Consequence by Kelly Favor

Author:Kelly Favor [Favor, Kelly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kelly Favor
Published: 2015-05-25T04:00:00+00:00

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Something woke her early the next morning.

At first she wasn’t sure where she was or what had happened. But quickly, memories from the night before came flooding back in.

Ivy grimaced, remembering her drinking, her behavior, how she’d made a fool of herself in front of the one man you didn’t want to look foolish in front of.

To top it all off, she had a horrible taste in her mouth—like old chalk mixed with battery acid.

“Oh, shit. I puked in his limo.” She slapped her palm to her forehead and grimaced in humiliation.

Somehow, instead of kicking her out of his car, the strange and mysterious CEO had instead cared for her like she was important to him.

Everything from the night before felt faded and disjointed, like a roll of film that had been burned in a fire. Even as some of it came back to her, pieces were missing and distorted.

But she certainly remembered enough to know that she had a few things to apologize for in the light of day.

Before she said or did anything, however, Ivy wanted to use the bathroom. She slowly got out of bed, still dressed in her smoky-smelling skirt and blouse.

“Gross,” she said, looking down at her wrinkled clothing.

It was very early in the morning, but just how early? She picked up her purse and found her phone.

5:23 am.

Ivy groaned, then made her way out of the bedroom, slowly opening her door. It creaked a little, and so did the hardwood floors beneath her bare feet. She went into the hallway.

It was then that she heard murmurs, voices from somewhere in the house.

The voices were muffled, low, as she slowed down and listened.

Turning to her right, she saw the bathroom door was open and considered going in there. But she didn’t want to miss what was happening in the house. She wanted to know who was talking.

Her skin broke into goose bumps when she heard a woman speaking. The woman’s voice had a plaintive, sad tone to it. “Please Cullen, you’re the only one…” the woman said, but then her voice once more receded back into muffled inaudible sounds.

Moments later, the voices rose again, and this time she heard Cullen’s unmistakable baritone. “You can’t be here right now.”

“…If I could just do or say anything…anything…convince you…” the woman said, sounding like she might even be in tears.

Cullen, for his part, sounded even angrier now. “You need to leave me alone. You have to stop doing this.”

More muffled voices, what sounded like barely controlled arguing.

“Fine,” Ivy heard the woman say, a note of defeat clear in her tone.

A moment later, the front door slammed shut and then all was quiet again.

The conversation seemed to have ended and the mystery lady had departed, and Ivy dodged into the bathroom as the front door slammed.

Whoever had been talking to Cullen seemed to have left, as requested.

She had to be an ex-girlfriend, Ivy decided, as she opened the blinds on the window and peered outside.

She caught a brief glimpse

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