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The taxicab stopped and I reached inside my purse to pay the driver “I’ll do what you want, just leave my boss and job alone,” I said in finality.
“I know you will do what I want,” Jonas said, his tone low.
My body heated up just from his words and tone. “Jonas. We’re not talking about that,” I said huskily.
“About what?” Jonas asked.
“I can’t right now,” I ran through the doors of the Arch building, “I’m at work.”
“You could. But you’ll do that and more when I see you,” he said. “I’ll have Dani check in with you on the weekend for me.”
“No. That’s not necessary. I’ve got work to catch up on.” I waved to Olivia in reception, her jaw dropped open.
“Lily what happened to your face,” Olivia said loudly.
“What did she say?” Jonas asked.
I shook my head at Olivia. “Nothing. I can’t wait to see you again.” I covered my mouth.
I could hear the crackles of Jonas exhaling into the phone. “Answer David’s call. I’ll speak with you later.” He hung up.
I cursed. I shouldn’t have said that to him. I didn’t understand why I couldn’t stop myself from saying words that exposed my feelings for him. I was going to lose him. But could I lose what I didn’t have?
“Lily, what happened to your face?” Olivia called out again moving my attention away from my thoughts and back to her gaping mouth, which shut closed as my eyes made contact with hers.
My hands trembled as I tried to cover my face. “I fell on the concrete and hit my head.”
Olivia was a retired cop. There was something about the way she stared at me that had pinned me to the spot. I took an inventory of myself as she seemingly assessed me. My injury was concentrated along my temple and partial on left side of my face. My hands had no marks or scrapes. My clothing, no dirt or distress, nylons had no rips or shifts at the knee, and shoes polished, leather, nothing. Her eyes settled back on me again, this time hooded, meeting mine, which were watery.
My bottom lip trembled. Had she unmasked me?
“Did you need something, Lily?” Olivia asked, her tone reserved for children.
I dropped my gaze. I needed a hug. Some reassurance. Care. Love.
“No. Thanks, Olivia.” I walked past her station. “I’m fine.”
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
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Itook thestairs to avoid running into anyone else at work. Once I reached my floor, I stopped at Gregor’s office and hesitated. If Olivia noticed, so would he. And there was no telling what he would do. I needed to leave before that happened. I just needed time to decide what I was going to do, on my own.
Nothing. You never do anything. And you never will.
I walked over to my work cube and sent him a message.
“Would you mind if I worked from home the remainder of the day? I can email the documents I’m working on from there.”
After a few minutes he messaged me back.
“Great idea. See you Monday.”
My phone beeped.David. I pressed ignore and called the car service and packed up everything to take with me and went downstairs. My phone went off again. This time, I answered “Yes?”
“It’s Dani. Jonas said you might be sick?”
“It’s nothing. I’m fine. On my way home,” I stammered.
