Temptress

40|Fired

Sereia's POV

I removed the freshly printed financial forecast for the next three months before stapling it.

I came to work today to say my goodbyes to Hana and Elliot, if he let me.

Yesterday, I invited my mother over and we attempted to start planning my father's funeral.

Of course, she got high and tried to share with me, I almost gave into the urge, but I didn't.

As soon as my father gets buried, I'll be out of Chicago.

I've already put my house up for sale this morning and have applied to buy a house in Maine.

It's a small, one-bedroom white cottage at the lakefront.

I can already imagine myself waking up to that each morning.

My office door suddenly swung open before Elliot stormed in with a menacing look on his face.

I flinched when he slammed the door so hard that the workers from outside turned to look inside.

"Tell me it's not true," he glared at me.

I stood up and immediately closed the blinds so that people couldn't see us.

"Tell me!" he shouted and I flinched again.

I've never seen him this angry before.

He's always calm and collected.

I looked into his raging eyes and they were no longer soft and delicate. They were furious and filled with a fire that made me step away from him.

His glare was as if the intensity of his anger could scorch everything in its path.

"I had to," I said softly. "I had to do it for Violet. I'm sorry that you didn't find out from me. I was going to tell you."

"Are you even sorry for being a liar to me?" he asked. "Was it all fake? Were those feelings you claimed to have for me real?"

Before I could answer him, he shook his head and continued. "Never mind. I don't want to know."

"I can't stand liars, you're fired," he spat at me. "Consider this the end of your career. I'll make sure no one hires you."

I held back my tears because I knew this was coming.

I then picked up the financial forecast I made for him and handed it to him. "For the next three months."

He looked at it distastefully before throwing it in the trash can. "Your replacement will handle that."

I clenched my jaw as I stared at my hard work in the trash.

"She cheats on you," I blurted out and his eyes darkened. "With Mr. Reed."

He took a step closer to me, his eyes still raging at me. "How long have you known?"

I stayed quiet.

He's better off just hating me for good.

"How long Sereia?" he asked. "Was it before or after you saw me feel like shit for liking you while trying to honour my marriage?"

I straightened my posture and looked him right in the eyes. "I've always known."

He took a step back as he shook his head in belief.

"You're a fool," I told him. "Everyone around you deceives you and you're too blind to see it. You couldn't even realize that the woman you like was lying to you the whole time."