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importance, but by the look he gave her, she knew he knew it was fake.
    His brow furrowed with the frown on his face, “Why are you leaving, Anna?”
    Great, he knew her name and just hearing him say it made her body tingle with excitement and her core heat up.
    “I told you,” she tried to keep her face a mask of indifference, but could tell she was failing. “I’m going to stay with a friend for the weekend. She is having some man issues and needs a friend to lean on.”
    Okay. a) Anna didn’t have any female friends and as soon as Drew woke up and joined this little event, he’d verify that point. b) The only woman having man issues, now, was Anna and as much as she needed a friend to lean on, the only friend she knew of that she’d turn to; also happened to be the man she had issues with, Drew.
    “Let’s talk shall we.” He suddenly stated as he reached passed Anna and opened the front door wide to wave the cab away.
    Damn it, what did he do that for?
    The door closed silently and he turned to her, his hand caught her elbow and he began to march her toward the study. Anna panicked. This was the same room she witnessed them having sex, she couldn’t go in there. She tried to dig her heels in and yank her elbow out of his grasp, but he just squeezed tighter.
    “What did you get rid of my cab for?” she almost screeched. “I don’t want to talk to you. I want to leave.”
    It was no use. She was in the room and sitting in one of the two chairs in front of Drew’s great big desk, while the man leaned against it in front of her. The image of the night before flashed through her brain and she pushed it away. It wouldn’t do any good to get horny right now.
    “First we talk. Then, if you still wish to leave, you can leave,” he said gruffly, “Now tell me the truth. Where are you going? And, why?”
    He towered over her, his eyes assessing her. She felt like a child being chastised.
    “I-I…”
    Just as she began to stutter her response, Drew strolled into the room, “Carter, why is Anna’s suitcase by the front door?”
    He stopped in the middle of the room and took in the scene. Anna felt herself flush at his surprised look.
    “I was just asking her the same thing,” said the man she now knew as Carter.
    Anna couldn’t bring herself to look at either of them, so she just looked down at her hands in her lap.
    “I’m quitting,” she whispered, doubting they’d have been able to hear her.
    However, she was wrong because suddenly Drew was there kneeling at the side of her chair, forcing her to meet his eyes.
    “You quit? Why?” asked Drew.
    Anna noticed that now it appeared it was Drew’s turn to panic.
    “Aren’t you happy here?” asked Drew, with a look of confusion.
    Anna fought back the tears that stung her eyes and threatened to make an appearance. She’d been happy here. Happier than she’d ever been before in her life, but it was all an illusion. She’d been delusional to think anything more than friendship would come from her relationship with Drew.
    “No,” she croaked. “I’m not happy and I want to leave.”
    Her heart broke at the look of hurt that appeared in Drew’s eyes. Now he looked like he was about to cry.
    “What did I do wrong? I’ll fix it.”
    Why would he think he did anything wrong? Why would he even care?
    “You did nothing wrong,” came Carter’s stern and cold response. “She is just a selfish little brat that wants more than she’s entitled to.”
    Her head snapped up and she gaped at Carter. Did he know that she was upset because she’d fallen for Drew and now knew she couldn’t have him?
    He glowered down at her, “She probably thinks by acting this way we’ll offer her more pay. The fact that we allow her to live in our house and take care of everything for her, while we still pay her, isn’t enough.”
    Wow, never mind, he was way off the mark.
    Then a thought popped into her head. Perhaps if she agreed, they’d let her leave without a fuss.