Chapter 17 Her First Time Fuc*K (17)

• Destiny sat at her desk, her face in her hands. Gwendolyn or "Gwen" as she had asked to be called and Harold aka "Tyler" had just left. How Destiny had gotten through that meeting she would never know. She had been working on autopilot. To say she had been shocked would be an understatement. Somehow, she had managed to shake Tyler's hand while Gwen introduced them. She vaguely remembered squeaking out the question, "Oh, is your name Tyler? My paperwork has you listed as Harold." And she heard Gwen laugh and say that his first name was Harold, but he went by his middle name which was in fact Tyler. Tyler for his part looked equally as shocked as she was. Somehow either Gwen was too giddy with excitement about the wedding to notice or she had chosen not to say anything. Destiny hoped it was the former. From there Destiny had gotten down to business speaking almost exclusively to Gwen asking all the questions and answering hers. Everything had gone off without a hitch with Gwen being bubbly and delighted to be talking about the wedding plans and thrilled that everything was in order. Thank goodness it didn't take long, Gwen and Tyler got up to leave about 45 minutes after arriving. Destiny had all but collapsed in her chair as soon as the office door shut.
• All Destiny had now were questions. What had she done? What was she going to do now? What could she do? She knew that Gwen deserved to be warned about her sleazy, cheating fiancée but how the hell could Destiny tell her. If Gwen found out that she had slept with Tyer, several times if being honest, it could come back on the company. And if that happened Destiny knew she would be out of a job. As much as Lou Anne liked her, this company was Lou Anne's baby, and she wouldn't hesitate to fire anyone who brought harm to it. It killed Destiny, but she just didn't see how she could say anything. Destiny both loved and needed her job. She just couldn't risk it. Still, Destiny felt guilty for having sex with an engaged man. Although the only thing she could say in her defense was that she hadn't known. He certainly hadn't told her. But it ate her up inside knowing she wouldn't be saying anything.
• Destiny lifted her head and took a deep breath. Maybe she could think of something. Some way to warn Gwen without giving herself away. Not right now though. She was still in shock and not thinking clearly at all. She would have to give herself some time to calm down and think rationally. In the meantime, she still had work to do, but she knew she would be working a lot slower and triple checking everything as she didn't trust herself to not make careless mistakes with everything else running through her brain.