Page 96 of Saved By the CEO

His eyes lift when I pass.

I quickly look away.

I sit down at my desk and start working through my list of tasks. After a few minutes, the elevator doors open and Martha steps out.

Andrew sees her before I do. His posture changes, almost imperceptibly.

“Mrs. Hill,” he says.

“Do you have a moment?”

“Of course.”

They go into his office and close the door.

I stare at my screen.

Do not think about it.

I think about literally nothing else.

Through the door, I can’t hear words. Only the low shape of voices. Martha’s steady, measured tone. Andrew’s quieter one.Then a silence that stretches long enough to make the back of my neck prickle.

When the door opens again, Martha steps out first. She gives me a small nod before heading back toward the elevators. Andrew remains in the doorway.

“Miss Michaels.”

“Yes?”

“Step inside my office, please.”

I follow him inside, and Andrew closes the door behind me.

For a moment, neither of us says anything.

Then he speaks. “Mrs. Hill informed me that a complaint has been made regarding comments Mr. Stanton made about you.”

I can feel my cheeks redden. I don’t want to talk about this. Not now, not ever.

“What he said was unacceptable,” he says. “And I’m sorry.”

I blink. “Why are you apologizing?”

“My name was used to humiliate you.” His voice is strained, filled with barely contained anger. I can see his hands flex at his sides. Once, then again. He looks away, toward the window, trying and failing to hide the fury written plainly across his face.

I want to kiss him.

What is wrong with me?

I look down at my hands instead. “It’s okay, it’s not that big of a deal.”

“It is.” His tone is ice. “And it’s being handled accordingly.”

He looks at me then. He has collected himself a little, or at least tried to. The anger is still there, held tight in his shoulders and the flat line of his mouth, but it’s more subdued.

“I also want to be very clear,” he says. “I had nothing to do with Marissa reaching out to you.”

“I know that.”