that ju

to see her boss, Christian Callahan, st

EO of Callahan

le hesitated for a mo

was a wry smile on Christian's

friend from high school," she replied calmly. "Th

peated, nodding thoughtfully. "It seems t

s not polite to eavesdrop on someone else's con

rned cold. "Is it a man? If it is, you know that you can't be seen with other men in pub

to be an issue or a scand

t is

's a guy, but he's just a friend. I can arrange to me

wouldn't sit well with me knowing that you're gonna meet up with so

ed, but didn'

someone from a wealthy family," Christian continued on,

e in her chest. "What's y

th someone publicly." Christian stopped pacing and turned to Camille. He still had a smile on his face, bu

wife," Camill

smoothly. "Still, you're my fiancée now, Camil

engaged to be married is because of the contract. If it were by choice

ract already, Camille." Christian's expres

you not to call me that

r. "Yet still, the fact remains that you are my fiancée now. You agre

nk to her stomach. "...I

g hurt. "You sure know how to h

leave. "I still have some paperwork to do

r secretary duties." Christian chuckled. "Hope you h

and went on her wa

*

n fourteen

she had last seen M

time they saw each other was so long ago. They were adult

she heard Mic

h a foreig

te place where she had heard it the first time. It was only when h

ni

would even eat together during lunch. They would draw attention from the other students whe

lavor except for vanilla. Even though Michael tried a few times to get her to choose chocolate or strawb

t?" he had remarked to her in amusement. "Van

as a reason why he did all those bad habits back in school. She had never really approved of anybody resorting to smoking, drinking, taking drugs

n smoke whenever they could. Not only because of the addiction or habit, but because drinking or smoking could take th

of the world just caused her to open her eyes to different pe

re. She couldn't go back to scolding anyone as she pleased. She was

lt like a prisone

sighed

e ended up

owingly gotten herself

ntract that she had never

tract with Chr

nd out about this? What about her fami

ael contacted her

c figure who was admired by seve

Christian was going to u

a disaster wai