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He's the grumpy CEO of the company she works for. The very boss, no one gets enough words with before he pushes them far away. And then Sierra Bloom happens. She's the complete opposite of him, and he hates it. But something about her is w...
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I was more-or-less being paranoid when I said Lisa might plan to kill me...but now I definitely don't doubt it anymore.
Her words speak volume. The disgust in her voice, the madness and the mocking undertone. She wants me gone.
"I'm no longer in need of a housekeeper, Ms. Schmidt. Hence you're fired." Atlas's eyes don't leave mine as she speaks.
I can't believe he's firing her because of me. I mean, I sure as hell don't mind it, and I probably would've asked him to get her out of the house and never allow her to enter again...but he's doing this without me having to ask.
"Atlas, I swear, I haven't even done anything wrong! Whatever your slutty wife—"
"I'm going to stop you right there," Atlas interrupts harshly. "Tomorrow by 6 p.m." with that said, Atlas hangs up the phone and stands up, holding eye contact with me as he walks right towards me.
"You didn't have to do that." He didn't, but like I said, I really don't mind he did.
"Fuck yeah, I had to." He sighs. "I shouldn't even have offered her the job. You're right. This is our private space here. There's no space for an ex-girlfriend that, no doubt, had other intentions." His hands lay down on my waist, his head tipping until his forehead meets mine. "I'm sorry."
My eyes widen, breath hitching and getting caught in my lungs. Did the Atlas Storm just say I'm and sorry, following each other? Did he truly apologise or was I imagining that?
"I—Look..." I close my eyes to take a deep breath. "I think I should ask Cody to come pick me up for the night. I'll stay with him and Athena for a couple of days and—"
"No," he snaps, his grip on my waist tightening. He moves his head back and I immediately feel the loss of his heat on me. "You're staying here, Sierra. Neither of us is leaving."
"I think we need a break, Atlas. You've been keeping this, her from me for months. I need time to process this. I need a moment to rest."
His expression doesn't change. He still looks at me like the CEO he is. The man that doesn't budge, the guy nobody can shake. Right now, he's not the guy that wanted to marry me, he's the man that his employees fear.
But not me. I used to fear him, but that's long gone. Not even the CEO him can scare me anymore.
"If you want some rest, go find a room on the other side of the house and sleep. You won't hear Allie cry there. I can take care of her. But you're not leaving."
I push Atlas's hands away from me, taking a step back. My eyebrows furrowed, face displaying nothing but confusion and shock. What the hell just happened? Is he seriously forbidding me to leave? "You don't get to decide whether or not I leave and stay with my brother and my best friend, Atlas. You can't force me to stay married to you."
