All Chapters of He Gave My Bed To His Mistress, So I Took Everything : Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

VIVIAN’S POV"Thank you," I said, straightening, my pulse still thudding somewhere near my throat.He didn't let go right away. Up close he was even more unsettling. Dsuit, darker eyes, the kind of stillness that made you feel like the only unpredictable thing in the room."You're welcome." His voice was low, a little roughened at the edges, like he didn't use it more than he had to.A man with an earpiece appeared at his shoulder. "Mr. Gray, the car's here. We need to make the next flight."He gave me one last unreadable look, then turned toward a waiting Rolls-Royce. As he walked away I caught fragments of what the assistant was saying — something about a family, a search that had gone nowhere, an old doctor's name I didn't quite catch. Then the door shut and the words went with it.I stood on the curb longer than I needed to, unsure why my chest was still tight in a way that had nothing to do with almost being hit by a car.By the time I got home, Rosa was already at the door reach

VIVIAN'S POV"I'm going back to work," I said, before he could ask twice. "My old clothes weren't professional enough, so I cleared them out. You're not going to begrudge me a new wardrobe, are you?"His shoulders came down half an inch. "Buy whatever you want. Exchange anything you don't like."I'd never spent much of what he gave me, old habit, or maybe just never wanting to owe him more than I already did. This was the first time I'd thrown so much away at once, and I could see him filing it under ‘she'll regret it later and be more careful’. Let him think that. I went back to my desk, picked up where I'd left off in Whitmore's notes, and didn't look up again.I used to fling myself at him every time he came home from a trip. Hang off him, talk his ear off, drag him to bed before he'd even set his bag down.Now I couldn't make myself look interested even if I tried. I watched something shift in his face when he noticed it. A flicker of the exact hunger he used to wear when I was ni