needed to talk to her for the last two weeks. I’m not going to scare her off so quickly.
“Don’t even, Abri. I know you’ve been fucking half the office and half the celebrities, athletes, and politicians in this town while we were still living together.”
She smiles as she approaches me. “I’m still the best lay of your life.”
“No, Abri, you aren’t.”
Her eyes narrow. “You’ll get bored with your new assistant, just like you get bored with all women, then you’ll come crawling back to me, begging me to take you back.”
“No, I won’t.”
Abri places her hands under the water where I’m washing my hands as she brushes against mine and then splashes me with water.
“Oops, did I get you?”
I can’t deal with this. “I’m going to be gone this weekend; you’ll have to ensure the company still runs this weekend.” Abri is ruthless when it comes to her revenge against me, but she won’t destroy the company. She feels the same way I do about it. She’ll sacrifice everything to ensure it’s running smoothly.
She shakes her hands roughly, not caring she is splashing me with water. “What a coincidence, I happen to be leaving town as well. I guess you’ll have to put your friend Cole in charge while we are both in Aspen.”
I grab her shoulders and push her hard against the wall, harder than I probably should. “What are you doing in Aspen?”
“I’m going to visit an old friend, Ren Burns. I haven’t spoken to her since I ran off with you after we graduated high school.”
Fuck.
“Like hell you are.”
She shrugs. “You can’t control me as much as you wish you could, Ace.”
I growl, even her using my first name pisses me off. I’ve never been Ace to anyone but her.
“What did you tell Mila? Why did you almost kill her?”
“Don’t be dramatic. I didn’t almost kill her. Just scared her a little. I wanted her to know she should stay far away from us. But isn’t that what you are doing, sending her on endless, useless errands?”
I don’t answer.
“What did you tell Mila?”
“The truth.” Her eyes flicker down to where my hands are forcefully gripping her arms against the wall. “You are a dangerous man, and she deserves better.”
I release her, and she walks to the door.
“We all do,” she finishes.
15
Mila
We are supposed to leave for Aspen in fifteen minutes, as soon as Knight finishes his last meeting for the day. My stomach is in knots thinking about it. I don’t want to go. I’d rather have a painful bikini wax. I’d rather do more of Knight’s stupid errands. I’d rather listen to Abri pretend to be friends with me than face my family.
I’ve finished all my work today and more. I didn’t do any of Knight’s stupid errands. Instead, I spent my time maximizing his schedule to ensure he could get the most work done, answering emails, and writing my thoughts out about which markets they should target next.
And now, I’m stalling as I stare at the door, both wanting Knight to come through the door, and begging him not to at the same time. We both packed last night, after another fuck in his bed. I drove my car here this morning instead of having Gallagher drive me. All that is standing between Aspen and me is Knight’s meeting and a three-hour car ride.
I blast the radio on from my laptop. I don’t have the money to pay for Apple Music or Spotify. And I like listening to the commercials and the silly games the hosts play.
“Tonight is going to be a gorgeous night in Colorado. A perfect night to see a concert at Red Rocks. Tickets are still available for…”
Knight has never been to a concert. Here’s my chance to fix that.
I pull up the Red Rocks site and grab Knight’s credit card I use to run all his errands. I’ve been tempted before to use his credit card to get back at him. Use it to rent an apartment. Buy a new car. Or even something simple like buying myself lunch. But I never have.
I decisively click the touchpad on my computer. Tonight that changes.
My door creaks open, and I turn down the radio station.
“You ready to go, beautiful?”
I smile at the nickname from Knight’s lips.
I nod, closing my laptop and grabbing my purse.
I walk out of the office with Knight close behind me but not touching me. He nods at his employees in their cubicles on the way to the elevator. Everyone’s