His words hit me like ice water to the face. All the worrying. Making myself sick as I drove to work. Getting coerced into this deal for the whole weekend. Everything comes together and hurtles through me in a wave of anger. I glare at Addler for all I’m worth. The jerk knew. He knew! Here I am struggling with what I’ve done, or what I think I’ve done, and he’s been laughing at me behind my back.
“You told him this?” I ask, doing my best to control my temper.
Addler holds my gaze, the epitome of calm.
“Yes. I told him I’ll be in early tomorrow so I can finish the report and submit it before the bigwigs come in from Houston.”
“I see,” I reply with all the calm I can muster, turning away from Addler.
“Then we’ll get him switched over to the big office. I’ll move in next door to you to make things easier on us. He belongs over there anyway, now that he’s the owner.”
He took advantage of me, of the relationship I have with Bill. He knew I wouldn’t let Bill get in trouble if there was any way to avoid it. “Okay. I’ll see you then,” I reply quietly then hand the phone to Sage. My blood pressure must be going through the roof because my vision is blurry. Anger and frustration are ravaging every nerve ending. “I need a ride to my car, Sage.”
My request wipes away her amusement. She shifts her weight then glances from me to Addler then back. “I-okay.” She nods, probably realizing something is wrong, but I’m not going to elaborate for her or anyone else. “Of course.”
I close my laptop and shove it into my backpack. I don’t bother to do up the zipper; instead, I push past Ezequiel and walk out the French doors.
If I stop to think about it, I’m not sure if I’ll scream or cry, but I don’t want to do either. Right now, I just need to be by myself for a while and lick my wounds.
Somehow, I’m right back where I was a few years ago, only on a smaller scale. The entire security department knows I stayed on the ranch the whole weekend. It won’t be long before everyone will be talking about the fact I was sleeping with Addler de Marco. I suppose I should be grateful this time they’ll only tie me to one guy.