Ignite Me (The Annihilate Me Series) by Ross Christina

Author:Ross, Christina [Ross, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Christina Ross
Published: 2015-10-31T07:00:00+00:00

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Since I’d promised Brock that coffee would be waiting for him when he arrived, I quickly put on a pot, grabbed a glass of ice for Blackwell, took it to her, and then went to my desk, relieved that she’d had nothing negative to say about the outfit I’d chosen to wear.

“I’m afraid that today is going to be rather robust, Madison,” she said from her office. “Lots of little things to do, but lots of little things that also need to get done. Today, I’m taking you to Bergdorf with me. Jennifer and Alex are going to one of Peachy Van Prout’s big parties in a couple of days, and I need to go and scout out a new dress for her.”

“I thought you were trying to get her some dress that was on the cover of Vogue?”

“When I saw the dress in person, I knew that it wouldn’t work. So, since Jennifer is unavailable to me today, I thought that it would be good to take you along with me, if only so you can meet the staff at Bergdorf—and so that they can come to know you. Because going forward, they need to know that you are an extension of me. We’ll be leaving at nine.”

“I’ll be ready,” I said.

And then Brock stepped into the office.

“Good morning,” he said as he walked past Blackwell and me.

“Brock,” Blackwell said.

“Good morning,” I said in return.

Aware that Blackwell was watching me, I walked casually over to my computer, turned it on, and checked for any emails that Blackwell might have sent. But already my heart had begun to quicken in my chest as I did so, because as fleetingly as I’d looked at Brock, it was like feeling his lips on mine again—the memory of yesterday was that bright. He was wearing a fitted, light-gray pinstriped business suit that did little to hide the width of his shoulders and his narrow waist.

God, help me, I thought.

As other people started to arrive for work, I knew that Blackwell was likely checking her watch to see who was prompt and who wasn’t, which gave me a window of opportunity to look across the room at him. When I did, I saw that he was leaning back in his chair and waiting for me to acknowledge him. When our eyes met, he gave me a warm, impossibly sexy smile, put a finger to his lips, and then slowly mouthed the words “I want to kiss you. Break room? In five?”

You’ll get caught if you do this, I thought.

But if we could be quick and careful about it, I could have a brief, intimate moment alone with him before the day began.

At this point, I knew the rhythms of the office well enough to feel that it would be reasonably safe if we were swift. So, with a knot of anticipation in my gut, I swung around in my chair, turned to Blackwell, saw that she was reading something on her computer screen, and stood.

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