All Chapters of Falling for my cocky Boss: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

AIDEN'S POV"Are you ready?" Jason White dropped into the chair at the head of the conference table, cutting through the low tide of chatter. His investors were arrayed to either side of him, interest divided between papers before them and the screen showing his presentation slides."Of course," I said now, turning to Tessa, who sat beside me, ready to take over with her portion of the presentation. She nodded assuredly, her hand already clutching the small remote controlling the slides.Awkwardness in the air-that's from my end, at least. Jason had been way too friendly with Tessa the previous night, and it was starting to get difficult not to notice how his eyes strayed to her a bit too often, staying that fraction of a second longer than it needed to.Worse still? Tessa seemed utterly unbothered by this fact. If anything, she actually appeared to enjoy it."Time to get this over with," Tessa said, standing from her chair and floating across the room to the front. Her eyes flashed t

AIDEN'S POVI lay in bed, staring at the ceiling while my mind worked and worked in circles. I just could not get the image of Jason's hand on Tessa, the way they smiled across meeting at one another.The bare idea of them together, laughing, talking, maybe more than that pulled at me like some sort of virus that wouldn't cure. And every time I closed them, there it would be: the picture of his hand, her smile, that touch of comfort in them.I rolled to my side toward the clock. 10 p.m.Was she even back yet?I wasn't thinking when I reached for my phone and dialed her number. It rang once, twice, and she answered."Aiden?" she said softly, as if she hadn't at all expected my call.“Are you back at the hotel?" I asked, trying to be conscious not to let any interference into my voice, though I knew it was seeping through."Yes, I got back a little while ago," she said, her voice light; yet something inside me was monitoring the flicker of a hesitation. "Why?I didn't answer. I merely s

Aiden's P.O.V.I came to consciousness when the soft, soundless rise and fall of Tessa's breathing beside me registered in my brain. Muted morning light peered through the curtain, casting an incandescent glow across her skin. She was so peaceful-once her body was all relaxed, there was even a slight dancing smile on the edges of her mouth, even while she slept. My heart was this big in my chest, and once in a really, really long while, I was truly satisfied, really.It was a weakness. One I should have never given into. Too much time in my head, warring over what I felt for her, telling myself it wasn't right-getting tangled up with her, complications that would come with it. Lying here beside her now though, I knew how foolish I'd been. If I'd just admitted it sooner, all that tension could have been avoided, all those games.My hands brushed the soft curve of her shoulder, and I couldn't catch the real smile oozing right across my face. She stirred a bit in her sleep, burrowing clo

Damien's POV"She'll regret this," I muttered, pacing the length of my living room as my mind raced to come up with some form of a way in which to get her to crawl back. To think after everything I did for her, she had the nerve to just walk out on me? No. That wasn't happening. I wasn't going to let it happen.I picked up my phone off the nightstand and scrolled down the names until Chloe's came up on the screen. She seemed resourceful and the closest to Tessa. If there was one person who could help me turn this around, then it was her. So I dialed the number without too much thought."Damien," Chloe purred into the phone almost as though she'd been waiting for my call. "What's up?""I need a favor," I said, no-nonsense, because I utterly had no patience for games at that instant.There was a silent pause, and I could have sworn I heard the smile across the phone. "A favor? Interesting, what's in it for me?"I utterly ignored her question-interest in one thing and one thing alone: be

TESSA'S POVThe wide grin on my face was so well stuck-on when I walked into the office that morning. All this sounded unreal on paper, a business trip with Aiden, but it was just the feeling that we had our world, one so, so far removed from the real one. Once in my life, when I did not feel horrified coming to work, the soft brush against the waist, the manner in which he treated me, something worth counting, finally dissolved Monday blues.I could feel Chloe looking at me as I trudged over to my desk. Here it comes. I hadn't said anything to Chloe about Aiden, but then she wasn't stupid either. She'd always know something was up with me."Spill," Chloe said, wheeling her chair around as I sat down. "You're practically glowing. What happened on that trip?"I shrugged cool, but this stupid grin tugging my face in a hundred different directions was giving me away. "Nothing huge, just you know, business."One of Chloe's eyebrows arched upward as she obviously bought absolutely nothing.