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00:01after i was bullied by chloe the school queen for three years i despisely used her photos to start
00:08an online romance with the heir to a shipping dynasty he was polite patient and generous with
00:14his money the only problem was his appetite on the video call lift up your dress he murmured a
00:20command legs apart let me see one more time my face was burning and i told him he had no
00:27shame
00:28he'd just laugh once be good soon enough i'd use sweet talk and gotten four years of college tuition
00:35out of him if i disappeared one day what would you do he smiled but his voice went cold babe
00:40don't
00:41joke about that i don't like it nothing sets me off like being talked to in that tone i deleted
00:45him on
00:45the spot later by pure coincidence chloe and i both landed spots in the same luxury group's maiden voyage
00:49training program on embarkation day the heir to the whole group came aboard for an inspection i was
00:53standing at the very back of the crowd i looked up and saw a face i knew better than my
00:56own before i
00:56could even process it i watched the man's gaze land on chloe's face and his eyes changed the man i
01:02dated online for three years suddenly standing right in front of me the shock was too much my mind
01:08went blank for a few seconds by the time i came back to myself he had stopped walking the next
01:14second
01:15he was heading straight toward us my heart was pounding out of my chest even lifting my eyes felt
01:20like a risk his features were sharp expressionless cold radiated off every inch of him he was wearing a
01:26black shirt i'd seen in his photos broad shoulders exposed beneath his cuff clean lines restrained but
01:32julian ashfield he was taller than his pictures and better looking too the supervisor whispered to us
01:39julian was here to inspect the maiden voyage training program he told everyone not to be nervous julian
01:45would never notice new hires like us the words had barely left her mouth julian steps slowed half a beat
01:50without warning a cuff cluck slipped loose from his wrist it hit the floor and bounced twice rolled right past
01:54my
01:54feet and came to a dead stop at chloe's everything around us went quiet julian stopped in front of us
01:59or to be exact in front of chloe the two of them stood face to face barely a step apart
02:05one was cold
02:05the other dazzling they looked good together i quieted my own breathing only one thought left in
02:10my head they made quite a pair the assistant saw what happened he moved at once to pick up the
02:14cufflink
02:15but julian raised a hand he was unhurried to stop him chloe blinked like she understood something
02:20instantly she bent down and picked up the cufflink mr ashford you dropped this her face a little
02:27flushed julian didn't take it right away instead he lowered his eyes and took two steps closer to her
02:32i was standing nearest to chloe as he came closer a faint trace of woody fragrance drift over i knew
02:38that
02:38scent too well it was the one year anniversary gift i'd picked out for him myself i'd gone to store
02:43after
02:43store testing them one by one before i finally settled on that exact one i pressed my lips together
02:48and tilted my head and glanced without a change in a faction julian was looking at chloe his gaze was
02:54deep like he'd truly found something he'd lost like he was holding something down mr ashford chloe
02:59stood there with her hand out when he still didn't react julian seemed to come back to himself
03:05thank you he cleared his throat and reached out to take the cufflink his fingertips grazed lightly
03:10across chloe's palm chloe then he said her name in a low voice yes i'm chloe mr ashford julian was
03:18quiet for two seconds he stared at her a moment longer only then did he turn and walk away not
03:24until he was far gone did i dare to breathe i reached back and touched my spine soaked in cold
03:29sweat i sat
03:30back down at my station and spaced out for a long while then i took out my phone and searched
03:35the name
03:35julian ashford a whole string of shipping and finance headlines about him popped up instantly
03:41my heart dropped the air to the group rarely came aboard in person and the moment he did he'd zeroed
03:48in on a new hire and that was a young pretty new hire everyone around us caught the scent of
03:53gossip
03:53immediately they all crowded in i don't know julian that was the first time i've ever met him but it
03:59just came back to me that we might go to the same high school i was the school queen back
04:02then so many
04:02boys in school had a thing for me so the people around her picked it right up within a few
04:06lines
04:07they'd spun her a whole story about a secret crush stretching from those school days to now
04:11the entire staff training deck was buzzing chloe cut them off laughing whatever they said after that
04:18i didn't hear a single word years ago my mom worked as a live-in housekeeper at chloe's house
04:24once chloe lost a bet with some others so they goanded her into having my mom steal my diary for
04:29her
04:29that diary was full of the person i secretly liked then she posted the pages on the school
04:33bolitaire board photograph them and put them on the school forum too after that day everyone who
04:37passed me in the hall gave me that same look of disgust back then i truly hated her so i
04:41stole
04:41her photos and her name and went around fooling people when i got into a fight in an online game
04:45i said my name was chloe when i started trouble on a forum i said my name was chloe anytime
04:49i made a
04:49mess and someone came asking i gave them her name and i waited waited for the day someone would trace
04:53those accounts back to her and get back at her hard but before that day ever came i met julian
04:58first julian was a man with real breeding measured in his words and always patient with people and
05:03more than generous the only problem was his sexual appetite don't be fooled by how cold and detached
05:08he'd look standing there just now i knew exactly what he was like in private during those years we
05:12dated online except the early days i spent night after night listening to breathing heavily on the
05:15other end of the video call saying filthy things in that same proper composed voice he used the heart of
05:19that contrast hit some nights it left my ears burning and i couldn't help telling him he had
05:22no shame he never got angry just laughed low twice and went back to coaxing me he insisted on meeting
05:29in person and it wasn't until that very moment that it hit me this whole time the identity i'd been
05:35using was chloe's i scrambled back through our chat history my heart had been hanging by a thread when i
05:44saw those words my name is chloe it dropped all the way down all those things said late at night
05:48all that closeness through a screen all those moments when i'd actually let myself believe i was loved
05:52every last one of them built on a lie even my name was fake when i finally lifted my head
05:56the girl in
05:57the mirror had eyes swollen from crying and suddenly i sobered up i was just an ordinary person i didn't
06:02have chloe's appearance didn't have her background didn't have that unshakable confidence of the kind that
06:06never once doubts herself if i hadn't used her photos a man like julian would never have looked at me
06:10twice
06:10in the end i forced down that ache in my chest i sent him a sentence i'm sorry and deleted
06:15him
06:15three days after i cut contact julian sent me an email just one short line even through the screen
06:20i could feel that panic of being left behind too bad i wasn't chloe the thought hit me and my
06:26back
06:26went tight all at once i looked up to find everyone around me staring what is it i forced to
06:31smile they
06:32just smiled and said nothing nina didn't you hear just now everyone wants to try the new ice milkshakes
06:35at the drink station it's just over by the crew cafe not far at all new hires getting ordered around
06:40was nothing unusual it was just that chloe always knew how to fit in with these people and all because
06:44of
06:45the way julian had looked at her earlier i looked at her then at the people standing behind her they
06:48stood by looking like if i dared refuse they'd step in on her behalf in the end i nodded fine
06:54chloe was
06:55very pleased that i knew my place as she turned away with a smile nina's mom used to be our
06:59housekeeper
07:00nina's been good at this kind of thing since she was little so if anyone needs aaron's run she's your
07:04guy every new place chloe went she made sure to tell everyone that my mom had once been her family's
07:09housekeeper all these years that had never changed i was long used to it besides i wanted out of there
07:16anyway i ignored her and turned to leave but at that moment i walked straight into a man i looked
07:23up it
07:23was the assistant who'd been following julian earlier he looked like he was in a hurry he shoved
07:28me aside with one hand i had no time to brace i stumbled backward and my knee slammed hard into
07:33the
07:33corner of a desk the pain nearly took me off my feet he didn't offer even a word of apology
07:39he strode head quickly up to the supervisor excuse me which one of you is chloe sinclair mr ashfield
07:44is asking for her the moment chloe heard her own name and heard it was julian asking for her she
07:49came rushing over that's me i'm chloe what is it the assistant looked her up and down his tone turned
07:55a shade more polite the top deck vip concierge team is short-staffed mr ashfield you to go up and
07:59help out for a while chloe froze for a second me mr ashford sent you for me
08:03personally the assistant frowned slightly but he nodded yes it's you get your things and come
08:07with me chloe covered her mouth unable to hide the delight on her face even her steps were quicker
08:11i don't have much i can go right now good follow me chloe smiled lips pressed together before leaving
08:15she deliberately walked around to my side and she said with perfect innocent face nina please
08:19move aside i'm heading up to the top deck you keep at it maybe in 10 years we'll be working
08:24up
08:24from my knee and quietly on the same floor again i said nothing chloe walked away in her heels
08:28following the assistant out with a bright smile the second she was gone the whole crowd erupted
08:33oh my god is she actually about to marry into the ashford family even if she doesn't at least
08:37she'll be at julian's side for a while didn't you see it earlier he couldn't i'm staring nina didn't
08:40you two come in together do you know what's really going on between her and julian i shook my head
08:44no idea chloe went up to the top deck all of a sudden i was the only new hire left
08:49on the staff
08:49training deck they gossiped about her for a while then quickly got bored of it and turned their
08:53attention back to me nina didn't you promise to get everyone drinks you didn't forget did you know
08:56i've got to check on this guest list for me first sort out the number on these welcome
08:58gift boxes while you're at it and the gala dinner place cards need to be verified by tonight before
09:01long the files on my desk had piled into a small mountain by the time i'd cleared through all of
09:06it it was past eight at night i stretched and finally had a moment to pick up my phone
09:13my dad's messes popped up immediately
09:21i stared at the screen for a long time my fingers were hovering over the keyboard with no idea what
09:26to say back in the end i just sighed and opened up selfie three hours show media in the photo
09:32she
09:32stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows on the top deck grinning at the camera bold and bright
09:37my
09:38finger paused but i couldn't help it i tapped the photo open in the reflection of the glass
09:42stood the silhouette of a man he was on the other side of the room turned in profile as if
09:46lost in
09:46thought even as nothing but a small blurred shatter calves instantly it was julian i stared at that
09:50photo for a long time until a voice came from above me it's this late what are you still doing
09:54here
09:55i was startled shot to my feet and grabbed the metal hole punch off off the desk without thinking
09:59standing in front of me was a short heavy-hast man he wore black framed glasses looking at me with
10:02open curiosity i froze mid-motion the longer i looked the more familiar he seemed it took me a moment
10:06to
10:06remember him the supervisor had introduced him before one of julian's assistants surnamed charlie
10:10i hurriedly set the thing down and explained a little embarrassed i had some work to finish i'm
10:15leaving right now i see assistant charlie was clutching his stomach two steps later as if
10:19remembering something he looked back at me okay you have a driver's license right can you drive i
10:24blinked then nodded yes before i could finish his eyes lit up and he tossed the car keys straight
10:29into my hands perfect my stomach is killing me and julian's car is parked outside the porf i'll send
10:33you the location just drive it over to the vip shutter point for me please i'll treat you dinner
10:36sometime once you're done head back to the ship on your own the company will reimburse your cab face
10:40i stared at the keys in my hand completely lost i waved my hands frantically no i can't i
10:48assistant charlie was too busy to listen to me clutching his stomach he bolted straight into the
10:54restroom i stood there for a while assistant charlie never came back out in the end i accepted my fate
11:02took the keys and went ashore the night before the maiden voidage the cruise ship was still docked in
11:07port i pressed the key fob not far off a black luxury sedan lit up i paused walked a full
11:13circle
11:13around the car first only then did i open the door and slide into the driver's seat i buckled my
11:17seat
11:17belt and reached up to adjust the rear view mirror the next second through the mirror i saw a man
11:21sitting
11:22in the back seat his eyes right closed he looked cold but with an edge of laziness underneath like he'd
11:26been drinking my mind went blank almost instantly i clapped a hand over the rear view mirror a
11:30hallucination it had to be a hallucination that's what i told myself then i couldn't help it i peeked
11:35through the gap between my fingers in the mirror the man had opened his eyes those dark unreceivaled
11:39eyes were fixed on me i nearly stopped breathing on the spot my hands locked onto the steering wheel
11:43it was too late to open the door and get out now he'd probably think i was trying to steal
11:47the car
11:48so i forced myself to speak keeping my voice low mr ashfield assistant charlie wasn't feeling well
11:53he asked me to drive the car to the shuttle area i didn't know you were inside he looked at
11:58me for a few
11:59seconds then withdrew his gaze and gave a faint response and immediately closed his eyes again
12:03i let out a small breath of relief but before i could fully exhale another problem hit me i turned
12:08the key over in my hand searching for a slot how could i start to find one sweat was practically
12:12beating on my forehead you can't drive at that instant his voice came from the back seat i sat bolt
12:18upright i was caught between a nod and a shake in the end i mumbled a little the truth was
12:24i could drive
12:25an ordinary car but i'd never so much as touch the car like this when i get nervous i pick
12:29at my
12:29fingers that habit stayed with me all these years now my mind was blank and my fingers had already
12:34twisted together on their own mr ashford before i could finish i realized his gaze had dropped to my
12:39hands a chill went down my back i moved to pull my hands away but he had already looked off
12:44out the
12:44window his throat bobbed once the car suddenly fell quiet i secretly took out even finished typing a
12:49shadowed lookup put us down at my side that faint woody scent wrapped around me in an instant
12:53his voice was right against me his warm breath grazed past my ear my whole body went rigid too
12:58close close enough that i could feel the heat coming off him close enough that i didn't dare
13:02to breathe but julian only stayed there a few seconds then as if nothing had happened he leaned back into
13:06his seat his expression was perfectly calm like he really had just wanted to show me how to start the
13:09car i barely managed to steady myself and started the car the way he'd showed me the whole drive
13:14neither of us said another word finally we reached the shuttle area i unbuckled my seat belt almost
13:20instantly without waiting for him to respond i pushed the door open and got out turned and hurried
13:25off i never noticed the gaze that stayed fixed on my back the whole time that didn't move for a
13:32long
13:32while that night i had a whole night of restless tangled dreams early the next morning i splashed
13:39some water on my face and headed back to the ship two dark circles under my eyes the moment i
13:44stepped onto the staff training deck i saw chloe who was supposed to be up on the top deck sitting
13:49in the middle of the crowd laughing happily yes julian told me to come back down for now her voice
13:55was still soft her makeup still flawless he said since i'm new i shouldn't stay up on the top deck
13:59the whole time that i should at least get to know the people down here first he even said he
14:03was
14:04worried i'd have trouble settling in on my own just as she said it her eyes landed on me she
14:08got
14:08up at once came over all warmly and linked her arm through mine nina i'm back aren't you happy to
14:13see
14:13me the moment she talked to me in that tone i knew she was looking to make me the story
14:17again
14:17i hadn't slept well the night before to begin with the thought had barely surfaced when i'd
14:22already pulled my arm back on instinct everything around us went quiet no one spoke chloe was still
14:27smiling at me only her eyes had gone a shade colder thankfully the supervisor walked in soon after
14:33it cut through the tension in time everyone's here right good timing there's an internal welcome
14:39party tonight a proper welcome aboard for nina and chloe the moment she said it the people around
14:43us perked right up someone asked immediately will julian be there the supervisor waved a hand he's
14:50busy he may not come no need to be so tense about it just have a good time everyone laughed
14:54at that
14:55and the mood loosened right up i lowered my head and swallowed back the refusal i'd been about to give
15:03that evening i'd gotten my skirt dirty hauling files at moon so i went back to the crew quarters
15:08to change first by the time i made it to the crew bar things had already been in full wishing
15:12for over
15:12an hour i pushed the door open the lighting inside was dim the music was a little loud i looked
15:18up and
15:18saw julian there he was still in that black suit sitting in the back with a barely touched drink in
15:22his hand the supervisor had specifically said he might not come my steps stopped dead but the supervisor
15:27had sharp eyes and spotted me right away nina what took you so long come in you're the last one
15:32a few people nearby turned to look too i was already standing in the doorway nowhere to hide
15:37so i steeled myself and walked in coming i could feel it julian seemed to turn toward me too but
15:43i
15:43didn't dare look up all i wanted was to find the seat farthest away and sit down i'd taken all
15:48of two
15:48steps sit here you're late so this is the only spot left i followed the direction she was pointing
15:55it was right beside julian i couldn't get a single word out because the supervisor had already pressed
16:00me down into the seat at least julian was turned away talking to the person on his other side like
16:06he hadn't noticed me so i could only sit there rigid i'd barely settled in and the person beside
16:12me shifted julian shifted in his seat the fabric of his slacks brushed lightly against my calf
16:18my whole body froze i quickly pulled my legs back put some distance between us less than half a
16:24minute of quiet and that faint sense of touch came again julian moved again that cool fabric
16:29grazed my leg again i held my breath but i couldn't stop myself from turning to glance at him only
16:34to
16:34find him still talking to the person beside him his expression was perfectly planed like he hadn't
16:38noticed a thing so i lowered my head and pressed my knees tighter together i silently prayed for all of
16:43this to be over soon but the next second julian's knee pressed against mine not hard not light
16:48through two layers of fabric that small trace of warmth still drew my whole body tight i had nowhere
16:54left to retreat he still didn't look at me just lowered his head and took a sip of his drink
17:01he lifted his arm and brushed lightly against my shoulder again i stood up all at once my voice came
17:07out a little strained i'm going to the restroom i practically fled to the restroom the corridor
17:14outside was much quieter i walked up to the sink and turned on the tip cold water ran over my
17:19fingers
17:20but i still couldn't get my heartbeat down then footsteps came from behind me i looked up in the
17:27mirror i saw a figure stop in the doorway hands in his pockets he just stood there unhairy my scalp
17:34preckled mr ashford did you need the restroom too he looked at me and answered flat and simple no
17:43for a moment i didn't chime in he was already walking towards me he stopped very close what are
17:50you hiding from i shook my head at once nothing nina he looked at me in the mirror his tone
17:57bland
17:57like he was asking about something perfectly ordinary is there any part of me you haven't already seen
18:06my mind went blank on the spot the tap was still running the girl in the mirror was white as
18:11paper
18:11only one thought in my head he knew he knew everything but i still wouldn't give up my voice
18:17shook badly you you already know julian didn't answer right away he just looked at me for a moment
18:23then suddenly he laughed know what i choked on my own words that string inside me pulled taut to the
18:29breaking point slowly began to loosen but before it had fully eased he spoke again is it fun to lie
18:35to
18:35me my throat tightened i spun around that trace of a smile on julian's face was gone his expression
18:41was frighteningly cold he took one step forward and i stepped back on instinct the day i had chloe
18:46moved to the top deck i already knew something was off after i saw you in the car last night
18:50that
18:50feeling only got stronger so i had someone look into it chloe isn't her you are
18:59no wonder i could never find you no wonder you left so easily no wonder you deleted me and never
19:04replied a single email the lower it went the more frightening it became the name was fake the identity
19:13was fake the photos were fake so my back had your feelings for me there was nowhere left to go
19:20i looked at him and couldn't get out a single word julian stared at me like he was waiting like
19:26he was
19:26holding himself back is there anything i just said that you want to dispute it was strange now that i'd
19:33actually been caught i wasn't as panicked as i thought i'd be i'm sorry it was all my fault do
19:40whatever you
19:40want to me i'll accept it it was me who used chloe's identity to deceive you i'm not a good
19:44person
19:45like he was holding back a fire i even thought that he would lunge forward the next second
19:55is that all
19:59i startled what else julian was still staring at me his eyes had gone a little red besides an apology
20:07you have nothing else to say my thoughts were in complete chaos the money everything you gave me
20:14i put it toward tuition i'll pay you back and if you want to go to the police i'll cooperate
20:18he cut me
20:20off sharply his voice jumped up then dropped back down just as fast you think money is what matters
20:25most between us i froze my brain couldn't process it but my mouth moved first money is important he
20:32closed his eyes like i'd rendered him speechless with sheer frustration the muscles at his temple
20:37pulled tight i bit my lip and added quietly but i know it probably doesn't to you julian i really
20:43have nothing to dispute i'm sorry all of this is my before i could finish he grabbed my wrist his
20:48eyes had gone completely red but his voice stayed is that what i'm asking you about i'm asking about
20:53the things you said the way you reacted all those nights you stayed with me which part of any of
20:56that was
20:57real i stared at him dazed i hadn't expected this at all julian looked at me like he was barely
21:05holding
21:06on did you ever like me i was completely lost i'd imagined so many ways of being caught he might
21:12be furious he might be disgusted with me he might get back at me maybe he even threw me off
21:16the ship
21:16on the spot but there was one thing i had never once imagined that someone like he would stand in
21:20front of me with red eyes asking if i had ever liked him for a moment i couldn't speak my
21:24mind was a
21:25total blank and my silence clearly was taken as an answer for him julian let go of my wrist stepped
21:29back half a pest and the expression on his face went cold in an instant all right i understand that
21:35snapped me back i reached for him on instinct julian i but i caught nothing he turned and walked away
21:41never looked back i stood where i was the warmth from his hand still lingered on my wrist but it
21:48faded
21:49fast after that day julian never came back to the training deck i spent a long time mentally
21:56preparing myself and finally worked up the nerve to message him one message two many not one got a
22:03reply he was on the same ship but i couldn't see him i sat there staring at my phone for
22:07a long time
22:08just when i had no idea what else to do my mom called i took my phone stepped out to
22:12the stairwell hey
22:13mom nina nothing's wrong i just wanted to check in how are things going with your co-works i went
22:18quiet the door at the end of the stairwell wasn't fully shut wind pushed through from outside and
22:22sent a chill across the back of my neck i instinctively touched my neck then out of
22:27nowhere i thought of julian my chest ached sharp and sudden my mom must have heard something off
22:32her voice tightened nina what's wrong is someone giving you a hard time if someone's teasing you
22:38why don't you treat them to something to eat once you bought them a meal they'd feel too
22:42ocris to keep picking on you am i right same as always it made my head pound a steady throbbed
22:49at
22:49my temples mom i've got something to deal with i'll call you later and before she could say another
22:54word i hung up the stair hull went dim around me i stood in the dark for two seconds then
23:00pushed the
23:00door open and walked back the moment i returned to my desk a sickly sweet smell of coffee hit me
23:05i stopped
23:06and looked down brown liquid was running down my computer screen dripping onto the keyboard one
23:11drop at a time the folders beside it were soaked through the gala dinner materials i'd spent days
23:15finishing were destroyed it was all ruined chloe was standing at my desk empty cup was still in her
23:20hand looking completely innocent oh i'm so sorry nina i accidentally knocked my coffee onto your
23:26computer it's probably fine right i didn't have time for her i grabbed the tissues off the desk and
23:32frantically started wiping but it was useless the screen had already gone black chloe stood beside
23:38me watched me scrambled and laughed once it's fine just do it again i went still slowly looked up at
23:45her same expression as always same tone as always weightless like she was talking about something
23:52that barely deserved a mention and in that moment i was back in senior year of high school standing in
23:57the teacher's office my fingers locked around the hem of my uniform i gathered my courage to lay out
24:01everything chloe had done to me over the years picked at her ear looked at me in silence like she
24:06was saying so what and she was right i couldn't do anything to her because when my dad walked in
24:12the
24:13first thing he did wasn't ask if i was fine he reached out and shoved me aside it wasn't bullying
24:17it was just kids messing around our nina has always been sensitive don't take what she says too seriously
24:21chloe smiled at once exactly i was just joking around with her if she's really upset i can apologize
24:26would that work her mouth said sorry but her eyes were full of contempt my dad didn't even wait for
24:31me to speak he was already clapping her on the shoulder with a smile no need to apologize you're
24:36a good kid i know that with that he turned and glared at me what are you still standing there
24:41for
24:41go sort it out with her making a scene over nothing who's going to want to be around you after
24:45this i
24:45stood there that day looking at him and for the first time i felt like i didn't recognize this man
24:50at
24:50all while chloe stood at the back of the crowd when no one was watching she stuck her tongue out
24:54at me
24:55exactly like she was doing now no one was ever going to stand up for me in this life so
25:00i had
25:00to stand up for myself
25:05just let it go take a step back it's not worth it that was all my parents had ever said
25:10for these years
25:10over and over but what had any of that ever given me besides teaching me to be a coward i
25:15squeezed the
25:15tissues in my fist my fingernails pressed slowly into my palm my breathing started to go sharp what did i
25:21ever do wrong why did she get to keep doing this to me and why did i keep putting up
25:26with it even
25:26when i fought back i did it in the shadows behind her back and in the end i made a
25:31fool of myself
25:32i was so sick of who i'd been chloe was still standing there still using that innocent voice
25:37i really didn't mean to she even reached out a hand like she was going to touch my shoulder
25:44the next second my body moved before my brain did i grabbed her by the hair and slapped her twice
25:49across the face hard enough to send her stumbling backward she was right about one thing i'd been
25:54working alongside my mom since i was little i was strong chloe screamed she clearly hadn't
26:00expected me to hit her still in this way i yanked and she went down her knee slamming into the
26:06corner
26:06of a desk she started shrieking curses at me are you insane i set my jaw and kicked her twice
26:13more
26:13then i lunged at her sat on top of her and kept going files went flying off the desks
26:18a chair toppled over the whole staff training deck erupted into chaos that was exactly what
26:24the supervisor saw when she walked in on she nearly screamed what are you all standing around for pull
26:30them apart the male call works finally snapped out of it they rushed over to drag me back someone
26:36grabbed my arms from behind someone else went to help chloe up the room was in complete disorder
26:42when they finally hauled me off her i was still holding a full of her hair she stood across from
26:47me face
26:48already swelling hair wrecked staring at me like she wanted to tear me apart the supervisor's
26:53expression was thunderous she was about to speak when the doorway went suddenly quiet someone said
26:58in a low voice julian's here
27:04the crowd slowly parted julian stood in the doorway he looked like he'd just come down from a meeting
27:09upstairs suit immaculate not a crease out of place completely at odds with the chaos of the room
27:14i finally came down a little i lowered my head and pressed my hand over the scrape on my arm
27:19chloe
27:20had always been better at working people than i was after everything that had just happened almost
27:25everyone was on her side nina how could you throw the first punch that's right we all saw it you
27:29went
27:30for her hair first she seemed so quiet i never expected this chloe sat on the floor her eyes went
27:36red and the
27:37tears came immediately she didn't look at any of the people speaking up for her her voice soft and
27:43agraged julian i don't even know what happened she just attacked me out of nowhere i was so scared
27:48her hand was inches from the hem of his trousers julian glanced down then calmly stepped half a pace to
27:54the side she grabbed at nothing her whole body went sturdy julian didn't look at her again he walked
27:59straight through the crowd and stopped in front of me then lowered his head and reached out to pull my
28:04hand away from where i was holding my arm the movement was gentle let go let me see
28:10he pulled my hand away the scrape stung in the open air but my head was in far more chaos
28:17on instinct i almost said i was fine the words didn't make it out he had already lifted me and
28:23was walking toward the door that familiar woody scent wrapped around me all at once i forgot to
28:27struggle a wave of sharp inhales rose behind us julian didn't look back with every eye in the room
28:32watching he carried me through the staff training deck and straight into the private elevator a wire
28:36pulled tant for years finally giving way
28:40my throat tightened and i started talking stumbling over the words julian my feelings for you were never
28:45fake i knew a long time ago that i was wrong i shouldn't have talked to you the way i
28:48did using
28:49chloe's identity shouldn't have used her photos shouldn't have taken revenge on her the way i did
28:53and i should never have dragged you into any of it i'm sorry julian i really am but the fact
28:58that i
28:58like you that's real too just day i cut things off with you i was mid it couldn't bring myself
29:02to face
29:02date i know i'm a mess i know i hurt you but i didn't mean to i like you i
29:05really do julian said
29:07nothing his steps didn't slow his pace didn't waver he didn't even turn his head the elevator doors
29:13opened he brought me into the private lounge on the top deck the door closed behind us before i could
29:20make sense of what was happening he had set me down my back meeting the door julian i the rest
29:27of it
29:27never came out
29:35hard and deep he had me pressed against the door with nowhere to go the kiss was urgent his breath
29:41hot like it was going to set me on fire my mind went completely blank all i could do was
29:46take it at
29:47first it felt like release then it shifted slowly he began kissing me differently slower more deliberate
29:53his breathing grew unsteady the hand braced beside my ear slid down settling at my waist drawing me
29:59closer we were pressed tight together through the thin fatholic between us i could feel every degree
30:04of warmth coming off him i don't know how much time passed finally he pulled back a little his forehead
30:10rest against mine breathing racked voice so rough it barely sounded like his finally just like i
30:16imagined my face was burning tears still on my cheek but i turned my head away anyway don't say things
30:21like that he laughed low then like something had just come back to him he held out his phone you
30:25thought i'd seen her photos all along didn't you i blinked took the phone my fingers trembled a little
30:31as i scrolled back through the chat history there was plenty in there that made me flush just glancing at
30:35it the things he'd said had been direct every voice message i'd sent back he'd kept every single
30:40one further up were photos we'd sent each other every angle unmistakably intimate but the further
30:45i scrolled the more something felt wrong it wasn't there the photo i thought i'd sent him it simply
30:51wasn't there i went still how is that pa- julian stood in front of me watching said it on
30:57the very
30:57first day that you might end up on an ashford ship one day the name matched in this intake of
31:01new
31:01hires there was only one person called chloe i thought i'd found you he paused there then
31:06reached out and cupped my face in his hands tipped it up making me look at him did you really
31:10think
31:11it was her face i was after i opened my mouth nothing came out julian's gaze was deep his voice
31:17dropped nina sometimes i think there's something strange between us something that pulls yesterday
31:21when you got into the car i hadn't even opened my eyes but my first thought was you're here every
31:25time i hear you talk i go quiet sometimes i think i'm like a dog just the sound of your
31:29voice and
31:30i calmed down i pressed my lips together almost laughed but my eyes were starting to sting in the
31:34end i couldn't hold it i lowered my head and buried my face in his chest my voice came out
31:38muffled but
31:39you'd never even seen me what if i turned out to be exactly the type you can't stand julian paused
31:43a
31:44beat of silence before he answered i never thought about it but i know no matter what you looked like
31:48i would have fallen for you strange as that is i just would ever since that day when everything was
31:54finally laid out in the open julian and i had fallen into a very strange kind of relationship
31:58on the surface he was still the untouchable ashefalton air and i was still the most
32:03invisible new hire in the training department but whenever no one else was around he would
32:08suddenly pull me over sometimes at the corner of a hallway sometimes behind the door of that
32:13lounger on the top floor and more often just after i delivered some documents upstairs and was about
32:19to leave he would call out to me from behind his voice calm and light come here at first i
32:23tried to
32:24play dumb pretended i hadn't heard him later i realized it was completely useless because julian
32:28would walk over grab my wrist and pull me into an empty room nearby then he'd lower his head and
32:33kiss me very gently and for a long time afterward he'd straighten my collar as if nothing had happened
32:38then let me go today was no different i had just delivered a guest list to the top floor i'd
32:42barely reached the door when he pulled me back when my back hit the door panel i intentionally
32:46looked up at him what are you doing julian lowered his gaze to me you passed by my office just
32:50now and didn't look at me i froze for a second then almost laughed in disbelief why do i have
32:55to look at you he said nothing he just lowered his head and bit my lip lightly not hard but
33:00with a
33:01hint of mischief the tips of my ears instantly burned i reached out to push him away stop it
33:05julian pressed my hand down his voice was low come see me tonight i immediately shook my head no i
33:11still have a shift as if he'd already known i would say that he added even schedule you get off
33:15at
33:1510 i choked on my words only then did he seem slightly satisfied he lifted his hand and pinched my
33:20cheek i'll wait for you when i came down from the top floor my face was still burning but the
33:25moment i reached the private elevator my steps suddenly stopped not far away two call works
33:30were standing there they looked at me first then spotted the door behind me which hadn't fully
33:34closed yet one of them suddenly smiled the meaning in it unclear nina since when were you so close to
33:42the top floor my fingers tightened the heat drained from my face in an instant i was just delivering
33:48documents the moment i finished speaking i tried to leave but the two of them didn't move aside one
33:52of them crossed her arms and slowly drawled so it takes that long for delivering documents the other
33:57smiled too and you even used the private elevator i didn't respond i turned sideways and pushed past
34:03them but after that day the way the employees looked at me changed at lunch break the moment i
34:08walked into the cafeteria the people who had been laughing and chatted would suddenly go quiet
34:12after i sat down the table next to my would start whispering again in low voices no wonder things
34:17have been going so smoothly for her lately i went to find my supervisor without even looking up she
34:22said only one thing if you can do it then do it don't let people think you only rely on
34:26connections
34:26i stood there and suddenly couldn't say a single word when i went back julian was already waiting for
34:33me on the top floor as soon as the door shut he noticed something was wrong who upset you this
34:37time
34:37i shook my head no one he stared at me for a few seconds like he didn't believe me just
34:43as he was
34:44about to ask again there was suddenly a knock at the door the assistant pushed the door open and said
34:49quietly mr ashford mrs whitland has arrived julian's expression didn't change but i went rotted all at
34:55once after speaking the assistant looked at me again and added she said she'd like to see miss nina first
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