I’m about to grab my purse when Alice walks into the office, walking straight toward me. “I told my son he shouldn’t keep you on when he purchased this place.” She points an accusing finger at me. “And after that stunt you pulled at Mr. Arnoldson’s party, your proved me right.”
“Alice—”
“Mrs. Duncan,” she corrects me.
“Mrs. Duncan, I think there has been a misunderstanding. I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You left the party,” she says, as if that explains anything.
“Mom,” Xavier comes into the lobby, “what are you doing here?”
“I’m letting this… woman know she failed to do her job. You have responsibilities and you neglected them. After everything my son has done for you.”
“Xavier—”
“It is Mr. Duncan to you,” Alice cuts in again.
“Mom, please.” Xavier takes her arm and pulls her to his office. “LeAnna, stay there.”
Xavier takes his mom into his office, and I hear her heated voice tell him she wants me gone. I can’t hear what Xavier says to her, but after a few minutes, he leaves his office, shutting the door behind him, and comes to my desk. I don’t know whether to run or hide when his gaze lands on me with an intensity I’ve seen from him before.
Lorraine and Gerald are pretending to not watch us from their offices, and I feel a blush of embarrassment heat my cheeks.
Romance Author. Professional Pen Thief. Coffee Addict. Obsessive Reader.Amanda lives in the weather crazed Midwest where they experience hot summers and cold winters. She believes spring and fall are a beautiful made up fantasy. Amanda shares her life with her wonderful husband who despite her begging and pleading won’t grow his beard out. She has three teenagers, two girls and a boy, and two mouthy malamutes, that always keep her on her toes, and never stop eating.
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