If not, you need to be prepared to go without him." I want to see him." Aedan looked like hell warmed over, and my irritation with him faded just a li...ttle."Maybe he doesn't want to see you? Leave him be. At least until the morning. And I'd suggest a public apology when he wakes up." He nodded. "I'm going for supper. I hope the cook still has something left for us. You coming?"He shook his head miserably. I took pity on him and kissed his cheek. "Don't screw it up tomorrow, okay?"I had a quick. It didn't happened last time? Why now?My mind just couldn't think. The only thought were those that threatens my sanity. Those thought that involved Amanda naked and me torturing her in every possible way a girl would hate. I bit down on my lips again, hoping the pain would draw me away from the sickening thoughts. Unfortunately, that didn't work. Biting my lips made me thought of biting on Amanda's lips. What am I suppose to do?I almost yelled Hallelujah when Ms. Scott drew the white curtain. “I guess we need to talk to Jeri.”“You’re not going to fire her, are you?”“Hell no! I know what Jamie said, but I’m going to draw a line in the sand here.”“The Board might disagree with you.”“Then I’ll replace them. And if need be, I’ll exercise the buyout clause to force my dad and Joyce to sell me their shares. Do me a favor and call the bank about loan rates if I need 100K quickly.”“Seriously?”“I’m not fucking around, Elyse. I’ll tell them she stays, period.”“I hope you know what you’re. As our conversation became more superficial. John must have been looking for an opening to continue his agenda to find out if he could somehow persuade me to have sex with him. As he continued to look at me, he asked if everything was ok. Looking up, I simply nodded my head and told him yea. After a pause, John grinned and quickly said, “I really enjoyed you company,” and told me it was really nice to have someone to talk with. Agreeing, I nodded my head again, which gave John a little time to.