” I cut him off, eager to get him off my back.He laughed. “Impatient. Is this all you can afford after everything you’ve taken away from me?” he swept his hands around my office, looking condescendingly at the comfortable space.“I will not have insult me, Douglas. I believe Lurane must hav