Page 42 of Following His Commands

Huh…

It suddenly occurs to me that I haven’t thought of Hunter much at all over these last few weeks. I guess, in a way, Alistair is curing me of my obsession with my ex. I’m no longer stalking his socials or hyperfocused on the details of his day-to-day. I’m really just waiting for his picture-perfect life to blow up in his face. I wanted him to be as miserable as I was when he left me on our wedding day. I wanted him to hurt.

Now, not so much. I still hate him. But I don’t need the vengeance I thought I did. It might be time for me to go home for a weekend to see my parents. Maybe I can convince Alistair to come with me…

Are we at themeet the parentsstage yet? I’m not sure.

Opening his office door, I freeze on the spot. Well, that answers that question. The fact that he currently has a woman on her knees in front of him, her hands on his belt, tells me we are most certainly not at themeet the parentsstage. We aren’t at any stage.

“Ah, sorry… I thought… I’ll come back when you’re not so… busy,” I mumble before slamming the door harder than I intended.

Shit, shit, shit. What do I do?

I need to get out of here. I should have known this would happen. I walk back to my desk, collect my bag, and head right into Xavier’s office, shutting the door behind me. He looks up from his computer when he hears the audible click.

“Dani, you okay?” he asks me.

“Yes, fine,” I lie. “I just came to say thank you for the opportunity, but I’m resigning. I’ll email you my formal resignation, but I wanted to tell you in person.”

“Whatever the fuck Alistair did, don’t quit your job over it. I’ll make him fix it,” he says.

“It’s not because of him. I just… I have to go. I’m sorry.” I rush out the door and over to the elevators. I don’t look in the direction of Alistair’s office.

I can’t.

I’m doing my best not to break out into tears in front of everyone. That’s the last thing I need. Another public humiliation. As soon as I’m out of the building, I slip around the first corner and call Eloise.

“Hey, babycakes,” she answers.

“El, can you come and get me? Please,” I ask her.

“Of course I can. Where are you and what’s wrong?” I can hear the concern in her voice, followed by shuffling and the jingling of keys.

“I’ve just left work. I’ll be in the café across the street. I need to get out of here,” I tell her before hanging up and making my way inside the little coffee shop.

I find a spot in the back and wait for Eloise. It doesn’t take her long. She’s walking through the door in ten minutes. “Hey, what’s wrong?” she asks when she reaches the table.

“Nothing. Come on, I need to get out of here,” I repeat.

Once we’re in her car and she’s weaving in and out of the city traffic, she turns to me. “Want me to take you to your place?”

“No, he’ll show up there.” I shake my head. After the million phone calls and messages I’ve had from Alistair, I’m guessing he’s looking for me. Probably to try to convince me that what I saw wasn’t what it looked like.

But it was. What else could it have been?

“Who? Alistair?”

“Just… can we go to your place?” I plead.

“Always.” She turns a corner and takes the freeway, heading out of the city. “I… ah… I moved in with Gio,” she says after a moment of silence.

“You what? When?” I don’t hide the shock in my tone. Eloise has never lived with a boyfriend before. Ever.

“Three weeks ago.” She looks at me out of the corner of her eye.

“Oh, okay.” I have no idea what to say to that. She kept this boyfriend of hers to herself. She kept the fact that she moved in with him to herself. “Did I do something wrong?” I ask her.

“No, why would you think that?”

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