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
Side piecePov: WinstonMaddie was forty five minutes late and counting.I huffed and paced about wildly in the section of my floor that had been reserved as her office. After the whole thing went down with James and she started working officially as my assistant, I had made the whole thing seem like an impromptu decision but I had actually thought long and hard about making her my assistant and having her close to me, especially when I was making business deals, or when she had to let down a few investors easy or when there was a problem with my schedule.Maddie had proven herself excellent at the job. She understood the assignment, during charity and fund raising events, she was quick to fish out the politicians or elites with the fattest pockets, start up a conversation with them, get them to like her and become genuinely with her and she would sway them to me, and this tactic had boosted my popularity among the inner circles of old money and politician families. Her rare ability t
Office gossipPov: MaddisonI was aware of the sneaky glances and snarky gazes as I walked into office the next day.I stopped for a chat at Olivia's desk but she was stiff and awkward with me. A tight lipped smile stretched her lips."Okay, out with it!" I commanded. "What's really going on?""What do you mean?" She blinked, or tried to blink innocently at me."Everyone is acting weird..." I narrowed my eyes at her. "Including you."Olivia sighed tiredly. "Anna got fired. It sparked even more rumours especially since we just went through the first wave with James. A lot of people are talking. Your popularity rate has shot up a bit... But for all the wrong reasons."I waited for the drop in my stomach. The nervous twists in my guts. The heavy lump in my throat. But nothing came. I was numb to the gossip."And Lois is spreading rumours about what really went down in Seattle. She said you were two timing the Van–tech hire AND Mr Winston at the same time. And the Van–tech princess had a