She stormed over to the door but stopped to look back at him, his face had gone went pale. "Oh, by the way, Mathew also f**ked your wife a year ago at the New Years Party," she said, slamming the door walked to her office, grabbed her purse and left the building without saying anything to anyone. ******************************
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Ryan was kept busy the next two days, what with work and getting Robbie settled into his new position in the software department. So far he was working out and helping in developing a new device for making one of their software apps more user-friendly. His mind over those two days would drift to Ria, wondering how she was doing and if she was missing him the way he was her. He wanted to call but figured he'd give them both some space.
On the third day, he couldn't take not seeing or hearing from her so he decided to surprise her by showing up at her work and taking her to lunch. He walks into the building and straight to her office, knocking once before entering. No lights were on and the drapes were closed, he found this very strange. Going in he flipped on the light switch and looked around. There was nothing in the office to indicate that anyone had used it in some time. As he turned to leave he bumped into Nelly.
"I'm sorry," she said, apologizing. "I saw you come in here and thought I should come over."
"Where is Ria?" he asked, ignoring her apology.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm asking you where is Ria?" he shook his head, thinking this woman was one brick short of a load.
"I thought she was staying with you."
Ryan was starting to lose his cool with this woman, taking her arm pulled her inside and shut the door. "Why would she be with me?"
"Well, I've been calling her for two days, even went over to her place and not getting an answer I figured she was staying with you," she said, stuttering her words. As gorgeous as the man was there was something dangerous and scary about him, ...
After all that he still hadn't found her and he was really getting worried at this point. He swore to himself that when he found her he would give her a tongue lashing for worrying him. There was an old abandoned building not far from her place, he didn't think she would be there but thought, what the hell, he might as well check it out.
He stopped in front of the building, getting out of his vehicle he takes off his jacket and tie, tossing them inside the car. He noticed the door to the entrance was open so he walked in, the lights from outside shone through the windows. It was still fairly dark but he could see enough to get around. He got a whiff of her perfume and knew she was here somewhere. "Ria," he calls out as he walked further in.
The sound of crying came from further down the hall so he headed that way. His heart stopped beating when he saw her sitting on the ground, her head buried in her hands. "Oh sweetheart," he said, his heart going out to her.
Hearing Ryan's voice she looked up at him with eyes filled with tears. She got to her feet and stared at him for a moment, her lips quivering. Seeing his arms stretching out she ran to him, letting him wrap them around her.
Moments later he lifted her chin up so that he could look at her when he gave her bloody hell. But seeing the dark circles under her eyes, the smudge of dirt on her face he knew she had been here for a while. He also guessed she hadn't eaten in some time, judging by the state she was in. "I've been looking for you for hours now. Do you have any idea how worried I've been?" When she almost collapsed he caught her in his arms, picking her up he carried her out of the building and into his car.
Getting in his side he turned to face her, moving a strand of her hair from her face. Her eyes appeared glazed when she looked into his eyes. "I'm taking you back to my place, we'll talk later, OK?"
She nodded and closed her eyes. Not having eaten or slept in two days she felt weak