Chapter Fifteen: Temptation Behind Closed Doors
The following week in the office was nothing short of electric.
Their eyes met more often. Lingering touches passed under the guise of handing over papers. Glances turned into smirks, and soon, into something more urgent. The tension simmered between them, unspoken but undeniably present.
It had been a regular Monday morning. Rachel came in early as usual, her sharp black skirt hugging her waist, paired with a silk blouse that Nathaniel couldn’t stop stealing glances at. She knocked gently on his office door, entering with her usual report.
“Morning,” she said with a smile.
He didn’t answer with words. Instead, he stood, walked over, and locked the door behind her.
“Nathaniel—”
“You have no idea what you do to me, Rachel,” he said, voi
