How Topher Brink Lost His Pants
Part 4
This fic just seems to be flowing out! There's at least one more part to go! Reviews are loved, as always!
When Adelle had finished watching the stream, she looked up at Topher, her eyes giving away next to nothing.
Topher gulped. "It gets worse."
Adelle arched an eyebrow. "Worse?" There was the ghost of a smile on her lips. If you had blinked, you would have missed it.
"Dominic knows."
"Mr Dominic?" She felt ridiculous, repeating everything Topher had said. "How does he know?" The amusement had gone now, and her suspicions were fully aroused.
"He was logged into the system. I've shut him out but it doesn't mean he couldn't have saved a copy."
Adelle put her head in her hands and, to Topher; she looked more vulnerable than he had ever seen her. He wasn't sure if he liked or understood the feelings this brought out in him. He wanted to touch her; to console her in some way but he was sure how much that would be appreciated.
"Topher, I..." She cleared her throat. Was it possible that she was still feeling the effects of the drug? "I'm sorry?" It came out sounding like a question, and she wasn't sure if that wasn't how she had intended it after all.
"It was the drug." Topher dismissed, with a casual wave of the hand, but doubt was quickly beginning to set in. Could a drug really make you do that with your boss? "Wasn't it?"
"We need to deal with Mr. Dominic first." Adelle said, giving Topher the hope that there would come a time when they would have a conversation about all of this. He just hoped she didn't go all cold and British on him in the meantime. Even if they did talk, Topher had no idea what he wanted out of the conversation.
With a renewed sense of confidence and feeling like the old Christopher Brink again, he circled around to the other side of Adelle's desk. She moved aside to let him have access to the computer.
"Operation: Take Down Dominic, is under way!"
Adelle smiled, in a resigned sort of a way, and let Topher work his magic on the computer. As he tapped and clicked away, she couldn't help but wonder if it was possible that she really could be attracted to Topher Brink. Clearly he subconscious already was.