Chapter Twenty-seven: The Heat Between Us
Nathaniel wasn’t supposed to be off today—but he was. For the first time in months, he cleared his schedule, left instructions for his team, and he called his good samaritan friend Marcus to took his place for the day.
"Hey! man what's up?" Marcus greeted at the end of the line.
"Can you do me a favor?" Nathaniel said while picking up his key cars.
"What is it?"
"Go to my company and check if everything doing fine"
"I'm sorry, What?" Marcus reply in shock "Hey! man I'm not your assistant tha-"
"Thanks Marcus" before Marcus can even finish his words Nathaniel put the line down.
He needed a break. Not from work. From everything that wasn’t Rachel.
She had been on his mind constantly these past few days—the way she smiled, the softness in
