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some devilish plan.
    I giggled and nudged his shoulder. He also laughed. “What?” he asked in mock surprise.
    “Don’t pretend you’re really thinking about it.”
    He raised his hands in surrender. “Okay then, I got a bit carried away,” he said, continuing to laugh. “It does sound tempting… but I won’t. I wouldn’t. Don’t worry.”
    “Well then, I’ll see if I can arrange it. I think I stand a pretty good chance since I’ve done a lot of overtime.”
    “Great.” He leaned over me and placed his soft lips on my shoulder.
    It felt amazing to know the multimillionaire Alexander Kraftberg wanted us to spend more time together. He wanted me… not someone else, but me… My soul was radiant with joy.
    *     *     *
    At half ten at night, I decided it was time to go home. We both had to get up early for work tomorrow, which was why I couldn’t delay my departure any longer, as much as I didn’t want to leave.
    Alexander took me home in the car, driven by his chauffeur. He saved my cell phone number in his iPhone and told me he’d call to arrange lunch. I thanked him for the wonderful day, we kissed, and then I went into my apartment.
    What a day…
    I had a schoolgirl crush on Alexander Kraftberg and was in seventh heaven.
    When I went to bed, I couldn’t fall asleep for a long time. I twisted and turned in the bed, thinking back on everything that had happened since I met Alexander. Even though he wasn’t with me, I clearly saw his beautiful blue eyes, his stunning smile. I felt his soft lips on mine, his warm hands on my body. I heard his voice and inhaled his sweet scent.
    I was curious if he was thinking about me as I did about him, if he was also having trouble falling asleep.
    Imagining I was lying in his powerful embrace, I finally fell asleep, losing myself in sweet dreams.
    *     *     *
    Next morning, I left for work at half past eight. My face was fixed in a permanent smile. I was excited about seeing the man—Alexander Kraftberg—who had unlocked and captured my heart, waking up the feeling I’d thought I would never experience—to fall in love.
    I allowed myself the indulgence of wearing a satin dress in pastel green, which was a little shorter than the outfits I normally wore at work, but I knew it was sexy and brought out the green in my eyes.
    My coworker Roberto Bottoni whistled appreciatively when he saw me. “Wow, Alexia! You look incredible today. Who’s the lucky guy?” He winked at me. His dark-brown eyes gleamed and his cheeky grin revealed his not-quite-straight teeth.
    Roberto was of an average height, a little over 5’10”, and had curly black hair. He placed a lot of importance on his personal appearance, which was why he regularly went to the gym and always wore designer suits. To me, he was a typical Italian, despite hailing from the Italian part of Switzerland—Ticino.
    “Roberto…”
    “Okay, okay, I get it—you don’t want to kiss and tell. Fuck… I’m so jealous of him,” he said, scratching his perfectly manicured beard.
    “Yes, I know you have a weakness for women,” I teased.
    “Not for women in general—for beautiful women,” he specified.
    I didn’t want him to ask me about Alexander, so I decided to steer the conversation toward yesterday’s party. “Speaking of women… Did you have a good time at the party yesterday?”
    “I let off some steam,” he said frankly and looked at me with a satisfied smile.
    His words left me dumbfounded.
    “This kind of talk isn’t appropriate at the workplace,” I said, feigning shock. “You should be ashamed of yourself!”
    Roberto and I knew each other very well, and he felt very comfortable talking to me about his love life. We trusted each other and had an implicit understanding that whatever we shared with each other wouldn’t be spread as gossip to anyone else.
    “And when are you going to see each other again?” I asked, curious.
    “We won’t. I don’t want