Page 92 of Enthrall Climax

“Have some.” Henry pointed to my glass.

“I’ve had enough.”

“How can I get through to you?”

“Was it Zie who got to you?” I swallowed hard at the agonizing sensation of time standing still, each second an unbearable eternity. “It was Zie.” I exhaled sharply. “You know how much she hates me.”

He reached for his drink and took a gulp. “Once Mia receives a professional psychological assessment—”

“You’re violating her rights.” I leaned back. “She would have called me by now. Something doesn’t add up.”

“We need to make sure this is what she wants.”

The stab of betrayal went straight to my heart. “You mean me?”

“You sat before the Board of Psychiatry and lied—”

“No, I didn’t, Henry.”

“That’s right…you had Mia lie for you.”

“No, I would never—”

“I was there, Cam.”

It would have appeared that way. Mia had come up with a scheme to reassure the medical board she was in a relationship with me and, therefore, any intimacy would be considered normal. She’d saved me that day. My reputation. My career. My life in so many ways. All the while Richard had watched on as his girlfriend had testified that she was mine, and I wondered if he’d known then he was losing her to me. The mess I’d left behind was burning a hole in my happiness.

“Henry, you know me. I would never hurt her.”

“I thought I did. Chrysalis is worse than I ever imagined.”

“Don’t listen to Zie.”

“She didn’t hold back.”

“You believe her?”

“You were in a position of authority. You abused it.”

“McKenzie wants to ruin things between us, Henry. Surely you see this?” I gave him a frustrated look. “She wants to bring down the company and pull me down with it. Helete probably put her up to it.”

“What goes on in that place?”

“Everyone at that club wants to be there.”

“And Richard?” Henry took another sip. “What did you do to him?”

“Any further discussion would be a breach of privacy.”

“You have double standards.”

“What do you know, Henry? Tell me what you think this is?”

“Mia had a psychological block that was compromising her life.” He waved his hand. “I know her conventional therapy failed so you took it upon yourself—”

“She was in deep psychological pain. She believed she was the cause of her mom’s death.” And who the hell had leaked this detail to Zie? A Dom? A Sub? I was going to find out and have them banned from the damn planet.

“So…a reasonable excuse to fuck her, then?”