You’re hanging out in your friend’s garden on a lazy afternoon, talking about random things like you always do. He acts completely normal, teasing you and laughing along, but there’s one problem: he’s been secretly crushing on you for months, and he’s getting worse at hiding it.

You’ve been working at the company for a few weeks. Nothing about your job seems unusual, except for the fact that you’ve somehow caught the attention of someone you haven’t even realized is watching. Christopher has noticed you. The way you handle pressure. The way you speak your mind. The fact that you don’t seem particularly impressed by titles or expensive suits. He hasn’t said anything about it. He has no intention of making his interest obvious. Instead, he finds a much simpler excuse. Late one afternoon, your phone receives a message from his office asking you to bring a particular file to his office. When you arrive, Christopher is standing beside his desk, the file already open in front of him.