Bad Apple: A Stepbrother Romance by Stephanie Brother

Author:Stephanie Brother [Brother, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-18T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-one

Claire

I raised my arms, stretching my body out. Then I twisted and rotated my head, trying to get a crick out of my neck. I rubbed both my shoulders, and leaned back against my seat once again.

Simon had just stepped out of the room, and I was taking it as a momentary break. I couldn’t help but be cautious around him, so there was no way for me to relax with him there. I didn’t know how long I had, though.

“What time is it, even,” I muttered to myself, pulling my phone out.

I was too afraid to even use my phone and I’d left my watch in my hurry to get to work this morning. I had no idea what time it was, but it had to be really late because it had been dark outside for a while. The lights in the room were on, but the blinds hadn't been let down so I could look out the window at the dark night. Even other buildings around us had their lights off.

I checked the time and winced.

Shit!

It was nine and I was still stuck at the office! This was becoming a reoccurring thing in an annoying way. It had been two weeks already, and every day I left the office late. If it was really late, I left really close to eleven. There was a lot of work to do, and Simon stayed behind to work with me, so I couldn’t complain because we both left at the same time.

It was true that this was a pretty big job. I didn’t know the payout for it yet, but considering all the effort we were putting into it, and from what I’d seen of it, it would be quite a bit of money. I wasn’t sure how much of it would be going to my bank account, but if I got even five percent, it would be a lot on top of my salary.

Did Rogue go to sleep already?

It had been a surprise to me, when I started getting home late to find dinner ready and covered for me in the kitchen, and Rogue waiting for me, sleeping in my bed. I didn’t know how to take it, and we hadn't had the chance to talk yet, so I was going along with everything for now, trying my best to keep from getting too attached to him just in case things went bad between us down the road, like I expected them to. I didn’t think he’d left the house much, either, or used much cash. It was different from the old him, that was almost always out for a night in the town and sleeping through most of the day.

“I really wanna go home,” I muttered to myself, whining just a little.

I was tempted to lay my head down on the desk, but what if Simon walked in and caught me unawares? At the moment, I was relaxing, but I knew we still had a while yet before he would allow me to leave.

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