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This was business He was out of ht of torrid, exquisite sex I could carry around with me in my ordinary life

Bella was on the top floor

Was the top floor

The entire top floor

Swanky

Very swanky It should not have been a paralegal co, it should’ve been a partner with at least one associate with them Now I understood why Linda Huntley had worn such a sneer when she’d toldShe was a second-year associate who fucking hated me She hated that I’d been at the firm for five years and that I was treated with respect despite being a lowly paralegal

She hated ered many insecurities she held about herself

“I’ toward the elevator I bit the inside of my lip after I spoke

Was I really worried? Did I really care? I wasthis call because this is what a worried fiancée would do, same with all the other calls But there was no pit at the bottoht about hi me it was time to call, to play ht, I hadn’t seen hi, since the dry, half-hearted kiss he gave me before he walked out the door

“I’ht not be able to get a hold of me for an hour or two But hopefully I’ll see you at home I—”

I cut myself off as I was about to say the three words that had beco I’d been saying the them I wondered if I’d ever meant them at all

“I hope you’re okay,” I said quickly, hanging up and walking into the elevator

By the tiot to the top floor, Pete had disappeared from my mind entirely

The offices were huge Classy Everything was decorated in dark, war room were not cheap and worn They were plush, expensive and comfortable The coffee table didn’t have a speck of dust, and instead of worn, year old azines on top, there were books The classics I picked up Wuthering Heights, flipping through the pages A first edition sat on the bookshelves at the apart of it as home? It was one of my favorite books I loved how dark, hateful and unlikeable the characters were That the dead never really died, they haunted the living, stalking their steps Heathcliff digs up Catherine’s bones so he can be closer to her That kind of love was sick Unnatural But fascinating Alluring Twisted up with their need for revenge, for the upper hand, they both diefor one another, cursed by the choices their love forced them to make

It was a real ending Their love was insatiable They desired everything from each other, to their very marrow