Unlawful Temptations by Alexandria Lee

Author:Alexandria Lee [Lee, Alexandria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Independent
Published: 2021-06-20T18:30:00+00:00

My heart was sick for Dominic Reed.

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Monday morning, I found myself on the other side of the Reed’s front door, not moving a muscle.

One of two things would happen once I walked through that door.

The first would be the obvious—a swift boot right back out. The dreaded pink slip delivery. The always good ‘We’re going in another direction, and that direction isn’t you.’

Worst part was that I’d have no one to blame but myself if I was fired. I wouldn’t even have a right to be mad if Dominic fired me. I mean, I still would be mad and probably throw a bitch fit, but only because anger was my clutch, and I’d been known to shove it into first gear without really thinking.

Honestly, I’d been expecting a call or text message all weekend telling me not to come in today or ever again, but nada. So, here I was, squaring off with a giant door, expecting option one but hoping for option two.

Total denial.

Both of us would pretend like nothing ever happened in that garage and happily ignore each other for the rest of my employment. We wouldn’t have to talk about the kiss. We wouldn’t have to talk about why I ran.

We could ignore the chemistry and the stupid feelings that came with it, and the less attention we gave them, the quicker they would die off, and I’d be cured of them altogether.

Fingers. Fucking. Crossed.

With a shaking breath and flimsy expectations, I put on my big girl thong and pushed open the door, making my way inside. The expansive foyer and empty staircase were silent for about three seconds before—

“Ms. Kat is here!”

Maya’s enthusiastic announcement of my arrival exploded the fragile silence, sending shrapnel of its wreckage straight through my chest. I tensed, instantly missing when I first started working here, and Maya was still shy around me.

Oh God. Kid, love me less.

She bounded around the corner, a flash of dark curls and bright white teeth. I tried to force a smile of my own, but it felt as lame as it probably looked. Mid-run, Maya slipped on her socks on the hardwood floors, falling to her side with flailing arms. I would have ran to her if she hadn’t popped right back up like a jack in the box, giggling up a storm at herself.

Suddenly, my smile wasn’t so forced.

“Hey, Kiddo.”

“Ms. Kat, I made a play-doh mansion yesterday that Daddy let me keep up so I could show you when you got here today!”

“Oh…” Well, that play-doh is hard as shit now. “Is there a room for me in said mansion?”

She wrapped her hand around mine, dragging me into the belly of the beast where the beast himself could be waiting around any corner. “Yup! There’s a living room, ballroom, and four bedrooms. One for me, you, Mommy, and Daddy.”

Separate rooms for Mommy and Daddy? Ouch.

“What about bathrooms?”

She huffed, running a hand back through her fly-aways. “We can go outside.”

I swallowed a laugh as she pulled me around the corner leading into the living room where it was surprisingly empty.

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