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Chapter One

Her life was over

Madison couldn’t believe this was happening Not to her She was good at her job Maybe she’d misunderstood her boss’s words

“What do you o?” Madison said in a raw voice

Joanna stared at her hands for a aze “I have to fire you, Miss Fairbanks”

Fire her? Soo

“Why?” she asked She was so utterly shocked that her face tingled Her heart raced out of control She doubted her knees would support her if she stood up froood at o?”

Joanna’s dark eyes shifted to her desk calendar, and she rubbed a finger along its sht towith a client”

Madison’s breath came out in a whoosh She couldn’t deny it—it happened to be true But how did Joanna know about her relationship with Sole Regret’s lead guitarist? She’d been careful to keep their involvement hidden from everyone at work Hell, her parents didn’t even know she was seeing him

“In your office,” Joanna added

Madison couldn’t deny that either Who had found out? Who had tattled on her? Had they been overheard? She’d been really careful about that too, keeping her cries of pleasure locked inside

“Do you deny it?” Joanna pressed

Madison was a bad liar, but if lyingher jobShe loved her job

But she loved Adam more

“Do you have proof?” Madison asked, her stomach twisted in a knot

“Enough”

Madison lowered her eyes to stare at the photograph on Joanna’s desk The woaze on the dogs as she struggled to find her rational mind

“This is er comes here for therapy Perhaps an unpaid leave of absence would be more reasonable”

“I’d rather dise to our reputation”

Her habit? She didn’t have sexual relationships with clients—Ada the exception

“Iin love with a client,” she said “I admit it”

“And what should you have done about it?”

Madison closed her eyes She knehat she should have done She’d even started the process, before deciding it wasn’t right for Adam the addict, even if it would have protected Adam her lover

“I should have referred him to a different counselor,” she said “But he was finally ress in his treat him on someone else would have sent him back to square one He isn’t soet him to even talk to me”