Page 106 of Rough Fantasy
“I’m fine.”
They said nothing.
“Is that all?”
Zeke walked closer. “Maybe you should go home and get some sleep this afternoon.”
She looked up from her computer screen. “What?”
“Love, you look worn out.”
She frowned. “Way to make me feel good, Zeke.”
“No, seriously, how much sleep have you gotten?”
She glanced at Rory who was watching her closely as if worried she would break down in tears.
“Not much. I have insomnia most of the time when I return from Hawaii.”
Which was kind of true. Okay, not really, but she figured she wouldn’t go to hell for a lie. Considering the things she’d done in Hawaii with these two, God would probably be more upset with that than her little white lie.
“Still, you look really tired. Why not at least work from home? It might do a little good to get out of the office.”
She looked from one to the other and hurt. The pain in her chest was worse than when she’d been attacked. Going home wasn’t what she thought she would do today, but maybe a break from seeing the two men she loved but who apparently didn’t love her, might be a good thing.
“Okay.”
She started shutting down things.
“Maura,” Rory said, his voice annoyed.
She didn’t look up from her work. “What?”
“Look at me. At us.”
She forced herself to do it. “What?”
“You can talk to us.”
She didn’t know what was behind that comment, but she couldn’t deal with them. Not now. She was raw. She knew what she had agreed to when they had been on vacation, but she had fooled herself while they had been there.
“What do you want me to talk to you about?” she asked wondering if they really knew just how much this was hurting her. They had each other. She had no one.
She had walked around the desk but Rory stepped in front of her.
“Don’t make me order you to answer questions.”
She gave him what she hoped was a condescending look. “Don’t try that with me, Rory. I don’t play games out of the bedroom and you know that.”
“I seemed to remember a little incident in the kitchen…and one that started in the car.”
The memory of that was like a jab to the heart. She had thought they were moving on to something more than just a fling. But the guys had proven her wrong. Trust in your partners was needed for a real relationship and they and proven that they didn’t believe in her.
“I’m not in the mood for this.”
He opened his mouth but Zeke interrupted them.
“I think you need to get some rest, love.”