Passion and Payback

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I moved closer to get a glimpse of the lady while praying a silent prayer that I was wrong about it being Blake initially. My

the head of the operations team, my work rival. They were so imme

ranger, my phone in his hands - I'd probably forgotten it. I stormed to the bar, my vision getting obscured b

shaking. "Put it on the guy in the suit's tab," I added, noddi

ing confused. I took it, my hands shaking with anger, and walked back to where

epped forward and doused them both in the expensive liquid. The shock on their faces was priceless, and for a moment, time s

noticing me. His eyes widened in recognitio

dripping with venom. "The drink is on you." I turned on my heel and walke

g. The cool night air stung my cheeks, mingling with the heat of my anger. I cou

seemingly out of nowhere. His presence was making me very uncomfortable

im earlier and went on to get cheat

o me. I glanced at the phone in his hand, realizin

phone from him. "I should get goin

hone from him. "I should get going." I

," he said, his voice softer now, almos

t him know to stop interfering but seeing the

pointing to a sleek black Cadillac Escalade par

d, the admonition ringers in my mind conflicting with the staggering need to leave.

enger seat, grateful for the short moment of peace. The interior of the car w

started the engine, the low purr

he asked, lo

me alone to an empty house that held recollections of Blake a

ast us. We drove in silence for a while, the tension slowly easing from

head. "No,

s occasions settled intensely on my shoulders. I gazed through the window, watching the city lights o

door of a quiet, faintly lit suite. "You can stay here

ed, my voice barely above a whi

t say I know what it's like to need an escape," he

f his words hitting me hard. I nodded, unable

ff then," he expre

rink?" I blurted out, causi