The Carrero Influence: Redefining Rules | Chapter 1

The subway to work is crowded as usual, even at this early hour; the smell and noise are overwhelming. I’m overly fragile, and nausea plagues me these days; the stress of moving offices and away from Jake is making me physically ill.

I check my watch for the fiftieth time this morning.

I’m late again. What the hell is wrong with me lately?

I groan inwardly. I can’t seem to get my head together or get back on track with anything. Giovanni Carrero has yelled at me so often these last three weeks that I feel like resigning. He’s demoted me to coffee bearer for now, and I’m slowly losing everything I’ve worked for. My reputation as an efficient PA is shot. I’ve heard the rumors about me circulating the building: that Jake Carrero dismissed me for my incompetence and moved me to his father’s building because he felt sorry for me.

That stings. The lies upset me, but I push them down into the depths of my mind along with everything else about Jake Carrero. It’s bett