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Possessiveness.
And a fucking insatiable need formore.
15
ELSA
My eyes ache.Blinking and wincing, I pull back from the computer screens, rolling my shoulders, realizing I’ve been mere inches away from them as I pore over the legal briefing Taylor forwarded me earlier today.
Hours ago. Hours that have flown by in a haze of legal jargon. I dimly remember Fumi being the guardian angel and amazing friend that she is, dropping off lunch for me earlier. Then checking in on me again at the end of the workday.
But even that was…
I glance at my watch and groan.
Five freaking hours ago.
I did check in with Nora earlier, and sent her a delivery from her favorite sushi spot for her dinner. I glance down at my phone and grin at the text message from her still sitting on the screen:
Nora
Best. Sister. Ever. I’m saving you some - NOT ALL - of this jaguar roll. Love ya
My smile widens. We bicker at times. I mean she’s fifteen: of course we bicker. But at the end of the day, she’s my sister. A flicker of anxiety sparks inside me as my mind flashes back to two days ago, when Leo and his little creep Pascha were in here.
Threatening me. Worse, threateningher. The thought of Pascha coming anywhere near my little sister makes me simultaneously want to vomit and stab him.
And I am not, by nature, a violent person.
I take a breath, shaking those thoughts from my head as I lean back in my office chair. My door is closed, but I’m sure I’m the last one still here. Even Alistair the workaholic is usually gone by nine.
I quickly reread the last paragraph of the briefing I’ve just spent eleven hours going through.
Finished.
I’m about to open a new document to type out the notes I’ve taken on the briefing for Taylor, because even if she doesn’t even need this until next week, I’m a psycho like that. But just then, my phone dings with a message.
Taylor Crown
You’d better not still be at the office with that Klein briefing.
I grin as I pick up the phone and tap out a quick reply.
Me
Guilty as charged. I just finished, though, and was about to get my notes to you.
Taylor Crown
OMG, no. NO. Fuck everything about that. I can’t believe you read the whole damn thing today. Get out of there right now! That’s an order!
Me
You’re the boss. Okay, I’m packing it in.
Honestly, thank God for her rational thinking, because writing my notes out tonight would have been pure insanity.
So I close down my work computer. But I don’t immediately get up. Even though there’s a sister and sushi waiting for me at home. Instead, blushing even though there’sno onehere, I pull up Instagram on my phone.
