Mannie’s POV
I didn’t wait.
The second Dominic turned his back, I turned mine too.
I didn’t care if the whole office was watching.
I didn’t care if Clarissa was still screaming like a banshee.
I didn’t care if the whispers followed me like shadows on my heels.
I walked fast with my head down and my jaw tight.
My chest burned like someone had cracked it open and poured acid inside, well… I pretended not to feel it.
Because Dominic Blackmoore had just made everything worse.
"If she wanted to seduce someone, she would have chosen me."
That line rang in my head again and again, louder than Clarissa’s screeches. Louder than the gasps and snickers that had erupted after.
He thought he was protecting me? Teasing me?
He made me look guilty.
He made me look cheap.
How could a company
