Page 29 of The Rules Of Attraction
Chapter 5
Summer
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At first I thought I’d strayed into a dream.
Or possibly that I was experiencing some sort of delayed reaction from the drink last night.
A hallucination.
Had to be that because this couldn’t be real.
The handsome blonde haired man I was looking at couldn’t be the same Alex I spent the night with last night.
Alex Sullivan.
That was his name and I’d commit the name to memory because I never ever wanted to forget, so I knew I couldn’t have gotten the name wrong.
Alex…Sullivan.
Sullivan, as in …Sullivan’s?
Shit. No way, No way at all.
My heart stopped beating in the cavity of my chest and I was pretty certain all the air whooshed out of me as realization dawned.
It couldn’t be him, but it was.
But it couldn’t be.
If it truly was then God and the universe were having a real good joke at my expense, and I didn’t know why.
I’d followed Kayla in here with my brightest smile, ready to start the day, ready to start the rest of my life.
This was supposed to be the first step towards doing something just for me. My fresh start.
Then I saw him.
Alex.
He was here, and he looked even better in a suit.
His eyes were glued to me.
The man who I presumed was Bradford Sullivan stood on the opposite side of the desk looking well and truly annoyed. Alex had been sitting but rose when he saw me.
I didn’t fail to notice that the more he looked the more annoyed Bradford appeared to be, and I didn’t know why.
Several things dashed through my mind, right now it was the fact that Alex looked a lot like Bradford. Like he could be the younger version of the man, except that Alex had silver gray eyes and Bradford had bright blue eyes. Alex also had really light blonde hair, and Bradford a sort of dirty blonde hair speckled with gray.
“Guys this is Summer Daniels.” Kayla introduced me against the weird tension that filled the room. There was a questioning look in her eyes when she looked back to me and saw my expression. “Summer, this is Bradford Sullivan and his son, your new boss Alex Sullivan.” She continued.
I looked at her then when she said Alex was my new boss and my poor heart nearly completely stopped in my chest. My breathing had already ceased.
There I was contemplating their relation only to be shocked that Bradford Sullivan was Alex’s father and then double shocked to hear that Alex was my new boss.
What sort of madness had I just walked into?
