Chapter 307

McNeil's phone had gone straight to voicemail.

Violet's mind was running wild with images of McNeil in the shower. Was that why she couldn't reach him? Were they... busy right now?

She couldn't stand not knowing. If McNeil wouldn't answer, she'd get to the

bottom of it another way-so she dialed Victoria.

Victoria, at that moment, was pressed up against the wardrobe, her towel yanked away, right in the heat of things with McNeil.

"My-my phone's ringing."

She barely managed to gasp out the words between his feverish kisses, but McNeil wasn't about to let her go. He held her close, staggering with her over to the room's only table, lifted her onto it, and, without looking, grabbed her phone, swiped to answer, and brought it to her ear.

"Pick up-"

Victoria glanced down at the screen. Ms. Marchand.

She hesitated, looking at McNeil for help, but his next move left her trembling so hard she nearly dropped the phone.

With the phone pressed to her ear, Victoria managed a shaky, "Hello—"

She'd barely gotten the word out before McNeil's lips found hers again. She gasped, covering her mouth with her hand as sounds escaped, not realizing that Violet could hear the strange noises on the other end. When Violet tried to listen more closely, though, the line went silent.

"Where's McNeil?"

looked up at the man pinning her beneath him, completely confused as to why

"Ms. Marchand-"

from her grasp and fell to the floor. Without missing a

it anymore,

the other end, Violet's face went bloodless as she realized exactly what

McNeil's phone was off—Victoria

the window, took his time drinking in the sight of her. He picked up her phone, holding it in one hand. "Your friend enjoys eavesdropping? Maybe

the phone off right in front

her whole body aching from a night that never

her eyes, she realized she had less than ten minutes to get to

her morning routine, and threw on her clothes as fast as she

just a minute late, took the elevator up to the tech department, and was greeted by sly grins

finish his shower last night?" someone teased. Her cheeks flamed

between a married couple is none of your business," another co-worker scolded, though the whole department

kept her head down and headed to her desk. George walked in, took one look at the group, and barked, "Enough with the party-get to work! We're slammed today, and if you don't finish, you'll be

Violet's name was like a magic spell. The laughter died at once- nothing killed office chatter faster than

settled in,

last night? The whole company's talking

gossipy, almost gleeful curiosity, as if

conference call, so I went to get his clothes,

voice to a conspiratorial squeal. "Wait, wait-you

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