As the wind ruffled through her ponytail, Katherine Cooper smiled at the warm feeling spreading throughout her body from the inside. She looked at her watch again. Seven Ten. Her careful planning had not gone to waste. She was almost at her destination. The latest time she could see herself arriving was at seven twenty five. She'd be thirty five minutes early! She just couldn't wait to see the look on the asshole's face when she... Kate had barely taken a step into the parking lot when she froze. That car... swallowing her dread, Katherine began to move forward to get a closer look. The black Alfa Romeo had its plate number GV1234A. Her heart sank to the deepest part of her stomach. It belonged to the asshole. She'd gawked at the expensive beautiful thing so many times that she'd memorized its plate number. The car had been parked military style, with its front facing the entrance. When her eyes sighted those familiar black leather shoes, her mouth went dry.There, seated atop the ho

Katherine raised her hand to rub the sore part of her neck with a groan. Of recent days, her work load had nearly tripled. The situation was the same or even more strained with other employees so, who was she to complain? Apparently, Cole Corp was in 'perilous times' as the ceo had called their current situation in the long meeting they had three days ago. A new competitor that was more than capable of putting them out of business had surfaced into the market and they had to do all in their power to ensure that their ship stayed afloat and on top. She glanced at her wrist watch for a brief second. Seven twenty p.m. Ordinarily, this would've been twenty minutes past her closing time but she was among a good number of the 'loyal' employees who had volunteered to work a few extra hours free. Why? Well, since she'd just arrived, and not long ago she'd had her latecoming saga, along with the incident that transpired in the ceo's office, she wanted to be in their good records. But now, w

His cell rang just as he turned the ignition in his car. Nicholas Smith picked up the line immediately. He didn't need a second glance at his screen to know who it was. "Well?" "She's on the move boss. Just got out of her house." He hung up immediately and sped down the street. He didn't need more information than that. He knew the routes Katherine usually took to work, knew exactly where she'd be at the moment. It didn't take very long, plus he was keeping an eye out for her.Soon, he spotted her slender figure moving down the sidewalk in the distance beyond. She was putting on a…yellow dress?! Nicholas Smith turned sharply away from the gaudy sight with a slight hiss. He slowed down to a halt at a corner of the road, and took in a deep breath to calm his nerves. "Nope." He mumbled. There was no way he was going to be able to sit in such a cramped space as a car with her while she was putting on such a bright color. Especially not yellow.Red, orange and yellow were the colors th

The time was well past her closing time, or any other time she would've stayed if she had the intention of staying any longer, but Kate was determined to wait as long as possible. Nick had refused to pick up any of her calls, he'd purposely avoided driving past their usual route that morning, and he'd taken extra pains to evade her despite the numerous times they would've bumped into each other during the day. Glancing at him past the cubicle wall, she could see him shutting down his system. Packing her things, Katherine stood up and made for his table just as he started for the elevator door, creating an inevitable collision of their paths. Nicholas Smith halted in his steps on reaching her, and Kate looked up to meet his stare, his eyes so impenetrable she wondered what thoughts lay hidden beneath those dark pools. "I'm not used to-" She was cut short as he made to walk right past her, but Katherine reached out and grabbed his arm, forcing him to a halt. "Nick." She called. Not t

He stopped walking, leaning down towards her to look into her eyes and she tilted her head backwards. Katie felt her pulse quicken at that moment. What was he doing?! Their faces were barely inches from each other. He was so close she could feel his cool breath against her face."I have over a hundred smiles." He said. "And all of them…are fake." Nicholas Smith turned and started forward again. "Cocky bugger!" She mumbled. Just as the words left her lips, he turned sharply. "What was that?" "Nothing!" Katherine was quick enough to hide her surprise with a fake smile. Goodness, he had sharp ears! Before she could think of hurrying up to meet with him, Nicholas turned, throwing a glance at her. "Waiting for me to come over and pick you up in my arms?" He teased, and Katie shuddered. She could feel her face go red. "Asshole!" She mumbled under her breath. He turned around and started walking again, but of course she did hurry to catch up with him. With him going on quickly, by the