Essence was confused. Utterly and completely confused and more than a little frightened. The man standing in front of her, in his perfectly tailored suit, tie exquisitely tied and nary a hair out of place, regarding her and the handful of staff members with cold glares was not the man she’d fallen asleep with hours before.
He was rigid, unyielding as he stood with his spine erect and his chin lifted. He motioned to her impatiently, “come.”
She hurried to his side. He’d come to get her from the bed, and he hadn’t been gentle about it. Initially he woke her and told her it was five o’clock and he was leaving in forty-five minutes. He told her to get up and present herself downstairs by five thirty. Then at five-thirty he’d come back again and finding her still in bed despite his request sh
