It was only after the long working hours finally crawled to a close that Eryx unfastened the tie and the belt, setting me free from my humiliating display in the office suite. I stood up, my joints stiff and my ego absolutely bruised. I didn't say a single word. I just glared at him, a look of pure, icy venom that would have withered a lesser man.
After getting dressed with jagged, jerky movements, I stormed past both of them, ignoring Theon’s muffled chuckles. Instead of sharing the car and sitting in that suffocating silence, I practically ran all the way back home, the evening air doing nothing to cool the fire under my skin.
At dinner, I played the part of the wounded queen. I gave them both the cold shoulder, barely touching my food and refusing to acknowledge their presence. It wa
