The Billionaire Affair by Sarah J. Brooks

Author:Sarah J. Brooks [Brooks, Sarah J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-19T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19: Olivia

“What’s wrong with you? You look like you should be in the ward of The Anderson Clinic.” Amelia says when I slunk into her office.

I feel worse than I look, especially because I was yanked out of bed at ten in the morning by her call. I sink into a chair and say a silent prayer that I don’t vomit all over my editor’s table.

“A little bird confirmed to me that you’re seeing Jace Anderson,” she says, leaning over her desk.

I groan internally. Not that again. I was sure that I had thrown her off. “It’s nothing serious,” I say, too hungover to try and convince her otherwise. Besides, calling me to her office means that she’s pretty sure of what she’s saying.

Her eyes gleam. “Are you serious? I don’t care what you’re doing together as long as you’re together. This is Jace Anderson we’re talking about. The CEO of Anderson clinic. If anyone has the dirt, it’s him.”

It’s my turn to look at Amelia like she’s insane. “He’s the last person that’s going to give me any dirt on the clinic. Besides, I’m starting to wonder if there is any dirt. They seem to be very open in how they run it…” my voice trails off at the look of disgust that comes over Amelia’s features.

“Are you falling for him?” she asks.

“No,” I say as firmly as I can.

She stares at me without speaking for a few long seconds. “Do you remember asking me to give you this assignment and you’ll prove to me that you can do it?”

I nod stiffly. I had a lot of conviction that day but I hadn’t reckoned on falling for Jace Anderson.

“Don’t make me regret trusting a novice. If I had gone with our more experienced journalists, they would not be sitting here telling me that the clinic has no dirt and it’s run very professionally. You sound like they’re PR department,” she says scornfully.

I don’t blame her for being angry. I was given a job and now I’ve gotten myself into a situation of conflict between my work and my feelings for my boss. If Amelia knew how bad it was, she would fire me on the spot.

“In…” she looks at the calendar hanging on her wall, “one month and three weeks, I’ll expect to see and read the work you’ve been doing at the clinic.”

“They’re working on having a free day clinic,” I blurt out and the moment the words are out, I want to kick myself. Why did I say that? Jace hasn’t confirmed it. He’s still trying to figure out how it would work.

Amelia beams. “That’s good. Give us more snippets like that. Talk to you soon.”

***

I spend the whole weekend recovering and by Monday, I’m back to myself. I go to the office earlier than usual and I’m in before Jace. I enter his office and arrange his desk. We usually have cleaners in but they don’t touch the papers on his deck.

His scent is everywhere and it makes me ache for him.

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