Chapter 19

“First of all, it’s not an act, and Secondly, It is your name, is it not?” Caroline shot back,”

“Actually, it’s my father’s name, and I thought we were past that Caroline. You agreed to call me Nick,”

“I don’t remember agreeing to that. I agreed to use Nicholas, but now that you’re technically my boss, I think I’d rather stick to Mr Connelly from now on.”

“I don’t see why that should be a problem,”

“I never said it was a problem. I just think that certain boundaries should be kept since we work together. I suggest we should keep things… Professional between us,” Caroline didn’t mean to sound defensive, but something about Nicholas made her put an extra wall around herself, almost like she couldn’t trust herself to be around him. Her time with him at the Connelly house had proven that she had little self control around him, and if she was going to keep her job, then she had to keep him at arms length.

Nicholas nodded, “So I see that we’re back to being r