Chapter 17. Jealousy

Dexter

I watched her leave hastily while putting on my jacket, my mind filled with several thoughts of why she had gotten sudden cold feet.

Her reactions to my touch, and the way she moaned that I shouldn't stop touching her made me mad with excitement. But after asking her if she really wanted me, the desire just died off.

My heart was tormented with the conclusion that I'd done something wrong and with how tight-lipped she was, I knew that I'd have to move the heavens and the earth to know what really happened.

I signaled my chauffeur to drive me to work so that I could think. We had an important meeting with a big organisation who wanted to give us a huge contract and all I could think of was a woman who rejected me twice?

Shaking my head vehemently, I decided that I wouldn't allow the thoughts of her to distract me. The contract I was about to bag was much more important than her.

After convincing myself over and over again, I put on my