Alex escorted the policemen out of the office and she sank into a chair feeling utterly drained. Her face was pale with misery when he returned. This latest disruption to his day was no doubt the last straw; he would never keep her on now.
‘I suppose you want me to leave,’ she murmured, and he spared her a brief glance before turning his attention to his computer screen.
‘Excellent idea. Go and collect your things.’
As she struggled to push her aching arm into her jacket she debated going back into his office to admit the truth—that far from being happily married and childless she was a single mother, struggling to juggle a career and care for an almost four-year-old—but it all seemed too complicated and she just wanted to go home.
‘Goodbye.’
The voice from the doorway was curiously deflated, and Alex felt compassion snag his heart as he studied the small, forlorn figure. ‘I’m coming with you,’ he said calmly, and something flared in her eyes.
‘You don’t need to see me off the premises. I feel humiliated enough that everyone knows I was interviewed by the police.’
‘Never mind what anyone else thinks,’ he replied cheerfully, and that just about summed him up, she decided. He was confident to the point of arrogance—but then he was the boss; he didn’t have to care what anyone else thought.
She half expected him to frogmarch her out of the office block, but when the lift came to a halt she discovered that they were in an underground car park.
‘My car’s over there.’ He was already leading the way to a silver Bentley, and as they approached a uniformed chauffeur sprung out and held open the door.
‘There’s no need for all this. I’ve got a return train ticket,’ she said faintly as she sank into the supple leather upholstery. ‘Just drop me at the station.’
Alex ignored her and leaned forward to speak into the intercom. ‘Harley Street, please, Barton.’
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