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He kept me spread wide and wet for him all day and night. And now he’s gone. Maybe out to grab us a meal, or finish something up now that it’s not Christmas. Thankfully I don’thave to be back to work until tomorrow. I can’t help but wonder how that will go now that I know a little more about…oh, crap! I almost said the ‘L’ word.

I go to the kitchen island to see if he left me a note, or I can figure out what he might have left for. No note. No way of knowing why I woke up alone. I end up opening a door that is clearly an office. Is this where Rhett works when he has to work late? What does he do for the company? Will he be alright dating someone who spends all day with kids?

A name catches my attention when I look down at the mess on his desk. I shouldn’t be in here. I shouldn’t be snooping through his things. But the name also has me reaching for the piece of mail. It’s addressed to Rhett…but on the envelope, his whole name is written out. Barrett Cane!

Barrett Cane!

Barrett Cane as in THE Barrett Cane. The man I work for! Holy shit!

I searched for more things with his name on it and sure enough I found a printed copy of an email that has his full name on it and is in fact addressed to the CEO of Cane Inc. There hasn’t been a mistake. The man I spent Christmas Eve and Christmas with…is my boss. My Rhett is Barrett Cane!

Oh God!

What am I going to do? What am I going to say when he comes back? Why didn’t he tell me who he was? Why didn’t he try to figure out if I worked for him?

Unless he didn’t care. Unless I’m not the only one he’s done this to. A sick, acidic feeling rises up in my throat as I try tofigure out what to do next. I look around me and everything seems like it’s different. Things I liked before now feel menacing or soured knowing I’m not the only woman he’s taken home. I can't be. Not with how he looks and with what Sarah said about him.

I’m so stupid! No wonder he’s never been photographed with anyone. He pretends to be someone else and never tells them who he really is. Oh my God! Is this how he tells the women to leave? He just disappears on them and stays gone until they leave. The room spins before I reach out and grab his leather chair. The scent of him surrounds me and it clears things up for me. The thing I need to do now…is run!

Chapter Ten

Rhett

“Charity? Charity, you up yet, sweetheart?”

When I don’t hear anything back worry begins to rise up. It solidifies in my chest when I don’t find her in the bedroom or any of the other rooms upstairs. I thump back downstairs and head to the rooms past the living room and stop at my office door standing ajar.

I peek inside the room and spot a piece of paper lying on the floor by my desk. With dread sitting heavy on my chest, I walk over to it only to find it is an email from my accounting team.

Oh no!

I also noticed an envelope with my full name on it that’s not where I left it on my desk a few days ago.

SHIT!

She found out who I really was. And instead of offering me fake affection or trying to go after my money, she does something even worse. She runs.

She ran from me.

I slump to the floor and try to think through the first wave of hurt that washes over me. She left me. She found out who I was, and she left me. The one woman I wanted to need me like I need her, and she walked away from me. Any other woman wouldhave thrown a party finding out who I was and what I could give her, and my angel decided to up and fly away. Leaving me with only memories of the night, the Christmas, I spent with her.

And now I have to go back to my life. I have to try to figure out how to walk around with the memory of what almost happened. Without my angel.

I can close my eyes and see her lose control and the taste and scent of her haunts me like the wisps of a long-dead ghost. My heart shrivels and my soul dies without its mate. She found out who I was and left me in my hell, or a fresh new hell that’s much worse than the first one. Cruel woman, to leave me in the fire while she flies free.

I narrow my eyes at the dust mote I see flitting around in the beam of sunshine in front of me. I didn’t realize how fucking dusty my office is. No one but me comes in here. No one…except a little angel that danced away with my heart. Coming into my inner sanctum, my den to upset my life and rip out my heart.

But devils don’t take kindly to being disturbed like that. I don’t take kindly to someone taking something from me. Or running away with what is mine.

And the angel who just flew from me…has my whole heart.

No one takes what is mine and Charity belongs to me! If she wanted freedom, if she wanted to escape me…she should have never let me have a taste of the heaven she offers. She belongs to me and I plan to get her back. And make her fall in love with me! Give her anything, everything, to stay with me. I will set the world on fire to find my angel again and stop at nothing to exchange my heart with hers. Stop at nothing to keep her safe and protect her.

I take my phone out and dial the one number I know will always pick up. Javi. I need him to help me find my angel.

Chapter Eleven

Charity

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