"I'll see you after lunch, Genevieve," Dominic called as he walked towards the elevator. It was 11:45 and, of course, he was leaving early to go meet Jasmine.

I chuckled at the thought that those 'high conclusions' I had been jumping to hadn't been all wrong.

'Ugh, Jasmine. What kind of name is that?′

The kind that gets the guy, apparently.

I sent Jeremy a quick email, hoping he hadn't left yet and was still at his desk.

I got a message back a few moments later.

I quickly shut off my computer and grabbed my purse. I needed to freshen myself up before meeting with him. I needed to apologize for blowing him off so many times and I wanted him to be just as head over heels as he was the first time he saw me, so I rode the elevator down to the first floor and walked through the vacant lobby into the women's bathroom.

I walked into the stall at the end to relieve myself and as I was about to get back up, I heard someone walk in talking on the phone.

"...Yeah, and it's like he has a type or something because this one is a brunette as well, but she's bigger than the last one--like everything on her is exaggeratedly big, like, almost fake, you know? I don't see why he would even want to look at her for five minutes, let alone all day! And I mean, I could just tell being around her for, like, two minutes that... It's, honestly, a wonder how she got the job. She doesn't seem very bright."

I recognized the voice as Jasmines, but was she talking about me?

She couldn't have been because nothing on me was fake!

And the fact that she had all but called me a bimbo--

"--Yeah, and you should see what she actually came to work in. She couldn't try harder to climb the corporate ladder even if she wanted to or her clothes would rip at the seams. I'm totally serious, it's skin-tight like she thinks she looks good or something. He's not even into fat girls so she's wasting her time if she's trying to...fuck him or something. Like that's ever gonna happen! Oh, and you should've seen the way she looked at me like she had no idea who I was, like Dominic hadn't told her about me. I know, I definitely need to keep my eyes and ears open at all times. I have a bad feeling about her."

There were so many things about what she just said that I wanted to outwardly laugh about.

'And the fact that she called you fat, and basically stupid, and said that sex with Dominic was never 'gonna happen' but you just had him down on his knees between your legs against your apartment door Saturday makes everything she said basically redundant.′

I smirked at the memory of this weekend and at Jasmine's words but stayed quiet.

"Yeah, no. Neither she nor anyone or anything else is going to come between Dominic and I. I've worked too hard to let some young little girl wedge her way between us. And even after everything that's happened, I've still kept--," I couldn't hear what she said quietly after that as she had been walking out of the bathroom.

'Wonder what she's been keeping... A secret, perhaps?'

When I heard the door shut, I stood up and readjusted my clothing and flushed. I unlocked the stall and walked over to the sinks to wash my hands.

One thing was for sure, she didn't have to worry about me trying to take Dominic now. I was no home wrecker or side chick. Jasmine was definitely a bitch and while she seemed to be hiding something, no one deserved to be cheated on.

I pulled out my lipstick and applied a fresh coat and played with my hair a bit, trying to give it more life as I tried not to think too hard about Jasmine's words.

I looked at my watch and saw that it was 11:52 and I figured that Jasmine and Dominic had left already, as he likes to be early to things, so I walked out of the bathroom and was greeted by a sight that all but made my heart stop.

Jeremy was talking with Jasmine as Dominic was at her side and at the sound of my heels on the tile floor all three pairs of eyes turned my way.

"Hey, Gen. You ready to go get something to eat," Jeremy asked excitedly.

'Oh, dear merciful--'

I felt my face flush as I walked towards him and into the circle of fire.

"Yep," I said after clearing my throat.

Dominic's face was turning red and his jaw was clenched. He had watched me type that email, but here I was going against his command.

I knew he couldn't do anything in public so I tried to calm my breathing, but I was worried about what would happen after lunch when we were alone again.

"Have fun you two," Jasmine said in a sickly sweet voice.

"You as well," Jeremy answered, seemingly oblivious to the tension in the air around him, and held out his elbow for me to take. I placed a hand around it and he pulled me to the door.

"I'll see you after lunch, Ms. Carlyle," I heard Dominic's voice behind me and it was the voice he used to tell you that you were in trouble and I knew that I was.

As we passed Dariah, she had a triumphant smile on her face as she looked at me and yeah, I know. I was stupid to have let myself have anything to do with Dominic Blackstone outside of work and she was gloating.

"You too, Mr. Blackstone," I said with a slight tremor in my voice over my shoulder. I didn't have to look back to know that his eyes were trained on me.

'He wouldn't look so heated right now if he didn't feel anything, you know.'

I mean, maybe, but he had a girlfriend the whole time. What we had, the way he may look at me, and even his feelings...none of it matters now.

'I wonder what she would do if she knew that you had been in his playroom.'

I sure as hell didn't. I didn't need to lose my job because of a jealous girlfriend that I knew nothing about. That wasn't fair to me.

I would go to lunch with Jeremy and when I got back to the office if Dominic tried anything I would use my safeword. He hadn't said it outright, but I knew that once I used that, things would get a lot more complicated between us.

I couldn't think about that right now, though. I needed to think about Jeremy only. I looked at him as we made our way into the car garage.

He was quite handsome and I could see myself falling for him if I got a certain someone off of my mind. He was cute in a boy-next-door kind of way and that was just what I needed.

'But not what you want.'

Maybe in time, Jeremy would be okay with a little role-playing.