CHAPTER 20
ADRIAN’S POV
I told myself I wouldn’t get attached again.
I learned that lesson the hard way.NThe last time I let myself feel something for a woman, especially one who worked for me, I lost her. It nearly cost me more than I was willing to admit. That was the moment I decided... no attachments, no emotions, no crossing lines.
And certainly not with my assistant. Especially not Ivy.
I had tried my damn best to push her away. The coldness, the ridiculous tasks, the pointless dates I made her arrange for me, anything to create distance, to remind myself that she was just another employee.
But it wasn’t working. No matter what I did, I found myself looking at her when I shouldn’t. Stealing glances when she wasn’t paying attention. Watching the way she tucked her hair behind he
