Chapter 61

I can feel everyone’s eyes darting between David and me, the air completely still as they wait with bated breath to see what their boss will do. I can see David’s mind spinning, figuring out how to react and what impression his next action will give. His eyes are narrowed, staring at me as if daring me to speak to him in front of his people like that again. Marcus’s hand has also dropped off my back, and now my skin feels cold.

It feels like hours pass before David speaks, but I know it has only been mere seconds.

“Fine,” he says. But in that one word, I can tell he is seething that I argued back in front of his people—that I am interrupting.

His shoulders are tense as he storms past me to his bedroom, and I rush to follow him, ignoring the slow build of mutters I am starting to hear from behind me. David holds the door open, staring at the floor as I walk in, st