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And when we woke up, his mouth was on mine. And then he was inside me, both of us arching into each other—a breath, a touch. Making love.

I was falling for Prior Brady, and I didn’t even know when I had begun to fall. Regardless, I knew I was going to land soon.

And as I gasped, both of us coming together, I wasn’t sure if it would hurt when I completed that fall.

Chapter 14

Paris

I leaned against the doorway,my arms folded over my chest, a brow raised. “So, it’s your last day.”

Prior grinned at me, his eyes brightening. “Finally, right? I mean, there’s only so much I can take,” he said deadpan, and I resisted the urge to flip him off.

After all, we were at work, and being crude wouldn’t be a great thing. As it was, we were good about not even flirting or touching while at the office, and though we were dating, nobody needed to know that. It might not be against the rules, but it still wasn’t good to flaunt our relationship or skirt the lines of what constituted appropriate workplace conduct. We could wait until later to be inappropriate with each other.

I smiled, my heart doing that annoying pitter-patter thing when I looked into his eyes. I wasn’t sure what that was about, but I needed it to stop, thank you very much. “Anyway, I finished up the last bit of our project today, at least my part. I’m sure your replacement’s going to have to go over everything you’ve done and change everything because, dear God, you do need some help.”

Prior rolled his eyes. “Sure. Whatever you say. I mean, you were the one who oversaw everything and double-checked, so I guess you’d be the one in the wrong in the end.”

“Oh, shush.”

“I’m sure you wanted to say something a little more vulgar.”

“Maybe. I did finish up the last part, signed, sealed and delivered back to your inbox.”

“Great. I have a few more weeks on it probably, but I’ll be at my old office getting things done.”

“And the new hire should be here on Monday.Finally.”

We both knew that I was saying “finally” for many reasons. Mostly because while I enjoyed working with Prior—he was probably the best person I had ever worked with—I was also tired of having to hide my emotions when it came to him. Considering that I was still figuring out what those were, I would prefer not to add an odd deception into the mix.

“You’re just going to let her talk to you like that?”

My shoulders tensed at the voice behind me, and Prior’s jaw clenched. Prior spoke first, thankfully, because I wanted to scream. “We were kidding, Benji. Get back to your desk.”

“You’re not the boss of me. What the hell is with you two? I knew you guys were fucking, but I didn’t realize you guys were going to fuck all of us over.”

I rolled on him. “What on earth do you mean?”

“About you guys fucking? Everyone knows it. We’re all talking about it.”

I looked past him at the others on our floor, and they shifted from foot to foot, not looking at me.

Oh, so that’s how it was. Maybe I needed to leave and get a new job. This was too much.

“It’s none of your business.” Prior sounded calm and cool, but I knew he was anything but. He was as hot-headed as I was and had to force himself to hold it back like I was trying to do.

“Seriously, Benji, just walk it off. Don’t say something you’re going to regret,” Prior added.

“Look at you, a team. Is this how you got to where you are in your business?” Benji asked me. “Fucking your way to the top. I guess you’re a decent piece of ass, but you’re lucky that your little boyfriend will be gone. You’re going to be following right on his heels. After all, I already told George what you’ve been up to.”

My hand shook at my side, and I could feel Prior coming up behind me. I held up my hand, hoping that he would see that I could handle this. And I was going to handle it.

“I’m done.” My voice sounded calm to my ears, but anyone who knew me would be able to hear the rage.

“You’re finally going to quit?” Benji asked, his eyes gleaming with a manic anger I didn’t understand. He’d had an alibi for the time I’d gotten attacked, but maybe it was a lie? Because that same sense of dread filled me when I looked at him, and my mouth went dry. I ignored all that and focused on what I needed to say.

“I’m done taking this. I only did for this long because I thought if I ignored you, you would go away. But that hasn’t been the case. What you said right now? It was beyond inappropriate. I could sue you for your words alone. And everyone else on this floor, even if they won’t stand up for me, heard it.”