Insecurities

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Lyric POV
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I turned over grabbing my phone as my alarm went off.

"Another day of getting up for this bullshit."

I stated as I rose up from my bed trying to get myself woke to get ready for work.

My name is Lyric, I'm 22 and I work as a lawyer. I live by myself with my dog blue eyes. He's a husky with blue eyes, which is why he has that name.

"Blue Eyes?" I yelled as I walked downstairs. Blue Eyes came running out of the kitchen.

"Hey boy. You hungry?" I said as I bent down rubbing his head. Blue Eyes barked at my statement.

I went over to the pantry and grabs his bag of dog food out of it. I filled his bowl with his food and he ran over to eat it. As he ate I went to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water and poured it into his bowl.

While he ate, I walked upstairs to get ready for work.
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I walked downstairs with my briefcase as Blue Eyes followed.

"Alright, mama going to work. Be good." I said as I rubbed his head. I grabbed my keys and walked out the door. Time to start a shitty day.
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DING

The elevator opened and I walked off. I walked down the hall going towards my office.

"Goodmorning Ms. Johnson" my assistant said as she walked beside me with papers in her hand.

"Goodmorning," I said replying back. "Any cases?"

"Yes ma'am. This girl is 18 and she is accusing a man that she have been talking to of raping her."

She explained everything as I nodded, taking all the information in. As we made it to my office, I opened my door to see someone sitting in front of my desk.

"Oh. Also, Mr. Smith is here to see you"

"I told you about letting him in my office when I'm not here"

"I'm sorry Ms. Johnson, but you weren't in when he made it. I thought it would be fine. It won't happen again." She stated as she put the pile of papers on my desk, walking out.

I walked over to my desk sitting my purse on it. I folded my arms across my chest.

"What do you want Clarence."

"Don't Be so hostile with me, I'm not the one who caught an attitude and left out last night."

Clarence is my boyfriend. Yes I know I said I live alone and I do. We don't stay together for certain reasons. And this is one of them.

"You can't just come popping up at my job."

"And why not you got some other little boy coming to see you?"

I rolled my eyes and sat in my chair. He's the demanding type. Whenever we get into an argument or fight, he gets aggressive. Sometimes it makes me horny, but today I'm not for it.

"If there was another man then you would have met him by now. You're not doing anything right anyways." I started putting emphasis on man.

Before I could look up, Clarence was holding my neck, pushing me against the wall of my office.

"What I tell you about your mouth. Watch who you talking to."

I just looked at him. I couldn't breathe which meant I couldn't talk. I hated when he got like this, his behavioral problems are acting up.

"You hear me?" He stated, making his grip even tighter.

I nodded.

Clarence released my neck causing me to gasp for air while coughing. I heard him sigh.

"Come Here Baby." He said as he sat in my chair behind my desk.

I walked over to him and sat on his lap holding my neck.

"I'm sorry baby, I didn't mean to hurt you. I just want you to know I love you and I need you to stop doing me this way. I only want the best for us."

I only want the best for us. His words kept playing in my head.

If he wants so much of the best for us then why do we go through this almost every other week.

"I think we need some space. Just for a couple of weeks."

He looked at me confused as if I was speaking another language. "Couple weeks?"

"Yea, just to clear the air. I have to focus more on work."

He just nodded. Which was surprising. I expected him to get upset and start yelling.

I got up from his lap, which gave him the clue that I wanted him to leave. He got up and walked to the door looking back at me once more.

"I'll call you later."

I didn't respond. He walked out of my office door closing it.
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