I Deleted You Traitor Even My Blade Forgot Your Name novel Chapter 67

Chapter 9

When Simon leaned in, I completely froze.

A wave of heat spread from the spot where he’d lightly brushed my cheek, crawling up my neck and flooding my entire body.

He quickly stepped back.

I stood there, stunned. “Why–why’d you suddenly do the cheek–kiss thing?”

“I’m sorry. You’re just too adorable.”

Simon looked down at me, his sea–green eyes sparkling like sunlight on the ocean.

“I wanted to kiss your cheek, but I was afraid it’d be too forward.”

“Aurora, I like you. Will you be my girlfriend?”

Now I was really stunned.

When my coworkers had teased me about the boss liking me, I hadn’t taken it seriously.

Simon was the general manager of our branch.

Half Russian, half–French. Young and accomplished.

His face was androgynously beautiful–like a merman from the deep sea.

My personal interactions with him started when I stayed late at the office obsessively practicing my French.

One time I fell asleep from exhaustion. When I woke up, there was a soft blanket draped over me.

When Simon wasn’t talking, his expression looked stern. “Working overtime isn’t advisable.”

Getting scolded by your boss is always awkward.

was about to explain when I saw a flash of mischief in his eyes–like a kid who’d just pulled off a prank.

simon said in halting English:

But hard work deserves praise.”

Aurora, you teach me English, I teach you French. Deal?”

was flattered. There was no reason to say no.

With his help, my language skills improved rapidly.

wo weeks into my new job, I landed a huge deal.

t also threatened a colleague’s chance at promotion.

le tried to use my nationality as an excuse to isolate me, rallying others against me.

it a company–wide meeting of a hundred people, Simon praised me lavishly and called him out by name.

t was clearly a warning to others–and a way of standing up for me.

My coworkers said they’d never seen Simon go that far for anyone.

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hapter 9

ut all I could think was:

1. h. So this is what it feels like to be Tessa.

onestly, since coming to France, I rarely thought about Garrett.

fter all, I’d always known my leaving wouldn’t affect him at all.

o expectations meant no disappointment.

esides, Garrett was always steady as a rock–unshakable.

here was no way he’d act like the melodramatic CEO male leads in those cheesy romance movies he hated.

o way he’d randomly show up in the country I was in.

Chloe!”

ight now, in this moment, I stared at the man striding toward me with a dark expression—a man who had no business being here.

efore I could even widen my eyes in shock, Garrett pulled me into his arms, almost losing control.

is breathing was unsteady. “I thought I saw–just now, I thought-”

imon’s slightly surprised voice came from beside us.

Mr. Hale, you know Aurora?”

was shocked too. Why did Simon know Garrett?

was about to push Garrett away when he seemed to suddenly remember there was a third person present.

e let me go but stayed at my side.

arrett’s tone was flat, but his right arm locked around my shoulders like an iron bar, keeping me in place.

I forgot to mention before I came–Chloe’s my girlfriend.”

oo much information in too short a time.

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