Vicious (Pleasure And Prey) by AJ Merlin

Author:AJ Merlin [Merlin, AJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781955540278
Published: 2023-04-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter

Fifteen

When Mr. Durham has the audacity to show up in my office again, I think I’m going to throw something. Most likely my stapler, at his head, but the exact details are still up in the air. At least until I see if he’s going to yell or threaten me again.

His eyes find mine, dark in his pinched and tired face, and I lean back in my chair to stare him down, hopefully preventing him from coming over to me.

But of course, life doesn’t work like that for me. It would for Gabriel, I’m sure. Especially since he’s the one who threw Mr. Durham into a wall, almost through it, and had made him fuck right off. But not me. I’m just the person who wanted to chuck him through a glass window and watch him bleed.

He sits down in front of me as I eye him with disdain. My ‘therapy session’ from two days ago is still too fresh in my mind for me to be anything resembling friendly, and I tap the end of my pen on the table, engaging and disengaging the tip on every smack. If Melinda were here, she’d be disappointed with me. She’d say I was being antisocial and uninviting.

I’d say that’s tame for the vibes I’m trying to send Mr. Durham’s way. Maybe he’s not the source of all of my troubles right now, but he’s not exactly going to soothe them, either. And I don’t feel like being yelled at today.

“What can I help you with, Mr. Durham?” I ask, just as the door opens again and the star of my current bad dreams walks in.

He looks… good. And certainly better than I do today. With his hands shoved into his pockets and his long sleeves shoved up to his elbow, Gabriel is the epitome of aloofness and sexy, bad boy energy. His eternally tousled hair looks perfectly imperfect, and as he takes off his aviators to look around the room, I can’t help but notice the way he grins at Clara.

Like she has a chance to be anything other than his victim.

My eyes narrow in surprise, however, when he strides over to her instead of coming toward me as I’d expected. He leans over her desk, mouth curling up at the edges, and says something I can’t hear that makes her look down, eyes wide. A small smirk plays at her lips, and I press mine flat, hating the feeling that surges through my chest.

Mr. Durham turns around as well, his brows raised. “I thought the two of you were together,” he says in a low voice. “Sure, I figured he was a little old to be your boyfriend. But with the way he acted…” He shrugs his shoulders and turns to look at me instead. “Judgin’ by that look on your face, you thought so too.”

I switch my attention to the man in front of me, frowning still. “I don’t think that. He can be with whoever he wants. I don’t care.

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