BREAKING MR CEO'S RULES

BREAKING MR CEO'S RULES

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"I thought I told you to call me Kol?" "It's my mouth. I can do whatever I want." "...and your mouth will put you in trouble." Victoria Trisha has had life deal her a terrible hand. She has loved and lost but when she comes up with a ground breaking idea, she has no one to turn to. She's been scarred by those she once trusted and she will not repeat her mistakes. Nicholas Drey is one man who almost has the world at the tip of his finger. Only one thing, one woman can give him what he's looking for, what he needs. Fate pulls these two together when Victoria applies for a job at Nicholas’ company. They're both sworn off office romance but the universe has other plans to throw their perfectly planned worlds off kilter. Will they allow these feelings take hold or will the echoes of their past pull them apart? Dare to find out in this amazing, unusual story that will leave you questioning everything you've ever thought true.

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Chapter 1

CHAPTER ONE

“Sent!” I sighed.

“girl! You finally did it… after weeks of postponement.” Cynthia or Thea as she preferred, my roommate and best friend, was beaming at me. It was because of her I was able to apply for a product design role at 

Drestech.Co. “Now I just have to wait for them to call me… or not” I looked at her apprehensively. I had worked with Jaskey Technologies for five years before they stabbed me in the back and let me off. 

It was also there I met my ex-boyfriend who cheated on me with one of our coworkers. I could say with absolute confidence that Jaskey Technologies was the source of most of my sadness. 

“Toria, I’ve seen what you can do. There’s no way you aren’t landing this job.” 

Thea was a source of my comfort. She helped me through the pain and I’d forever be grateful for her. Despite being the owner of Moore and More, a high end fashion design company, she was the most down to earth person I knew and she spoiled me silly.

“Hey! Earth to Toria.” fingers snapped in front of my face. I had zoned out.

“Sorry! I just don’t know what I’d do without you” I smiled sadly.

“Absolutely nothing my dear.” she winked at me. I shook my head. 

“We have to celebrate though." I knew this was coming. Thea always looked for an excuse to go out or drink wine. Emphasis on the latter. I gave her a dirty look.

“Celebrate what? I only sent an application letter. Just admit you want an excuse to drink wine. I saw it in your bag”

“What bag?” faking absolute cluelessness was something she did with skill. I rolled my eyes.

“the bottle of chardonnay?” 

“you saw that?” I laughed.

“of course I did. You didn’t exactly hide it.” she looked sheepish. She knew I didn’t drink.

“Fine. I bought it. I believe you actually have something to celebrate. Well, some things. The f**kery  that is Michael and your exit from that bloodsucking company. You worked what? 5 years for them and they screw you over just like that? Nah. We’re drinking…” I cleared my throat at her obvious mistake. 

“I’M drinking tonight. I got you orange juice though.” She said mockingly.

“I’m fine with that." I flashed her a small smile. 

"You know what? On second thought, let’s actually go out tonight.” She looked at me wide-eyed. 

“I need to get this application thing off my mind or I’m going to lose it.” 

“Yas girl! Now that’s what I’m talking about!” She high-fived me.

“I’m still not drinking though.”

“Girl, I don’t care. I’ll drink for two.” She sauntered away as we both got changed.

***

The line was so long I was for once glad that I knew someone who frequented a club long enough to be considered VVIP.

“The view from up here is so crazy. You can see the whole club. Including things I don’t want to see” I yelled over the music.

“Yeah. I know right?” She lifted her hands to a waiter.

“A bottle of whiskey and one coke.” She smiled suggestively at the waiter.

“Thea…” I groaned, palming my face.

“What? We’re here for fun. Let’s have that.” She winked

The waiter had returned with our drink a while ago and we were now dancing to the music, drink in hand.

“He’s been staring at you the whole night.” She pointed over to the other side of the bar. Who? I looked over to see who she was talking about.

“I can’t see anything.” I squinted very hard. I don’t know who declared poor lighting in clubs but it was a very bad idea.

“He looks somewhat familiar though… I dunno, I’m pretty drunk. I’m probably seeing things.” She giggled.

I rolled my eyes. Of course she was. She had almost finished the entire bottle. How she wasn’t staggering yet, I had no clue.

She motioned for us to move closer so we could see him. Apparently, he was also a VVIP member. The closer we got, the clearer I could see him. I was short of words. The lights were so dim I could barely see his face but I saw enough to know he looked really good. No, he was magnificent. Sitting there in all his glory in a white shirt and black pants. So formal, even in the club. His shoulders were so wide I could almost not see anything directly behind him. 

“Kol, I don’t think he’s going to show.” A man beside him said to him. We were within earshot range now. 

“Give him 5 more minutes.” he replied. His voice was such a lovely baritone that I could feel it reverberated within my chest.

Thea hiccuped beside me and it reminded me of the fact that we were being very creepy.

“Let’s go.” I held her by the hand to drag her back to our corner. She must’ve thought that was an invitation to go join them because the next thing she said knocked my imaginary socks off.

“Hey fellas.” She walked up to them in what I assumed was a sexy catwalk.

‘Dammit Thea’ I thought to myself. This wasn’t my idea of fun.

Kol and his friend turned to us. 

“I thought we should introduce ourselves since you...” she pointed to Kol “have been staring at us all night. Well, her.”

Kol had a cool look on his face. His eyes so dark they seemed black. His friend though was the opposite. His eyes were full of emotions.

 He looked confused. I had to admit even he was very good-looking even with poor lightning. Not my taste though if at all I would give it a shot.

“I think you have the wrong person.” His friend said.

“No, Josh. She’s right. I was staring.” He smirked. “but not for the reasons you think.” The smirk fell off right after. ‘His friend’s name is Josh’ I noted. Not that it mattered to me.

“Right, because there are many reasons to stare at a girl dancing in a club.” Thea rolled her eyes.

“Thea, let’s go. This isn’t looking good.” I whispered in her ear trying to drag her away, again.

Kol turned his eyes on me and I could swear my heart stopped working. My throat felt dry all of a sudden. Unable to keep eye contact, I looked everywhere else but his eyes. They seemed to pull me in.

“She…” he paused, dragging his eyes from my head to my toe and back to my face “was dancing funny and that provided more entertainment than this bar ever could. That’s all.” Well, that was embarrassing.

“Well, you look funny.” Thea, in all her drunken glory replied.

 “Thea let’s just go.” His friend found their banter funny. I just gave a small and apologized.

“I’m sorry. She’s a little drunk. Don’t mind her at all. We’ll leave now.” He gave his full attention to me this time. 

“Your friend should be more careful around men she doesn’t know.” 

“SHE, is right here you know?” He didn’t still take his eyes off me making my nerves go wild. I was beginning to rethink all my life choices. 

“Got it.” I pulled her away. It was like pulling lead.

“What an a**hole!” 

All I could think about was the way he was staring at me. I hadn’t felt that way 

before. Not even with Michael.

“Right.” I said absentmindedly. I subtly glanced back to take one last look at him when we got back to our cubicle. He didn’t take his eyes off me, not until someone else drew his attention to them. “What was he thinking?” I thought to myself.

***

We got back at around 2am. I couldn’t sleep a wink throughout the night. I wasn’t this nervous when I applied for Jaskey. The man from the club, long forgotten because I had to face reality at some point. I knew I would probably never get to see him again but my application gnawed heavily at my mind.

“What is wrong with me?” I pondered as I rubbed my eyes for the fifth time that night. 

I rolled over to look at my alarm clock. It was 6am. I had thought through the entire night. I sighed, grabbed my phone and stood up. “Might as well just get the day started.” I muttered to myself.

I walked to the kitchen with bloodshot eyes. Thea was looking like she got dragged through a train 

track.

“Migraine?” I asked.

“Jesus! You scared me.” She grabbed her head and groaned. Being loud didn’t help with migraines.

“You look worse than I do and I was the one who drank. Couldn’t sleep?” she asked. I nodded in reply. 

“I sincerely have no idea what you’re worried about. You are one of the most brilliant minds I’ve ever met.” I smiled at that. At the fact that she had more faith in me than I did myself. 

“You have nothing to be scared of. Trust me. I’m a psychic remember?” No, she wasn’t. She was more wrong than right most of the time. I looked at her apprehensively.

“That’s not comforting, considering the number of times we got into trouble just because you 'thought' you were right.” I air quoted.

“But I’ve been right before, no? Just trust me on this one” she said.

“You’re so delusional but fine.” I chuckled.

“We should be getting a reply any day from now.”

“I don’t think so. They’d have so many applications to look through. Maybe a few days or …” my notification sound silenced me. Out of panic I looked at my phone in time to see the sender from the push notification before it disappeared.

“Was that…?” she asked with fully awake eyes now.

“Yeah.” I said not quite sounding like myself.

“Well… what does it say?” I opened my phone to read the contents.

My stomach twisted in knots. It wasn’t what I was expecting at all.

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irenepaulson2016
The story is totally captivating. The chemistry between Toria and Kol is giving. it's so beautiful.
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irenepaulson2016
The story is totally captivating. The chemistry between Toria and Kol is giving. it's so beautiful.
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The chemistry is absolutely sizzling, hooked and can't wait to finish
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is that a chemistry between kol and toria or I'm just imagining things?
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Getting hook by this story chapter by chapter
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Thank you so much guys. I appreciate it!
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CHAPTER ONE
“Sent!” I sighed.“girl! You finally did it… after weeks of postponement.” Cynthia or Thea as she preferred, my roommate and best friend, was beaming at me. It was because of her I was able to apply for a product design role at Drestech.Co. “Now I just have to wait for them to call me… or not” I looked at her apprehensively. I had worked with Jaskey Technologies for five years before they stabbed me in the back and let me off. It was also there I met my ex-boyfriend who cheated on me with one of our coworkers. I could say with absolute confidence that Jaskey Technologies was the source of most of my sadness. “Toria, I’ve seen what you can do. There’s no way you aren’t landing this job.” Thea was a source of my comfort. She helped me through the pain and I’d forever be grateful for her. Despite being the owner of Moore and More, a high end fashion design company, she was the most down to earth person I knew and she spoiled me silly.“Hey! Earth to Toria.” fingers snapped in front o
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CHAPTER TWO
“Toria, what is it?” I didn’t answer“What does it say dam**t?” she didn’t wait for my reply as she grabbed the phone from my hands.She looks up at me and back at the phone.“You got the f**king job!” she screeched. I was going to puke. I ran to the toilet and emptied my stomach or whatever was left in it into the closet.“I’d forgotten how you get when you’re nervous. Sorry.” She rubbed my back. My nerves usually got the best of me at the most inopportune times. I couldn’t really stomach certain kinds of information."I'll be fine." I said."You should go to work. You'll be late.""Right. When I get back, we'll have you prepared for your first day" I groaned. Thea could get real bossy when she wanted and I hated being on the receiving end."Fine!" Knowing she wouldn't budge whether I complained or not. She smiled and left.***By the time Thea got back, I was coffee-in-hand ready for her. I needed the energy."Okay. Let's do this."4 hours later and 15 dresses tested, we, well she,
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CHAPTER THREE
This was an indication that things weren’t going to go well for me. This was bad.His eyes stayed on me for a few seconds and moved over to the rest of the room.I swallowed hard. Maybe he didn't recognize me, maybe he was looking at someone else."But his friend sure did recognize you." My subconscious spoke.Fudge! I didn't swear. It just made me cringe on the inside."Not at all, Mr Drey. Just something we're about fixing." Alfred answered his earlier question. I could see a slight sheen of sweat forming on Alfred's eyebrows as he answered nervously.He had that much power in his gaze."Then we can start?" He asked."Of course, sir." Everyone else rushed to their seat. Luckily, Dara came just in time with a flash in her hand. The atmosphere eased a little as Alfred started with the presentation slides.We were making changes to the app but I had completely zoned out looking at the man in front of me.The way his lips moved as he spoke.His arms extended in front of him as he flip
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CHAPTER FOUR
During the night, I had heard Thea come in and check in on me but I didn’t turn. I was in no mood to answer any questions regarding work. Sleep came late but I was up again by 6am. Even if I was going to be fired today, there wouldn’t be any added reason to do it, I told myself.I was at my building in no time. The structure loomed over me, regarding me as insignificant in the grand scheme of things. I held my bag tightly as I walked in. I was quite early as only the receptionist was in the lobby unlike the day before. I greeted her and she smiled in return. ‘phew! Okay. One down, many to go. I’ve got this!’ I tried to assure myself. I got up to my floor. No one was there so, I got around to the business of the day, going over files from the previous week and not missing a thing. While checking out the MOD project, Jeni came in. She was my team lead and I was going to be the bigger person. So, I greeted her first.“Hi!” I smiled. She only raised her eyebrows in return and went to he
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CHAPTER FIVE
My eyes widened in surprise. Mr Drey. I hadn't seem him all week and now that I was, I was on all fours on the floor.Realising I wasn't in the best position my employer should find me, I quickly scrambled to my feet, dusting myself. "I uhm... I was looking for uhm...a flash drive fell.""That doesn't explain why you're on my floor." Oh, that floor. Wait, was I not supposed to be on this floor?"I had no idea I wasn't supposed to be here. I was told you requested a progress report." His face scrunched up in confusion."I did?" "Yeah. Jeni said - oh." Realisation dawning on me. "Nevermind." The she-devil. She had sent me on a fool's errand. "I'll be on my way now." My body itching to increase the distance between us. I hated him with every fibre of my being but I still feared him as my boss regardless. I turned around."Is this what you were looking for?"He held the flashdrive in his hands."Yes." I replied going to get it from him but he raised his hands out of my reach. The move
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CHAPTER SIX
She hadn’t even tried to be subtle to use my idea. She used the entire presentation verbatim, only changing my name. She obviously had no shame. The finger tapping had stopped. Mr Drey’s eyes zeroed in on the screen. “What is this?” “Just something I came up with sir.” Jeni smiled nervously. As she should. The fudging liar. I hated that I could not swear without feeling uncomfortable but slowing, this girl was changing everything about me. “You came up with this?” It was hard to tell what he was thinking but I assumed there was an atom of disbelief on his face. There were murmurs all around. People whispering quietly beside me. He changed the file in his hands to the one she extended towards him and flipped through. There was a slight relaxation of his brows. That must’ve meant something good. “She did that? Wow. No wonder she’s the team lead.” Someone who was seated right next to me said. No, she didn’t. I did. Me. Mr Drey motioned for her to continue and the room quieted. Sh
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CHAPTER SEVEN
My name was boldly typed across the screen on the last part of the presentation. I couldn't believe she didn’t edit that last part or cut it out. If you were going to steal from someone, then you should be wise enough not to leave your prints. Thievery101 people. Now I was in a tight position. No matter how badly she behaved towards me, I couldn’t out her like that because I was either going to get her fired or demote her. Even in the tech world, snitches also got stitches. I was still healing from Jaskey Technologies so, I decided to play dumb. It was the biggest mistake of my life. “What about it?” “What about it?” He scoffed. “Why is your name on here?” “I was trying to play a big prank on Jeni. She’d been messing a little with me all week.” “Really?” Not even believing me for a second. I nodded. Not trusting myself to say anything further. I was a terrible liar. I made the mistake of looking directly into his eyes. His deep blue eyes drew me in, making me flustered. I felt und
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CHAPTER EIGHT
The light flicked on mid scream. My voice stopped short at the sight."Mr Drey?" There was a scared and distressed look on his face. Most likely from my fright."Why did you scream?" He left the door post and walked forward."You scared me. I was supposed to be the only one on this floor." I placed my hand on my racing heart. "Why are you still here? And in the dark at..." He looked at his wrist "...9pm?""There was so much to do and I didn't want to leave without completing the icons." He sighed a long sigh. He motioned to the laptop."Let me see what you've done so far."My heart jumped to my throat as I swallowed nervously."Uhm... how about I show you tomorrow?" He was confused "Why tomorrow? You're here now." He made total sense but as he moved closer, all I could think about was how he smelled and the fact that only two of us were probably left in the building asides security.He had ditched his suit for
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CHAPTER NINE
"Please come up to the first floor." The secretary had said. The ride to the first floor had me thinking about every life choice that had led me up to this point. I scrambled my brain trying to look for what I might've done wrong and if it was related to the commotion happening on apparently, every floor.I didn't have to wonder for much longer. I had reached the first floor.I walked up to the secretary and she asked me to hold on till Mr Drey was ready.Five minutes later I was called into his office."Miss Victoria, you're here. Please have a seat." Josh was nowhere to be found this time as I looked around.Mr Drey seemed to be in a chipper mood, only confusing me further.Without wasting time, he dropped the exact shoe I was dreading."You'll be taking over the design team as the team leader.""Wh..what?" I stuttered, my brain finding it difficult to catch up."What do you mean team leader? What about Jeni?" When I came to think a
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CHAPTER TEN
I froze. I hadn't heard from him in at least 6 months so, there was absolutely no reason for him to call me. The phone stopped ringing. Maybe it was a mistake. I walked into my room and slumped on the bed. My phone rang again and this thing, I answered the call. I didn't mutter a word and waited for him to speak."Hey!" Michael had always had a hold on me. I had loved his soft voice. The gentle way with which he spoke. I had fallen for him almost immediately but then I remembered what he did. Who he did. He had no right to sound so chipper over the phone."Yes?" "You okay?""Yes." He was only going to get one worded answers from me.He chuckled as if nothing affected him. As if he wasn't in the wrong. As if my feelings never mattered."You're moody as usual." I could hear him smile over the phone and tongue cut loose."What do you want?" Anger apparent in my tone."Chill!" He chuckled again. I was seconds away from smashing my phone."I just wanted to check up on you and invite you t
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