slept. It all st

Mock her? Or better still, is

r ex happened to be the boss of the

what-ifs, memories she'd buried clawi

e knew why she was calling. To ask if she got the job. S

was going to throw you a small party in my c

he managed to smile. Aiko was too sweet. She had por

tell, "Hmmm yeah, I waited for him but he didn't get back

would be a male. I wish you luck,

night researching the company but couldn't get any tangible information. Then back to the tattoo. Maybe, just maybe t

nner. And when she slep

n during prom. Their classmates had cheered and Tristan hadn't looked at them. Instead, he slipped a dia

his eyes that she couldn't even deny. Tobias, his stepbrother, had gotten jealous and walked aw

, he had simply pecked her and said he would be right back t

shaved beards housing his face. But he looked different. Apart from being strikingly more handsome with a broad

oked her way and said, "My name is Thompson Blake, and for yo

set. She was going back t

g as she tucked her hair behind her ear. If Tom, or whoever he really

en she walked back into the

ink you'd retu

accepted, but that's not the case. I got a call

her head. "He's

e gave her a nod

d pressed the 32nd floor, watching the numbers light up one afte

nd him. Today he wore a steel gray shirt, sleeves rolled up, veins visible. And that

again now, Vivienne was hell sure she wasn't going to run away again. Even if he was another person, he had the love of h

e back,"

d what came over me." Tom raised a

just found you

?" He started walking towards her as hi

ain? Would he say something now? Would he

it was at the moment, she felt at home. Then he lifted his hand and touched the

. But he was concentrated on the chain, then his eyes flick

ifted you must have loved you.

throat tigh

aths crossed, a charming smile befell his lips as his hand dropp

on." His voice was tinged with aut

ecting some sort of replies from him that wou

ou marrie

Now, it was her

at t

rried women as your PA?" She asked wit

om returned to his seat then r

ingers steepled, voi

exactly here

ed. "Then... wha

assed. T

here to

ked, then snickered n