Semua Bab Irresistible Boss: Succumbing to Your Touch: Bab 641 - Bab 650

Lexie's POVI wanted the ground to open up and swallow me when I read the card on the gift Patrick left on my desk. I wanted to run away when that delivery guy said my last name, and I wanted to die when Patrick closed his office door and started talking. But now, now I wanted to kill him! How could he be such a jerk? And everyone kept telling me he was a nice guy, that he was the best. He was the best at being a jerk, that's what he was.How dare he talk about me like that, calling me a liar, a spoiled little girl, a wild animal! Who did he think he was? Oh, but he wasn't going to throw even one more insult at me.I really was going to quit, I'd make things easier for both of us, but he had to show what a jerk he was. He couldn't just accept that I was making a good decision. But then he said I hadn't grown up, that I was still a little girl ready to run away and hide. Oh, Mr. Guzman, you have no idea how much this little girl has grown! You know what? If he wanted to get rid of me, h

Patrick's POVI returned from lunch feeling calmer. I listened to everything my friends had to say and understood they'd had fun at my expense. I was fine with that - I would have done the same in their place. But Lexie, she wasn't forgiven, and I would make her life quite difficult as long as she worked for me.Though I had to admit Alessandro was right about one thing - she seemed to be really good at her job. At least she'd been very diligent every time I'd asked her for something, and over the phone she was even quite pleasant.I passed by my assistant's desk and she was focused on something she was typing on the computer, not even looking away from the screen to glance at me. On her desk, the box of chocolates she'd received was open, but I didn't see the nougat I'd brought for her anywhere. Had she preferred those cheap chocolates to the Spanish sweets I'd given her? That offended me a bit.I entered my office and before going through the door, I saw the colorful bag on my desk.

Patrick's POVLexie had just left my office and I was looking at the chocolates scattered on the floor, my heart still racing, when Flavian burst through the door. Great! If he'd arrived five minutes earlier, he would have caught me in a difficult situation to explain, with his sister on my lap and inches away from kissing her."Finally you're back!" Flavian walked toward me and I stood up to hug him."My friend! How are you?""Walking on clouds." Flavian smiled. "And you, how are you?""I'm good, it was nice to go. It's not so hard anymore." And it really wasn't, but this day had been so full of surprises that I hadn't even had time to think about what had happened."That's great!" Flavian looked at me and I knew what he wanted to say. "Patrick, about my sister, I told her a million times to tell you.""Flavian, I know, Alexander explained everything to me, it's all good. I'm not upset with you guys. I'll work things out with the weirdo.""Patrick, she's my sister and she's not a chil

Lexie's POVI went to the apartment feeling like the odd one out. I felt so out of place at that company, and when I entered the apartment, I felt out of place there too. It no longer seemed like the comfortable place where I'd felt at home. I looked around feeling hurt and overwhelmed.Patrick always said I was meddling in everything, and since he arrived this morning, I'd been feeling exactly like that - a meddler. Maybe I should look for a new job. And maybe I should have accepted the apartment my father offered me, but I wanted to have the minimum of things given by him. I wanted to prove I could manage well on my own and that I could grow on my own merits. I didn't even accept the car he wanted to give me.For now, it was very convenient for me, since Flavian always drove Manu to work and I'd catch a ride, and when he didn't drive her, we'd use her car.Today we used her car, and I came home by subway, which I thought was good. I enjoyed the experience and realized it wouldn't be

Lexie's POVWhen dawn began to break, I got up; I couldn't lie in bed any longer. I got ready for work, looked at my purse with that shawl tied in a bow on it - it looked so beautiful that I decided to leave it on. I left a note for Manu letting her know I'd already left and headed to work. I wanted to be alone a little longer; I didn't want to hear stories about how great the dinner with friends had been. Did that make me a bad person? Maybe, but I was giving myself that right - to be mean and hurt.I took the subway to the office and sat in that little café across the street. It was just opening when I arrived, and it was still too early to go to the office. I sat down, ordered a coffee, and watched the street traffic, which was still light.At seven-thirty, I went to the office. It was still early, and no one should have arrived yet. I went straight to my desk - I would write an email to Patrick explaining why I should resign and saying I would stay until he found someone to replace