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."

eyebrows shot up until Elaine added flatly, "We met in San Francisco last month. His company was the one I

looking up, Elaine frowned. "Why?

that I-know-something-you-don't smirk. "But he's been texting me

to her work. Due diligence on business partners was

mission. "The man is totally into

of Atticus Vaughn?Despite herself, Elaine flashed back to watching him through the blinds, confidently handling a room full of board members without breaking a sweat. Then their actual introduction - how he'd been genuinely respectful of her business acumen instead

bailed after her

another life, maybe she will have

dad and escaped a toxic marriage. Her romantic