Late Nights Read Free

didn’t want to take her advice about stopping their demeaning comments about their female co-workers. However, once she reported them to Sterling at their weekly meetings, they came back with totally different attitudes and were a lot more respectful.
    Sometimes men at the other factories would holler and whistle at her as she walked past them when she went there for visits. Yet, she learned very quickly how to ignore the guys who had no class. She shoved their unwanted comments to the back of her mind and went on with her day.
    Working for CSC gave her the chance to prove to Rachelle that she could be a responsible person and hold a job for more than six months. Sasha tried to keep her mind off her handsome boss, but as usual Sterling found a way to sneak back into her head. When was she going to finally admit to herself that she saw him as more than her boss, and she was dying for him to notice her as a woman instead of his brilliant employee?

 
     
    Chapter Two
     
     
    Sterling Hamilton was a very good-looking man with his classically handsome features. His black hair was cut short, making his clear blue eyes more extraordinary. When he smiled, his perfectly white teeth brightened up the room and made her forget where she was for a minute. She found it impossible not to have feelings for him. Over the past few months he had melted her defenses away without even knowing it.
    Despite the fact, Sasha knew nothing was ever going to happen between her and Sterling. Secretly a small part of her was pleased he wasn’t involved with anyone at the moment. She wasn’t too naïve to comprehend a successful and powerful man like him wouldn’t date a woman like her, one still trying to make her mark in the world.
    Sure, Sterling might flirt with her every once in a while, but neverto the point that she would take any of it seriously. He was more attracted to women in his social circle, and she couldn’t blame him.
    However, if he ever considered changing his no dating employees rule at CSC, she would be the first person standing in line to get a shot at him. Some days she would get so caught up staring at his tight ass as he sauntered around in his tailored dress slacks that she was sure he could feel her eyes burning a hole through the back of him.
    Almost thirty minutes after leaving home, Sasha pulled into the semi-empty parking lot of her job. It was almost time for the night crew to get off from cleaning the place, restocking the shelves, and fixing the display beds on the showroom floor. Hiring the night staff had been one of Sterling’s ideas as soon as he came on as the new manager and so far it was working out pretty well. It gave the place a more professional look, so it wouldn’t be done while customers were trying to shop.
    Turning off her car, Sasha grabbed her briefcase and purse from the passenger seat, and as she was about to get out of the car her cell phone rang.
    She quickly dug through her purse and checked the Caller ID. Sasha frowned at the phone number displayed on the blue screen. Of course, now this sister would want to talk to her when she already at work and about to go inside.
    Flipping the phone open, Sasha put it up to her ear. “I tried calling you earlier,” she said. “Why didn’t you pick up then instead of calling me now when I’m at work? You know how much I hate being late.”
    “What do you think I was doing at six o’clock in the morning? I’m not scheduled to work at Luxury until eleven o’clock,” Genise complained. “I was asleep and I shouldn’t get yelled at from you because of it. Why don’t you call at the hour a normal person would?”
    Rolling her eyes, Sasha swallowed down her initial comment, knowing Genise would only hang up on her. She didn’t want to push her sister into starting her day off on the wrong foot, so she would be the mature one.
    “Sorry. I will remember not to call you so early next time. I’ve been trying to get a hold of Rachelle and Akisha.