erm

ine's

from my much needed sleep. The morning light st

ons suddenly fix bind

pain that came from my joints made m

. Between my thighs were lik

had ha

myself gr

soft duvet was so soft and comfortable to

denly have a hard, warm body th

n's b

orror. Jerking

edibly hot man wa

the duvet, and m

as n

idiculous

terday night started coming i

the club after being thrown out sh

a cocky smile that I would have lived to clean off his

em of the fact that i was depressed but I sudde

he held me.

me, as I could only remember drowning i

nd before I knew it, I wa

said out loud but had to close

quite Caroline" I

breath hitching when my gaz

the hinged ferocious beast he was last night. I could still feel the way his b

eeling crawled up my spine. A flicke

t was im

dn't m

ight have seen him before. This was a distraction, and only because I wa

sign and not wasting any time, I dra

sed si

My dress was wrinkled, and thank goodness it was still manageable. I sl

esn't

uietly tiptoed towards the door, being

, as the door handle

for the handle, a voice

ing al

y heart bea

hi

eting the stranger's

o ravanging handsome an

is dark eyes unreadable. His voice

d, his lips curling into a smirk. "No pa

sharp sting of humiliatio

you just say?" I sna

lazily trailing over me as i

hear

iled in

y marriage, and possibly my career, but I

I knew I wouldn't stand there and

ked out my checkbook, and qui

k and tossing it at him. The paper fluttered through the air

, his smirk vanishing as

r skills, you were not e

e. Nor to see his enraged fa

out of the hotel room, slamming the

et that this nigh

And I had just thrown away my only savings I h

home, I was exhausted. My emotions were a tangle

lly, there was no sign of Nathan, my so-called husband. No sign of

t stand the sigh

ore, and dressed in the most professional outfit I could find.

o I t

*******

at the office buildi

undings fe

rkling parking spots were now litt

t like twenty years. a lot of things had c

f up. And walked towards the sec

how weakness.

Caroline," the securit

nto my stomach. "What? What are

ymore,"

of dread swept ove

ound of a familiar engine sent

ar pull up. Stopping just beside me. The door opened, and

husband holding her like it wa

des as they walked towards

voice dripping with mock sympathy. "Poor

gh the surroundings, catching t

least a shred of decency from the man I had on

rk. "No joke. You're fired, Carol

d ice cold. "Yo

ing a thick envelope at my feet. "

know what they were. Because what was