Boss of Me (A Steamy Office Romance) by Lila Younger

Author:Lila Younger [Younger, Lila]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lila Younger
Published: 2016-10-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Chelsea

“What’s going on?” I ask, nervous. Brandon’s never locked the door to his office before. If anything, he’s always kept the door open. This was different.

“Sit down,” he says gesturing at the chair. I cautiously walk over and sit. Brandon is pacing, agitated about something. He looks good today, in the dark charcoal suit that highlights everything about his body so well. An outfit that can make me tighten my legs together on sight on a regular day. Right now though, he looks as though he’s mad as hell, and trying to find the words for it. Have I done something wrong?

“I don’t want you to go,” he says at last.

I’m confused. Go? Did he overhear my conversation with Steph where I told her I wanted to leave?

“I don’t have any plans to leave this job,” I say diplomatically. Yet, I add in my head.

Brandon frowns. “That’s not what I meant.” There’s another long pause as he makes another tight loop in front of his desk.

“I’m talking about your date.”

I’m so surprised that I could have fallen off the chair. He doesn’t want me to go? After everything he’s put me through? I must have heard wrong. But I haven’t.

“What makes you think you have a say here?” I ask, a bit angrier than I intended.

He looks ashamed, which is more than I expected. His eyes are sad, and I really do have to fight the impulse to give in to what he says. I want to, but at the same time, he’s already made it clear that he wants nothing to do with me. The hurt I feel comes rushing back.

“I,” he stops. We look at each other. There’s so much emotion on his face, and that tiny part of me that hasn’t given up on us is begging him to speak. He stops directly in front of me.

“Chelsea, I’ve been a damn fool. I’ve been on the fast track my whole life. I thought this was what I wanted, what mattered. And a relationship with you would jeopardize that. In fact, I don’t think I’ve had a serious relationship in quite a few years. I just didn’t bother because I thought that it would just distract me from what I thought was important. But this week, this week has been fucking unbearable. When we were trapped together in the elevator, I got to know you anyways, and I liked it. A lot. I thought that it was just the circumstances of being stuck together, so I tried to put a stop to it, as much for me as for you if I am truly honest about it. But seeing you there out of reach is more than I can take. I realize now that the last thing I want is to go back to the way things were. And to hear that you might end up with someone else... I was an idiot to let you go Chelsea. And I sure as hell don’t want you with anyone else but me.

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