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