Page 39 of Desire Me

He narrows his eyes. “With you.”

“Damn brother, give the girl a break. She doesn’t need you hovering over her while she takes a piss,” Salv jokes.

“Fuck off, Salv.” Nico places a kiss on my forehead before retaking his seat.

“I’ll go with her,” Mia offers. “But if she tries to run off, I’m not stopping her.” She says, standing beside me.

“Ms. Montgomery,” Mason’s deep voice calls out to Mia before we even take a step away from the table. Mia turns to look at him. “Do not make me come look for you.”

She shoots him the bird before following me to the restroom.

Mia and I quickly use the bathroom before washing our hands and walking out.

“I guess Tess was right?”

I turn around at the sound of Russ’s voice. I wasn’t expecting to see him here. He was leaning against the other side of the women’s bathroom door.

“Russell, what are you doing here?”

He shakes his head pushing away from the wall. “I really thought you were different. You pretended to be committed to Marcus even though he was no longer in the leagues, but I see now you were just waiting for your next meal ticket.”

I’m taken aback by his words. I met Russell when I first started at Morgan and Prescott. We were work friends, but he doesn’t know me well enough to make any kind of assumptions about me.

“You’re calling me a gold digger? Wow, very original. It’s obvious you know nothing about me.”

“I know that you’re here kissing the man that you’re supposed to be working for. The man you swore was only a friend.”

My instinct is to explain myself. To tell Russell that at the time Nico and I were still friends and that our relationship grew naturally like any other relationship. However, another part of me—the part I’m sure my best friend Mira would be proud of—told me otherwise.

“You’re right, we aren’t friends anymore. But none of that is your business. Have a great night.” I turn my back to him. “Come on, Mia,” I say. We take two steps before his next words stop me.

“I’ll be sure to let Mr. Johnson and Mr. Paulson know the type of woman you are. I’m sure they don’t want someone like you representing their company.”

I turn to face him, and he has a smug look on his face. Even though my eyes water at what he implicated I don’t let the tears fall. “Fuck you, Russ.”

“I’ll wait my turn,” he snaps.

I don’t want to hear anything else he says. I walk away leaving him in the hallway. The moment I get back to the table, Nico is on his feet.

“Is everything alright?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

He doesn’t reply. He stares at me, and I know he sees the tears watering in my eyes. This man knows me so well I wouldn’t doubt that even without the tears he would know something was wrong. He cuts his eyes to Mia.

“What happened?”

I turn to a red face Mia. She looks at me and I plead with my eyes for her not to say anything. I know that if I tell Nico, he will probably go up to my job tomorrow and demand Russ be fired. He may even get his attorneys to sue the shit out of Russell for his comments. However, I didn’t want that. I was going to handle Russ myself.

Mia turns back to Nico and with a smile says, “Nothing.”

chapter fifteen

Will You

Tiffany

“You’re glowing,” Mira says as she appears at my desk.

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