Falling For The Playboy's Game

Chapter One

Chapter One

Kate's POV

I don't want to open my eyes. The sun is too bright, glaring directly at me. But I don't care at all, I can stay here forever.

A soft smile touched the corner of my lips.

I don't have to worry waking up early today and catching the eight fifteen bus. I can sleep till noon. Lying here on this secluded beach is like living in paradise. And what makes everything perfect is that I'm with Adam.

Adam Parker. The only loyal, faithful, one-woman man I know is living on this planet. A one in a million from all the hungry, lady-killer playboys in the world.

"Adam..." I turned to him but the sun was too blinding that I could not see him. "Adam?"

My phone rang so loudly, it felt like my head was about to blow. I rolled to the side, and sleepily reached for my phone.

"E...llo..." I answered in my very sleepy voice.

"Kate! You're still sleeping?"

Hearing my prince charming's voice made me open my eyes wide. Reality immediately sank in. I was lying on my bed here in an apartment in Soundview New York that I shared with my besties—my cousin Jerry and recently my best friend Julie.

"Adam?"

"Where are you? It's nine thirty and the customers are coming."

"It's nine thirty?" I checked the time on my alarm clock. "It's nine thirty! Oh my god, my alarm failed!"

I heard him groan. "I need you here, Kate. Mr. Doherty is looking for his suit. I can't find it in the claim section."

Mr. Doherty? Our grumpiest and oldest customer in the tailoring shop?

I threw my blanket and pillows as I scrambled out of bed. "Did you ask Wendy?"

"She can't report today. Her baby is sick."

"Oh...poor baby."

"What about Michael?" I asked him about the other sales personnel.

"He asked yesterday to report after lunch, remember? He has to fetch his mom in the airport."

"Oh, yeah..."

Adam must be frantic. It's Friday, the busiest day of the week in the shop, and he was alone. Many clients would pick up their custom-made suits, shirts, pants, and other items of clothing today. Darn it, I shouldn't have watched 'Bird Box' last night.

"I need you here in the shop, I have to be in the sewing area. We're rushing a dozen suits for next week's wedding," he drawled.

I always find Adam's drawling so damn sexy. And every time he said that he needed me was enough to make me feel so giddy over him. He's so kind, so sweet, so nice, and so handsome that I could not leave my job as his shop supervisor for a higher paying job in New York.

My mom keeps on telling me that I needed advancement in my career and working in the tailoring shop made me stagnant. It's even out of my league after earning a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing.

I have worked for Adam for three years already. It has been my first and only job since I graduated from university. I just can't leave Adam because he's too nice. I know he would be very devastated. He relies on me when it comes to running the shop.

Besides, it's true. My crush on him has gotten too far. I imagine that someday, there could be something more between us.

"Kate? Did you hear me?"