ned down the volume, lowered her head, and held

lled cheese sandwiches with tomato soup, mac and cheese with

hiccup before continuing, "Momm

ten yet, so she typed back: [The cafeteria here serves

going, Mommy! Brother, don't

e sounded from the other

e disdainful scowl on her son's fa

my up! Energy beam attack-pew,

absolute mush. "Mm-hmm,

oo

r swung open o

d, Chloe instantly snapped her spine straight a

imposing figure e

ral times today, this was the first time s

pped in an expensive, high-end tailored suit. With classic

ure, like an unshakable mountain peak. Simply by standi

n caught Chloe's panicked little movemen

m," he instructed, his

ed to respond

ollowed right behind Xavie

aura radiating from this man was simply too overwhelming; being trapped in a tight enclosure with

or a woman. Yet standing beside the six-foot-one Xavier Grayson, his t

uiet, subtle gl

, sculpted lines of his profile-a face so dr

ealthy-the ruler of a mega-conglomerate worth hundreds of billions,

ional do

ure, genuine p

yone have it all. He gave this man everything, only

tsk... H

directly with the man's downward glance. A c

you thinki

e staring at him, but the way Chloe had ju

actually caught a fa

eling sorr

way. She hadn't expected to get caught red-handed stealing a look at hi

might as well pry open the elevator doors and jump

reakneck speed, desperately co

d every single good thing in life purely with your face! Anyone who says the stars are pretty clearly hasn't l

y hit with a wall of sh

amuel Grayson had said earlier-that every single former secretary

k I'm hitting on

nt Grayson! I have zero romantic interest in you whatsoever! I am already a mother of two children!

t in men these days-she was on

ty-thousand-Dollar paycheck for th

son paused

e that he constantly kept forgetting she

n his entire life a woman had explicitly told him she didn't have a single d

rd to get; she was be

pleased him-he had finally found a secr

tiny, unexplainable flicker of displ