AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Yes.”
It shocks her. “Really?”
“My first two internships were as an assistant at high school and my first year of college. I hated asking my father for money so once I was old enough and people were willing to hire me, I began working odd jobs. So yeah, I have experience.”
The careful and aloof mask she placed crumbles and a swirl of sorrow and longing bleeds through. For a fraction of a second, the woman who fell in love with my black soul stares back at me. Then the shutter comes down again and I hate it.
“I have all the information I need,” she declares, standing abruptly.
I slowly rise even though every bone in my body protests. My fingers twitch by my side, aching to yank her flush against me. “Is that all you want to ask me, kitten?”
“What else is there to ask?”
“Whether I thought about you every second for the past six months?” My tone is desperate and laced with pain. “Because I have. That the worst fear I ever felt was finding you gone and that every day since, I’ve spent searching for you. I miss you, kitten.”
“No. No.” She shakes her head. An empty laugh spills from her lips and her voice comes out sharp. “No words are ever going to make me forgive you. You don’t get to walk back into my life and disrupt it again. We are over.”
“You and I are the endgame, kitten,” I remind her, and vow, “we will never be over. And if I have to spend the rest of my life reminding you until you believe it, I will. I’ll do anything for you except let you go. I already did it twice, and I won’t survive it again.”
“Then I’ll prove you wrong.”
Her defiance brings a smile to my lips and I wink. “Okay. But just know, I’m as stubborn as you are and I always win. You chased me last time; now it’s my turn.”
Leaving her stunned and fuming, I walk out.
Chapter Sixty-eight
BIANCA
I hired him.
The second he left after all but promising he won’t leave me alone and daring me at the same time, I sent him a text, aware I was giving away my new number. Maybe it was his plan all along. But I have an agenda.
I’m going to show his arrogant ass that I don’t want him anymore. So maybe I’ll have to torture myself by working closely with him and drown in his rich and intoxicating scent that still drives me wild. In the end when I prove him wrong, it’ll be worth it.
My concentration disturbed, I grab my purse and walk out of my office after locking the door. I’m a bundle of mixed emotions, each fighting to rise to the top as I take the elevator. When I exit through the lobby, Shammi’s head snaps up and his gaze widens in bewilderment.
Am I dreaming or are you leaving early, Bianca?”
I laugh at his teasing joke and smirk. “Yes. I like to keep you on your toes, old man.”
“That you do.”
“Good night, Shammi.”
“I’ll see you tomorrow, Miss Chopra.”
I shake my head. It seems I only attract stubborn men in my life. My eyes scan the still crowded parking lot for signs of Dash and hate when disappointment flares.
Don’t fall into old habits, Bianca, I remind myself.
The drive back to my apartment is spent second-guessing my decision of hiring him. I’m even more shocked he accepted it. I might be the first woman in the world who has a billionaire working as her assistant.
Suddenly, many ideas pop inside my head with ways in which I can make his life hell. Fetching coffee and food, running errands like my laundry, and, the best, photocopying using the printer in my office, which is absolute shit. I have lost count of how many times I’ve kicked it in frustration and gave up on it.
Yeah. That’s going to be his first task tomorrow.
Half an hour later, I’m riding up the elevator to my floor and when I jump out, I frown at seeing the empty apartment opposite mine with the door left open and surrounded by boxes. Excitement builds at having a neighbor. There are a total of four apartments on my floor and two are occupied by an old couple and another girl, who I hardly see. Maybe the new one will be different. I could cook and welcome them with brownies. I might buy them, since cooking only leads to a hurricane in the kitchen.
