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“God, no. How can you even ask me that?”
“I don’t believe you because we first slept together when I told you I knew them!”
“I swear to you, Nick. That wasn’t why I slept with you.” I could feel the tears stinging my eyes.
He rubbed his forehead and looked down.
“You had plenty of opportunity to tell me they were your family, but you hid the truth from me. I am so sick and tired of the secrets you women keep. And to think I was falling in love with you. But you know what? I’m happy the truth came out before things with us went any further. If they ever would have because you only used me to get to your family.”
“That is not true!” I shouted, tears streaming down my face.
“Yeah, it is! This thing we had is over. Do you understand me? I don’t want to see you, talk to you, or anything else. I should have fucking known better.” He shook his head and headed toward the door.
“Nick, wait! Please!” I ran after him.
“I’m done, Claire. Have a nice life.” He opened the door and walked out.
“Nick!” I shouted, banging my fists on the door and laying my forehead against it.
Slowly walking to the couch, I sat down, lifted my knees, and cried as my arms wrapped tightly around my legs. The ache in my heart burned, and the more I tried to breathe, the harder it became. I didn’t know what to do. Reaching over to the end table and grabbing my phone, I sent Nick a text.
“Please, Nick. I swear I didn’t use you. I have feelings for you, too. Please, let’s talk about this. Let me explain everything.”
I hit send and watched, waiting for the word “delivered” to appear. It didn’t. He’d already blocked my number.
“Fuck!” I shouted as I threw my phone across the room.
Getting up from the couch, I went into the bathroom and started the water for a bath, pouring some soothing lavender-scented bubble bath under the stream. After twisting my hair up, I stripped out of my clothes and climbed into the tub, sinking down as my head rested on the white bath pillow. I didn’t know if I could stay here anymore. Sam said the house renovation would take about a month. I only had my clothes with me. The rest of my things were in a storage unit back in Connecticut. I could easily pack my suitcases and stay in a hotel for the next month.
The following morning, I was exhausted from my two hours of sleep. Putting myself together, I grabbed the two large suitcases I’d packed last night, my purse, and my carry-on bag, and left the apartment. When I reached my car, I noticed Nick’s was gone.
“Good morning.” Shaun smiled when I reached his office.
“Morning.” I smiled to hide the pain I felt inside.
“You have no idea how happy this makes me that you’re here,” he spoke, kissing my cheek. “Let’s get you settled in your office.”
I followed him down the hall to my new corner office and set my purse on the chair.
“I hope you’ll be comfortable in here,” Shaun said.
“I will be. This is really nice. Thank you.” I smiled.
His eyes narrowed at me for a moment. “You’re welcome. We have a meeting in conference room three in thirty minutes.” He looked at his watch.
“I’ll be there.”
“Hi, Mr. Kind,” a young woman walked in.
“Morning, Tessa. Make sure Miss Monet has everything she needs.”
“I will. Hi, Miss Monet. I’m Tessa. I wasn’t here yesterday when Mr. Kind showed you around.”
“It’s nice to meet you, Tessa.” I extended my hand with a smile. “You can call me Claire.”
“Oh, okay.” She grinned. “Can I get you some coffee?”
“That would be great. Just black.”
