Page 17 of Craving You
Once I am ready, I skip coffee and breakfast and leave the apartment while Tris is in the bathroom.I can’t handle today, and I am ready to go back to bed already.For the entire drive to work, I blare music to try and drown out the noise in my brain.It works until I have to go inside.Remy’s truck is here already.
“Great,” I mutter to myself as I walk into the building.I see him talking to someone in the lobby, but I go straight for the elevator.I get inside and the doors are about to close when he puts his hand in the way and they open.
“Good morning to you too,” he says with a smile as the doors close.Instead of engaging, I pull my phone out and doom scroll on social media until the elevator opens again.I slip out and go straight for my office, shutting the door before he can get to me.
I sit at my desk and close my eyes for a moment.I need to just chill out, and everything will go back to normal in a few days.He will forget that I threw myself at him like a cheap crack whore, and all will be well.
“What?”I snap when my door comes open.
“Damn.Sorry,” Cam laughs.
“Sorry,” I sigh.
“I brought you coffee, since you ditched Tris,” he says, sitting a coffee on the desk in front of me.
“Thanks,” I say.“She told me you monster fucked her… Her words, not mine.”
“Yeah… I did,” he laughs.“Is that bad?”
“No.I’m glad you two have finally figured things out,” I say.
“I hear you have had some shit going on,” he says.
“Which one ran their mouth,” I ask with a frown.
“Neither,” he says.“What’s going on?”
“Nothing I can’t handle,” I say.“You two have a meeting first thing at eight.”
“Lorelei,” he says.
“Cameron, please don’t,” I say with a sigh.I look up and see that Remy is standing in the doorway, leaning against the frame.“Can everyone just leave me alone?”
“Sorry.You are coming to the meeting you demanded to be a part of,” Cam says to me with a smile.“Get your shit and come on.”
“Whatever,” I say.I grab my laptop and phone before standing.I go to step past Cam, but he stands and blocks me.“Cam…”
“Don’t forget your coffee, sis,” he says, handing me my cup.I frown at him before he finally moves.I get to the door, and Remy doesn’t move.
“Move,” I say.He just looks at me, studying me.“Goddamn it… Remy, please move.”
“You and I need to talk later,” he says simply, before stepping out of the way.
“Good fucking luck,” I mutter.I walk out of the room and run into Tris.
“You ditched me,” she frowns.I just step past her and go down to the conference room.They all follow, but it makes me just want to run.I am on edge and I can’t stand it here today.
I get into the room and sit.Cam sits on one side of me and Remy is on the other.Tris sits beside Cam and I ignore them all and get on my laptop to start working.“Are you mad at me?”Remy asks softly as he leans in to speak.
“No.”
“What’s wrong?”he asks.
“Just feel like an idiot,” I say simply.Cam starts the meeting, and I focus on typing out notes as they talk.I get lost in my thoughts and before I know it, I look up and everyone is staring at me.
“Does that work?”Cam asks.
“I was… sorry, does what work?”
