Chapter 78

"Explain." He'd looked me up and down only to sigh with annoyance. His voice was tinged with that same flare of aggravation

"May I come in?" I looked around the hallway, even though I knew we were the only people that could be in the hallway. Security ensured that.

"Why? I think you've got a story to tell but it would seem that... hmm," he paused to tap at the doorframe with a thick index finger. "It would appear there was a lie somewhere along the way and I hate liars."

"I know, and it wasn't meant to be this way, but I didn't know how to fix it, once it all started."

"Right." He stroked his smooth, bare chin with that same index finger and let his eyes wander from my lips to my cleavage. I held my breath and waited. "Come in, explain to us what exactly 'it' is and how it happened."

"Thank you." I'd hoped I'd get this chance and now that I had, relief flooded through every muscle in my body. "I really appreciate it."