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You know that moment right before you're about to make a huge decision? Your heart's racing, your blood's pumping like crazy. Some decisions alter your life forever, so how do you know you're making the right choice?
You don't. It's up to fate.
I stumbled upon one of those moments as the man I was obligatorily dating for two years perched on one knee, the conversation in the room ceasing to exist as his hopeful blue eyes met mine.
"Embry Stewart... Will you marry me?" There's the question I had been expecting for months, the one I had been dreading.
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Embry Stewart is a beautiful woman with a stable career and big plans for her future. The only thing she wasn't counting on was a sudden whirlwind romance. But this isn't your typical love story. There is always more than meets the eye. Especially when it comes to Nathan Demos.
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"C- Can you move b- back a little?" My words made him smirk and if it's even possible, he came closer. Why do I always have to stuck between him and the desk?! "Why? Am I making you nervous?" "No." I lied. Ofcourse, he was making me nervous. His eyes had the power to hold a person on his place and that's what his eyes were doing to me. "Really?" He asked, putting his hands on my waist and pulling me closer towards him. On instinct, I put my hands on his chest. I didn't like it. I didn't like the way my body was responding to his touches. "T- This is un- unprofessional." I choked out the words, but I wish I couldn't have. He brought his face closer, so close that I could feel his minty breath on my lips. My lips parted accordingly in shock. "Oh, is it?" He said, mockingly. Oh god! What have I gotten myself into? •••• Aaron Steele, the CEO of the multi billionaire Steele's Company was the eligible bachelor of 25. He always had his way among girls and having blue eyes, a chiseled jaw and a hot body, didn't help either. With new woman on her arms every other day, he was obviously not planning on falling on that cliché word also called love, but would his thoughts of not falling in love still remain the same, after meeting her? Sienna Collins was a girl of 22 with extremely shy personality. After completing her graduation, the only thing in her mind was to get a good job and settle on her own, but what she didn't expected was a job at Steele's Company. This is a story of the innocent and the sinful. Read inside to find out what happens when two persons from exactly opposite worlds collide together. #I would suggest 14+ to read this story as some part in the book contains mature scenes. ~ # 37 in Romance #12 in humor *I am not a grammer nazzy, so there would be grammatical mistakes.*
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