Flesh: Part Nine (The Flesh Series Book 9) by Corgan Sky

Author:Corgan, Sky [Corgan, Sky]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2015-05-01T07:00:00+00:00

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“Amy, how could you?!”

I'm standing outside of Environ Design rubbing my wrist. Almost the second that we walked out of Tyra's office, Derrick grabbed me and practically dragged me out of the building. I knew this lecture was coming, I had just hoped it could wait until at least lunch time.

“Derrick, this can wait.” I roll my eyes, using rudeness as a defense mechanism.

“We talked about this,” his tone raises an octave, then he looks towards the door to make sure that no one can hear us. Everyone is staring.

“We'll talk about this at lunch,” I growl.

“Did you fuck him?” Disgust is written all over his face.

For a moment, I think about lying. It will calm him if I say no. Then we can go back inside and work peacefully until lunch. I'm really not up for the tension of telling the truth. But at the same time, I just want to get this over with. Telling him now will be like ripping off a band-aid. Plus, I don't want to string out the betrayal of his trust.

“Yes,” I admit, keeping my nose up. I'm not ashamed that I slept with Lucian. Perhaps if he had been dismissive as usual, I would be. But things were different last night. Worlds away from what they have been.

Derrick draws his hand up to his face, and I can almost feel the anger radiating off of him. I stay silent, waiting for him to say something—to pitch a fit or have an all-out fight with me. He doesn't say anything though. And after about two minutes of just standing there looking angry and wounded, he steps past me to pull open the door and go back inside, not even glancing at me.

Inside I crumble. It's entirely unexpected, the pain that comes from him not saying anything at all. His disappointment in me is crushing, almost suffocating. Tears well up in my eyes, and I know I'm going to need another minute before I can go back inside. I don't get that minute though. Tyra pokes her head out the door, and I have to suck up my emotions immediately.

“Is everything alright?” she asks though she looks more irritated than concerned.

“Yeah. I'm fine.” I wipe my face with the back of my arm, praying that I don't smear my makeup.

She holds the door open for me, practically forcing me back inside. Silently, I curse her for not giving me a few more minutes to recover. This is her job though, making sure that I'm doing my job.

“I'm not sure what's going on with you two,” she tells me softly, though her softly is still loud enough for everyone in the office to hear. “But I need you to separate your emotions from work. You're here to do a job, remember.”

“Mhm.” I nod weakly, biting back the vile things that are rolling around in my mouth begging to be spat out. I am doing my job. My job is to keep Lucian Reddick happy, and that's exactly what I've been doing all morning.

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