"Hear?” My tone evened out as I straightened myself. “I heard nothing whatsoever; I was just about to knock, and you… opened… the door.” His intense, doubtful gaze made me rethink myself. He knows that I am lying to him, perhaps the boss too, but the boss is just sitting in his chair, his head tilting on the headrest. “Let her through, Dom!” My boss lazily interrupts the awkward silence as Dom grunts and moves away. “Stop playing with fire, May; you'll get burned!” He warned, but it sounded more like a threat, his menacing gaze landing on me like a turmoil.Dom walks off, my heart starts to thump nonstop, my gaze following his footsteps until he's totally out of sight. “Ms. May?” My boss calls out weakly, his tone losing its sharpness. I turn to him, pushing the door with my hand. I walk towards him, my fingers interlacing beneath my waistline.My boss sits upright, leaning in as his arms cross on the surface of his Venetian desk. I see a couple of pieces of paperwork, a glassy
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