While Elodie sat nearby, squirming in her seat, Jarrod noticed immediately.

She kept glancing at him.

He turned to her in his usual unhurried manner and suddenly asked, "How are you settling in at the new company?"

Elodie pressed her lips together. "It's going well. I like my new job."

"So, The Silverstein Group must not have been a great fit for you after all."

Elodie frowned. The truth was, she'd never really belonged in The Silverstein Group's PR department. She'd only taken the job so she wouldn't drift so far from him, hoping it might help them grow closer.

But Jarrod had never cared what she wanted.

He didn't seem interested in her answer now, either. A notification popped up on the iPad beside him.

Almost reflexively, Jarrod flipped the iPad face-down on the table, as if to keep her from seeing.

Elodie understood the gesture instantly and quickly looked away.

Jarrod asked, "I have something urgent to take care of. Can you catch a cab to work?"

Though he phrased it like a question, it was clear he had no intention of driving her.

In fact it was practically a dismissal.

Elodie hesitated only for a moment before replying calmly, "That's fine."

The question she'd wanted to ask never made it past her lips.

apartment last night. There must

out

her collar,

speeding away in the

ruin her immune system any further. Bracing herself against the wind, she flagged

Alexander and the

was practically bouncing with excitement. Her

well be on the verge

detailed development plan

in her office, her phone rang. Esmeralda

god, I need to bleach my eyes! Why can't that woman just

Esmeralda was fuming.

Elodie asked, "What happened?"

seeing him was bad enough. I was planning to pick up some pastries and

ran into Jarrod and

on a date-shopping, eating cake together. She was

hand stilled over the contract she was signing, her

Jarrod's "urgent business" that morning had just been an

softened, a hint of worry creeping

of it and bent over her project plans again. "I'm

someone who resents you to love you-it's

are complicated, unpredictable creatures. She'd learned

Jarrod? Even more

"Want to grab a drink

she was trying to be supportive. She smiled, her

and work overtime

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