The Fashion's Mogul's Secret Wish: An Enemies to Lovers Romance by Shayla Frost

Author:Shayla Frost [Frost, Shayla]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-10-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 15

MARIE

A knock on my door caught my attention. “Come in.” Morrison walked in with a bouquet of lilies. What is Morris thinking? He wasn’t the type of guy who expressed romantic feelings since he barely talked about anything personal. Such a move wasn’t what I expected from him. “Morris, what’s this?” Back home, I had received several bouquets of flowers from Howard, which I promptly disposed of. That man never seemed to learn. In fact, I was getting tired and nauseated with bouquets.

“Ma’am, this was delivered to my desk. I checked to confirm that you are the recipient. It didn’t say who, but I guess it’s from an admirer. Where should I put it?” He looked around and settled for my desk. I wasn’t the type of woman to keep flowers or vases around my office. I had no love for them. I guessed it would be Howard who had sent them again.

With disgust in my voice, I replied, “Throw it away and if you receive any more bouquets, you’re free to throw them away or take them home. Do with it as you please.”

Morris gave me a worried look, but I didn’t care to explain.

“What if this is from Mr. Penfield?” He gave me a wink and brought out a card from the bouquet. He opened it and read it out loud.

Dear Marie. This is just me trying to apologize for my previous actions. I know I was out of line. Take this as a token of my love and remorse….” With a look of annoyance on his face he uttered, Howard.

“Now that your curiosity is satisfied, get that bouquet out of here.”

He sighed, crushing the card. Before he left, he came closer to my table. “Ma’am, Mr. Penfield is hosting a party and it’s the talk of the city. I’m aware you’ve received an invite, but you’ve not indicated if you’ll be attending yet. Why?”

“Sometimes, Morris, it’s best if you don’t know everything. Anyway, I’m still thinking about it. Do what I asked of you.”

He left. He tended to pry but respected me enough to know when to back off.

He wasn’t wrong, though. I needed to make up my mind if I’d be attending or not. Moreover, it would be a bad look if I or no one attended this party, considering both of our companies were working together. Professionally, it was great PR, although I couldn’t push past my mental barrier forcing me from making up my mind.

Karl was a complicated man; and even though I wanted more from him, I wasn’t sure he was ready to give it. His request that I be his date was just another thing to think about. How about if I made him jealous? It sounded ridiculous, but I considered it. I’ve been the one making the move, showing passion. I wanted to get a reaction from him. In part to be sure of his feelings and to make him fight for me.

Who could achieve that? I couldn’t take Morrison as my date, and I needed someone on my level.

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