All Chapters of Before He Was My Boss.: Chapter 51 - Chapter 52

No notice. No termination emails.I rose off the bed, relief washing over me like a wave.The shower was quick. I didn’t do too much with the outfit. But it was different. Daring. Luring. Professional and risqué in equal measure, in a way that made me stand in front of the mirror a little longer than necessary.A confidence I didn’t know I had left started to build.Because if he wanted to fire me, he would have by now. I would have woken up to that mail.Because today wasn’t going to be about him. Today would be different.I was done with the emotional rollercoaster over a man who wouldn’t dare admit to the things that made him human. When I did — I admitted it. I did want him. Maybe I still did. But I refused to give him power over how my entire day went.I was done being the try-hard.Mike wanted to start something. He hadn’t been vocal about it but I knew it the way you know things that are said in the space between words. And if that was what it took to completely erase the memor