For the rest of that week and the next, I did everything in my power to avoid Petyr. His accusations in his office still burned and even though a part of me found his possessiveness sexy, the bigger part did not want it. And I was ready to do whatever it was to keep him at arms length. I stopped going to his office for anything at all, despite the countless 'urgent' emails he sent me. I took the longer and 'less likely to meet him' route to everything. But it was not enough. His office was too close to mine. So this morning, I went to meet Mrs. LeVaughn to discuss a workspace change. "Well, you've barely been there for two months, Maria." She said to me, her hand paused over a stack of sheets. "Why the change?" I forced a smile, "I just think I don't put in my best there. I also

