Page 63 of Tempting Rowan (Trace + Olivia 3)
“Yeah?” I asked, when I stopped in front of her.
The way she was looking at me had me breaking out in a nervous sweat. “Honey, I have some bad news,” she patted my arm. It was obvious she didn’t want to continue to speak further, but had to. “We have to let you go.”
“What?” I gasped, stumbling back. I needed this job. Without it, I was screwed. “Why?” I couldn’t understand. Was this some cruel joke? I was a hard worker and I never caused trouble.
“Honey,” her voice was hushed, “there was…something on the security tapes.”
I closed my eyes. This couldn’t be happening.
“We can’t have someone working here that would do something like that,” she looked at me sadly, not with disgust, which surprised me.
I nodded. “I understand.” I cringed at the fact that Mary, someone I respected, had seen me like that. I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to look at her ever again.
I walked away from her and out the door, straight to my car. My posture was stiff and I was completely stunned that that had just happened. I couldn’t seem to process the fact that I had just gotten fired. I knew what Trent and I had done in the library was wrong, and I had to pay the consequences.
I leaned my head against the headrest.
Unlike most people, I was more upset over losing my job than I was about them having watched Trent and I have sex. Without a job, I was screwed. Simple as that.
I picked up my phone, my fingers clumsy with my anger.
“Hello?” Trent answered and he sounded half-asleep.
“I got fired,” I seethed. “I need that job, Trent! I don’t know what I’m going to do!”
“Whoa, slow down,” he sounded slightly more alert, “why’d you get fired?”
I frowned, staring up at the ceiling of my car. “They saw us, Trent…on the security tapes.”
“A library has cameras?” He asked in disbelief.
“Yeah,” I said slowly, angry with myself. “I have to have a job, Trent.” My head fell against the steering wheel, honking the horn.
“Did you just honk your car horn?” He chuckled.
“It was an accident,” I mumbled.
“So…they seriously have it on tape?” He cleared his throat. “Us having sex?”
“No, they fired me because I let a bunny loose around the library!” I was getting pissed now. “Of course they have it on tape!”
“Think they’d let me buy it?” His voice was serious.
“Trent!” I exclaimed.
“What? I didn’t say I was going to watch it,” he said, and there was rustling in the background. “But I’d hate for something like that to get out. I can tell you’re upset. Let me fix this.”
“I don’t care about the sex tape! All I care about is the fact that I’m jobless!”
Trent chuckled. “You are such an unusual woman. As for your ‘jobless’ problem, I think I have a solution for that.”
“You do?” For the first time since Mary had said they’d have to let me go, I could breathe again.
“Yeah,” he mumbled and there was more shuffling. “Meet me at Trace’s.”
“Uh…I don’t know where he lives.”
He laughed at that. “I meant at his shop.”
