"Cess kissed me." I blurt out.
Ryder blinks.
"What?"
"Cecilia. She kissed me."
"Wow! Poor Brent. He has to deal with competition from both genders?"
"That's not competition. I didn't kiss her back or anything. She had been drinking and I assumed it was the alcohol."
"I knew she was going to try something like that."
"Maybe you should have given me a prior warning; a heads up, after eavesdropping her conversation with Victoria."
"When exactly was I supposed to do that? When you stormed in my office yelling at me?"
"I'm sorry I yelled, but I didn't know why you fired her. She is my friend."
"Was." He raises an eyebrow when I stay quiet. "You're going to stay away from her, right?"
"I don't know-"
"What do you mean you don't know?"
"I have known Cess for quite sometime. What am
