Redemption (Midas x Reader)

• XVI •

"Well I tell you what, I'm gonna have a talk with Maya about you working with me, for the rest of the week at least. I hear yesterday's weapons training didn't go so well anyway," he'd said.

That was an understatement. Maya, always being pushy, had tried teaching me to shoot a gun on my very first day of training. I hadn't even gotten a shot off before I damn near had a panic attack over the sounds of the gunfire from adjacent stalls in the firing range.

"Uh...yeah, sure. That sounds great," I'd replied. Although I was glad to get out of more weapons training for now, he intimidated me quite a bit. As one of Midas' agents, he must know him well, and I hated the idea of him silently judging my worth. He had to have heard the rumors.

The next two days hadn't been as bad as I thought, though. Mornings were spent in the gym working out with Maya, afternoons with Tek.

We'd gone over what I knew, and he'd shown me around the facility, introducing me to all of the technology and equipment they had available, some of which was so advanced I felt like I had no hope of ever learning how to use it, let alone fix it.

There was also an entire fleet of vehicles at their disposal, anything they could ever need. I was once again reminded of Midas' wealth.

Rich. Famous. Beautiful. Intelligent. WAY out of my league.

This was the refrain that had been playing over and over since he left. Like a song stuck in my head. Even now, as I tried to work up the courage to leave my room again, I couldn't stop wondering why he was even remotely interested in someone like me.

Surely there was no shortage of beautiful, accomplished women in the world who would kill to be with him. Women who didn't have the same baggage attached to them as I did. Hell, even every woman I'd met at the Agency seemed a better option than me.

I tried to shake off the negative thoughts for the thousandth time. If I didn't leave now I was going to be late, and I was still concerned about making a bad impression.

I finally stood, letting out a sigh, grabbing my keycard that Maya had given back to me, just in case I needed it.

I hated coming out after lunch, everyone was usually milling around the halls, making it hard to avoid them. I had been going to the cafeteria early to pick up my lunch and try to stay away from the crowds.

Connor had been a little colder with me since that day in the lobby, and I could only assume he'd heard what had happened. He was still nice, but had dialed back the flirtation quite a bit, not wanting to step on his boss's toes any more than he already had.

Honestly it was for the best, because I wasn't interested in him like that, but he was the only person here besides Maya that I'd considered a friend, and it hurt a little for him to pull away.

I still wasn't sure about Tek. He was friendly, but I didn't know if it was because it was just part of his job, or maybe we could actually be friends. It looked like I would be spending enough time with him to find out.

He'd told me that the surveillance room was through the door opposite the prison, and I'd have to knock to gain entry if he didn't notice me coming on the cameras. My keycard only worked at the gym as far as I was aware.

I made my way there, looking down at the ground, trying not to make eye contact with anyone on the way. As I exited the elevator on that floor I noticed that both doors were fully closed, unlike that fateful day when I'd walked in on Midas using his power. When I'd kissed him for the first time.

And licked his blood from my fingers.

I was startled out of my memory when the door behind me opened. I guess Tek had seen me standing here staring at the prison door.