Chapter 27: Derrick's POV
It's been nearly twenty minutes.
I've clenched my jaw so hard it was starting to ache, all the muscles in my neck pulled taut with tension I couldn't release.
I'm driving to Colton's staff quarters with my vision clouded by a red haze.
I am beyond angry.
She'd been there all evening.
With him, together alone in his building, in his space.
I thought I could be more understanding, maybe exercise just a little patience. I even agreed to that stupid retreat in Bali.
I agreed to therapy, to everything she asked, everything she demanded but this…
This is too much!
My mind started to conjure images I didn't want to see. Her smiling at him, laughing at his jokes, letting him touch her, comfort her, hold her.
The same way she used to let me.
Alas, I'm in his
