


He takes a long breath, his irritation with me more than clear. “What did I do?” I finally ask because I’m barely off my probation period. He has hundreds of employees in this building alone and probably thousands all over the world so yeah, it’s shocking he knows my name or would try to fire me personally. He’s always the first one in and the last one out. No one can ever figure it out, but personally I think he’s married to his job. He’s always making those top eligible bachelor lists and the women in the office-and a handful of men-are always talking about how hot he is or trying to get the scoop on who he might be dating. Nick Rudolph might not be a movie star, but he’s well known in the city. I knew I’d only make a fool of myself if I actually got words out, so it was probably for the best. He didn’t speak a single word to me, and when I tried, nothing came out. I needed to drop a packet off for a new hire, and we’d both been on the elevator alone. The first time I saw him was on the elevator when I had to pop upstairs to one of the other offices. As crazy as it sounds, I swear I can feel his presence. Sometimes I don’t even have to see him to know he’s near. I’ve seen him around the building a lot since I started, but he’s a hard man to miss. I’ve only worked here for a month, and I’ve never even met him personally.

“Did you hear me, Miss Butterscotch?” he presses when I don’t respond to him. I work on the bottom floor in the Human Resources Department of his finance company. I stare at Nick Rudolph wondering what the heck he’s doing at my cubicle. To ABS Holiday Decor on TikTok - you totally inspired this story!

Epilogue with a daughter who loves Christmas too.Warning: Ignore all those holiday plans and celebrate the most magical season with us! Can decorating a tree lead to lasting love? You bet your shiny tinsel! He takes her back to his house and moves her in. He goes to her place and they have their first time together, she’s a virgin, no mention of his past. He asks her out but before they can finalize their plans they are interrupted by his sister. You have to suspend reality, how did a web designer call her out of the blue with an affordable website ready for her, how did a driver just be available to drive her around all day and not need to be paid? Nick conveniently shows up at every place she goes to decorate a tree. He also gets all his offices and different companies to hire her to decorate their trees and a web designer to contact her and build her an amazing website, plus he gets her a driver to take her to all her job sites. He fires her! He gives her six months severance and a Christmas bonus. Nick is in love with his new employee Star, when he finds out her true passion is her side hustle of decorating Christmas trees for customers he does the only logical thing. My reviews always contain spoilers, I write them so I can remember the story.
