Hazel
"You will not speak to me in that tone. I was being courteous to him. That's all."
I wanted to use my counting technique from one to zero, but it wasn’t working. His words ignite the pain I’d been hiding perfectly.
Slut shaming, calling me a gold digger, and claiming I’m unworthy to be with, are those also Jarvis’s thoughts?
‘You will never measure up.’
Is that what the men in my life actually saw when they looked at me, someone temporary? A droplet of water landed on my arm, and it was already beginning to drizzle.
"Are you speaking to me in that tone?" His voice dropped lower. "Do you realise I'm your boss?"
"Yes." I cut him off before he could build any more momentum.
"You are my boss, not the air I breathe." I took a step toward him.
"You don't get to shame me with your
