Bossed Around by Laura Olsen

Author:Laura Olsen [Olsen, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Jormungandr Publishing
Published: 2023-09-30T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Olivia

The weight of a thousand emotions pushed down on me, threatening to crush my chest as I paced the confines of the suite. Alexander was out at a business dinner that he had said I didn’t have to attend.

I had thought it would be nice to have a reprieve from him, but after an hour of overthinking everything, I wasn’t so sure. I knew that I needed to get this out, and there was one person I felt like I could trust that actually knew Alexander.

I loved talking to Mia, but she didn’t know him. It felt different to tell someone that understood everything about Alexander without me having to explain. My fingers trembled, but I managed to dial Ethan’s number and pressed the phone against my ear.

“Olivia?” His voice was a soothing balm, calming my nerves. We had been texting off and on while I had been on this trip, and I had missed working with him.

“Hey, Ethan,” I choked out, swallowing the lump that had lodged itself in my throat. “I… I need someone to talk to.”

“Of course, Olivia. What’s going on?” He sounded genuinely concerned, and I felt my defenses beginning to crumble.

I heaved a sigh. “You remember how you joked that something would happen between Alexander and me if we were going to be sharing a room?”

He squealed, the noise so high-pitched I jerked the phone away from my ear. “I knew it! Is he amazing? He looks like he’d be amazing in bed. You have no idea how long I’ve been staring at that man just picturing what he could do to me. You are so lucky!”

A lump lodged in my throat. “I wasn’t that lucky,” I mumbled.

He heard it immediately, and his voice dropped down to a somber tone. “What happened?”

I had been wanting so long to just let it all out. I told Ethan everything, about how this started before we came on the trip, about Alexander’s promises, and about how worthless I felt when he didn’t show.

“Everything’s just… overwhelming,” I confessed, sinking onto my couch. “Ever since Alexander came into my life, it feels like I’ve lost control over my own emotions. I don’t know how to handle this.”

“Take a deep breath, Olivia,” Ethan instructed gently. I followed his advice, drawing in a shaky breath and then releasing it slowly. “Just take it one step at a time. Tell me what you’re feeling right now.”

“Scared,” I admitted. “Vulnerable. Like I am standing on the edge of a cliff and the world is pushing me towards the edge.”

“I know that has to be difficult, especially trapped alone with him,” Ethan reassured me. His words wrapped around me like a warm blanket, easing some of the tension that had been coiled tightly inside me. “But you don’t have to hold it all in. At least not with me. You are allowed to feel scared and vulnerable, Olivia.”

I bit my lip, tears pricking at the corners of my eyes. “I know, Ethan. And I’m grateful for your support.

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