Trust by Valentine J. C

Author:Valentine, J. C. [Valentine, J. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary
ISBN: 9781495484674
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Goodreads: 19547861
Publisher: J.C. Valentine
Published: 2014-02-08T07:00:00+00:00

6

Poppy was living in a daze. She couldn’t eat, couldn’t sleep. Felix wouldn’t stop calling. He was everywhere she went. The first night, he’d shown up at the house banging on the door for her to let him in. She didn’t. The first thing she’d done when she got home was triple lock the doors, throw the chain, and wedge a chair under the handle. He may have a key, but he wasn’t getting inside.

She did this for the first few days, until Felix finally stopped coming by the house. Now he called her incessantly. It was driving her crazy. Twice a day she had to clear out her voice mail. He just wouldn’t let up.

Maybe he thought that if he wore her down enough, she would let him explain. But she wasn’t interested in being lied to—he’d done that enough already. What was the saying, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me? Well, shame on her because she’d let him lie right to her face and chose to accept it. If anything, it was her fault she was a broken mess now. She should have put her foot down right from the start.

The hardest part was understanding why Felix cheated. Even though they had a few problems, she thought they were happy. She thought they were strong enough to work through anything. She was secure in his love for her—enough to believe him when he told her that she was the only woman in his life.

She’d called off the last week from work, refusing to see him, but she couldn’t stay away forever. She needed the money to survive, to keep her and Bo afloat until she could find another job. This was why businesses frowned on office romances.

How was she going to face him?

Poppy’s legs trembled as she stepped off the elevator and into the office. It was still early and hardly anyone was there yet. It gave her a small window to get her emotions in order and if she were lucky, she might have enough time to get what she needed for the day out of Felix’s office before he showed up.

She went there first, with her fingers crossed as she walked down the short hallway. Thankfully, his office was still dark. He wasn’t there yet.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Poppy pulled out her key and unlocked the door. She gathered what she needed for the day—letters that needed to be copied and faxed, files, and the like—and locked up behind her. She’d already worked it out in her head. As a temporary fix, she would ask Piper if she could work out of her office until she could get Jon alone. She hated that she would have to tell him her personal business, but she knew he would understand.

She knew Jon was still having trouble finding a reliable assistant. Patti had been the perfect fit, playing his assistant and accountant all in one, but since she had gone on maternity leave, it had been a revolving door of incompetent temps.

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