Page 36 of Donut Overthink It

“Excuse me?” I snap. My head whips over to look at him.

“You heard me. Delete the fucking dating app.”

I huff. “You can’t tell me what to do, Mr. Kyle.”

“Do you even understand how dangerous that is?” he asks, and I see his knuckles whiten as he tightens his grip on the steering wheel. “How many dates have you had from the app?” he demands.

“Like six.” Maybe seven. I’m not sure. Never kept count.

“What?” he all but shouts.

I say nothing. I already answered his question.

“Who the fuck were they?”

“That is none of your damn business,” I snap.

“Hadley …”

“Are you going to list every woman you’ve fucked?” I ask, looking out the passenger window and watching him speed by all the cars.

“You’ve fucked them all?” he roars.

Of course not. I’m not a whore like him. But instead, I say, “Maybe I have. Maybe I haven’t.” I shrug carelessly.

He growls. “Hadley—”

“Shut up, Aiden!” I snap, interrupting him again. “You are no longer my boss. I quit, remember? And you are also not my boyfriend. So nothing you say has any importance or authority.” I cross my arms over my chest.

Thankfully, he does.

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I get out, surprised when Mr. Kyle gets out as well. “I don’t need you to walk me up,” I say over my shoulder.

He follows me silently up the stairs and to my door. When I step into my apartment, he does as well and closes the door behind him. “Really, you can go.” I gesture to the now shut door.

“I came here earlier to tell you something. I’m not gonna leave until I do,” he says matter-of-factly.

I push my right hip out. “And what is that? I’m not gonna come back. And I’m not deleting that app because you tell me to.” I thought about it on the elevator ride down to the lobby while he sat in his office talking to the cops who wanted to arrest me. I needed to quit. I have no other option. I will get another job and pay his brother for his services the right way. As much as I want to sleep with my boss, Andrea was right. It is very inappropriate, and it would not end well.

He gives me a small smile as he steps up to me. “I have ways to change your mind.”

My heart pounds in my chest. “Aiden …” I warn, not really knowing which one he is talking about.

His smile just grows. “I love it when you call me Aiden,” he says huskily.

“What are you doing?” I ask, taking another step back, but I run into my wall.

“You,” he says with a naughty smile on his face as his eyes look me up and down.

My pussy tightens. “And if I say no?” I ask with the arch of my brow. Play it tough.

He places his hands on the wall next to my head like he did that night at the restaurant and leans into me. I inhale his scent, and my pussy throbs. “You won’t.”

I chuckle nervously as I shift from foot to foot, needing to get away from him. “You sound pretty sure of yourself.”

He brings one hand off the wall and runs his knuckles down my cheek. My body shivers from the heat on his skin. He leans in and whispers against my lips. “I’m very sure of myself, Hadley.”

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