My Sweet Punishment by Amelia Brooks (books like harry potter txt) 📖

        “All right, Mr. Collins,” I shouldn’t forget that he’s still my boss.

        We left the balcony, but before I could move away from the man I heard:

       “I’m giving you a week off,” said Henry, startling me. “You can go home to visit your mother, see your brother. And then…”

        “A week off?” I asked, staring at him in disbelief. “But I’ll be fired since Monday, and…”

      “You’re interrupting me again,” the man’s eyes narrowed in displeasure, and I automatically bit my tongue.

       “I’m sorry, Mr. Collins,” I guiltily lowered my eyes to the floor.

       “Mia, I’m still your boss, but in private… I think you should call me Henry,” the man quickly approached me. I flinched when he lifted my chin and forced me to look him straight in the eye and then continued, “especially after everything that’s happened between us.”

       My face flushed instantly, and Henry noticed it and ran his hand over my cheek. I tried to ignore the intimacy that was embarrassing me and tried to ask the only question I was worried about right now:

        “But what to do with the debt?”

        The man once again looked intently into my eyes, trying to find something in them.

        “I won’t make you sleep with me for money,” he said, wincing as if he had a toothache. And then added more calmly, “But if the desire is mutual, we can continue what we started earlier.” He nodded toward the rumpled bed.

       “Erm…” My tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth, and all the words went out of my head.

        Henry just grinned at my overly eloquent reaction and pulled away from me, reaching for his i-pad.

       “I’ll see you downstairs in an hour and a half.”

        I muttered something like “Okay” and stormed out of the room.