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60: Lunch Break
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Bound By The Desk 61: Elevator Truth
Zephyr's POV The elevator doors close after lunch. Just the three of us. Vorian, Silas, and me. The cafeteria noise disappears behind us and only the soft hum of the lift stays. My stomach is full of pizza and fries but my heart is full of worry.I look at Vorian, there is a frown on his face.Silas leans against the wall with his arms folded. He turns to face Vorian. “So,” he says. “The picture of your mom with Holt. You saw it?”Vorian nods once, his face is oddly calm, too calm. The frown on his face had disappeared.“Yes,” he answers. “Last night.”Silas whistles low. “And you are sure it is fake?”“It is old, like old old.” Vorian says. “Three years at least, judging from the dress, the earrings, well everything.”I stand between them. My hands stay in my pockets. “Someone cropped it,” I say. “Cut the third person out on purpose.”Silas looks at me. “You saw the hand too?”“Yes,” I say. “A man’s hand, holding a wine glass, at the edge.”That should be Vorian’s dad, he
Bound By The Desk 60: Lunch Break
Vorian's POV I walk into the cafeteria with a tray in my hands. The place is loud. Trays clatter. Voices mix. The scent of cheese bread and chips covers the room. Zephyr already sits at our usual seat by the window. He waves when he spots me. A little grin shows on his lips. Only for me. My chest feels warm.Silas comes behind me. He carries three slices of pizza stacked high. Cheese drips. “Move your fancy ass, Rex,” he says. “I claimed this table.”Zephyr slides over on the bench. He pats the spot beside him. I sit. My shoulder brushes his. On purpose. He does not move away.Silas drops his tray with a bang. “Cafeteria pizza tastes like cardboard with dreams,” he says. He bites anyway.Zephyr laughs. “Says the man who ate four slices yesterday,” he answers.“Some of us have standards,” I say. I pick pepperoni off my slice.Silas points his crust at me. “Some of us have taste buds that gave up in college,” he replies.Zephyr steals one of my fries. “You left them,” he says. “That’s
Bound By The Desk 59: One Door Away
Zephyr's POV I sit at my table, the office is still not full. Sun light spills through the windows. My phone stays screen down and those texts from yesterday night look at me from the black screen even when I cannot see them. My old HoltTech badge. The word TRAITOR in red. The threat to tell Vorian everything. My chest feels tight and my palms sweat.Should I go to Silas? Should I not? Should I? Nope. Fuck this. I get up and my seat moves back. I grab my phone and I walk quick, past cubicles, past the coffee station, past employees who grin and say hello. I do not answer, I do not have the luxury for that. My feet know the way to Silas’s office which was at the end of the hall, the door is closed.I stop outside with my hand on the handle. What if he thinks I am the traitor? What if he tells Vorian before I can? What if I lose them both? I breathe in and breathe out. No choice now. I knock once and push the door open.Silas looks up from his desk, there is a coffee mug in o
Bound By The Desk 58: Lasagna and Lies
Zephyr’s POVVorian pecks me fast in the car park, palm warm on the back of my nape, his index finger brushing gentle over my chin like he is memorizing the feel of my skin.The city lights reflect in his eyes, soft and tired and full of everything we still have not said. His lips linger just a second longer than quick, warm and gentle, a promise that he’ll be okay until I come back.“Go home,” he says. “Your family misses you. I will be fine.”I open my mouth to argue, to say I should stay, that we are stronger together, that Miles Carter just drew blood and I don’t want him alone tonight. But the tiredness in his eyes stops me cold. Dark shadows sit under them, the kind that come from more than one bad night. His back holds a burden that I cannot remove for him right now. I swallow every word, nod once, and get into my car. The motor starts with a deep rumble. I hold the steering hard, look at him one more time through the window, and drive off before I change my mind and return int
Bound By The Desk 57: Coffee and War
Zephyr's POV I told Vorian I love him last night, soft against his ear while he drifted to sleep. Maybe the rain swallowed the words. Maybe he heard and chose silence. Either way, I will handle that later. Right now the only thing that matters is the photo still burning on his phone and the storm it brought into our bed with us.Morning light slips through the tall windows of the penthouse kitchen. I stand at the counter in one of Vorian’s old T-shirts, hair still messy from his hands. The coffee machine hisses and gurgles like it is angry too. I make it strong, almost black, the way too much for normal people. Vorian walks in barefoot, sweatpants riding low on his hips, eyes still carrying last night. He looks beautiful and tired and mine.I slide a mug toward him. “Drink this before you scare the caffeine,” I say.He wraps both hands around the cup, breathes in the steam, and gives me the smallest smile. It is enough. I lean over the island and kiss him quick, just a brush of lips,
Bound By The Desk 56: Cropped Truth
Vorian’s POVThe rain has not stopped. It hits against the high windows of the penthouse like it is trying to clean the whole city away.I rest on the side of the bed in nothing but sweatpants, the screen bright in my palm. The picture looks back at me.My mother, head thrown back in laughter, sitting close beside Nathaniel Holt at some outdoor restaurant table. Warm string lights hang above them. Wine glasses catch the light.Her hand rests near his on the white tablecloth. The timestamp in the corner says tonight. My stomach turns cold.Zephyr stirs beside me. He lifts his body higher on one arm, hair wild from sleep, eyes still tired.“What is it?” he says, voice gentle and scratchy. He bends over my back and freezes when he spots the picture.“That is… your mom with Holt?”I cannot speak at first. I only zoom in, slow and careful, the way I examine contracts before I sign them.The photo is cut close on just the two of them, but at the far side there is an extra hand carrying a dr
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