Jennifer picked me up and stayed silent the entire ride to my house.
"Thank you for coming to get me. I'll see you in the office tomorrow?"
"No, I'm still technically on vacation."
"Oh, Jen, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to bother you while you are off. I knew I should have called a ride service."
"No. Please don't think like that. You are never a bother. Ever."
I nodded and unbuckled my seat belt. I was almost out the door when Jennifer asked me what happened with Noah, and today with Adam.
"What happened between you and Noah?" Jen's cheeks turned pink. "I was going to ask you anyways, fiance or not."
"It was a spur of the moment thing. I really don't like to talk about it and legally I can't talk about it. But he tried to keep me and I was scared of him."
"He can be very scary at times."
"But also scary hot, am I right?" Jennifer interjected. She wasn't wrong. I let out a laugh and realized just how strung up I was
Adam's POV"I can't believe you called me.""Who else do I have to talk to? Dad?" Adam said as he poured Noah a nice helping of Wild Turkey brand Rare Breed bourbon whiskey."Fair point. Cheers.""Cheers?""We both lost her. So cheers, bro. We are just two losers pining for the same woman."Their glasses clinked and Noah took a big swig but Adam held back, looking at his brother curiously."You and I were pining over two different women. She was never truly herself with you. She was fulfilling some unmet desire. Mourning the loss of her father. You fell for the submissive. That's not all of her. You only met and fell for one side of a very complex woman." Adam said, "In all honesty, we weren't even playing for the same prize or maybe even the same game.""Right. I don't how she sounds when she is crying in pain or pleasure. Oh, wait, yeah, I fucking do. Brother."This was where it was g
Holly's POVWhy wasn't he answering the door? I rang the doorbell, his car is here, and now I've been knocking like a mad woman, and still no sign of him. Did he get over me that quickly? Noah's car was here, maybe they plan on ignoring me out of spite.I will knock at this door until my knuckles are bloody. "ADAM!" I yelled as I knocked.The door swung open, causing me to loose my balance and fall right into Adam's arms."Woah, careful there, Holly. I know fell for me, but you don't have to endanger yourself every single time you know." He was so corny and overly confident. But she loved that about him. She knew that his jokes were bad and the confidence he wore on the outside was to protect the sensitive self on the inside.He stood her up and waved a Jennifer who honked and peeled out of the dirty gravel driveway."Come in. I wasn't expecting you.""I know." He took my breath away. I felt di
Adam lifted me up a bit and scooted me further onto the bed. The bed creaked a bit and the sheets smelled like they were brand new.I didn't want to slow down but Adam pulled away making me feel cold without his lips on mine."You miss me that much already, do you? I'm just taking off my shirt, Holly." He winked at me, "I think you should too."Red, hot, excited blush crawled up my neck and face. Damn Irish roots, I'm always blotchy and red. I took the hem of my shirt and pulled it over my head. Adam tugged my shirt off and threw it somewhere."This bra is next. Why did you wear such dull clothing today?"I bit his shoulder as he said that, trying to unhook my bra."Because I didn't want to taunt your brother. You know, my ex fiance?""Oh shit." He sat up looking down at me. "I'm going to hate myself for this.""For what?" Adam was starting to scare me."For telling you that Noah is, or was, here.
To my surprise, Talon Tech wasn't a far drive from the resort Adam had built for us. I was awake and ready to take on the world of corporate America again. Had it only been two weeks since I was last here? Adam dropped me off at my office and reminded me of our IT operations team meeting in a few minutes. This was basically the team giving me a 'quick glimpse' into what has changed, what needs to change, and any issues we can stop before they become issues. I felt like I was being coddled. And in a way I was, but a lot can happen in two weeks. That's three whole weekends without work. Optics are not looking good right now for me. I walked into the conference room and the room of twenty plus people went silent. I hated having all eyes on me and now all eyes were on me and they were obviously just talking about me. "Good morning, everyone! I am so happy to be back from all that craziness and back to this craziness." I paused, no one laughed.&n
I sat in my office reviewing the two job opportunities. Even though one was a demotion, my salary didn't change. Could I work with Dev after this morning? Could I work for Noah after every thing we've been through? I texted Jennifer: Hey, want to go out for drinks? Bring Jill! She texted me back immediately: Jill says we are in. WOOT! WOOT! Is Adam coming? I texted her: No. This would be a girls only happy hour. She texted me back where and when to meet. The usual spot at 6PM. Good, now I had someone to discuss this whole thing with and wouldn't feel so alone. I don't feel like I can discuss this with Adam honestly. And it wouldn't be nice to put him in the middle of this decision. There was a knock at the door. Looking up, it was Noah. "Holly." He nodded. "Can we talk?" I shifted uncomfortably in my chair. "Of course. Come on in." He shut the door behind him, which made my skin p
I woke up with a horrible hangover. My alarm was going off and I realized it was only Tuesday. And I needed to get my butt moving or I was going to be late for work.***Adam was sitting at my desk with his feet up. "How is my little drunky drunk?" He laughed and got up to hug me. "Still wearing your sunglasses, I see. I take it you don't remember talking to me last night?""Nope." I slid my sunglasses off and accepted a hug from Adam. He was warm and cuddly. I could have had these arms around me last night, but instead I woke up in my bed. Alone. With a headache and a very foggy recollection from last night. "What did we talk about?""Oh, nothing. Just how many children we are going to have. When you are moving in. I'm taking your name instead of keeping Talon, which makes perfect sense for the company.""Please tell me you are lying." I could feel my face turn pale."Holly. Come on now. We talked about when we were going to do it. And I sa
I watched in horror as Noah scrolled through the multiple personal messages that Adam had with other, I could only assume, female beta users."Jack? Using your middle name was a bit too easy to have the females in the company flock to you." Noah smirked. "And anyone that knows you, knows you love yoga and the great outdoors. LimberJack was a little too transparent, brother."It hadn't been to me. But I wasn't like many people in this company, male or female, that were hoping to catch the eye of a Talon brother. If I had been obsessed with him, I'd probably have known his middle name and put two and two together but I didn't. I wasn't that girl. I was lonely girl.Noah clicked on a chat with Mindy32 who was obviously the Mindy that had was so obsessed with him. I bet she's 32 years old or her birthday is March 2nd. Usually the numbers we choose mean something to us.Chats that came up to the weekend we had Chinese food and he slept over in my bed cam
I got an Uber and went back to my house. Drank and watched Housewives. I drank like I was a housewife. I wasn't. I wouldn't be a wife anytime soon. So how could I be a house wife?I turned the TV off and checked my phone.92 MISSED CALLS99 NEW MESSAGES52 NEW VOICEMAILSI went in and deleted all of them. Didn't even look at them. They were all from the same three people and I didn't have time for people who treated me like crap.Noah reached out a few times but never left a message or text.Jennifer left multiple voicemails and texts but they were all in defense of Noah and Adam's behavior. She was a cheater herself. A liar. So I deleted the rest without a second glance at them.Adam had tried so many times, I finally got the courage to block him. Maybe I should block Jennifer too. And Noah.Just cut them all out of my life. For good. There was a missed call from Kate so I rang her back.