I marched out of there. He wanted to spank me, in Aiden’s office, for anyone and probably everyone to see. People probably thought I was already sleeping with them, which was part of why I’d lasted a lot longer than the other secretaries. I remembered one time in the kitchen, I was getting a coffee and Hannah, one of the power legals, had said it loud enough for me to hear. She hadn’t hidden what they’d been talking about. I’d held my head up and left without bowing down to their gossip.
“You really want to back away from this? From us?” Dwayne asked as he appeared at the door, blocking my way, ready for me to leave.
“I’m not some kind of toy you can abuse when you want. It doesn’t matter how much you’re paying me.”
Luke shouted, “Forget it. She’s not who I thought she was.”
I raised a
