Page 8 of Betrayed By The Boss

Chapter Five

Opening the door,I turn and wave goodbye to Cass. I had a great time while we were out for lunch. It was good to get out and just be around her without having to think of what happened and why I’m constricted to the house.

Pushing the door open further, I step into the house and come face to face with Everett. He glares at me as I close the door behind me. “Hey,” I say, softly.

He scoffs. “Hey?” he questions and I take a step toward him, he doesn’t move so I take it as a good sign.

“What’s wrong?” I question as I get within a foot of him.

He raises his brows. “Wrong?” He lets out a bitter laugh. “I got home and you were gone. You haven’t answered your phone, I had no idea where you were.”

I roll my eyes, he’s being dramatic. “I was with Cass, I forgot my cell, it must still be upstairs.”

“It is,” he says through clenched teeth.

“What the hell, Everett? Why are you being an ass?”

“An ass?

I nod. “Yes, an ass. I went out with my best friend, we had lunch and then came home.” I sigh. “There’s no need to overreact.”

“Overreact? God, Say, you don’t even realize.” He shakes his head, he’s scolding me as though I’m a petulant child.

“Realize what?”

“Do you understand what could have happened?” His jaw ticks, I’ve never seen him so torn up.

“I’m fine, the baby’s fine, we’re fine.”

He runs his hands through his hair, it’s mused as if he’s been doing it for hours. “Fine? Say, you were in the hospital, we almost lost the baby and you think it’s fine to go out?”

I place my hands on his chest, hoping to calm him down. “I was with Cass the entire time.”

His eyes narrow, the thumping of his heart tells me how scared he is. “With Cassie?” He growls. “What the hell, Say? Do you have such little regard for yours and our baby’s safety?”

I take a step back as though he’s burned me. “Why would you even say that?”

He glares at me. “Because, Say, you’re acting as though everything is fine. It’s not fucking fine. You almost died. You both almost died,” he yells at me. “Then you go against the doctors and my orders and leave the house.”

My anger begins to rise. “Your orders? I don’t take orders from you, Everett, we are not at work. You are not the boss of me while we are at home.”

His lip turns up in disgust. “This has nothing to do with me ordering you around, Saylor,” he snarls. “This is about your inability to listen to what’s best for you, for our baby. What would have happened had you bled again? What if we couldn’t get you to the hospital in time?” His eyes are wild as though he’s thinking about what could have happened.

“I needed to get out, I’ve been cooped up in this house for weeks. It’s not healthy for me.”

“You’re supposed to take it easy, you’re supposed to be resting. Not going out and having lunch. If you were hungry, Say, all you had to do was tell me, I would have brought you something,” he tells me softly, his chest rising and falling rapidly.

My anger disappears, he’s really torn up about this. “Ever…”

I’m cut off by his hand slashing through the air. “I don’t want to hear it, Say. I’m so angry. I have never known you to be so selfish.” He grabs his keys off the counter, he turns on his heel and walks away, slamming the front door behind him as he leaves.

Tears roll down my face as I stare at the door, I’ve never seen him so angry before, not at me.

I walk into the sitting room and take a seat on the couch. My tears fall thicker and faster as I realize that he was right.

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I come awakewith the feeling of being lifted. Opening my eyes, I’m met with a hard chest. “Everett?” I mumble, my voice full of sleep.

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