The Protective Billionaire Boss And My Little Secret: A Clean Billionaire Office Romance Book by Sophie Pearce

Author:Sophie Pearce [Pearce, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HP
Published: 2023-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

VIOLET

I woke up sweaty, sticky, and naked under my bed sheets.

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he late afternoon air had settled into my apartment, a bit warmer than it had been. But the unseasonable heat wasn’t the sole reason for my state.

I sat up blearily, rubbing at my eyes, even though I knew it would only be smearing around whatever was left of my makeup from the night before.

The night before…

My skin heated, and my mouth pursed tightly, resisting the flush of memories that trying to recall brought forth. I’d drank far too much last night, but some distinctly visceral memories were more than happy to filter to the surface from the tail end of it all.

I put my hands over my face and took a second to try and get my bearings properly, with a sober, though pounding, mind.

I’d slept with Silas.

He’d brought me home from the club, and I’d—

Had I started it?

Had he?

… no, I’d kissed him first. I’d given in to some strange urge and let myself get taken by the tide.

Despite the tightness of my chest and flurried confusion of my thoughts, it didn’t feel like he’d taken advantage of me. We’d both been absurdly drunk, and I knew that men could be easily swayed into things when drunk just as well as a woman. I knew he’d been a flirt towards me before, but he’d mellowed his advances after I’d warned him off the first time.

Had he even wanted to sleep with me, despite me throwing myself at him?

Did I even want him to want me?

It was a mess.

I was a mess.

I slid out of bed, legs shaking at taking my weight and balance still off-kilter from my intense hangover. Honestly, I was still inebriated. I threw some dirty loungewear on, not wanting to be unprepared for whatever might be outside of my bedroom. My pulse raced at the possibility he could still be here, not knowing what I’d say to him—

Or that he’d left.

Or even worse, that he’d left and not locked the door, and then Elliot had managed to—

I breathed raggedly and armed myself with my can of mace discreetly as I stepped out of my bedroom.

The apartment was clean, quiet, and empty.

Instead of rushing straight to check the front door, I needed to do a full room scan first. In case he was here, I needed a clear route to escape. I’d learned my lesson before of trying to run from him when the front door was locked.

I made a cautious route, but the place wasn’t big enough that it took me a long time to guarantee that I was, in fact, home alone.

My gut twisted, feeling both relief and loneliness.

Silas—

Mr. Chandler hadn’t stayed.

Why would he?

Either I’d forced myself on him, or he’d made use of my drunken loneliness and had no obligation to linger. All people ever did was use each other or be used, and nowhere was that more obvious than sex.

Tears beaded my eyes as I padded to the front door. I had

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