Page 40 of Pure Recklessness

Hadn’t I?

Fuck.

Now I remembered.

I’d slammed it shut when I’d stormed into my office, but I hadn’t locked it.

I was annoyed.

Too frustrated to be thinking clearly.

And the office was empty. It was after eight on a Thursday night.

Even the gym was a ghost town.

Everyone had gone home.

Or so I’d thought.

My brain whirred as I wondered what the fuck Eleanor was still doing at work and how she’d got up to this floor.

Only directors had automatic access and Valerie had left, so I was at a loss to understand how she’d found her way here.

And more to the point, I needed to know how long she’d been standing there and how much she’d seen.

Please God, don’t tell me that she saw me wanking in the fucking shower.

‘Start talking, Eleanor!’ I snapped. ‘What the hell are you doing in my office?’

Eleanor turned her back to me and I used the opportunity to step out of the shower, grab a towel and wrap it around my waist.

‘I’m sorry,’ she mumbled. ‘I didn’t mean to… I heard water running and I thought it might leak downstairs, so I only came to turn it off. I didn’t expect to see… I didn’t realise you were here. I should go.’

‘Not until you tell me what the fuck you were doing here!’ I barked. ‘And how the hell did you get up to this floor?’

‘I just came to drop off the PR box. Calista is working late and I asked if she needed any help and she said you wanted to see the PR box and asked me to put it on your desk. She said you were out at a dinner. If I’d known you were still here… If I’d known you were showering. I didn’t even know there was a shower! I…’

She turned cautiously to face me.

Her gaze fixed on my bare chest, then travelled between my legs before she quickly caught herself and stared at the floor.

‘I’m sorry,’ she said softly.

‘How long were you standing there?’ I gritted out.

‘Not… not long.’ She kept her gaze on the ground.

‘Long enough to see what I was doing?’

She nodded.

‘Jesus fucking Christ!’ I blew out a frustrated breath.

‘I’m sorry,’ she repeated. ‘I know I invaded your privacy, so you’re going to fire me now and I deserve it. I should’ve left. I…’

Tears started rolling down her cheeks.

My instinct was to reach for her and wipe them away. I hated seeing women cry, but not only was I her boss, I was standing here half naked in a towel.