Chapter 127

Allison's POV.

"Don't you want me to work? Why are you silent?" I asked, placing all my hope on his reply. The reply would determine how things would progress between us. The reply that would prove my position. If I had any value at all. I could feel the air between us turn toxic.

"You can't work in my office." His sentence stabbed me. Searing its sharp edge through my heart. I could also feel my blood burn.

"Why?" I needed a reason. A valuable reason why I couldn't ...