Chapter 448

• What does he see in me? I’m a broken, abused nobody, a skinny girl from a horrible past who was just his assistant, a cold icemaiden who kept him at arm’s length for so long that he finally sent me away. How could he have fallen so badly with someone so unworthy?
• “Because you’re you, everything about you. Even when you’re trying so hard to be cold and distant, I can see through it for the most part. I remember thinking you would be a challenge, an ice queen I could melt with my irresistible charm.” His mouth comes down to find mine and gently grazes my lips, soft and sweet.
• “So, the lure was because I didn’t want to sleep with you?” I push him playfully, but only half of me is joking; I’ve always wanted to know why he pursued me, why he feels for me what he does. So many thoughts race through my head, overanalyzing everything.