He still wanted to be with me? Maybe I was blowing everything out of proportion. Men did stupid stuff during their bachelor parties all the time. I had seen movies where guys did way worse than bang a random girl before committing to someone for the rest of their lives. James wouldn't fool around on me behind my back when we were married. It was just because it was his last night as a single man. And he had Rob and Mason egging him on, and who knows who else. James had told me he never cheated on Isabella. He wouldn't cheat on me either. He loved me. The way he was looking at me couldn't be faked. I had to trust him. "You promise?"
"I promise. What's bothering you?"
"I...it's nothing. If you still love me..."
"Penny." He leaned forward and placed a soft kiss against my lips. "I'll never stop loving you. You are the only thing I'm ever sure about. It's you and me. It'll always be you and me."
I put my arms around his neck and breathed in his familiar scent.You and me.I needed to let this go. If he wasn't talking about it, it was a mistake. It was a one time thing. I bit my lip. That's what he had said to me when we had crossed the line of being a student and her professor. But it was never a one time thing and it was never going to be.Don't cry, don't cry.
"So, about me caving..."
"I should probably get back to work." I pulled away from him and stood up, grabbing my cup of coffee. I wanted to forgive him, but I needed more time. Right now the coffee in my hands was the only thing keeping me from being bent over his desk. I gripped the cup even tighter.
"Are we okay?" He look dejected.
"I don't want the other interns to think I don't do any work."
He nodded, but he still looked upset. "Let's go to Totonno's Pizzeria for lunch."
"Not today. I wanna bond more with Sierra. She just moved to New York and I wanted to see how she's adjusting. I was in her place not too long ago."
It looked like he wanted to say something, but instead he pressed his lips together.Just say it, James. Tell me what you did. Tell me that you're sorry.It would be so much easier for me to move past this if he owned up to his mistakes.
I turned away from him. "I'll see you after work." He still didn't say anything. I quickly walked out of his office and closed the door behind me.
Eruption - Chapter 25
Monday
"Hey, Rob," I said as soon as he picked up the phone. I had eaten lunch as quickly as possible with the other marketing interns. Now I was standing outside the office, hoping I could get some answers.
"Hey, sexy, what's up?"
I rolled my eyes, even though he couldn't see me through the phone. "I was just calling to see if you had fun during James' bachelor party."
Rob laughed. "That's a ridiculous question. It was fucking awesome."
"So, what did you guys do?"
"Well, I won over the hottest girl there and Matt acted like a little bitch about it."
I laughed. "Congrats on your conquest. What about James and Mason?"
"They were super lame. They sat by the pool all day."
"And what about at night?"
"Are you trying to find out if we hired strippers, got him wasted, and then he engaged in tons of unprotected sex with strangers and now has a baby momma?"
Jesus."Did you? Did he?"
Rob laughed. "You'll never know. But you know how he gets when he's off the rocker..."
"Rob." My voice sounded strangled. "Seriously, did James cheat on me?"
"If he did, it was with Mason."
I sighed.
