Chapter 3

Chapter 3

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Last night–Selene began, but Joycelyn swiftly stepped forward, cutting her off with a sincere nod to Ellison.

“Thank you for finding my phone, Mr. Grant,” she interjected smoothly. Those documents in my phone are irreplaceable. I can’t tell you how grateful I am.”

Joycelyn’s matter–of–fact attitude and effusive thanks over a men phone made Selene’s words die in her throat as she stared

in confusion.

“Just a small matter, Ellison murmured, his gaze flickering momentarily.

“We shouldn’t keep you from your meal. Please, go ahead, Mr. Grant. Joycelyn tugged Selene aside, her forced smile not quite reaching her eyes. Her gaze locked with his, silently pleading for his discretion.

After several long beats of eye contact, he moved toward the dining table without another word.

Only when his group had passed did Joycelyn release her breath her body damp with nervous sweat from those few tense

moments.

but she found herself completely captivated by Ellison’s charm. “God, he’s even more stunning up close,”

on in your head, they’d probably blow a gasket “Whatever.” Selene rolled her eyes. “Let’s

friend got distracted by

While executives took their luxury cars, staff boarded the company bus. From her window seat, Joycelyn’s thoughts

her face to the glass. “Why couldn’t I be so lucky? I wouldn’t mind

felt the stark divide

Her phone

messages from her mother. Before the retreat, her family had attempted to set her up with a short, older man

it would blow over like previous matchmaking attempts.

confrontation, Joycelyn haunted the library until well past 10 PM before finally heading

steadying breath outside her door, she turned the key. The scene inside stopped her cold–her belongings strewn across the floor while her mother Iris Mercer

fists clenched

graced us with her presence,” her stepsister Olivia Mercer drawled without looking up from her game. Joycelyn’s stepfather Phineas Mercer

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