*Alias's POV*
It was the next morning, I woke up to my incredibly irritating alarm and rolled out of bed to get ready for my first day. I would be working out of Rhodes Inc. from now on to make sure nothing slips through the cracks. Well, that and so Kane Rhodes and watch my every move. I'm over it already.
You can do this, Alias. This is what you're good at. Nobody can stand in the way of you. I always reassured myself. I knew I was capable of anything I put my mind too, but this was definitely a different style of business partnership than I have ever had before.
While I was waiting for my coffee to brew, a loud shrill sounded through the kitchen. Ugh, my phone. A blessing and a curse in my life. I glanced at the screen,
*Incoming Call: Unknown Caller*
No thanks, it's always spam. I silenced my phone and set it back on the counter. I started drinking my coffee and headed to my room to take a shower. I plugged my phone up to my speaker and played my favorite playlist as I hopped into the warm shower. All my worries temporarily melted away, until it was time to turn the shower off and let reality set in.
I wrapped a towel around my body, wrung the excess water out of my hair, and slipped my fuzzy slippers on. I went back to the kitchen for another cup of coffee when I saw the Kane Rhodes standing in the middle of my damn apartment.
I jumped when I saw him, "What the fuck!" I screamed at him.
Damn, despite the alarming fact that he was in my apartment uninvited, I noticed how handsome he really was. He wore a navy blue suit that hugged him in all the right places. His curly brown hair pushed back out of his face and there was dark beard stubble lining his perfectly cut jaw.
"Ignoring my calls on the first day?" He said sternly.
"What?" I replied back genuinely confused at this entire situation. "How did you get in here?"
"I called you and left a voicemail a half hour ago. You never called back. I told the woman at the desk that I was your boyfriend, and I needed to get my car keys from you, but you weren't answering your phone." He responded smugly.
My jaw must have hit the floor. "You did WHAT?" I asked, almost furious at the situation at this point. "What gives you the right?"
"You did, when you agreed to work with me."
"I definitely didn't agree to you breaking in my fucking apartment, Kane!" Rage was surging through me.
"I didn't break in, and I wouldn't be here if you had answered your phone, which you did agree too." He winked, clearly finding this entire thing amusing.
"How do you even know where my apartment is?" I asked seriously hoping he's not secretly a psychopathic stalker.
"I called Sarah, your assistant. She's lovely, by the way." He replied with a smirk.
"Damn, Sarah sold me out and didn't even warn me," I shook my head, knowing she meant no harm.
"I might have tricked her a little into giving it to me, so don't hold it against her," He said softly.
"I'm not going to hold it against her, but you are a totally different story," I smiled and rolled my eyes, "What did you want to talk to me about anyway?"
"I wanted to see if you wanted to grab breakfast before you start your first day," he smiled.
"Do you do this for all of your employees?" I asked with a smirk.
"Only the ones who's phones I've broken," he said jokingly.
"I suppose breakfast sounds nice."
"I'll wait here while you finish getting dressed."
Realization hit me, I have been standing in a towel throughout this entire encounter. My cheeks must have turned fifty shades of red. I wrapped my arms around my body and looked at the floor.
