“You better not watch that without me!”
“Then hurry the hell up!”
I pull up Harmon’s contact, the laugh dying in my throat when it starts to ring.
Chapter Thirty-Six
Harmon
I’m aimlessly staring out the windows in my office at the city below when my cell rings. I should ignore it. I don’t want to talk to anyone. It’s been a long and stressful day. The last thing I want to do is expel more energy, especially when I’m not sure Cassius will show up later for me to let my stress out.
But something tells me to look at my phone, that the call is important. I glance at it.
Cassius.
I jerk around in the chair, reaching for it.
“Hello?”
“Hi,” he says.
“Hi.”
“I’m sorry if you’re busy—”
“I’m not. Busy, I mean. It’s been a long day. I was just sitting here.”
“Oh, okay. Uh, well, I was hoping we could talk.”
“I would love that,” I breathe out. The ache in my chest finally lessons.
“Should I go by the office? Meet you at your house later?”
I get up from my chair. “How about you meet me at my house now? I’m leaving early.”
“You are?”
“Yes. I’ve just decided.” I grab my things and walk out the door with my phone to my ear. “Oliver, I’m leaving for the day. Cancel my meetings.”
“But you have—”
“I don’t care,” I snap, continuing on. “Figure it out.” Then to Cassius, I say, “I’ll see you at home. The phone won’t work in the elevator.”
“Okay. I’ll head there now.”
“See you soon.”
“Bye.”
I shove the phone into my pocket and stare at the numbers on the screen above the elevator door, waiting for it to show me that it’s coming up to get me. It takes far too long. I may have to have them programmed to come directly here when the button is pressed. Sounds selfish of me. Let’s see how I feel about it in a few days.
The car is empty when it finally comes to me, but it stops on every floor on the way down, stuffing full.
Reminder to never leave the office around this time again.
I’m grateful Cassius dropped off my car so I can drive it home, but I was upset that he wanted to ignore me so badly thathe wouldn’t even return the keys himself. I was sure that meant he wouldn’t talk to me again. His call was a shock, as I assumed he was angry with me over what’s happened.
I truly hope we can come up with a solution to this problem. I had a horrible day today, and it wasn’t only because of work. It wasn’t the meetings and the stress about handling this situation with Ferroix. It was the way I felt. Upset. Because of Cassius. Thinking that I may never see him again… I didn’t like it. And not just because of him being my slave and craving that control over someone, but it was more than that.