All Chapters of ACCIDENTALLY ONE NIGHT STAND WITH MY BOSS : Chapter 31 - Chapter 37

The Things He Never Told MeMy ears were still ringing.For a few seconds, I couldn't hear anything except a high-pitched whine that seemed to come from somewhere inside my skull.I pushed myself up on trembling hands.Glass covered the porch.Tiny pieces glittered across the floor in the morning light."Nicole."Raphael's voice sounded distant.I looked up.He was crouched in front of me.His hands were on my shoulders.His eyes moved over my face, searching."Are you hurt?"I opened my mouth.Nothing came out.He touched the side of my head."Nicole.""I'm fine."My voice barely sounded like mine.Raphael's gaze dropped to my hands.There was a thin cut across my palm.Blood had begun to gather along the line.His jaw tightened."You're bleeding."I looked down."I didn't feel it.""That's because you're still in shock."He reached for my hand.I pulled it away.His eyes lifted to mine.For a moment, neither of us spoke.Then I stood.My knees nearly buckled.Raphael caught my elbow

Someone UpstairsNicole's POVClara's fingers tightened around mine."Don't move."I stared at her.The footsteps came again.Slow.Measured.Someone was walking across the floor above us.My heart slammed against my ribs.Raphael appeared at the bottom of the stairs.His eyes moved from Clara to me.Then toward the ceiling.He didn't ask what happened.He already knew."Stay behind me."I almost laughed."That's getting old."His eyes flicked toward mine."This isn't the time."Another footstep sounded above us.Closer to the staircase.Clara's hand slipped from mine."There's no one supposed to be here."Raphael's expression hardened."Apparently someone didn't get that message."He reached beneath his jacket.The sight of his hand disappearing inside it made my stomach tighten.I followed him up the first step.He turned."Nicole.""I'm coming.""Stay downstairs.""No."His jaw tightened.I stepped around him."You don't get to decide what I see anymore."His eyes held mine for a

The Questions I Couldn't KeepNicole's POVThe drive to my mother's house felt longer than it should have.Maybe because every mile carried another question.Maybe because I wasn't sure I wanted the answers anymore.Rain tapped softly against the windshield.Streetlights blurred into gold smears across the glass.Raphael drove.I sat beside him.Neither of us spoke.The silence wasn't comfortable.It wasn't awkward either.It was heavy.The kind of silence that sat between people who knew too much and said too little.My phone rested in my lap.The message from the unknown number still glowed in my memory.You should have left the past buried, Nicole.Now they know you're looking.I stared out the window."You knew."Raphael's hands tightened slightly on the steering wheel."Knew what?""That my mother was involved."A muscle jumped in his jaw."I knew she had answers."I laughed softly."That's not the same thing.""No."His voice was quiet."It isn't."The rain grew heavier.For sev

The Girl at My Desk By Monday morning, I had almost convinced myself that everything was normal. Almost. I stood outside Raphael's office building with a paper cup of coffee warming my palm, staring at the glass doors. Work. A desk. Emails. Deadlines. Things that belonged to ordinary people with ordinary problems. I wanted that. After everything I'd learned about my family, I needed something that didn't involve photographs, buried memories, secret conversations, or people who had spent years deciding what I was allowed to know. I pushed through the doors. The familiar hum of the office greeted me. Phones ringing. Keyboards clicking. People moving between desks with files tucked beneath their arms. Nobody looked like they'd spent the weekend uncovering pieces of a life that had been hidden from them. I almost smiled. Then I remembered Raphael's words. My past just found me. The smile disappeared. I hadn't seen him since yesterday. He had refused to explain the p