Kayla
That whole encounter felt like a fever dream. Did Damien actually just do that, because of me?
I felt my heart flutter in my chest as I stared at his hand that was intertwined in mine, pulling me gently into his office and closing the door behind him.
"Are you okay?" Was the first question he asked me instead of scolding me for making him lose business.
"I’m—I—" I stuttered, my mind still reeling. "Did that really just happen? Damien, that was millions of dollars. You just threw it away."
Damien leaned against his desk, watching me. "We have to act the part, Kayla. Imagine if I had let them talk to you like that, and then it came out later that we were in a relationship. No one would believe it. A man like me doesn't let people insult what belongs to him."
I nodded slowly, t
