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Dominic’s POVThe first person I noticed the moment I walked into the dinning room was Rita. I know I shouldn’t have. Some guests were waiting for me, anf so were partners whom I had been negotiating with for weeks. She stood beside Catherine near the entrance, speaking to one of the staff members. For the first few seconds, I watched her. Not really because of the dress she had work. Or at least thay was what I wanted to believe. She looked more confident than the first time we met at Club Nero. She looked… beautiful.I shouldn’t have been thinking about her that way. She was my employee. So I maintained my usual calmness and walked into the room to meet some guests. For me, business came first. It had always been that way. I listened as one of my partners explained the next part of our agreement. But every few seconds, my attention shifted towards the other side of the room towards her. The second out eyes met, she looked away quickly.I almost smiled.Instead, I continued

Then I heard the same steps coming back. I looked up again to see one of my senior colleagues. “Mr. Sterling wants the report right now.” “Oh. Mrs. Catherine said she would deliver it to him herself.” “He’s asking for it right now. I think Catherine is busy with Mr. Briggs.” I nodded, then he turned and left. I didn’t want to think anything of it at first, I was just going to give the report to him, then get back here immediately. The time was already 3:50 p.m. Better. I just had ten minutes until it was time for me to close for the day. I packed my computer into my bag, then I walked out of the office. My nerves were playing tricks on me but my mind was already made up. I didn’t care what I felt. The elevator ride to his floor felt like forever. I walked with slightly trembling knees through the hallway until I was at his door. Then I paused to take deep breaths. I raised my hand to knock but the door opened befor I did. I stepped aside as two men walked passed

My hands wr shaking so badly that I almost dropped my phone twice before I found her name. She answered in the third ring.“Rita?”I opened my mouth to speak but I just kept sobbing silently, trying to catch my breath.“Rita. Are you okay?”I finally caught my breath.“Leah…”My voice broke.Her voice immediately became serious. “What happened?”I looked towards the door and Zara was gone, but his words still hung in the air. I blinked away the tears. “It was Zara.”There was a brief silence in the other end. “What was Zara.”I took a deep breath but it wasn’t helping.“The other woman.” I sobbed.It sounded like Leah shifted in her seat. “What are you talking about?”I finally steadied my breath. “Dan came here.”“What?” I heard her chair scrape the floor.“He came here to talk to me.”“Rita. Are you serious? Did he hurt you?”“No.”I wiped my cheeks. “He only wanted to talk.”“And you let that man in?”“I didn’t know it was him at first. I thought someone had

He raised a brow and I cleared my throat immediately.I mean… I can just give you the files here. “You’re already here.”“I know, but…”“Come inside, Rita.”The way he said my name this time made heat pool in my lower belly and I hated it. Then he stepped aside and I walked in. For the first time since I came into his lounge, he locked the door and that sent chills though my spine.I stopped at his desk and held the folder out. “Mr. Briggs said you needed some adjustments.”“Yes.”“I’ve made all the changes.”He took the file from me and flipped through it while I waited. I should’ve turned to leave, but I also wanted to stay and see what would happen. “You did all this in just three hours?”“Yes.”“That’s good.”I paused. “Is there anything else?” I was expecting more.He took a deep breath and placed the file on the desk then walked up to me.“You walked in late,” he said, his voice low. “Then you stood at the door and stared at my chest like you wanted to put your

It was a good answer. It was calm, reasonable, and probably true.But it wasn't the whole truth. I didn't know how I knew that, only that something in me did.I let it go. For now.My phone buzzed inside my bag, and I jumped like I had been caught. I pulled it out and saw two messages.The first was from Leah. "Hope you're okay. Remember what we agreed. Don't say anything to Z yet."The second one was from Zara."Hey babe, you've been so quiet lately. Is everything okay? I'm worried about you. Let's get lunch today? 💕"I stared at the little heart.For years, that heart had meant comfort. Now it made my skin crawl.Nick watched my face change. "What is it?""Nothing.""Rita.""It's just… a friend.""A friend who makes you look like that?"I locked the screen and put the phone down. Part of me wanted to keep this to myself, but the other part was exhausted from carrying it alone."Someone I trusted," I said slowly. "I found out last night that she might not deserve it."He went still.