attention. What are you going to do?”
“I have no idea, Martina.”
“I wish I could take one of them off your hands, whichever one you don’t want. But I think they’re both quite smitten with you. Must have been some weekend.”
“Yeah, you could say that.”
She looks around the room, staring at the massive amount of multicolored roses covering her office. She picks up a card and reads it. ‘Just one chance, it’s all I ask.’ It’s a nice gesture but there’s only one problem, she’s allergic to roses. Her nose starts to twitch, a sign of the impending sneeze.
“Martina, I need you to get these out of here. I’m allergic to them. Give them to everyone in the office. I’ll be back in a few minutes after the room has cleared out.”
“Allergic? I guess he didn’t know.”
Alexa’s mouth presses into a hard line. “He doesn’t know anything about me.”
At least outside she could have another smoke. She heads back to the elevators and waits impatiently. Once outside, she immediately lights up.
“That’s a nasty habit, baby girl.”
She swings around and is standing face to face with Scott.
“You’re so much prettier without that hanging from your lips. Maybe you need something in its place.” He grins.
“You’re stalking me.”
“I waited for you to call me all weekend. Were you with him?”
“No. I was alone.” Like I always am.
“You didn’t have to be, you know. Did you get my card?”
“Yes.”
“Will you go away with me? We need time to talk, away from real life. It’s this beautiful castle I found in the English countryside.”
“Scotty—”
“Or did Mr. Collins win you over with his over-the-top rose delivery?”
“How did you know about that?”
“He told me.”
“You didn’t tell him I was allergic to them? That’s mean.”
“No, that’s how it goes. All’s fair, baby girl.”
“Mean.”
“Are you going to come with me?”
“I don’t know.”
“We’ll do it your way, I swear.”
“I’m not sure.”
“Not sure about what? It’s me, Alexa. Your Scotty. In the flesh. Why are you resisting me so much?”
Alexa knew that this was the one person on the planet she could be herself with, and the one person who knew her better than anyone. She knew she should just be honest. He had to know the damage he caused. It’s time she dropped the tough girl act.
“Because I’m afraid of how much it will hurt when you leave again.”
He walks closer to her, a grin on his face. “I won’t leave then.”
“You have to. Countries, remember?”
“I’ll move to London.”
She takes a long drag on her cigarette. “Now you’re just being ridiculous.”
He grabs her wrist and takes it out of her hand, throwing it on the ground. He pulls her close to him, so close her neck strains to look at him.
“We’ll start over, Alexa. I swear, I won’t ask you to be my sub, I won’t dominate you. I just want to… I want…”
“What, Scotty. You want what?” Alexa asks, sounding exasperated.
“I want to show you that we can have a relationship. We can be together and do normal things. We can talk and I don’t know…eat dinner and stuff.”
“You don’t even know what a normal relationship looks like.”
“Do you?”
She shakes her head. How could she? The only one she ever had was with him.
“I want to be us again, Lexi.”
“What does that even mean, Scotty?”
“What we used to be until I separated us. What else do I have to do? I flew across the goddamn Atlantic to tell you this and you won’t even fucking listen to me.”
“You flew to London to see if I would have a normal relationship with you? You could have saved yourself a lot of time and trouble and just called me. You never even fucking called and then you just show up here and expect me to drop everything to be your toy again. Not gonna happen, Scotty.”
He squeezes her arm harder. “That is not what I came all this way for. You are so damn stubborn. Can you put
“I have no idea, Martina.”
“I wish I could take one of them off your hands, whichever one you don’t want. But I think they’re both quite smitten with you. Must have been some weekend.”
“Yeah, you could say that.”
She looks around the room, staring at the massive amount of multicolored roses covering her office. She picks up a card and reads it. ‘Just one chance, it’s all I ask.’ It’s a nice gesture but there’s only one problem, she’s allergic to roses. Her nose starts to twitch, a sign of the impending sneeze.
“Martina, I need you to get these out of here. I’m allergic to them. Give them to everyone in the office. I’ll be back in a few minutes after the room has cleared out.”
“Allergic? I guess he didn’t know.”
Alexa’s mouth presses into a hard line. “He doesn’t know anything about me.”
At least outside she could have another smoke. She heads back to the elevators and waits impatiently. Once outside, she immediately lights up.
“That’s a nasty habit, baby girl.”
She swings around and is standing face to face with Scott.
“You’re so much prettier without that hanging from your lips. Maybe you need something in its place.” He grins.
“You’re stalking me.”
“I waited for you to call me all weekend. Were you with him?”
“No. I was alone.” Like I always am.
“You didn’t have to be, you know. Did you get my card?”
“Yes.”
“Will you go away with me? We need time to talk, away from real life. It’s this beautiful castle I found in the English countryside.”
“Scotty—”
“Or did Mr. Collins win you over with his over-the-top rose delivery?”
“How did you know about that?”
“He told me.”
“You didn’t tell him I was allergic to them? That’s mean.”
“No, that’s how it goes. All’s fair, baby girl.”
“Mean.”
“Are you going to come with me?”
“I don’t know.”
“We’ll do it your way, I swear.”
“I’m not sure.”
“Not sure about what? It’s me, Alexa. Your Scotty. In the flesh. Why are you resisting me so much?”
Alexa knew that this was the one person on the planet she could be herself with, and the one person who knew her better than anyone. She knew she should just be honest. He had to know the damage he caused. It’s time she dropped the tough girl act.
“Because I’m afraid of how much it will hurt when you leave again.”
He walks closer to her, a grin on his face. “I won’t leave then.”
“You have to. Countries, remember?”
“I’ll move to London.”
She takes a long drag on her cigarette. “Now you’re just being ridiculous.”
He grabs her wrist and takes it out of her hand, throwing it on the ground. He pulls her close to him, so close her neck strains to look at him.
“We’ll start over, Alexa. I swear, I won’t ask you to be my sub, I won’t dominate you. I just want to… I want…”
“What, Scotty. You want what?” Alexa asks, sounding exasperated.
“I want to show you that we can have a relationship. We can be together and do normal things. We can talk and I don’t know…eat dinner and stuff.”
“You don’t even know what a normal relationship looks like.”
“Do you?”
She shakes her head. How could she? The only one she ever had was with him.
“I want to be us again, Lexi.”
“What does that even mean, Scotty?”
“What we used to be until I separated us. What else do I have to do? I flew across the goddamn Atlantic to tell you this and you won’t even fucking listen to me.”
“You flew to London to see if I would have a normal relationship with you? You could have saved yourself a lot of time and trouble and just called me. You never even fucking called and then you just show up here and expect me to drop everything to be your toy again. Not gonna happen, Scotty.”
He squeezes her arm harder. “That is not what I came all this way for. You are so damn stubborn. Can you put
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