Burning Through Gravity by Addison Moore

Author:Addison Moore [Moore, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Ford

A week thumps by with Stevie avoiding me at every turn. I’ve texted her several messages, my desperation to see her is a little more obvious in each one. At the office, she’s elusive as a shadow. I’ve brought up the interns to Evelyn to see how she’s faring, but she offered nothing but a generalization. Evelyn hasn’t said one nasty thing about either of her interns, and that’s not like her. Suddenly she’s all business—ethical where before she was ruthless, always ready with an idea that could undercut the enemy. The two of us were this close to getting back together last summer. That night at the party, I almost fell into the mouth of a relationship with her again. But that’s not who I landed in bed with that night.

A dopey smile flexes across my face.

Stevie. She’s all I think about from eyelids open. I can’t brush my teeth without her infiltrating my thoughts. I took Evelyn to lunch each day Stevie was around just to get a reaction, but it’s been nothing but silence and cold shoulders.

I step into Evelyn’s office. I’ll give it one more try. I scan the area, but Stevie is nowhere to be found. Her friend Bella glances up for a moment before returning to her work.

“I’ll get my purse!” Evelyn is at my side before I can correct her. With Stevie not here to see the show, I lack the desire to take the elevator down with Evelyn let alone take her to lunch.

We step out into the hall, and just as I’m about to end this charade I hear the buzzing of a couple—sounds like a heated argument. I look down the corridor and freeze. It’s Carter and Stevie, alone in a dark corner, standing so close they could touch. My stomach explodes in a vat of acid.

“Everything okay?” Normally I wouldn’t say anything. If it were anyone else, I’d walk away and let them settle their own damn differences.

Carter turns just enough, and his eyes round out as if he were caught with his hand in the Eaton cookie jar. Shit. Is he interested in Stevie? I know for a fact he’s hard up for her sister.

He steps into her, and, for a second, I think he’s going to kiss her, but he whispers something in her ear instead. She gives a quick nod. God, does he have a thing with Stevie? What am I saying? This is moral, upstanding Carter. Although he seems ready to have an affair with her sister if given half a chance. Maybe he’s gone off the deep end and is settling for second best. I’ll have to beat the crap out of him later because Stevie is nobody’s second best.

“Everything’s great.” Stevie speeds forward just as Evelyn clasps her hand over mine. Stevie’s eyes migrate down to our conjoined fingers, and a pair of disapproving commas appear on either side of her cheeks. “Carter and I were just arguing over where to go to lunch.

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