NovelEnglishChapter 30: Claire’s POV
It had been a few days since my dinner with Jordan and that cryptic call with Leonardo. | couldn't believe that he
would resort to slandering Jordan just to getback. | asked Jordan about these accusations over dinner and he
had assuredthat they were not true. Since that night, we had been spending a lot more ttogether and |
felt more and more comfortable with the idea of being with someone who wasn’t Leo.
I was at my desk working on snew structural designs and blueprints when Jordan askedinto his office. |
get up with a smile and head over. This had becour private twhere we would steal moments together..
“What can | do for you, Boss?” | tease as | sit down on the chair across his desk. Jordan rises from behind the
desk with a smile and comes behind my chair and slowly tips my chin back and leans down slowly to kiss me.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHe stops after a moment and spins my chair around to face him and deepens the kiss. | feel more pressure and
yearning behind it and it was full of passion. He slowly draws back and smiles at me. He then sits down in the
chair next to me.
“Claire, these last few days have really been something. | never thought we would be in this space or that |
would have any chance with you.” He says as he grabs my hand and rubs circles on the back of palm with his
thumb.
either. But | really like you, Jordan.” | wanted him to know that this wasn’t about hurting Leo or rebounding. |
genuinely liked Jordan. He had always been someone I could trust and a friend. And they say that the most
successful love stories cfrom being best friends.
“| also wanted to talk to you about something important.” | see his smile fade and a vague stern look appeared.
“What is it? Is something wrong?” His mood shifted so quickly.
“Well, I may not have been a hundred percent honest at dinner the other night.” He said while dropping his head
down in shame.
“What weren't you honest about?”
“The company is having a crisis, mainly because | failed to make the right decisions and | pissed off a few
clients.” He lied to me? Was there truth to what Leo was saying? He continues while | sit in silence - questioning.
“But with your designs and putting you as the listed architecture, | think | can save my business. A lot of wealthy
people want to buy the blueprints to your architectural designs and | can put a stipulation that my company is
the only one permitted to build off of these blueprints. The company would bounce back tenfold.” He says this
and smiles at me. | start to ponder about what Leo had said. Jordan was admitting to things that Leo warned me
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmabout. He wanted to use my nand growing popularity in this industry to obtain more contracts in which he
could sway the finances in his favor. What would happen toonce his nwas
slanderent?
“I don’t know, Jordan. You lied to me.” | say in a mall voice. | felt naive for not believing Leo and ashamed that |
allowed myself to be misled.
“Claire, | know | didn’t tell you. | was embarrassed that | would fail and you'd regret being with me. But | already
drafted the contracts and I'd like to read them. | plan on sending them to potential buyers on Monday.”
“But | don’t think that’s something | can do, Jordan.” He would dragdown with him and destroy my career.
“Well | have your architectural designs and you are my employee so it’s only fair | have the last say.” He smirks.
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