Page 177 of Billionaire Temptations

“You’ll see.”

He sighed. “Sit down.”

“Nah. I think I’ll stand.” I folded my arms.

“Emerson, SIT DOWN!” he shouted.

Stand your ground. Don’t let him boss you around.This whole argument stemmed because of him. If he only told me about Bella yesterday, I wouldn’t be standing here right now, hungover, and defiant.

“Please, Em. Have a seat, and let’s talk about this.” His voice softened. “Couples need to talk things out.”

“But see, Alex, the only thing you want to discuss is last night. About me and how I drank too much. But let me remind you of something. Have you forgotten the night that I had to pick up your drunk ass up at the bar and bring you home? Was that night ever discussed the next day? Or any day for that matter? No. It wasn’t. You refused to talk about it, yet that was okay. But now that it’s me, it’s a different story.”

He leaned back in his chair and crossed his arms. “We weren’t together, and the circumstances then were different.”

Okay, he had a point, but still, I wasn’t backing down.

“What was wrong with you yesterday? And I know damn well it had nothing to do with your period because you’re never like that.”

I stood there, leaned up against the wall, arms crossed and eyes staring at him. It was time just to lay it all out on the table.

“I went to your office yesterday with lunch to surprise you. Olivia wasn’t at her desk when I reached your office, but your door was slightly open. When I peeked inside, I saw you and Bella tightly hugging. I gave you the opportunity to tell me last night, and you didn’t. Do you know how that made me feel seeing that? I’m going to tell you something, Parker. You’re fucking lucky that I’m still here.”

His eyes narrowed at me before getting up from his seat and walking over to me.

“Don’t you dare come near me,” I spoke angrily, and he stopped. He knew I was serious.

“I was going to talk to you about that, but I didn’t want to last night because we were going to the club.”

“Really? Were you really going to tell me? It seems to me that you’re just saying that because you got caught.” I hissed.

“Think what you want, but you’re wrong. So that’s the reason you drank so much last night?”

“Duh! You would, too, if you found me in the arms of another man. My God, Alex, I would never put you through that. I just wanted to forget it because that’s all I could see. My heart is so broken right now that it even hurts to stand here and look at you.” A tear fell from my eye, and I wiped it away.

“I’m sorry, baby. Come here.”

“No. I don’t want you to hold me. I want an explanation. If there even is one. Maybe you’ve been secretly seeing her behind my back. Maybe everything you’ve said to me was lies.”

“Are you doubting my love for you?” he asked angrily.

“Maybe I am.” I looked down.

He placed his hands on his hips and turned his back to me. “We hit one bump in the road, and you doubt me and everything we’ve been through? Do you know how bad that hurts?”

“Not as bad as finding you in the arms of another woman when you are supposedly in love with me.”

He whipped himself around, and anger consumed him. “Supposedly? Fuck, Emerson. How can you say that?”

“All I wanted was for you to tell me why she was there.”

“And I was going to tell you today. But now, since you believe I don’t love you and all of this has meant nothing, there’s no need to discuss it because, apparently, you don’t believe anything I say. If that’s how you feel, then maybe you should leave.”

Oh boy, now he really had me fired up. My eyes burned into his. My heart pounded out of my chest, and a wave of nausea overtook me as he walked out of the room.

“Hey, Parker!” I yelled.

He turned and looked at me from the hallway. I held both my middle fingers up at him. “Bye, Felicia. By the way, I didn’t start my period. I. LIED. TO. YOU!”

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