Chapter seventeen.

The room turned out to be a suite with double rooms.

Lisa was a little embarrassed after jumping to conclusions.

She followed behind Axel, who halted and then turned to her. "Seriously? You thought it was just one room."

Lisa pursed her lips, not knowing how to explain herself.

"Do you take me as a pervert or something?" He asked, and she almost nodded.

"No." She shook her head.

Axel had seen through her words, shoving both hands into his pockets. "Be assured that I am not that kind of person. I don't like forcing people; I prefer consensual relationships."

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On getting to the weekend, Lisa felt that she had survived a minefield.

There were many times she wanted to explode and launch different varieties of attacks on her self-important boss.

But she survived.

She had managed to keep the job in the end.

She didn't have to go to work on Sundays, so she spent the day working at the bakery.

The owners, an old couple that she had worked with ever since she dropped out of school, were l