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"Alright, I'm going to let you go now, alright?" I asked, and she nodded in response.
"Yes, Sir, thank you."
Gradually, I moved away, and her hand instantly shot up to take over the towel, held to within an inch of her life. It would have been amusing, the desperate way in which she grabbed it, if the entire situation wasn’t quite grim. The bathroom was dangerous. It was filled with so much glass and marble that if she had truly landed wrong, she could have cracked her skull in two.
I stared at her and couldn't help but worry about her. We had a tight schedule to keep for the day, but we really couldn’t do any of that if she was in some crisis, could we? My gaze lowered down to her knees, and I could see the bruise already forming.
"Turn your neck," I said, and her eyes finally met mine. For a moment, I was startled. It felt like I was looking at someone I had never seen before.
She was always in thick, huge glasses that seemed to be the only thing preventing her from being completely labeled as blind, so I had never actually seen her eyes before, nor had I cared. And her hair... was curly. Dark chocolate brown, wet... it surprised me because I never knew she had this much hair. It was always bone straight, tied and tucked into the back of her head, with not a single hair out of place.
It made her look more than anything like a fifty-year-old middle school math teacher, and then of course there were her baggy black and white suits. I knew she was young, but her usual appearance was so stoic that it made me wonder where she had grown up.
She looked like an unattractive country bumpkin who would do nothing but focus on her work and given the experience I had had so far with prior secretaries; this was exactly what I had preferred.
Therefore, everything had gone smoothly … until now. Her eyes were the most gorgeous hazel I had ever seen, golden with some hints of green in them, her lashes were long and wet and made her seem almost like a doll. I couldn’t look away.
"Sir?" she called, and I finally came to my senses.
"Can you shift the breakfast meeting we have with the clients this morning?" I asked. "I think we need to quickly get you to a hospital so you can be checked properly for any signs of more severe injury."
"No, Sir," she immediately refused and tried to shake her head, but she was seemingly dazed.
"Ow," she cried quietly, and my gaze narrowed at her.
"Sure you still want to refuse?" I asked, and this time around she didn’t move. Instead, she used only her words.
"I'm fine, Sir," she said. "Really fine."
"Alright," I replied, not wanting to drag this on unnecessarily. "Get dressed then and let me know if there are any complications."
"Yes, Sir," she replied and turned around, exiting the bathroom.
Chapter Two
Madison
"Holy shit!" I heard the voice suddenly say. The sound echoed so much through the room that I jumped again and almost fell down and broke my head for the second time within the space of five minutes.
With my hand to my chest, I went still and tried to calm myself so I wouldn't permanently dislocate my neck. Eventually, when I felt stable enough, I opened my eyes and glared at the phone positioned against the wall on the vanity. Emma's face filled up the entire screen, and her attention was so rapt it was almost amusing.
"First of all, that was your boss, right? And secondly, oh my God, I think he saw you."
Walking slowly toward the sink, I rolled my dry eyes at her drivel.
"No kidding."
"Shit," she was amused. "This is kind of intriguing."
"I almost died, you ass."
"Well, I swear I saw the spider. It was crawling behind you. Didn't you see it?"
"You really want me to turn around to check again?" I asked. "With my broken neck?"
Her smile turned sheepish. "I'm sorry, Maddy. You’re right, it could have been so dangerous. When you screamed, my heart was pounding so fast. If you hadn’t responded to him, I would have called the police or emergency services right away. That was scary."
I ignored her as I grabbed the robe hanging on the wall and put it on.
