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After a few seconds of silence, he tutted. “You broke up with her already, didn’t you?”
“I did. She pretty much admitted that she’d been talking to Peter in a friendly way.”
“Peter?”
I considered telling Daniel not to worry about it. That it wasn’t someone he knew, but I decided to open up a little. Daniel had always been there for me, and I’d been there for him enough times. Maybe he’d understand some of this. I described him and all our encounters before I talked about finding him out in the corridor with Kit.
“Damn, I’m sorry, man. That’s rough. She didn’t seem like the woman to do something like that.”
“No, she didn’t. But you were right that it was fun while it lasted.”
Daniel let out a wry chuckle. “That’s not always much of a consolation. I’m glad it wasn’t all bad, though. For what it’s worth, I was going to tell you to trust her a little longer, but not to let your guard down too much. See what she did at the end of this project you’re on together? She had me trusting her, too.”
“I don’t know if that makes me think she’s good at what she does or we’re both suckers for a pretty face.” I chuckled and thanked my friend once more. At least I knew he had my back no matter what happened.
Although I hadn’t planned to talk to Daniel, it helped, and I hung up with him feeling a little better. At least my chest didn’t ache so badly. He was right. I had made the most of it, and that should be enough.
I knew it was time to get a room and hole up for the night, though. I still didn’t trust myself to go back to Kit and talk to her before the morning. As much as Daniel had spoken more highly of her than I’d feared, he hadn’t exonerated her either. It was still not enough to make me consider apologizing to her and trying to get her back.
Before I could go very far, I noticed I had a message from Sarai asking what my plans for dinner were. I quickly tapped back that I had gone to the gym, needing some time to myself, and thought nothing more of it. It was a lie, but it was a good-natured one. I didn’t doubt Sarai would find out I was no longer interested in a relationship with Kit.
It was her place to tell Sarai, though. I didn’t doubt that Sarai would be angry with me. I didn’t want to incur that wrath just yet.
Knowing that I wouldn’t have long, I hurried to the front desk to see if I could get another room. If they didn’t have anything available this late in the evening, I knew I could always head somewhere else for a night. I considered doing that anyway, but it would make it harder to get back in the morning to pick Kit back up.
If Kit chose to keep everything to herself, it would out us both. I couldn’t be mean like that.
Thankfully, they had something, although the room wasn’t as good and I wouldn’t have such a good view. I didn’t care tonight and paid for the whole thing then and there. Anything to make the process quicker and less obvious in the morning.
“Here’s your key, sir,” the receptionist said, smiling with the same expression she used for everyone.
I took it and the printout of the receipt before walking away. I only got a few steps before Richard found me.
“Sarai said you were in the gym!” he exclaimed as I tried to quickly hide the new key. I didn’t think he’d seen it.
“I was about to head back there. They had some equipment issues. Hopefully, they’ll have the maintenance man on the way.” I tried not to sound too rushed in my speech while I thought of some way to direct the attention off me. “You and Sarai not going for dinner either?”
Richard shook his head. “She decided we might as well get room service, but we’re out of ice. Gotta keep the ladies happy, don’t we?”
I nodded as I shifted to go past him. “That we do,” I replied.
Thankfully, Richard left it there and I felt the building tension leave my body. I could go hide now, and hopefully everyone would leave me alone until the morning.
CHAPTER SEVENTY-NINE
Kit
The slam of the door behind Lukas was so loud that I jumped. He was gone, and I knew our relationship was over. I still didn’t understand exactly why, but it was clear he had expected me to put up with his swinging behavior. And he didn’t like me mentioning Daniel at all, as far as I could tell.
I shuddered as I thought about what might happen in the morning, or if Lukas decided to come back. He had controlled me, taking me on a sexual journey that I thought would lead to me being his partner for a long time. I had been considering asking him what he wanted to happen when this project was over.
And of course, I had been playing his games. All his games. Even when I wasn’t sure I wanted to.
Now that we were done, it made me wonder if there had been any point. Of course, at the time, on some level I had been enjoying it. At least, until today. Today had been far harder.
I got up and poured myself a drink, grateful to find some small bottles of wine in the mini-fridge. I considered going after Lukas, too. Maybe I just needed to apologize for not understanding. It was hard to know what he was thinking.
No matter how much I might want to talk to him more, though, I couldn’t. I didn’t know where he had gone. I didn’t know what room he was in, or if he would even be coming back.
