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I wish I could hear what they’re saying, but even then, Damon never raises his voice. I hate that I’ve become this girl, first with Harvey and now with Damon.
Prying, snooping, begging.
My confidence sinks deeper and deeper.
To avoid doing more damage, I head to the kitchen to make some tea. Anything to keep my thoughts occupied.
When I’m done wasting time, I head back to my desk. Damon sent me an email telling me to hold his calls and cancel his meetings for the rest of the day.
I peek inside his office only to find it empty, and that’s when worry kicks in: he left with that woman.
I spot a small box on his desk, so I make my way over. Inside is a hidden picture frame and what seems like pink and purple journals.
I pick up the pink journal—knowing I shouldn’t—knowing this would break Damon’s trust in me if he walked in right now and saw me rummaging through his things.
Ignoring that little voice of reason, I flip the hardcover over,seeing the majority of pages completely ripped from its spine, the words written in beautiful cursive.
Don’t read it, Gemma. He’d hate you for it.
I know—I know Damon would hate me if he knew. So I drop it back into the box, pulling myself away from it as if the journal contained a soulless monster.
One thought consumes me as I sit down on my desk chair and continue to work. He’s gone, and he’s not coming back for the rest of the day.
The muscles of my heart spasm.
Hetoldme. He told me not to fall for him...
“I don’t know how many times I called you! I can’t believe you’d ignore me, Gem. Now Iknowyou slept with him.”
I narrow my eyes at her while I brush Athena’s hair before her bedtime.
“Gem Gem sleep?” Athena asks innocently.
“Time for bed, sweetie,” Gia tells her gently, staring at me with the mean eyes she’s been giving me ever since I got here. I told her something happened and I wished to sleep at her place to have some space.
“Goodnight.” I kiss my niece on the cheek, and she hugs me tightly. I rejoice in this moment, in her love, in her innocence soothing me when I most need it.
They leave me alone, and I’m back in Damonland dreaming and thinking and overthinking. It’s all I’ve been doing today, thinking about Ms.Sutton.
“Spill.” Gia says when she comes back.
“We had sex.”
“And? How was it?”
I look away, my thoughts taking me back to the previous night. My body heats up, thinking about his thrusts and kisses.
“Something else. It was something else.”
“In a good way?”
I nod. “Very good way.”
She sighs. “I almost envy you, Gem. James is always tired because of work, and I’m often in the mood when I’m pregnant.”
“Sure, sure.”
“And Harvey?” She asks, placing a pillow beneath her feet on the coffee table.
