Hot Sexy Desire by Nadia Lee

Author:Nadia Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Antoine

I drive into the alley and get out of the SUV. Where’s Kristen? Tolyan told me she would be here, waiting for a pickup.

It takes a moment before I spot her, sitting on a wooden crate, arms hugging her knees, her face buried and hidden. In all the years I’ve known her, I’ve never seen her looking this defeated and sad. And it does something crazy to my heart.

Not wanting to startle her, I place my hand on her shoulder and whisper, “Kristen. Hey.”

She lifts her head and blinks a couple of times. Her eyes are wet and red from crying, and I want to punch someone for putting that look on her face.

“I texted Tolyan,” she says in a small voice.

“Yeah, I know. But he asked me to come. Something about being busy with Elizabeth’s files.”

She chuckles weakly. “He said that to me, too. Earlier, about something else, not when I asked him to pick me up.”

I look at the box at her feet. And it’s all I can do to not march inside the building and demand to see Lola. Just who the hell does she think she is? How could she treat Kristen this way?

“I’m going to go kick your boss’s ass,” I say.

“You shouldn’t. She’s not going to change her mind.” Kristen stands.

I pick up the box. It isn’t heavy, but it has lots of little stuff—a couple of framed photos, a pot of faux ivy, and some pencils, books and personal items. I put it in the SUV, while she takes the passenger seat.

As we drive toward Dominic’s penthouse, I say, “I’m sorry.”

She leans her head against the window and sighs softly. “You aren’t supposed be nice to me, remember?”

“I know. But as a fellow wage slave, I can sympathize. I can be made redundant at any time.”

She gives me an oh, please look. “Like Dominic’s going to fire you. He loves you.”

Kristen the Reassurer. Even after what just happened.

And the thing is…she has no idea how badly things could go between me and Dominic. The reason we get along so well is that we don’t cross certain lines, especially ones involving his baby sister. I don’t want a repeat of Eddie.

I carry the box up to Dominic’s penthouse. “Where do you want this?”

“Anywhere. It doesn’t matter.” She grabs a bottle of white and a glass and plops down on the sectional. “Thanks, Antoine.”

“Anytime.” I sit down. I should go, but don’t want to. I need to make sure she’s going to be okay. Yeah, I know she told me to be a jerk, but she doesn’t need a jerk right now. I can start being a dick tomorrow. “So what are you going to do? Look for a new job?” I ask, watching her uncork the bottle and pour a big glass.

She shakes her head, then drains the whole glass as though she’s chugging down ice water in a desert. “Not for a while. Everyone knows why I lost my job, so I doubt people are going to be eager to hire me.

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