A Man of Power by S.E. Rose

Author:S.E. Rose [Rose, S.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S.E. Rose Author

Chapter 14

Alexis

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Saying I’m afraid of Sebastian North at the moment isn’t completely true, but that’s only because he has me seeing red. It’s hard to be afraid of someone when you are ready to claw their eyes out. How can he be so infuriating? He’s a walking hypocrite. He wants his cake and to eat it too. He has zero regard for how anyone else feels besides himself. I’m not going to be a pawn in his power play. If that’s what he thinks I am, he is so very wrong.

We pull up to his house and he parks the car in the garage next to two others. Why does one man have three cars? Oh wait, because he’s a pretentious, pompous asshole, that’s why. I get out of the car before he can come around to open the door. Fuck his chivalry. I walk up to a door and realize it’s locked. I feel him come up behind me, his arm reaches around to a thumbprint scanner above a keycode board, and he presses his thumb to it. The door’s lock opens and I turn the doorknob. Once inside, I walk into his kitchen.

He doesn’t stop there. He walks past me into a large great room and then straight outside. I take a deep breath. Could he possibly be more obtuse?

When I came home and told Whitney what had happened, she backed my decision to dump his ass and quit my job. Erin’s out of town visiting a cousin, but I don’t doubt she would have backed my plan as well. Whitney was less than shocked when Mr. Pompous Prick showed up at our door.

“He likes the chase, but…maybe, just maybe, there’s something more there,” she had said with a shrug. “However, if he even so much as steps over the line, hell, looks like he might, I will gladly rip his balls off for you.”

I walk outside. He’s turned on a large firepit surrounded by what looks like very comfortable single-bed-sized lounging sofas. The flames dance in the dark night sky.

“Sit,” he commands as he motions to the sofa closest to the flame.

I tentatively sit as far from him as possible; I need to keep my wits about me. I can’t have him clouding my judgment. Whatever I wanted out of this thing between us is not likely going to happen, heck, it shouldn’t happen. I need to remove myself from this equation. It’s the only way to preserve my heart.

“What happens between you and me is not up for discussion with others? Do you understand? Or shall I have a new NDA drawn up?” His words are sharp and cut me. He thinks I told Whitney everything. Damn it, Whitney. I had seen his jaw clench in anger when she spoke. And he seriously thinks the NDA I signed as part of my employment status should cover us fucking?

“I did not breach the NDA and I didn’t tell Whitney everything if that’s what has you so wrapped around the axle.

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