Chapter 0001


    It was supposed to be a romantic night, the night my boyfriend finally proposed.


    As I stood under the fireworks, wedged between my boyfriend and my sister Natalie, I grew


    annoyed again at the fact that she and her best friend had invited themselves along on our romantic


    Vegas getaway.


    I pictured the ring I had identally found in my boyfriend’s backpack the week before. His hand


    was fiddling with something. Is that a ring box or are you just excited to see me?


    As the grand finale of fireworks began, he turned to me. “Hazel?”


    “Yes?”


    “Will you…,” he hesitated, looking behind me. “Uh, will you excuse me?”


    He pushed past me to where Natalie stood. He got down on one knee. “Natalie, I know this is crazy,


    but…will you marry me?”


    “Oh my god,” Natalie and I both said at the same time.


    Natalie burst into tears. “Yes!”


    My brain struggled toprehend what my eyes were seeing: my boyfriend putting what should


    have been my ring on my sister’s finger, my sister happy-crying and pulling him in for a kiss, my


    hands shoving my boyfriend’s arm with all the strength I could muster.


    “What the hell?” I yelled, looking back and forth between him and Natalie.


    “Hazel, I’m sorry, I just…” he started.


    “Oh yeah? You’re sorry? Get bent.” I flipped them both off and turned, hot tears streaming down my


    face. I ran as fast as I could through the crowd. I wanted to get as far way from them as I possibly


    could.


    “Hazel, wait!” my boyfriend called after me, but it was toote.


    I was already gone.


    They say hangovers don’tst forever, but drunk memories do.


    I was struggling to believe that as I awoke that next morning, disoriented, my head throbbing.


    Closing my eyes against the sunlight that was filtering through the curtains, I reached over and


    fumbled around the nightstand, hoping to God I’d left my aspirin there.


    I groaned and pulled theforter over my head. Suddenly I heard the shower start in the


    bathroom.


    “Babe?” I called out. “Have you seen my aspirin?” I pulled the nket down and rubbed my eyes.


    This is not my hotel room. The realization shook me. And those are not my boyfriend’s clothes


    mixed in with mine on the floor.


    “Oh, god.” Did I have a one night stand with someone?


    I tip-toed past the bathroom door, grabbed my purse, and slipped out into the hallway. I wasn’t sure


    how I had gotten there, I realized…I would need to call a taxi.


    My phone buzzed from inside my purse. I pulled it out. There must’ve been 50 notifications on


    there. Texts from my family, missed calls from the same, voicemails. I did not have the caffeine in


    me that I needed to deal with any of it. I started to put my phone back in the purse when it began to


    ring. “Mom” shed across the screen. After a moment of hesitation, I pressed the ept button.


    “Hello?”


    “Hazel, where have you been? We’ve been worried sick about you.”


    Sure they had. “I’m fine, Mom.”


    “Your sister is very upset,” she continued.


    I balked. “She’s upset?"


    “You didn’t congratte her on her engagement. You just walked out on her and her fiancé after the


    proposal.”


    “You’ll excuse me if I’m not thrilled that my sister is marrying my boyfriend,” I snapped.


    “Don’t you take that tone with me. It’s not her fault you can’t hold onto your men,” Mom snapped


    back.


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    I was fuming. “Okay Mom, nice talking to you.” I hung up before she could reply. My parents always


    favored my sister. It didn’t matter that my sister stole my boyfriend from me. It was still somehow my


    fault.


    I jammed my phone into my purse and that’s when I finally noticed it: a giant ring on my left hand.


    It''s incredibly big and shiny. I think it must be a toy.


    But where did thate from?


    Two dayster, I walked into work at ten til 8. I kept my head down and made a beeline for my desk,


    avoiding everyone I passed. I wasn’t ready to answer any questions about my vacation.


    Once I got to my desk I pushed the power button on myputer. My best friend Maria spotted me


    from across the room and practically ran over to me. I sighed.


    I opened up my email on my desktop. 102 unread messages. That’s what I got for taking a week off


    work.


    “It’s going to take me a week just to get caught up on all these emails,” I sighed.


    “I guess I should go do some actual work too.” She gave me a hug. “I love you, we’ll talk moreter,


    okay?”


    I nodded and she went back to her desk. My eyes scanned the newest emails first. I didn’t seem to


    miss anything too important, just some memos on parking and meeting notices and…wait, what’s


    this?


    My eyes stopped on a subject line that read “TRANSFER NOTICE.” I clicked on it. I scanned the


    entire email quickly - too quickly - and then had to read it two more times before I understood. My


    heart sank. Our CEO was being transferred to another branch, and I was his assistant.


    Tears welled in my eyes. First my boyfriend, and now this? My whole life was here. My friends, my


    career, my favorite hairdresser, everything. I didn’t want to leave. I didn’t want to lose my boyfriend


    to my sister. Didn’t anyone care what I wanted?


    Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Elena strutting towards me. Elena, who had been vying for my


    job as the assistant to the CEO ever since she started here. She was gorgeous and could have


    anything and anyone she wanted, but insisted on taking the one good thing I had away from me.


    Her boobs reached me ten minutes before she did.


    “Hey there, Hazel,” she smiled. Her friendliness made me wary.


    “Elena,” I said.


    “I heard you’re leaving us soon,” she jutted her bottom lip out.


    Spare me. “Yeah, I just saw the email,” I said.


    “That’s too bad. Ah well. I guess I’ll be the new CEO’s assistant. I hear he has much better taste


    than thest one.”


    My cheeks burned.


    Suddenly, I heard footsteps behind me. Elena and I both turned. My mouth fell open. Walking


    towards us was perhaps the most handsome man I had ever seen. He was tall and dark and


    slender, his pinstripe suit hugging him tightly in all the right ces.


    “Excuse me, everyone,” he said. He had amanding way about him. Everyone instantly turned


    their attention to him. “My name is Logan. I am your new CEO. We’ll be having a meeting in the


    conference room, five minutes. Everyone.”


    He turned to exit.


    “He doesn’t have to ask me twice,” Elena said, heading towards the conference room.


    I sighed. Now what?


    Minutes earlier，Logan stood in his office, awaiting the arrival of his personal assistants. Finally, the


    door opened and two men walked in.


    He pulled a picture from the inside pocket of his suit. “I need you to help me track down this


    woman,” Logan said. “She’s my new wife.”


    The woman in the photo is wearing a giant ring.