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"Keep your voice down."
"Fuck you!" I hated that he could slide under my skin so easily. "Fuck. You. Corey."
He clenched his jaw, but he didn't speak.
"You said you wanted to try being friends again in that email, and you've been nothing but an asshole who takes pleasure in finding new ways to be cruel to me." I walked over to the door and opened it. "I have my sleeping meds now, and I'd rather spend my off-hours around people who don't treat me like shit. I don't have to be here anymore. I'm out."
I slammed the door before he could get a word out and headed to the kitchen. I unplugged his latte maker and carried it to my room. It was coming with me.
Ignoring the laughter and conversation from his team, I grabbed the few toiletries I'd placed in the bathroom and stuffed them into my suitcase.
I sent Kelly a quick "please call me when you can" text and rolled the first of my suitcases to the living room. My hand was on the second one when Corey stepped into my room and blocked the door.
"Get the hell out of my way, Corey," I said. "I need to leave."
He didn't move.
"Don't make me scream, Corey." I stepped close to him. "You know damn well I will."
He still didn't move.
"I'm giving you ten seconds, and then—” My sentence ended on his lips, and I dropped the handle of my suitcase in shock.
Pushing me back against a mirror, he kept his mouth attached to mine and gripped my waist. Kissing me harder, he owned my mouth with his, not giving me a chance to think about control.
I wanted to deny how good his kiss felt, to push him away, but I couldn’t.
Groaning, he slipped his tongue deeper into my mouth and pinned me against the glass with his hips.
My fingers fisted his hair, and I murmured when I felt his cock hardening through his pants. I shut my eyes as he bit my bottom lip, and he quickly tore away from me.
I gasped at the sudden loss of contact and struggled to catch my breath.
He stared at me for what felt like forever, his green gaze far softer than it was earlier. I could tell he was just as confused as I was, but he didn't speak.
"Are you going to blame me for that too?" I asked. "Is ‘no kissing’ one of the broken rules that bothers you?"
He said nothing.
"Well, thank you for letting me live here over the past few weeks even though you didn't want to." I bent down and grabbed the handle of my suitcase. It was—"
"Stay." He interrupted me.
"What?"
"I want you to stay." He pulled the suitcase from my grip and pushed it to the floor. "And I want you to accept my apology."
"You haven't apologized."
"I will," he said, stepping closer. "Stay."
"No." I shook my head. "I'm not going to let you treat me any kind of way. Don't you have a meeting to get back to?"
"I'm going to put them out once I'm done with you." He pressed his forehead against mine, looking deep into my eyes. "Stay, Hayley."
My heart raced a familiar rhythm from years ago as he ran his fingers through my hair.
"Just until Kelly gets to San Fran," I said. "Like it's supposed to be."
