Chapter 26

• The girl hesitated, she wanted to ask Leonardo to stay away from her, but she would be lying to herself if she chose to say that she did not like his touch, his scent, to see his face more closely, to feel his lips on hers... she would be lying to herself if she said that she had not longed more than once to be his partner, but she had never seen that as a possibility, because she was just a simple secretary, a low class girl, who could not be at the level of a man like him even if she was born again.
• "It's b-because... I'm just you employee..."
• "I want you to call me Leo," he demanded, with a desperation that made her recoil, "I need it, I need you to stop treating me like your boss, I don't care if I am, Emma! I need to hear you call me Leo..."