Toxic

Alex

“About what? Isn’t that the last thing you do after one of these incidents?”

She laughed. “It isn’t an incident. It was a tryst. In your case, you do need to have a conversation. Don’t you technically work for him?”

“I work with him,” I clarified. “You’re right, I do need to talk to him. Apologize and let him know that it won’t happen again. I need to get out of there. I can’t be around him. He’s too tempting. It’s like trying to deny myself the last piece of chocolate cake with no one around to scold me.”

“I need to see this man. I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so worked up over a guy.”

I groaned. “I know. He’s dangerous. Toxic. I don’t trust myself around him.”

She laughed. “You got it bad.”

“I know,” I confessed.

“I have to get back. What are you going to do?”

“I don’t know. I don’t think I can face him just yet.”

We left the restaurant and walked back to the salon. We said our goodbyes before I got in my truck. I checked my phone to see if Damion had called. I hadn’t heard i