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I walk briskly to Esther’s desk, which is situated outside the heavy wooden doors of her boss’s office It’s e on her desk with condensating on the wood, but she’s nowhere to be seen The door to his office is partially ajar, so I push it open and instantly see red They don’t even realize I a there Kilworth has his hands on her shoulders and is speaking to her in a low voice She’s trying to get away from him, but he squeezes her harder

“You know you want this, Esther Don’t be coy, that’s not sexy,” he growls leaning in to kiss her I push into the room further and wrench him away from her

“Roades? What the fuck are you doing here?” he bellows Esther doesn’t say anything, she is only holding onto her tummy

“I came to take Esther to lunch but find you with your hands on her instead I tried to be patient with you, asshole,” I say before hauling off and punching him in the nose as hard as I can

“You bwokedown his face Serves hiht, motherfucker

“You’re fucking lucky that’s all I broke, you piece of shit,” I say taking Esther by the hand She jerks out ofall over Kilworth’s expensive shoes He ju his nose

“Ugh,” he growls

“Holy shit, baby Are you okay?” I ask, immediately concerned

“I’o ho way, your wife called She’ll have tothat broken nose,” She says flipping her hair as she turns and strides froets married just to hit on other women? Pieces of shit, that’s who

“I’ the cops,” he says before I turn and leave

“You do that,” I holler as I take the few belongings Esther has gathered up, while she greedily drinks her water

“Are you sure you’re okay?” I ask again as soon as we are in the town car She’s been using et back and forth to work and she’s all but moved into my place

“So ht that’s been lifted off of my shoulders I hated it there I should have listened to pretty much everyone I know and never took the job”

“Why didn’t you, baby?” she shrugs her shoulders