15. The Night After

Still reeling from the events of the previous night, Ella made her way through the early morning traffic, distracted and wholely unfocused.

Moving in zombie mode, she had no recollection of when she got to work, only that she had seeing as she was standing in the elevator leading to Kaiden's office.

Dread filled her. How would she approach him, how will she ever look him in the eye knowing that the previous night she'd had such illicit thoughts about him?

She blinked and shook her head in frustration trying to quell her racing thoughts.

It wouldn't do well to be distracted today of all days. Kaiden had informed her the previous day of their need to focus more on the US Navy deal, seeing as it was their biggest contact for the year.

The elevator doors opened and Ella snapped out of her thoughts, stepping into the hallway and stopped surprised to see a few of her colleagues walking in the hallway.