Semua Bab Irresistible Boss: Succumbing to Your Touch: Bab 691 - Bab 700

Richard's POVI wanted desperately to know what that idiot Patrick had done, why he'd left the club like that, but it was more important that I check on Lexie. She needed to be alone and I respected that, but my limit was nine in the morning. I stopped by the coffee shop she liked and bought one of those fancy coffees she was always drinking, got some cinnamon rolls, which were her favorites, and headed to her apartment.The doorman let me up since my name was on the pre-approved visitor list, but she didn't answer. I rang the doorbell, knocked on the door, called out, and nothing. I tried calling, but her phone was off. I went back to the lobby and asked the doorman, but he couldn't tell me anything, so he tried the intercom, but got no answer either.I was already thinking about breaking down the door when the doorman, seeing my concern, had the idea to check the security cameras. He looked at the time I said she should have arrived and we saw her enter the building. Then he fast-for

Lexie's POVI had been at my parents' house for three days. I hadn't left the house for any reason, and only my father and mother had seen me, besides the household staff. Luckily for me, my brother Raul and his wife were traveling and would only return the next day, when I would already be leaving.My mother and I were sitting in the garden in comfortable silence. Since I'd arrived, she hadn't asked questions, hadn't been invasive, and if she noticed I was willing to talk, she would speak. So it surprised me when she decided to change her approach."You've been very quiet since you arrived, and you're not usually a silent person." My mother commented, looking at me with her attentive and experienced eyes."I just needed to rest a bit, Mom." I smiled to reassure her."Hmm, I see! And how are things going with Patrick?" Her question caught me off guard."With-with... with Patrick?... Well, they're going well. Raul is only arriving tomorrow night, Mom?" I tried to change the subject."Ye

Patrick's POVI had been without news from Lexie for many days already, and I needed to know where she was. I don't know how, but Rick and Mel knew, however, they didn't tell me, they just said she was fine. I thought a lot, thought too much, I had no idea where she had gone.My head was a mess, I missed her, her scent. I no longer had any idea what to do. I wanted to see her, to apologize, I wanted to hear from her lips that I was the guy she was in love with, I wanted to be sure. But in my heart I was still afraid. What if I wasn't that guy? What if her passion was just an illusion? Illusions end very quickly.During the days I spent with her I felt so good, so happy. I was so enchanted by her that I don't even know what I felt when I saw that Thales guy near her, I just know it was something bad, very bad, as if he could steal what was mine. Now, since she disappeared I've been on the verge of desperation, I can't think of anything but Lexie. I needed to see her again, clear my thou

Lexie's POVLooking at Patrick standing there at the airport, all I wanted was to throw my arms around his neck and pretend nothing had happened. I wanted him more than anything in the world, but I was deeply hurt and couldn't stop thinking that if he really had left that nightclub with another woman, leaving me behind, he could do it again and I wouldn't survive a second time.So I didn't do what I wanted, I did what I should, after all, I needed to have at least a shred of self-respect. I got into the first taxi I could find and got away from him. The next day I would sort out my situation at the company, I wouldn't be able to work with him after everything, because if I stayed close I would give in every time he approached me.I went to my apartment and locked myself in, leaving everything for the next day, including talking to Mel and Rick. Just like I did when I arrived at my parents' house, I simply threw myself on the bed and slept. But it was a troubled sleep, my nightmares cam

Patrick's POVI lost myself in her gaze for a moment, those beautiful, gentle eyes. But I needed to speak, to talk about what happened and what I felt, what I was feeling now and what I wanted."I was stupid with you that day at the club, I was an idiot, but it wasn't the first time I behaved badly with you, and I'm not proud of it. I shouldn't have left the club like that.""Patrick, you don't owe me any explanations, we were friends, nothing more. It's fine that you left, you just could have let us know you were leaving so we wouldn't worry about you. It's all right, you found an interesting woman and left with her..." I started laughing; she was jealous too, I could hear it in her voice. "What are you laughing at?""I'm laughing because you're jealous of someone who doesn't even exist." She stared at me seriously. "My sweet, I left the club alone! There's no other woman, you don't need to be jealous. I left because I saw your friend hugging you, very intimately, and I didn't know he