Covet - Eve Vaughn Page 0,16

how long I stayed on my knees, but it felt like a very long time until I was able to bring myself to move. I slowly wobbled to my feet and managed to make it to his private restroom on shaky legs.

The sight that greeted me in the mirror was horrifying. The stranger staring back at me with the mussed hair, smeared make up, and splotches of his cum around my mouth looked like a used porn star. My stomach was queasy, and I wanted to throw up in disgust for myself because I didn’t completely hate what I’d done—what he’d done to me to as much as I should have.

I grabbed some paper towels and took my time cleaning my face to delay having to face Nick again. I was certain that he would be gloating, and I didn’t want to endure the expression on his face.

My time in the bathroom didn’t last as long as I would have liked because an aggressive knock on the door brought me out of my pity party of one.

“You’ve been hiding in there long enough.”

He was so lucky I didn’t have any weapons packed in my purse because I would have surely killed him right then. In a small act of defiance, I lingered just a little longer. I refreshed my makeup and smoothed the wrinkles out of my clothes before squaring my shoulders and heading out to his office.

Nick stood in the center of the room with his arms folded behind his back, his expression unreadable, but I could tell the cogs in his brain were spinning. They usually were.

He didn’t speak right away, deepening the already tense atmosphere. I had no other reason to be here except for one thing, and it appeared he was going to make me bring it up.

I wish I could have said fuck it and walked away, and I would have if I had needed the money for myself. “So will I get a check, or should I leave my bank account and routing numbers?” I surprised myself with how steady I was able to make my voice sound even when my nerves were on edge.

He gave me a hard stare, his green eyes narrowed, leaving no doubt in my mind the contempt he had for me. “That’s all you care about isn’t it? The money?”

I shrugged seeing no other course than to brazen this out. My pride had already been shredded to bits. “We both know it’s what I came for. Why you made me—”

“I didn’t make you do shit. In fact, my exact words were that I wanted to see how desperate you were. I hope you didn’t think your blowjob was worth six figures. Oh no, you’re going to have to earn every single dollar I give to you.”

My mouth fell and my heart sped up. “What more do you want from me? Was humiliating me not enough? Do you want my blood next? I have nothing left.”

He stalked toward me his penetrating gaze remaining steady on my face. “Oh, I beg to differ. I think you have plenty to offer. And as much as it pains me to admit, I still want you. And I despise myself for it, especially when I know what kind of person you are.”

“And what kind of person is that exactly?” I already had a pretty good idea about what he’d say, but I needed to hear the words to remind myself not to let him get under my skin. A reminder to not let my guard around him again, and to not fall for him again. There was a time this cold angry man standing before me was someone I thought I see myself having a future with, but now, having it devolve into something so ugly and twisted, it was absolutely heartbreaking.

He raised a dark brow. “Oh, you want me to spell it out? Okay, just so you don’t get any ideas about the proposal I’m going to lay on the table, I think you’re a manipulative, greedy bitch. You used me so that you could have access to my wealth, and when you saw that I wouldn’t easily bend to your will, you moved on to my brother and turned him against his family. And if that wasn’t enough, you killed him.”

“I didn’t—”

He held up his hand, cutting me off. “He may have already been sick, but you sped things along, didn’t you? With your medical knowledge, you knew exactly what you were