CHAPTER ONE

The elevator doors slid open with a sharp chime. I smoothed my skirt, exhaling slowly before stepping onto the executive floor.

First day. New job. New boss.

And apparently, the most impossible man on the planet.

I knocked once on the glass door before pushing it open.

“Miss Carter,” his voice cut sharp through the room, low and commanding, “you’re late.”

I froze. “It’s eight fifty-five. I was told nine—”

“Do you want to argue with me on your first day?” ...