“Oh,” Elijah muttered, his eyes lingering on the flowers for a little while before turning and walking away.For some reason, perhaps it had something to do with the way her expression had stiffened or her eyes seemed to darken, He didn’t believe a single word she had said, but he knew better than t
“You know, for someone who claims to be my assistant, you sure do allow a lot of people waltz their way into my office.”Amara had said this, seated in the back sit of her car as Duncan drove her home that very night.It wasn’t particularly a topic she wanted to discuss about, but she realized she’d
“Are you allergic to them young Ms.? I wasn’t made aware of this. I’ll throw them-““Burn it.” Amara cut him off, her tone cold and unyielding. “Burn them, and if another one comes, burn it.”Xavier was shocked, not entirely sure why, or how a set of flowers could make the usually calm and kind Amar
“Yes ma’am,”She walked past the flowers, her heart beating faster and her mind screaming that there was a possibility that they could be from who she believed they came from.She ignored those thoughts, however, and went about her day as if they weren’t a concern. By the end of the work day, or at
Elijah didn’t hesitate. If Amara was willing to trust him with her past, then he was more than ready to hear her out and help her through it if she needed his help in any way.“I’m not pressuring you,” He started, gently squeezing her hand. “But I want you to know that whatever you have to tell me,
“Eventually, I realized that no matter how scared I was, if I didn’t do anything about what was going on, I…would die even before anyone found and rescued me. So one day, I fought back,”She paused, thinking back to the first time she had ever used a gun. It wasn’t the most pleasant experience, but
The clock clicked at an unimaginably slow pace, feeling Elijah soundless bedroom with its constant ticking, and if it weren’t for the fact that the time was almost two in the morning and Elijah was lying soundlessly beside her, Amara would have gotten up and destroyed the fucking thing.She sighed,
Why had things turned out this way?Just a few days ago it seemed like things were looking up for her. She had gotten rid of Christina and the deal with Stan Crop was going in her favor and those in the company no longer seemed to look down on her and…Before she knew it, those thoughts, clogging up