Sleeping with My Boss (and his son?)

Chapter 23

Leaning over to Donovan, "can I talk to you?" I stand up and head to the kitchen, holding Donovan's hand the whole way. Once there, "I need to tell my mom," I say. He immediately agrees to be there with me and sitting in the kitchen, we video call my mom.

She and dad are together, and I wasn't counting on telling him, but at this point I had to go with it. Donovan was off screen, but his hand was on my knee, which helped more than I can express.

After pleasantries were exchanged I thought it best to just say it, "Well, I need to fill you guys in on some things. And I know you aren't going to be happy, but I need to tell you everything."

A tear spills and they are obviously concerned, "first off, everyone is okay. But, when I come home Sunday, I'm leaving Jason." Immediately questions arise, "hang on, please. Let me finish. Since a few months after we got married, I've had to deal with a temper I didn't know he had. He's never hit me, but he has pushed me around some, and there's been a lot of verbal and emotional abuse. He's great about keeping it between just the two of us. Other than that, he's been a great husband, and he's a phenomenal father, but behind closed doors, he's not nice to me."

My voice cracks with a sob. They both offer support and apologies and mom has to settle dad down to keep him from driving to my house right now.

"That's not all. That is his part in this. But he's not the only one that did wrong. On this trip this week, I've gotten closer to a man that I've worked with, work for really, since I got hired at C4. A man that I made a choice to be intimate with yesterday. And I know you don't want to hear this, and I know you didn't raise me to do this, but I need you to know. When we got back to the cabin after our time together last night, Jason was here. He knew instantly what I'd done and he lost it. He said some pretty awful things, and I'm grateful the Carringtons were all here. I'm not sure how far he'd have gone otherwise. I sent him home and told him we'd deal with it when I return. But momma, daddy, I can't go back there."

I'm sobbing now. And Donovan is struggling to stay away from me. And I need him. I tug his hand gently and nod to the camera. He quietly asks me if I'm sure, and I nod. Pulling him up and to me. "Momma, Daddy, this is Donovan Carrington, Donavan, my parents, Carter and Isabelle Tate. It's new, but I think it's serious. And I'm pretty certain you'll be seeing him around."

At that, he cuts me off, hugging me from behind. "Ma'am, Sir, it's a pleasure to meet you. And as I told your daughter, this is serious, and I've fallen in love with her over our time working together, but this goes at her pace."

My mom is in tears, my dad looks both pissed and proud. And he's the one to speak. "Baby girl, I'm sorry we didn't know." He clears his throat. "Donovan, thank you for being there for my daughter, but you need to realize she has children to put first."

Donovan cuts him off, "Sir, if I may?" He continues at my dads nod, "One of my favorite things about your daughter is what an amazing mother she is. But for the last couple of years, it has taken everything in me to not step in when I would see her hiding on a phone call with him while he was screaming at her. I know she's always going to be your little girl, but I can promise, sir, from this day forward, no other man is going hurt your daughter. I also know this is going to be hard on the kids, and I don't plan to do anything to make it more difficult. Everything goes at Maddie's  pace. I give you my word."

The call ends on a high note, and daddy seemed to like Donovan, but obviously still had concerns. Momma started crying harder when she heard him call me Maddie, even saying, "I haven't heard anyone call you that since your grandmother passed."

I grinned at that and proudly said, "it's what he's always called me, makes me smile every time." I know the conversation is far from over, and there will be lots to talk about when I get home, but I feel lighter. I needed them to hear it from me before they heard it from Jason.

Knowing it's over with Jason, actually saying it out loud, gives me some peace of mind. Now, the only thing I have to be aware of is whatever Dimitri tries to pull. I haven't told Donovan about our encounter overnight last night, and I'm not sure why.

Is it because of fear of Dimitri, or guilt from the way he made me feel? Or is it because I think I can have both... Wild sex with his dad, and a relationship with him? Is that really possible? Is it what I want?