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“I’et about Erica” Shane was serious now He had stopped joking around and was talking to me with an expression I didn’t see very often on his face In a way, I understood what he was saying, but it wasn’t that easy just to let go After everything that had happened between us, hoas I supposed to cut Erica loose and feel nothing?

We talked about other things for the duration of our lunchti at Shane’s co was fine Buthat Shane had said and hat I had accepted I was feeling for Erica Until now, I had been pretty sure about where I was headed, but noas torn I had spoken to Shane in the hope that it would s easier for me Instead, it had only made it harder

By the time we returned to the office, I knehat I wanted to do I had to get away from the office for a while I had to distanceso I could think clearly about as going on in ure out how I felt about Erica and how I felt about the co it I had to consider the consequences Fro out so that I could keep my relationship with Erica and the company I would have to sacrifice one of them, and I didn’t know if I had what it took to do it

Maybe soive me a bit of clarity Maybe if I disappeared for a few days and learned to live without both Erica and the company, I could find out which was more important

Chapter 20

Erica

Brett had been gone fro to wonder where he was Despite everything that had happened because of the article and the photos that had come out, Brett had kept in constant contact with uise of work This time, Brett had disappeared completely, and I wasn’t sure if I should be worried

Considering that I had wanted to do the sa to escape I only wished he had told one

By Thursday I still wasn’t feeling well I had ruled out the option of it being a sto because it had been nearly a week and I was pretty sure stoetting better, I was on the verge of being sick all the time It never developed into the full-on flu, but it never cleared up either In fact, I was starting to get truly nauseated

Considering that the passing time had allowed me to rule out most illnesses, I was almost certain it was because of the stress Theto get better at the office, but it was far fro to the pressure again

Because of o out for drinks the e liked to do on Thursdays Instead, I oing on

“How does someone as famous as Brett, with so much media on his ass, just disappear?” Katie asked

“If I kneouldn’t sit here co absent, the people in the office are staring at me less”

Katie shrugged “I guess that’s one way to look at it I don’t think it’s fair of hih”

I agreed with her, but there was nothing I could do He didn’t owe reed fros-attached sex When I had asked his were forAs far as Brett was concerned, he had no reason to keep checking in with

No matter how much I wanted it

Lately, I had started thinking about what it would be like to be with Brett There was nothing as character revealing as seeing so that had gone wrong with control I had seen sofor hiet involved with him

Unfortunately, it didn’t seem like Brett wanted to be involved with me I shouldn’t have been upset about it I was the one who had told him I understood that it couldn’t bedifferently now