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“You guys need more self-control.” Paige walked over to me. “You act like teenagers.”
“One day when you’re in love, I’m going to remind you of what you just said.”
“Yeah, I don’t have time to fall in love.”
“You need to make time.”
She shook her head.
“Come to think of it, you haven’t had a boyfriend in like two years.”
“And look how well that turned out.”
“You just need to find the right man.”
As if on cue, Tristian walked in with Adrian Drake by his side.
“Paige, I’d like to introduce you to—”
The expression on her face was enough to render me speechless. I never expected her to say…
“What the fuck are you doing here?”
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Prologue
—Adrian—
Now
I was a man who prided himself on control, and for a brief moment, I didn’t have any. After ten years of not seeing Paige’s beautiful face, I never imagined she’d be standing right in front of me. In my friend Tristian’s home of all places. They were throwing a party for the baby he and his wife Belle were expecting.
I didn’t usually make time for these types of celebrations. Not because I didn’t want to. It was due to the fact my company demanded my undivided attention. I was the definition of a workaholic. Except I genuinely found happiness in being the best at what I did.
I was only there to meet his wife’s executive assistant. When I spoke to Tristian two months ago, I told him how difficult it’d been for me to find one who was worth a damn. I had yet to hire anyone who could fill the demands I required. Since his wife was pregnant, she offered her EA for the time being, and I was in no place to turn down her offer.
Belle and Tristian were born into corporate empires. Their families had a generational rivalry for decades until they tied the knot a couple of months ago. Overnight, they became heirs to their families’ legacies, but they also worked their asses off to fill in the roles of CEOs for their businesses. I knew if Belle was referring her EA, then she’d be at the top of her game and that was what I desperately needed.
For the next six months, I wanted someone who worked as hard as I did at my company. I was the CEO of ACE Enterprises, which I established seven years ago. I was the best corporate raider in the industry; buying businesses and selling off their parts was what I excelled at. Hence, the name of my company. After two years, ACE went public and within a year, we were already a Fortune 500.
At the time, we were top ten on that list, and I wouldn’t stop until we were number one.
However, my thoughts suddenly shifted from work to the woman I couldn’t take my eyes off of as I followed Tristian into his kitchen. She was talking to his wife. It was only then I realized…
I was there to meet her.
“Paige,” Belle announced to us, nodding in our direction. “I’d like to introduce you to—”
As soon as her gaze locked with mine, I was thrown back to another place and time. Instantly, my mind raged war with itself, consumed with the memory of the last time I saw her hazel eyes connecting with mine. Although, the hurt expression on her face back then was much different than how she was furiously glaring at me in this moment. I couldn’t decipher which was worse.
