Page 51 of The Monster I Loved
Despite the possibility of pregnancy,I pulled myself together eventually. I dragged on my boots and pencil skirt with a white blouse and long cardigan, then waved Daisy goodbye. All I had to do was get through today and a few more days until I could take a test. My hands trembled around the wheel.
I stopped myself mid-spiral and pulled it together, then glanced at the clock on the dashboard.
“Shit!” It was already five past nine. I was late.
I parked the car in the lush employee car park and rushed into the building. Security took my fingerprints and driver’s license, stating that an employee ID would be available by the end of the week.The end of the week?
Wow, I had no idea what I’d know about myself by the end of the week. That I was pregnant or capable of murder? Maybe neither—or both.
My original plan was to kill Thaddeus as soon as I walked into this building, but now...shaking my thoughts away, I hurried into the elevator, pressed the button, and the elevator moved. As I reached the next floor, the door opened, and Melissa stood before me. “What are you doing here?” she asked.
“Really, your fiancé didn’t tell you?”
She entered the elevator and placed her hands on her hips. “Just answer the question. I heard you actually tried to murder Thad.”
Her use of his nickname irked me. “I work here.” This elevator ride was about to be the longest of my life.
By the way Melissa’s jaw fell open, I could tell she didn’t believe me.
“Oh, come on, why are you really here?” she snapped, finally erasing the shocked expression.
“Why would I lie?” I crossed my arms and felt a flicker of satisfaction. Thad hadn’t bothered to tell her I’d be working for them. She may have been super quick to become his evil little lap dog, but he obviously didn’t care enough about her to warn her I’d been hired. I questioned if they even shared the same bed. The thought caused something to shift in me a little.
Mimi stepped closer so our noses almost touched.
“Can you step back?”
“Oh, is this violating your personal space?”
I shoved her away from me. “Go ask your fiancé or father-in-law if you think I’m lying.”
“First you slither into his bed, and now the building!” Her eyes flashed with suspicion.
My cheeks heated. Shit! Thaddeus told her. Well, he was never a liar. Even I had to admit that. Back then, he never led me to believe anything untrue. No matter how I begged. There was a time I pleaded that we’d be okay, that we’d get through it together. Thaddeus said nothing.
“Aren’t you going to say anything?” she asked.
“Listen, Melissa, Thaddeus and I are over. We made a drunken mistake. Still, I’m not about to apologize that the man you agreed to marry for money and a ride to the top of society had sex with me.”
Perfectly timed, the elevator dinged, and the doors opened. I sidestepped her onto the floor.
“I’m watching you,” Melissa hurled from behind me.
“Oh, so you finally joined us!” a voice yelled from down the corridor. I knew it was Thaddeus and turned around to see him seething. His nostrils flared. Even in my agitated state, I wasn’t blind to Thaddeus’s confidence as he stood in front of me in another well-tailored suit.
Man, I hated how good he looked.
The jacket hugged his shoulders, and I could see the crisp line in his sparkling white shirt beneath it. Even the tie I once wanted to strangle him with had the perfect Halloween-themed pattern: bats.
The very sight of him normally got under my skin.
Yet today, something was different.
I continued staring until I noticed Thaddeus peering back at me.
He lifted an eyebrow as if he could read my thoughts. I rolled my eyes, desperate to flee before he smugly asked what I was looking at.
“Your fiancée made me late. If I didn’t have to waste time explaining that I work here, I might’ve been on time.”
