Chapter 14 - Piano

I called in sick at work and didn’t do my Saturday and Sunday shifts. I felt horrible for what I had said to Dominic. I would be lying if I said I didn’t enjoy spending time with the man, but that was precisely the problem. I shouldn’t want to spend every waking moment with him. It would defeat the purpose of my rule. The rule I had come up to ensure my sanity.

“God. You’re so fucked up,” I cried at myself.

I couldn’t follow the stupid rule when I already broke it. It was too late. Feelings for Dominic had sunk their teeth into my skin, and I couldn’t shake them away. The proof was me lying in my bed, unable to leave my room because I couldn’t face him—couldn’t face the fact I might have ruined a perfectly suitable arrangement because of my stupid brain.

There was a soft knock at my door, and I stuck my head out from under the covers.

“Who is it?” I croaked.

“It’s Kat. Can I come in?”

I groaned and rolled the sheets of my bed tighter around my body. I didn’t know if I could face