Chapter 334

Va–Valentine’s Day? Cassandra Taylor felt like her brain short-circuited. Blank. Totally blank. Did he even realize what he was saying? “Mr. Blackwood, you… You must be mistaken… We’re just friends. And, uh, you know—boss and employee. Not… not a couple.” Her voice trembled as she stumbled through the words, clearly rattled by what he’d just said. Right—Valentine’s Day was tomorrow. “Who said we were just friends?” Damien Blackwood pinched her cheek lightly, playful teasing in his eyes. “You like me, don’t you, sweetheart?” “Nope,” she shot back a little too fast. Realizing it sounded suspicious, she softened her tone and smiled brightly as she tried to explain, “What I mean is, you’re way out of my league. I wouldn’t dare think about something like that.” The gap between them was too big. Until the day she could walk beside him as an equal, she’d never admit she had feelings. “Well, now you have my permission to aim high,” he declared with that cocky flair of his. She didn’t respond b