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Let Me Go, Boss! 53: Rumor has it
Caleb’s POVThere was something off about Jax.Not in like the full-blown crisis-mode off. Not yet. But... off. I’d seen enough of his moods to know the difference.This morning, for instance. He came into the conference room late, black coffee in hand, and said absolutely nothing during the first ten minutes of the PR debrief. Not a grunt. Not a head nod. Not even his usual annoyed eyebrow twitch.When I paused mid-sentence and gave him a look, all I got was a distracted, “Huh? Yeah. Sure.”Sure what, man?I glanced across the table at Ethan, who was already texting someone under the table.“All right,” I said, wrapping up the meeting and clicking my pen. “We’ll circle back after lunch. Unless anyone wants to contribute more.” I glanced at Jax but he didn’t say anything.Riley walked in ten minutes after he had walked in, holding two iced coffees and trying to balance a laptop between her elbow and her ribs. She looked a little tired and flushed.Jax looked up. That was when I knew s
Let Me Go, Boss! 52: Almost Kiss
Riley’s POVJax stepped out, steam curling around him like some vengeful Greek god on a casual stroll. He was now completely shirtless, a towel wrapped around his waist at a disturbingly low level. Droplets clung to his chest like they didn’t want to leave, sliding over the sharp ridges of his abs and lower, disappearing into those sharp v lines just above his—Nope. Nope, no thank you. I shook my head. My eyes snapped back up like I'd just been caught stealing government secrets.Jesus.Nope. We are not looking there. We are not thinking about there. We are thinking about dry clothes. About my job. About air. About numbers.“You didn’t have to come here, you know.” He muttered as he started drying off his hair with another towel.His voice was lower than usual. Less cocky, more… quiet. Like it wasn’t a challenge. Just him speaking sincerely. My gaze flicked back to him and he was standing still, his arms crossed now, towel hitched precariously on those dangerous hips.I should’ve tu
Let Me Go, Boss! 51: Was that a kiss?
Riley’s POVDragging a six-foot-something semi-conscious Jax Maddox to his damn bathroom was not how I thought my morning would go.He was dead weight. A stubborn, heavy slab of grumbling muscles, and I was sweating by the time I got him propped against the sink. His head lolled to the side, eyes half-lidded."Jax," I said again, a little sharper this time. “You smell like a liquor store dumpster.”But nothing coherent came out of his mouth.So I did what any sane person would do. I turned the shower knob to the cold direction. Ice. Cold.The second the spray hit him, Jax jolted upright like someone had dumped him in a bucket of hell. Water drenched his shirt instantly, plastering the fabric to his chest and revealing every sharp, sculpted line beneath. He looked like a Greek god in the rain.“What the—” He clutched his head with a groan, blinking through the downpour. “Why’d you do that?!”I crossed my arms and shrugged. “I thought you needed cleaning. And well, I couldn’t exactly ba
Let Me Go, Boss! 50: Clean him
Riley’s POVI didn’t know what I was expecting when Caleb texted me at 6:42 a.m., but it wasn’t this.CALEB: Can you check on Jax? No one's heard from him since the past two days. He’s not picking up. I’d go, but… he might actually kill me. please check on him, he tolerates you.Tolerates. Right. I rolled my eyes, stared at the message for several seconds, debating between pretending I didn’t see it or actually going. But something about the words no one's heard from him crawled under my skin.Thirty minutes later, I was in front of Jax Maddox’s penthouse, awkwardly balancing my bag and knocking like the world’s most hesitant UPS delivery driver.No response.I knocked again—louder this time. Still nothing.I glanced around the empty hallway, cursed under my breath, and pulled out the emergency keycard Caleb had once smugly handed me "just in case Jax locks himself out again mid-rage spiral."The second the door opened; a strong smell hit me. Alcohol, sweat and something burnt.“Oh my
Let Me Go, Boss! 49: I’m not like her!
Jax’s POVThe conference room was too damn loud. Phones buzzed every passing second, my PR agents voices overlapped, and the screen in front of us blasted the headline across every news outlet like a slap to the face:“You know I never wanted a kid.” – Jax Maddox EXCLUSIVE.And there she was. Camilla. Sitting on that sleek white couch, legs crossed like she owned the world, crocodile tears smudging her mascara as she leaned toward the host with a soft, tragic smile.“I just want to share my truth,” she started, her voice quivering. “He told me to my face…that he didn’t want a child. He begged me to end it and remove the baby.”“Cut the volume,” I growled, unable to stand one more of her lie.No one moved fast enough and it kept playing out, her voice irking and grating my eardrums.“I kept quiet for so long because I didn’t want to ruin his career,” she continued, blinking dramatically. “But then he demanded a paternity test—said he had to be sure the baby was his. Like I was some lia
Let Me Go, Boss! 48: He’s Squirming
Camilla’s POV“He’s squirming. Soon the guilt will come with a bank transfer.” I muttered to myself. The new article had already gone viral by the time my second mimosa arrived.I sat cross-legged on the velvet couch of my hotel suite, swiping through headlines like they were confetti at my own personal parade.“Jax Maddox: Tennis Star or Would-Be Deadbeat?”“Pregnant Ex-Girlfriend Tells All — ‘He Never Wanted a Baby.’”“Maddox Under Fire After Leaked Recording Surfaces.”I giggled behind my glass. The voice clip was vague enough to be useful, but damning enough to stir chaos. God bless selective editing and high-quality mics hidden in wrap dresses.I lifted my phone and hit dial.“Babe.” My voice purred into the receiver. “Are you watching the internet burn for us?”On the other end, her voice was flat. “I saw it.”I rolled my eyes. “No excitement? We just made the biggest athlete in the country look like a narcissistic coward. Sponsors are already pulling out. And wait till I tell
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