Catching Avery

Chapter 16

Wrath: Because what had I been thinking?

Avery~

Nicholas had been true to his word and had shown me his clean bill of health Tuesday afternoon, and he must have paid a fortune for immediate results because almost all his tests had been processed and back overnight. However, after that, real life had intruded on us, and other than a few text messages here and there, I hadn't seen him, and that was what had me back to the reason for my panicking. It was only Thursday, but it felt like I hadn't seen him in months, and if that wasn't the writing on the wall, then I didn't know what was.

I was falling hard for Nicholas if I hadn't already.

So, when I had run into Julian in the elevator, and he had asked me to run some reports to Nicholas, I'd been beyond happy to do it. He'd told me that Nicholas had needed them an hour ago, but he'd already been ten minutes late to some meeting or other, so he'd asked if I'd deliver them as a favor. If I'd had any doubts that I'd fallen for Nicholas, they'd been quickly squelched when I'd found myself practically running to his office, reports in hand.

When I got to the top floor, it seemed as if Lesa had been given the same direction as Mrs. Williams, because she just smiled at me as she waved me on by. Doing my best not to run, when I finally reached Nicholas' office, I saw that Mrs. Williams wasn't at her desk, and I wasn't quite sure what I should do. Julian had said that Nicholas needed these documents at least an hour ago, and seeing as how Nicholas had given my new friend, Dee, instructions that I didn't need an appointment to see him, I made an executive decision, and decided to go ahead and barge in, and then explain how Julian had said that it was important.

However, when I opened the door to Nicholas' office, my entire world came to a complete halt. I was brought up short by the tall, built, gorgeous blonde that was standing in the middle of his office. Now, normally, this wouldn't bother me. I mean, the man was one of the three CEOs of SMA Global, Inc. So, of course, he had meetings and rubbed elbows with The Beautiful People. So, no, I wouldn't have been bothered by that.

What brought me up short was that Nicholas was standing next to her with his hands tangled in her blouse, and if the bare display of her impressive rack was any indication, then I just walked in on Nicholas ripping her blouse open and ripping my heart to pieces.

"I'm...I...I'm so sor...so sorry," I stammered. "Mrs. Williams was...wasn't at her desk, and...and Mr. Moretti said you needed these...these documents an hour ago."

Nicholas let go of the woman's blouse, then immediately took a step away from her. I tried to avoid looking at the perfect creation standing next to him, but she drew my attention when she turned and spoke to me. "Ah, and how is the magnificent Julian these days?" she asked, making no effort to cover herself, and even her voice matched all the sexiness that she was.

She also knew Julian.

I didn't know how to answer her, or even if I should. "I...uh..."

Before I could make an even bigger fool of myself, Nicholas walked over to me, then took the papers out of my hand before sending me on my way like the lowly financial accounting assistant that I was.

"Thank you, Ms. Ellis," he said evenly. "If that is all for now, I'm in the middle of something."

I stared into a face that was devoid of all emotion. Two days ago, he had insisted that we'd be exclusive while we were seeing each other, and now he was kicking me out of his office while he finished whatever he was in the middle of with a half-naked goddess.

What the hell?

I just nodded, then turned around to leave. As much as I didn't want to, I gave one final look over my shoulder, locking eyes with Nicholas. However, when he made no move to stop me or explain to me what was going on, I made sure to turn the lock on the door before I shut it.