Chapter 36 The touch before the ring
The doorbell rang, slicing through the charged silence like a blade, but neither moved. Brie stayed in Alex’s arms, heart pounding, eyes locked on his. The sound jolted her, but she couldn’t tear herself away from the magnetic pull between them.
Then a voice crackled through the intercom, ripping ...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Ten months and one lie
2. Chapter 2 Cracks in the Flame
3. Chapter 3 Burnt Sugar and Broken Promises
4. Chapter 4 Smoke and Mirrors
5. Chapter 5 The Mask slips.
6. Chapter 6 Bruised Hearts and Open Doors
7. Chapter 7 Velvet Apologies
8. Chapter 8 Shadows in the Spotlight 
9. Chapter 9 The Weight of Silence
10. Chapter 10 Success with a side of secrets
11. Chapter 11 The Man Behind the Name
12. Chapter 12 The Day That Changed Everything
13. Chapter 13 Tease
14. Chapter 14 The knock from hell
15. Chapter 15 The confrontation
16. Chapter 16 Breakfast and Texts
17. Chapter 17 Deranged ex
18. Chapter 18 Why not remind him?
19. Chapter 19 His scent
20. Chapter 20 The Wrong Man
21. Chapter 21 Blue eyes
22. Chapter 22 Apologies
23. Chapter 23 It wasn’t Jeff
24. Chapter 24 Dreadful feeling
25. Chapter 25 Break up
26. Chapter 26 Dinner or Disaster
27. Chapter 27 A secret waiting to be named
28. Chapter 28 A strong cohort this year
29. Chapter 29 Caught
30. Chapter 30 He fooled us both
31. Chapter 31 The Intern
32. Chapter 32 I don’t want to lose her
33. Chapter 33 Office Drama
34. Chapter 34 Whispers
35. Chapter 35 The Ride home
36. Chapter 36 The touch before the ring
37. Chapter 37 Desires
38. Chapter 38 38 Floors to Power
39. Chapter 39 Some doors are better left closed.
40. Chapter 40 Trending Everywhere
41. Chapter 41 CEO’s office
42. Chapter 42 Midnight whispers and butterflies
43. Chapter 43 I don’t want to let you go
44. Chapter 44 A lie she didn’t need to tell
45. Chapter 45 Phone Sex
46. Chapter 46 Working with the Boss
47. Chapter 47 Not an easy girl
48. Chapter 48 Let's Talk
49. Chapter 49 Stolen Touch and Kisses
50. Chapter 50 Comfortable Routine
51. Chapter 51 It's you again
52. Chapter 52 We meet again
53. Chapter 53 Beauty
54. Chapter 54 Fairest of them all
55. Chapter 55 The Truth
56. Chapter 56 More Work
57. Chapter 57 Spa days and spy games
58. Chapter 58 Ex-fiancé
59. Chapter 59 The smile that cuts deeper
60. Chapter 60 Cold war I
61. Chapter 61 A new assignment
62. Chapter 62 Hot Topic
63. Chapter 63 Alex turns Sienna down
64. Chapter 64 Sparks and Tension
65. Chapter 65 Uninvited players
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