Page 16 of Caught By the Bratva Boss

“Good night, Lily.”

Chapter Seven

Lily

The whispers had started almost as soon as we stepped out of the elevator together. At first, I had been able to put it down to paranoia, but by lunch time, I knew someone had seen the way his hand had rested for a second on my back when we arrived in the office, and they had told people.

Had Daniil simply forgotten that he wanted us to be discreet? It seemed like a simple enough mistake to make, but at the same time, I very much doubted a man like Daniil made mistakes. Either way, that one small, almost innocent-looking gesture had set tongues wagging.

Now it was near finishing time, and I knew for certain that people were gossiping about me. There were too many sly looks and whispers that fell into silence when I approached for it to be anything other than that.

We hadn’t even made it a day, and the entire office was already talking about it. I didn’t even want to know what they thought about me, but honestly, it was probably no worse than what I thought about myself.

Slut.

I had a fiancé, and I had crept into my boss’s office, without underwear on, and sat on his knee while he—

My face turned scarlet, and my body trembled at the memories of last night. I hadn’t just been needy and a slut for letting him show me just how good with his hands he was. I also knew deep down that if he had ordered me onto my knees, I would have sucked his cock like my life depended on it.

I would have done anything and everything he asked me to because, in one way, Daniil was right. I had never been with a man like him before. Did that make me a slut? It sure as hell made me a cheater, even if Greg was the one who had put me in this situation to begin with.

Damn him. He was meant to love and cherish me.

“Lily?”

I jumped in shock, knocking off a stack of paperwork that I had balanced precariously on the edge of my desk. “Shit, sorry, you startled me.” Bending down to gather the papers, I looked up in time to see one of my colleagues from marketing grinning down at me.

“Daydreaming about anyone in particular?” she cooed innocently. But her eyes were wicked.

I blushed again. “No, of course not,” I said a little too quickly. “What’s up?”

“Are you coming for drinks tonight? I know you’re not in our department anymore, but—”

I couldn’t help it. I glanced towards the glass office. It was opaque again, so I couldn’t see inside, but there didn’t seem to be any movement at all.

Hadn’t Daniil come back from his meeting yet?

“I-uh,” I stuttered.

“Unless you have other, more pressing things to do?” Claire’s eyes raked over me. She had a very knowing look on her face that I didn’t like.

I glared at her. “I don’t. Of course, I want to come and have drinks with you. Claire. I just need to check if the boss doesn’t need me for anything before I leave.”

“I’m sure the boss needs you for plenty of things, but I’m also pretty sure he isn’t here,” she said snidely. Now there could be no mistake. Claire was one of the ones gossiping about me, and if I was reading her correctly, she was feeling all sorts of emotions, the clearest of which was jealousy.

Was my friend and colleague jealous of my weird relationship with Daniil? If she was, it made no sense. As far as I was aware, they had never been in contact with each other directly.

I pushed the thought aside. Sure, the boss is probably gone, but I still need to double-check. We never figured out how I’d get home tonight. I just assumed Daniil would drive me.

Knocking on the door, I waited a whole ten seconds before pushing it in a crack. “Daniil?”

As expected, the office was completely silent and empty. He wasn’t there. Sighing, I closed the door behind me.

“Looks like I’m free to go. Just let me grab my coat and purse and shut down the system, and I’ll meet you downstairs in five minutes, ok?” I forced myself to smile at her, but she didn’t return it. Instead, she stared at me.

“Or you could wait.” Why was she staring at me like that?

“Five minutes, otherwise, I’m going to come and look for you. I want all the gossip.” She sauntered away, giving me a reprieve from her knowing stares, and I sucked in a deep, settling breath.