Changing Seasons by Chelsea Maria

Author:Chelsea Maria [Maria, Chelsea]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-07-19T18:30:00+00:00

My hands shook. Palms sweaty. Muscles in my legs twitched. Five more floors. Closing my eyes, I took a long calming breath. I prepared an entire speech on my drive. Mentally I had everything mapped out. Calculated his reaction. If I had it all together, why was I so nervous to the point of being on the verge of puking in the elevator?

Between dwelling on the meeting last week when Kameron offered me a position to come on board full-time with Monarch to talking with my daddy. My thoughts have yet to become uncluttered. I was confused. Scared. Overwhelmed. I was creating issues and scenarios that didn’t exist because I was overthinking.

I stood outside of his office shifting from one leg to the other ready to knock and get my answers. Skating around and avoiding the inevitable wasn’t doing either of us any good. “Stop being a coward. Go in, get your answers, and leave.” I knocked softly.

“Come in.” His voice sent shivers down my spine.

“You got this.” I gave myself one last pep talk before opening his door.

Seeing him sitting behind the mahogany desk looking all presidential, I wanted to bolt right out the door. His movement paused as his eyes went from surprised to confused to that angry frown he constantly wore.

It felt like I was experiencing whiplash with his constant back and forth emotions. Just last week he couldn’t sit next to me without touching me and now I was a sour piece of rotten fruit. I can’t do this. “Just want to let you know that I’m out of your hair now.” I stopped myself from rambling on. Shaking uncontrollably, I placed food from his favorite Jamaican restaurant and a bottle of blueberry soda on his desk. “Brought you dinner. Bye Paxton.” Turning on my heels, I made it to the door but not quick enough.

“I came for you, Jacolby. I went to Raleigh…looking for you.” His deep marinated voice seemed a lot closer.

Refusing to face him, I spoke to the door, “You never came after me, Paxton. Never!” My voice trembled along with my hands. Why did he have to lie?

I heard rustling behind me and the heaviness of his feet. My hands itched to touch the doorknob, but my body wouldn’t move.

“Sassy, baby, I came back for you. I promise I did. After you left New York and I found out you were in Raleigh, so close to me, I came for you, baby.” His breath skated across my neck. Strong muscular arms wrapped around my waist causing us to mold together as one. “You were being honored for the Katherine Johnson award. Baby, I was there. I came for you, but then I saw you with…saw him…the ring. You looked happy. So happy. Happy without me.”

I’ve never been happy without you.

I forgot about that experiment-gone-wrong of a dating experience I put myself through. Ugh, the memories. I tried to forget about that season of my life. I’ve never been so embarrassed in my life.

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