Page 88 of The Rules Of Attraction
Chapter 15
Summer
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God, my skin still heated up at the memory of that night.
Heated up like that time when my father took me hiking up the grand canyon and the baking sun seared my skin.
I survived the weekend. Barely.
Saturday morning was weird. Alex gave me that cat watching a goldfish waiting for the right moment to pounce look of his, but thankfully Eilesh saved me with an invite to an open air cinema showing of Thelma and Louise.
Since the movie finished late and I was closer to her place I stayed over. That took care of most of Sunday day time
Last night however was a different story. I got the look again when I tried to talk to him and I wasn’t sure what was worse. Alex staring at me, undressing me with his eyes, or him being flirtatious.
Whichever was too much.
It didn’t help too that I hadn’t been able to stop thinking about him.
I couldn’t focus on anything else and my damn mind had been consumed with contemplating this offer of his.
I was crazy. Had to be.
This was so unlike me, but could this be what I needed?
Kayla came into my office with a broad smile on her face. I loved the lipstick she wore today. It was a bright orange red color that looked amazing on her dark skin.
It matched the flowers on her halter neck top.
“Hey, a bunch of us are going to check out the new nail bar at lunch. Do you want to come along?” She beamed.
“I’d love to.” I agreed.
“Cool, and there’s a really neat Japanese restaurant near by too. We could grab lunch there.” She looked excited, but then gave me a mischievous smile that held a hint of suspicion. “Unless if you need to get back to Alex.”
“No, I’m good. I have some time later where I’m not needed.”
This was the beginning of my third week at work.
The first time that I stepped in the building I knew it was the kind of place where people would be nice, professional as expected in a law firm, but they took note of certain things and loved gossip.
I’d heard all about Preston on my third day here, knew who was sleeping with who, who’d cheated on their spouses, whose husbands had left them and all manner of other things.
Since I was the newbie, working for Alex, who I heard was the object of many women’s affection in here that left me with eyes all over my actions.
When you had a boss/man who wanted to own you and make you his, who didn’t care what people thought, that just fanned the flames of gossip.
When I’d walked anywhere with Alex, his hand was always placed at the small of my back, or around me, or touching me somehow.
Then there was the way that he looked at me. If people didn’t see the touch, I figured they’d be able to guess from the look that something was going on between us.
“Okay, just checking. I’m glad you like working for him.” Kayla cooed. “He’s a nice guy.” She nodded.
“Thanks for the endorsement.” That deep, sexy voice that filled my dreams and waking thoughts filtered into the room.
I looked over to the door and found Alex leaning against the frame, eyes fixed on me.
