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“I told you, I’ well”

“What the fuck does that h with you? Do I need to crush someone’s skull?”

My lips curled into a reluctant s That was pretty much Jasper in a nutshell, and I hated that his words had the ability to affect me so much

“Thank you, but no I’ well Sick”

“Did you drink toofor time off?”

I rolled ? In an Ashby company I don’t think so I’ all day if you want all the dirty details”

“I don’t,” he growled “What ti in today?”

“I’m not”

“Then I guess I’ll have to look for your replaceravelly voice didn’t scare ame ays played when I needed a day or two off work

Today though, I wasn’t in thein today You and Midnight Mass will be just fine without me”

I ended the call before I said more on topics that were best left unsaid

I knew Jasper cared about his businesses, all of them, hell he even cared about me in his oay, but when I was sick like this, his ruthlessness, his aloofness, only seemed like dickish behavior

The things love will let you ignore

Withwater, lemon, and salted potato chips, just in case the sto For hours I re on and off As long as I didn’t reat Wonderful

The sun slowly sank behind the horizon, bathingit in perfect darkness Other than a few trips to the bathroo to episode after episode of so competition It wasn’t hoould have normally wasted a day off work, especially a Saturday, but e today, and I was just her bitch

A knock sounded on the door, and I froze, looking around the roo in the dark corners Slowly, I sat up on the sofa and looked around once again when the next round of knocking began This was the Penthouse suite, and no one got up without a key or a call Curiosity got the better of me, and I crept down the hall toward the door and looked through the peephole with a frown