Chapter 351: Running Late

Ella's POV:

I'm running late! Again!

This time instead of disappointing my boss, a grown-up who can handle it, I've broken a little boy's heart. His eyes are tearstained as he stands at the window, hands pressed firmly against the panes of glass, waiting for me to pick him up.

F*ck!

I'd had to stay later at work to compensate for the time I'd missed this morning. That wouldn't have been a problem, except that Riggens had pulled me into his office just as I was about to leave.

It hadn't even been about anything important.

Now there is a pretty little five-year-old boy feeling like he's been abandoned as he waits for me to pick him up from his childminder's house.

His eyes light up when he sees me get out of the car, only for them to go cold a moment later. He's going to make me suffer for keeping him waiting. I'd promised to take him shopping for a Christmas gift for mum tonight.