Page 40 of Savage Bosses

Will You

Tiffany

“Y

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

After my run in with Russell Friday night, I’ve been a ball of nerves. Nico has constantly asked me if everything was okay. I’ve been so anxious about running into Russ today that I even got sick this morning. I tossed all my breakfast in the toilet before I left the house.

“Girl, what are you talking about? I told you what I’m dealing with. Have you seen Russ?”

Mira waves me off. “Fuck him. If I see him, you will know because I’m going to kick his ass for disrespecting you. But I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about the way that man of yours got you glowing.”

Just the mention of Nico has a smile turning my lips up. Even on my worse day, that man just makes me happy.

“It’s just moisturizer,” I say jokingly.

Mira rolls her eyes. “No moisturizer got you like that. That, my dear, is good dick and love. And baby girl, you got both.”

My face heats. I can’t deny anything she just said.

“Have you told him yet?” She asks propping a hip up against my desk.

“Told him what?”

She tightens her lips at me. “That you love him.”

Shaking my head, I push my braids over my shoulder. “It’s too soon. I’ve only known him for ten months. And we’ve only been dating four.”

“And,” Mira asks. “When I first met Quentin, I knew he was special. Two months into our relationship, we knew we would be getting married one day. Love doesn’t require a time frame. It happens when it happens.”

I shake my head trying to dispute her claims. However, I couldn’t deny the fact that I was indeed head over heels in love with Niccolo Basille. So much so, I couldn’t imagine my life without him in it. I spent years with Marcus, and it never felt like this.

“I’m scared shitless,” I admit.

Mira places a hand on my shoulder and looks me directly in the eye. “If you weren’t I’d be concerned. But don’t let your fear keep you from your future. Claim your man, girl.”

I let out a breath. Tonight, I was going to tell Nico how I felt. “Okay, but right now, I need to talk to Russ before he does something stupid.”

Mira rolls her eyes before standing up straight. “Let me talk to his ass.”

I laugh because we both know she wouldn’t be doing much talking. Just then a ripple of chatter can be heard around the office. I stand from my seat and Mira and my attention goes to the front of the building where everyone seems to be gathered.

“What the hell?” Mira says. She takes off toward the group of employees. I follow behind her.

“What going on?” Mira asks Heather, the front desk receptionist. However, Tess answers instead.

“It’s Russ,” she wipes as a stray tear falls from her eyes. “Apparently, he was robbed last night. Some thugs broke into his house and attacked him. He’s in the hospital in critical condition. The doctors say they don’t know if he will make it.”

My heart starts pounding in my chest and the room spins. Despite the way he treated me at the restaurant, I didn’t want him to die. I take a staggering step back.

“Hey, are you okay?” Mira asks, looking at me as if I’ve grown two heads.

“I need to sit down.” Those are the last words I remember saying before everything went black.

After passing out at work, I was rushed to the hospital despite telling everyone I was fine. However, Mira and Nico were not having it. I’ve been in this room for an hour waiting for doctors to tell me what I already know. Clearly, the news of Russ and the lack of food got to me and caused me to black out. All I needed was to eat and possibly relax.

I look over to my right, Nico is pacing the floor. Ever since I sent Mira home, he took her spot in pacing. They are more stressed than I am.

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