Reading my message, questions flood through my mind. The biggest being, how the heck does he know I’ve moved? I haven’t told him, and I doubt Garnar would. Thea doesn’t know him.Cynthia’s message flashes through my mind. Sorry.Oh my God, Cynthia. What did you do?Before I can confront her, though,
He hangs up before I can reply. He always seems to have to get the last word in.For me, he said. Like I wouldn’t be careful for myself.Although, as much as I hate to admit it, that does seem to motivate me a little more to be careful. Maybe I will buy a mini-fridge for my room, to keep Garnar or T
To distract myself from my terrible home situation, I continue to throw myself entirely into my work. I push myself to the limits, even eating at my desk to work through my lunch. I don’t take any breaks during the day, except the occasional five minutes to run to the bathroom.Eventually, my work s
Amber cackles the entire way back to her own desk. I probably should have told her that if she spends so much time harassing me, her own work is bound to suffer. With the way she talks to me, I doubt she’d take my words all that seriously.I need to forget her entirely. Forget her threats and her mo
Miles’s words rattle through me. “I’m not your enemy,” I say at once.“You work for Hugo. You want to be a reporter. You did all of this without saying one word to me, even though we’ve talked since this all happened. What am I supposed to think?”“This job is for me, Miles. It has nothing to do wit
“I’m sorry, Esther,” he says, but doesn’t really seem all that sorry with a grin on his face.“We don’t have a pleasure relationship,” I argue.He shrugs. “I’ve seen you naked.”“That was the past.”He leans forward again. “I still dream about it.”Just like that, my blush returns full blast. This t
I’m about to be fired? There’s no way that could be true. Hugo wouldn’t call the whole office to a meeting room just to humiliate me like that. I might not know him all that well, but I couldn’t imagine, with what I do know of him, that he would fire people in that way.More likely, Amber’s just try
That night, once the girls have gone to bed, I sit in my room with the door closed and locked and replay the day. I can’t stop thinking about talking with Miles. I was so sure that I had him convinced, only for him to back off – because why? Because he wants me?Yet, as I think more on it, slowly I