The Boss Box Set by Claire Adams

Author:Claire Adams [Adams, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-03T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Stella

After thinking about the phone call for a couple of days, I finally decided to confront Greyson. He was dodging my calls and not returning my text messages, so showing up at his home was the only option I had. My mind was spinning with every single excuse I could concoct: maybe the woman’s voice I heard was on the television. Maybe he was in a meeting with a woman. Maybe he was helping a woman who was in labor or in pain.

But deep down, I knew what I had heard. And I wanted to see if Greyson would be man enough to admit it to me.

I pulled up to his home at 7, an hour before I was due at the office. We needed to talk. In my heart, I wanted him to look me in the eye and tell me it was all in my head. That the butt-dial phone call where I heard his grunting and a woman’s panting was nothing more than a workout partner or him saving someone’s day.

I wanted him to tell me he wasn’t cheating on me.

I’d spent the past two years of my life loving him. Despite his downfalls and all the cocky arrogance he possessed, he understood me in ways no one else did. He wasn’t always there when I wanted him, but he was there when I always needed him.

Well, except at the funeral. But, I understood that work came first sometimes.

When I pulled up to his house, I saw a car I didn’t recognize in the driveway. I felt my stomach drop to my knees, so I decided to call him one last time. This was his last chance to pick up the phone and explain to me what was going on. One final opportunity to explain himself and let me know he cared about me as much as I cared about him.

But when it rang once then went to his voicemail, I climbed out of my car and used my key to get into his house.

“Greyson?” I called out. “You here?”

I heard shuffling around in the bedroom before a door opened up, and Greyson stumbled out into the hallway in his boxers with disheveled hair. I had always loved the way he first looked thing in the morning. He was always disoriented before his coffee, but he always had the best sexual stamina in the morning also. I loved his coffee-tainted breath on my lips.

He was always the gentlest when he was first caffeinated and waking up.

“Stella?” he asked. “Hey there, sweetheart. Everything alright?”

“Are you aware you butt-dialed me a couple days ago?” I asked.

“Uh, really?” he asked. “I didn’t realize that.”

“Are you aware that I just called you?” I asked.

“Actually, no. I wasn’t. I was in the bathroom,” he said.

“Then, who shot me to voicemail?” I asked.

Just then, I heard more shuffling in his room. My mind was yelling at me, knowing full good and well what was going on, but my heart didn’t want to admit it.

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