morning afterPov: WinstonI woke up late the next morning, a little confused for a moment.My eyes opened and I felt different.I looked around, carefully.I had woken up in a bed that wasn't mine and in a room I didn't recognize, dressed in clothes that weren't mine and a woman's hand was around me. Her body flushed close to mine, our sleeping bodies entangled into each other.And it all came coming back.Maddie had wanted me to get close to Alice and with the sob stories and half truths I had fed her yesterday, it was easy for her to open up to me and fool her into thinking we were making an emotional connection, when really I had just wanted Maddie to stop screaming in my ear and hovering over me like a haunting surprise.But I would be lying if I said that ALL parts of last night was an act... In fact, I struggled to remember if I was leading her on or if I was leading myself on.I had shared with her certain parts of me that I had only shared with people I cared about, although,
Secret cornersPov: MaddisonI hated feeling like this. I hated feeling like a miserable bitter bitch as I tried to concentrate on the movie I was watching, nestled in Shawn's lap.Shawn was a sweetheart. He had arrived at my suite in the Vanderbilt tower, after hearing how bad I sounded on the phone, even after I promised him that I was okay. I was fine. I was only feeling a little under the weather.Which were all lies by the way.He obviously didn't buy my bullshit... Or maybe he did, because thirty minutes later, he was showing up in front of my suite, holding up 'get well soon' balloons, cards, flowers and the biggest box of chocolates I have ever seen.He felt my temperature and decided I needed sunlight, ice cream and retail therapy.And the next thing I knew, we were inside his car and he was taking me to a park where he bought ice cream for the both of us and we sat under a tree, stretching our feet in the sun.He had looked at me with the tenderest green eyes and asked, "wha
Last day in hellPov: Maddison.Finally, Saturday. It was the last day of this hell trip and I couldn't wait to get done with this Fiasco and move back to new york and gain some sort of normalcy in my life.Heck, I even missed the toxic office and my more toxic colleagues. I grabbed my phone from the vanity, scrolling through my messages. Gwyn and Olivia had texted me everyday this week since I went on this trip.I chewed my lip, hovering over the call button on Gwyn's icon. I pressed call and waited as it dialled her number.She answered on the third ring, "hello oo," her enthusiastic voice greeted me. "Hey, Gwyn, how're you?""I'm good. I'm good," she giggled. "You?""I'm just... Meh," I sighed.She grew somber now. "Hey, what's up? What's going on?"I sighed tiredly, my voice cracking. "I just don't know anymore. I think I'm just home sick at this point.""You don't sound so good," she noted. "Is there any other thing that's the problem?"I considered it. I considered telling he
Drama partyPov: WinstonIt's honestly amazing how I haven't yet bursted an artery from all the seething I've been doing. I should have blocked a blood vessel and had an aneurysm by now... Cause, seriously, watching those two fawn all over each other was making me more and more antsy by the second.I gulped down another bubbling glass of champagne and worked my jaw.It wasn't enough. I need something stronger to get through the night.Besides the first time she made quite an entrance with Alice, Maddie had not even look my way again throughout the night. And as the party drew on, I started to feel restless.It's not like she was avoiding me or anything, she was honestly not even noticing me, even when she walked close to me, close enough for me to rub my arm against her shoulder, subtly asking for her attention and getting none of it.She seemed to be in her tiny little bubble, except this time, she had invited Shawn in with her.I watched them in seething rage as the floated around t
Post Nut ClarityPov: MaddisonWhat have I done? What have I done? What have I done? WHAT DID I JUST DO?!This was post nut clarity right here. I'm sure!Except... Except I didn't regret this. I didn't regret Mr Winston finger–fucking me in that bathroom.I would be lying to myself if I said that I regretted what just happened with me and Mr Winston in the bathroom but why the hell did Anna have to walk in at THAT exact moment.I could lie to myself and say that she didn't see anything... But I knew... I knew that she would be able to figure shit out and come to a conclusion in her head.And even if she didn't come to any conclusions, that hadn't stopped her from pushing the theory that I was sleeping with Mr Winston... Except now, I have given her ammo to enforce those rumours.Why?! Oh God, why had I been so stupid to let Mr Winston finger me in the bathroom like a common whore... WITH the doors UNLOCKED?!Through the night, I kept monitoring Anna's movement, she was as sly as ever
VacationPov: Maddison"Pack your things. We're leaving," Mr Winston said without preamble when I stopped crying.He didn't have to tell me twice, I had my things parked as he went to book another hotel on his iPad. By the time I had finished, he was ready and waiting for me.We walked soundlessly out of the room and out of the cursed tower and he helped me into the passenger side of his car and carefully placed my bags in the backseat.He went around the car and got into the driver's seat."What about you?" I whispered, shocked at how hoarse my voice was, "what about your bags?""I'll send someone to come for them later."I settled in my seat, hugging myself and bowing my head. I felt like I wouldn't be able to look up at anyone for a very long time. Humiliation and shame had become my middle name.I swallowed. Every time I remembered Alice's livid face, I wanted to shrink back in fear. She was my friend, but she had no problem hitting me and humiliating me during an important occasi
NightmaresPov: MaddisonI roused awake around midnight, unable to sleep and momentarily confused about what I was doing in this strange room, on this strange bed.I stretched, uncurling my body a bit, feeling my muscles stretching and my bones and joints, making cracking sounds as I stretched.I froze when I bumped into someone, my mind, pausing for a moment... And then, it all came coming back.Last evening, the birthday dinner party, our time in the restroom, the humiliation, Mr Winston standing up for me, getting me to pack my things and us coming here because all the other fancier hotels were not available on such short notice.I swallowed, my memories sifting around in my head, my memories of last night, how I had curled into his body, seeking him out, his warmth, his heat, his hands, strumming me, working me, making an ocean pool out of me.And me, loving every single moment of it.I swallowed and twisted on the bed, turning to face him, he was asleep, his face so soft with an
back to lifePov: MaddisonDid you get home safe?I stared at the screen, reading the text that just entered my phone, my thumb hovering over the delete button.We had talked about this and he had seemed to understand. What happened in Seattle stays in Seattle.So why was he texting me right now? It was bad enough that I had cheated on my husband with him during the trip, even though the sex was amazing, I couldn't stand the thought, especially now that I was coming back home to meet him.Trashy, scheming whore.That's what I am. My husband didn't deserve this. We had had a huge fight and we weren't on good terms when I left, but that did not give me the right to jump into my boss's bed at the snap of his fingers. I had literally been begging for it throughout the trip, panting after him like a dirty desperate hoe... As if I wasn't married. As if I didn't have a husband waiting for me at home.I sighed and clicked 'delete'. Purging the pleasure and drama filled trip from my mind. Mr W