Chapter 77

"I apologize; there is an issue at work that I will be spending the entire night trying to resolve." "That's right," she said as the lift doors opened. He pretended to be interested on his phone as he let her pass in front of him. He merely requested Madeline to send him busy work to keep him occupied; he didn't want Cassie to know that there wasn't an emergency at his workplace. She waited for him to unlock the door before running straight to the bedroom. After settling into his work chair, Brian turned on his laptop. After selecting many screens, he downloaded the spreadsheet that Madeline had sent over email. A little while later, he felt Cassie approach him rather than just hearing her footsteps. He had to adjust his expression as he looked up and then looked down at his laptop. He muttered, "I'm going to be a while yet." Wearing only a flimsy, short nightie and matching panties that showed through the open-weave fabric, she perched on the edge of the desk next to him. "Do you real