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“Are you sure?”
“It’s not about me being sure. It’s about Spencer making his own choices and me making the choice not to let him hurt me.”
Marcia touched her arm. “Doesn’t look like it’s working, Kel,” she said, her voice gentle. “You look like you haven’t slept in a month.”
“Only a week or two.” She tried t
o smile, thought she knew the attempt fell flat when Marcia frowned. “I need to talk to Diana.”
“Be my guest.” Marcia leaned in and whispered, “If you need to clean up the blood, there’s a mop in the closet.”
Kelly laughed and returned to the break room, quietly shutting the door. No need to slam it. Yet.
When she turned to face Diana, Diana shifted toward her with a bland smile. “Kelly, is it?”
Caught off guard, Kelly bit her lip. “Um, yeah. How do you know me?”
Diana went back to drawing columns on her whiteboard. “I asked questions, just as you asked about me. Only difference was I know how to be discreet.” She made a low tsking sound in her throat. “Either you were unconcerned about being overheard or you’re just stupid. Which is it?”
Kelly’s fingers curled into her palms. Well, this certainly wasn’t proceeding as planned. This one had some bite to her. Apparently Spencer liked the feisty type.
But she wasn’t too concerned. Diana may be feisty, but Kelly could still kick her ass if need be. And she’d skip using the mop afterward. Better to leave evidence of her fresh kill.
“This may surprise you, but I didn’t think the woman I was looking for was still in residence. I thought Spencer had more class than that.”
“Ah, darling. Class has nothing to do with fucking. You’ll learn that in time.” Diana spritzed some cleanser on the board to erase a stray mark. “I don’t know what to make of you. The past few days you’ve been quiet, devoted to the job. And in those clothes, a perfectly harmless little mouse.” She laughed. “Well, not little.”
Oh no, she didn’t. Kelly started to toss back a retort of her own, but Diana cut her off. “So what can I do for you? I’m guessing you didn’t shut us in here so you can sign up to bring meatballs to the company picnic.”
“Hardly.” Kelly crossed her arms over her chest and decided she didn’t have time to pussyfoot around. “I know you slept with Spencer Saturday night. I hope it was good for you, considering he’d just been with me that afternoon.”
She wasn’t completely sure she was right—part of the problem with operating on little to no actual facts—but from the look on Diana’s face as she spared her a glance, she’d guessed correctly.
The goddamn bastard.
“How do you know we slept together?” Diana asked, her voice much quieter than Kelly expected.
“He told me.”
“He told you.”
“Is there an echo in here or what? Yes, he told me.” That’s what he’d said, right? How could she have misheard that one?
Diana finally set down her cloth and her spray bottle and faced Kelly squarely. “We didn’t sleep together, Kelly. I don’t know why he told you we did, but maybe he wanted some space.” She shrugged and picked at her flawless manicure, suddenly seeming a hell of a lot less confident. “Are we done now?”
Kelly gripped her elbows. “And you expect me to believe you over him?”
All at once his words came back to her. Another woman invited me into her bed tonight, Kelly. And I accepted.
“I don’t care what you believe. I’m just telling you the truth.” Her lips curved in the shadow of a smile. “But before you canonize him, we had a…moment, let’s say. One where one or both of us was missing some vital pieces of clothing.”
“I’m sure you’ve been in that position often,” Kelly replied. “Both the lacking clothes and being left before you could get them back on.”
“This conversation’s over.“ Diana resumed making her list on her whiteboard. “In case you didn’t hear my announcement that I’m stepping back into the company, I’m now your boss. And pretty soon you’re going to be skirting the line of insubordination.”
“Won’t be the first time,” Kelly said under her breath.
“Leave that door open,” Diana said, clearly assuming their conversation was finished.
