Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Waking up to birds chirping, classical music from a music box and a smell of cinnamon and old spice. I had no idea where I was.

Stretching my arms about and trying to stifle a yawn, I came in contact with a hard surface right beside me.

Hmmm. I started feeling up this wall, it turns out it was a wall of flesh. It even has a heartbeat.

Now that's silly. With my eyes still closed I roamed the said surface till I felt the muscles of an arm.

That's when I opened my eyes. Lord have mercy! It's a man! A very handsome one at that.

Wait a minute. Let's backtrack here. Why was I in bed with a man I didn't recognize? Oh no. Did we do something last night?

I cannot believe something happened between me and this hunk and I couldn't even remember. That's so like me to get wasted and forget everything.

Well I'm sure it was a good lay, judging by the tell tale signs of my legs and inner thighs.

Trying to detangle myself from his hold so I could tiptoe my way out of here and back home.

Suddenly he started moving too. In a panic I froze and just stared at him as he fully woke up.

He stirred like a child but I could feel his member was so very manly if I do say so myself.

He gave me a panty dropping smile then came close to me and gave me a small kiss at the side of my mouth.

I gasped, I wasn't expecting that. This man had some nerves and it was still very early in the morning.

“Good morning” he said to me, he took in my face like he was drinking his morning coffee.

It felt unnerving to be under such close scrutiny. It made me blush up like a Catholic schoolgirl.

“Good morning”, I murmured back. He was very handsome and he was doing things to me that I couldn't explain.

“How was your night?”, he said, smirking at me like he knew a secret I didn't.

Frowning I said, “I can't remember how my night was. It's pretty blank. How much did I have to drink?”

He laughed a little and said, “You were having a pretty wild night before I met you. But you were knocking back drink after drink while you were with me so I'd say…. A lot”

Ugh. I sure knew how to make a first impression.

Taking the time to look at the room I was in, it was pretty fancy. This guy must be loaded with cash.

He stood up slowly and when he did I realized he was putting on only a pair of boxers.

I continued staring at him openly and boy he had a very toned body, a tattoo that started from his back to his rib section.

He wasn't bad in the eyes either. And I didn't even know his name!

“You should take a picture. It lasts longer” he said, smirking down at me.

I didn't even know he had seen me ogling him. He was very cocky.

I scoffed, “What makes you so sure that I would want to see you again?”

He laughed again like I was telling silly jokes to him. “Women. They always want to see me again especially those that I give a good night to”

His eyes were twinkling in mischief. He was so full of himself.

“You are so cheeky aren't you? I don't even remember last night so how could we be so sure that you gave me a good time?” I asked folding my arms over each other.

He was pissing me off with every word that came out of his mouth. He noticed I was seething and smirked.

“Trust me, bebe, you won't be able to walk properly today. You don't have to pretend like you didn't notice how good your body feels this morning. It was all me” he said, pointing at himself.

The cheeky bastard. Oh I was going to wipe that grin off his face somehow.

Standing up, I quickly searched around for my clothes and headed for the bathroom while calling myself an Uber.

I heard him laughing as I changed into my own clothes but I paid him no mind.

Checking the time, I realized I was completely screwed because I had chosen the worst day to party and now I was going to reap the fruit of my labor.

Hurrying to the car, I urged the driver to go as fast as he could possibly go.

“Oh my God I'm going to be late on my first day!” I practically screamed the ears off my driver but luckily he didn't complain.

Thank God we didn't meet any traffic, we soon reached my apartment and I paid the driver and ran inside.

I had less than 10 minutes to shower, dress up, call an Uber and get to the office and it was game on for me.

I had the fastest shower in the Guinness book of records and rushed to do my makeup.

In 5 minutes I was in a car on my way to Petridis Corporation.

Running up the stairs to the main door and bursting into the reception was the funniest thing ever but I have myself a pat in the back because I made it.

“Yes!” I said to myself for not completely blowing it on my first day here.

I walked up to the girl that works in the reception office and smiled at her.

“Hi. I'm Erica Daniels. I'm supposed to resume work today” I said to her.

She smiled politely back at me, typed up something on her computer and then handed me a card.

“This is your key card. Use the elevator to the 14th floor. Goodluck” and she went back to typing on her computer.

I used the elevator like she instructed and made my way up to the 14th floor. Using my key card to open the doors.

Walking into the office I froze when I saw the person I was going to be working for.