Strawberry

Chapter Ten

Abbigail's POV

"Come in" I say my head down in a file.

I don't look up as my door opens and close thinking that it's Greg getting back with the files I asked for. I am trying to work but it is hard to focus ever since Xavier dropped that bomb on me at lunch today.

We were having our usual lunch and brainstorming when he asked me to move in with him, at first, I was stocked and touched at the same time but now the more I think on it I think it's a bad idea us living together.

I know that I love being with him and being in his hold, but I don't want to move that fast things are perfect the way they are right now I don't want to ruin it with moving in. I don't know how I am going to tell him all of this he is going to flip out when I tell him.

"Whenever your forehead is creased that much I know your not thinking about work" an all too familiar voice says.

I look up to find the last person I ever wanted to see standing in my office, Roger Field he is the man that is single handedly responsible for almost ruining my life. I sit taking him in and he look the same as I remember neatly combed brown hair and dull brown eyes.

I am not going to lie it pisses me off like hell looking at him his cool calm demeanor gets to me sometimes. He always has this cool thing going on that makes my skin crawl I could never tell what he was going to do and that scares me.

"Roger" I say my voice faint and he smiles. "What are you doing here?"

"Well you didn't think I would let you get away from me that, easily did you?" he removes his coat sitting down before my desk. "Man, you haven't changed a bit"

"Look if you're here to play games I am not in the mood" I tell him seriously.

"I'm not honest" he holds up his hands. "I just...I miss you Abbi I miss us" he says, and I shake my head.

He cannot be serious what does he think I am? First of all, he is married I don't mess around with married man and second, he hurt me.

"We were so good together don't you remember?" he looks at me brown eyes begging me.

"We were good together when it was convenient to you. You're a married man Roger you have a wife" I tell him seriously.

"I don't love her I love you" he says I shake my head standing.

"You need to leave before I have you thrown out of here"

"Abbi wait" he grabs my hand. "Please I know that what I did was wrong just hear me out just let me explain myself to you" he begs.

I know that I should say no turn him down and walk away but some small part of me still feels for him I still care about him. I look up at him brown eyes begging me to say yes and against all my better judgement I said.

"Fine, I have an hour before my next meeting" I take my hand out of his.

He gives me a big smile that makes him look childish and I can't help but smile back.

"Let's go for a walk we're it's private" he suggests.

I give him a nod heading out I really hope he says what he has to, and real fast Roger and I found ourselves in the park not far from my office. I look over at him as we walk it's a bit strange being out with him in public in the day we never did this when we were dating.

Everything we did had to be kept a secret for the company he used to tell me but that was all a lie now that I look on it our entire relationship was built on a lie nothing we had or felt was real at least not for him.