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The thought of him being with me, marrying me, just because he decided to be a philanthropist all of a sudden makes me sick.
I’ll lock myself in the psychiatric ward if he so much as feels sorry for me.
I won’t be able to handle it.
Not from him.
Not after everything that’s transpired between us.
I can’t handle feeling small in front of him, of all people.
“Are you sure Eli didn’t help?” I ask Sam with a calm I don’t feel.
The sound of the blender echoes in the air before she stops it and pours the smoothie in my cup, taking her time as if she didn’t hear me.
Finally, she slides the cup in front of me and wipes her hands with a napkin. “What makes you believe that?”
“My memories, maybe.”
Unless…they were my imagination. The thought of that sends a tremor through me and I take a huge gulp of the smoothie to stop myself from hyperventilating.
Are my hallucinations getting more real now? I swear I could feel his hands all over me, his lips on my forehead, his gentle care.
“Please tell me they’re real memories,” I say in a small, panicked voice. “Please, Sam.”
“They are,” she says simply. “He carried you and refused my help to get you to bed.”
“Oh, thank God.” I breathe heavily until my rhythm goes back to normal, then narrow my eyes on her. “In that case, why did you lie?”
“I figured it’d make things simpler.”
“Well, it doesn’t. I want the truth, even if it hurts.” Which, in this case, it doesn’t.
She offers me a small smile, then turns around to disassemble the blender while I wallow in the truth that everything from last night was real.
No idea which I liked better. The sex or everything that followed.
“Did Eli leave early?” I ask.
“Yes.”
As always, Sam doesn’t elaborate and never will even with a gun to her head.
“Can you give more detail?”
“Like?”
“Why did he leave early?”
“You’ll have to ask Henderson. I manage the household, not his schedule.”
“Speaking of the household, why don’t I see half of the staff? The men, in particular?”
“They were sacked. The replacements will be women.”
My mouth hangs open. “Don’t tell me Eli did that?”
“Who else has that type of authority here?”
