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“Tell me!” I hiss, lurching to my feet and scrambling back against my desk. Tell me that this wasn’t you!”
His jaw ticks.
“I can’t do that.”
Oh GOD.
My legs tremble, and my heart shatters.
“I can’t lie to you, Fumi.”
My hand flies to my mouth, my eyes bulging wide.
“Fumi, listen?—”
“No,” I croak, shrinking back against my desk. My hand fumbles behind me and closes around something heavy. I whip it out in front of me, brandishing it like a weapon.
A motherfucking stapler.
“Stay the fuck away from me!”
His lips draw to a line.
“Fumi…”
He takes a step toward me, and I shudder.
“Don’t fucking come near me,” I blurt. “Don’t fucking touch me, Gabriel!”
“Goddammit!” he barks. “LISTEN TO ME!”
I flinch as he suddenly surges into me, plucking the stapler from my hand and tossing it away.
“You knew what I was,” he growls.
My head shakes violently. “No, I?—”
“You did, Kitten,” he snarls. Somehow, him using that name right now really hurts. “Sit down and let me fucking explain?—”
“Get out of my way or I’ll fucking scream!”
“You know I love it when you?—”
“GABRIEL!!!” I roar, my pulse hammering in my ears and my whole world spinning. “Please!” I choke out.
His eyes land on the tear trickling down my face. I watch his brow furrow deeply, his jaw clenching tightly.
Wordlessly, he steps aside. In a daze, I shove past him to stumble out of the office. Just as I make my move, his arm shoots out, a powerful hand wrapping around my arm. I gasp sharply as he pulls himself right up next to me, towering over me as he leans down to let his lips brush my ear.
“You fucking know me, Fumi,” he growls darkly. “You know I would never hurt you.”
My pulse skips.
“Remember that.”
His hand drops from my arm. A second later, I’m stumbling out the door to my office and blundering toward the elevators.
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