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“If you’re asking about the Anonymous mask, Susan threw it away since she had the habit of ruining my things out of contempt. I only found out about it days later.”
“Oh.”
“I threw her entire vintage clothes collection in the trash as payback, but that wasn’t enough. That bitch needs to go down.”
“You really won’t let the Susan thing go?”
“Not in this lifetime.”
“Do you remember my favorite quote?”
His expression softens and mischievousness lights up his dark eyes. “If you gaze into an abyss for long, the abyss gazes into you.”
“The whole version is. He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby becomes a monster. And if you gaze into an abyss for long, the abyss gazes into you.” I stroke his face. “Don’t become a monster, Kingsley.”
* * *
By dayeighteen of the ban, Kingsley has turned into an utter pain who’s dripping with toxic, antagonistic masculinity. No one wants to deal with him at work.
No kidding. The other day, an associate lawyer saw him coming down the hall and immediately changed direction.
“Whatever you did, undo it,” Nate tells me, subtly pushing me in the direction of Kingsley’s office.
“And what makes you think I have something to do with any of this?”
“The fact that he looks at you like he wants to fuck you, then kill you. Or kill you, then fuck you. I’m not entirely sure about his hard limits and if they include necrophilia.”
“You’re being dramatic.”
“And he’s being a major dick with a loose screw. Deny it all you want, but we both know it’s all because of you. Go inside before he kills Susan for real this time.”
I pause. “Susan’s here?”
“Yes. She’s performing her annoying show for the month.”
“I thought she was banned from Weaver & Shaw.”
“She got a court order that says since she’s suing for shares, she has the right to enter the building.”
“Shit.”
“Shit, indeed. With his current mood, even a damn ant isn’t safe from his wrath. Let alone a hyena.”
“I’ll see what I can do.” I head toward his office, questioning my decision for the first time.
Actually, no. I started questioning it about two days in when I went through a stupid case of sex withdrawal. I like to think I’m surviving and that this is for the greater good.
Kingsley has been tempting me to have sex since day one. The fact that he doesn’t know why exactly I’m doing this is frustrating him more than the ban itself.
In contrast, we’ve been doing a lot of outdoorsy activities together, such as running and even hiking with Nate and Gwen last weekend.
Oftentimes, I wake up with his huge erection nuzzled against my ass or stomach. He’ll groan, call me a sex terrorist, and go take care of business in the bathroom.
“Thanks for the trip back in time. Now, I’m a pubescent loser who jerks off in the shower again,” is what he told me the first time he caved and masturbated. A week after the ban.
His toxic sarcasm has gone up a notch and he’s always saying things that made me chuckle like…
My dick is suing you for bodily harm, so you better be ready for compensation.
