After the Last Tear: Rising from the Ashes of a Broken Marriage By Cassila K

Chapter 23

Elaine finally caught a break from the whole Alistair drama.

After their last showdown, he'd basically vanished.

Even the daily roses that used to fill her office trash can had stopped appearing. When Kate burst through her door, she actually did a double-take at the empty bin.

"Guess who's been blowing up my phone?" Kate announced, plopping into a chair without waiting for an invitation. "Remember Atticus Vaughn? That stupid-hot guy from Stanford who made the campus list three years running?"

Elaine glanced up from her spreadsheets. "Mmm-hmm."

"We met in San Francisco last month. His company was the one I was

frowned. "Why? Is there

gave her that I-know-something-you-don't smirk. "But he's been texting me non-stop trying

to her work. Due diligence on business partners was

was on a mission. "The man is totally

blinds, confidently handling a room full of board members without breaking a sweat. Then their actual introduction - how he'd been genuinely

other partners had bailed after her father's death, but he

another life, maybe she will have

her dad and escaped a toxic marriage. Her