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Displaced Feelings

Author: YoursTruly
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-26 20:45:18

June

Clarity?

Huh. I want clarity, don’t I?

Then why the hell am I sitting at my desk this morning instead of walking into his office and demanding the answers I need?

I glance at his door. The blinds are shut. I can’t see shit.

He said he doesn’t want to be disturbed—and banned me from bringing him coffee.

"Maybe if I remove this from your workload, you’ll handle the others more efficiently," he’d said, not even bothering to look me in the eye.

Yeah. I notice every slightest things when it comes to him, and trust me, now, I hate that I do.

"Jeez, Miss Alex. What happened to your face? You look like a panda," Sarah says, cutting through my thoughts.

You bet, it’s her. The one coworker I’ve never liked.

I force a tight smile. "I was actually working late for the company, so naturally I couldn’t sleep."

Working?

Please.

More like thinking myself in circles all night.

"Oh, I didn't know. You should apply more makeup on it — it's obvious," Sarah says with a politely fake smile.

I know. I
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  • The Night Before I Knew Him   I don’t care anymore

    ~Hermes~I step out, running a hand through my damp hair—then stop dead.That isn’t Agnes.For a split second, I think I’m still half-dreaming. I’d sworn it was her voice calling me. Maybe my mind is finally slipping, stitching familiar sounds into strangers.The woman in front of me is young. Blonde. About June’s age.“Oh my God—I’m so sorry,” she blurts, slapping a hand over her eyes like she’s just walked in on something forbidden.Right.My bare chest.I exhale sharply, annoyed more than embarrassed. I grab the shirt off the chair and pull it on without rushing.“Where is Agnes?” I ask.She doesn’t move her hand. “I—I’m Jane,” she says weakly. “I was told to start today and I— I thought you weren't inside. I didn’t know you were—”“You can look,” I cut in flatly, tugging the last button closed. “I’m dressed.”Slowly, her fingers part. One eye peeks through. Then the other.Her gaze flicks up to my face, then away again like she’s afraid I’ll snap.“I asked you something,” I say. “

  • The Night Before I Knew Him   It's always her

    ~Hermes~My breath hitches as my fingers tremble over the letter. This has to be a joke. A mistake. A cruel prank.June wouldn’t leave me.We made a vow. We promised—I swallow hard and look up at my father. Lucien Grande has never been good at lying. His face has always betrayed him. And yet right now… he is perfectly calm. “Father,” I say quietly. “Why did she leave?”He sits in the chair beside my bed, folding his hands. “She stayed for—”“Wait.” I lift my finger, stopping him. My chest tightens. “How long was I unconscious?”“Hermes, that isn’t important right now. We need to focus on—”“Don’t.” My voice snaps before I can stop it. I force it lower. “Just answer me.”He exhales slowly. “Weeks. You were out for weeks. She tried to stay. She really did.”My throat burns. “Then why?”His eyes flicker, just for a second.“The baby,” he says. “She lost it.”The room tilts.“What?”“The stress was too much. The shooting. Your condition. The family chaos. She had a miscarriage.”Lost it

  • The Night Before I Knew Him   Darkness

    ~Hermes~Darkness.Not the peaceful kind. The heavy, endless kind that presses against my chest and makes breathing feel optional.“Hermes, honey.”Natalya’s voice.I turn sharply, my pulse spiking. “Natalya?” My voice echoes, swallowed whole by the void.That’s impossible.Natalya is dead.The thought lands with a sickening clarity. I know this. I remember this. So why is her voice threading through the dark like a hook in my ribs?“Hermes, honey. Come with me.”The words drift ahead of me, coaxing, familiar, wrong.I take a step forward anyway.If this is death, then it’s cruelly accurate—voices from the past, calling me where I don’t belong.Then—“Marcus, son.”My breath catches.I turn.That voice… no. That voice hasn’t existed for decades.“Mother,” I whisper. My throat tightens painfully. “Mom…”If the dead are calling me by name, then this must be it. I must be gone.Did June not sign the consent form? Did I not survive the surgery? Did I leave her alone with our baby?The tho

  • The Night Before I Knew Him   Bad Luck

    JuneI call his name before I even realize I’m doing it.“Hermes.”My voice comes out thin, shaking, nothing like me. My fingers are trembling against the edge of the table, my chest tight, my lungs barely working. I don’t know why I look at him first—but I do.And that’s all it takes.Hermes moves.Ted reacts instantly, grabbing his arm. “Hermes—don’t. Calm down. Think—”But it’s too late.I see it in Hermes’s eyes—the moment logic disappears. The moment something raw and feral takes over. He shrugs Ted off like he weighs nothing and steps forward.The room seems to inhale.One of the robbers snaps toward him, shocked. “Hey! Get back to your table!” The gun lifts, aimed straight at Hermes’s chest.My heart slams so hard I think it might tear me apart.Hermes doesn’t stop.He steps in front of me.Fully. Completely.His back blocks my view of the gun, his body shielding mine like it’s instinct, like it’s muscle memory, like he’s done this before even if he doesn’t remember it.“Hermes

  • The Night Before I Knew Him   They got guns

    JuneAs we got to the restaurant, I swing the car door open before either of them can, sidestepping their silent competition. It’s kind of cute in a ridiculous way, watching two grown men hover over who gets to do the simplest thing. My mood swings, though, like a pendulum, because of the text I just got from Lucien. Tomorrow is the last day. The last day I’ll see Hermes if he doesn’t remember me fully.I exhale, pressing a hand to my forehead. The stakes are high, and this “fake” dinner with Ted is now my weapon. I need Hermes to remember everything… especially that he’s going to be a father.At first, Ted’s proposal had thrown me for a loop, but now I see the method in it. And still, I silently pray Hermes doesn’t open his mouth about the… earlier incident. That could ruin the delicate trust I’m building with Ted.I let out a shaky sigh, closing my eyes briefly. When I open them, I see both Ted and Hermes standing right in front of the restaurant door, waiting like two overprotectiv

  • The Night Before I Knew Him   Be a good boy

    ~Hermes~This has to be some kind of joke. Just moments ago, I’d received the most mind-blowing blow job of my life—from my secretary, my ex secret affair. The one who’d left me for my friend. And now? She wants to keep all of this a secret.And… God. I want to obey her. Not just because there’s a very tangible reward waiting for me later, but because I want to obey her. Every nerve in me screams it.But now—hearing Ted talk about taking her on a date—it doesn’t sit right. The way he’s holding her hand, the closeness between them… I can feel it clawing at my chest.I want to slip the secret out. I want to ruin this little charade. I want to end whatever this is between us, right here, right now.But then her eyes meet mine. Those hazel-brown eyes—piercing, steady, commanding. I freeze. I can’t. I won’t.I let out a long, frustrated sigh. “Yeah… I asked her for help,” I mutter, my voice rough. My gaze drifts to the bed as I throw the towel down, the motion sharp with irritation. “She’

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