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.

There must have been a

out of the

at her collar, sending a chill racing down her spine. She

Bentley didn't linger, speeding away in the pale morning

tighter, determined not to let a cold ruin her immune system any further. Bracing herself against the wind, she

hours in a conference room with Alexander and the engineering team, hashing

was practically bouncing with excitement.

on the verge of something

draft a detailed

her office, her phone rang. Esmeralda

need to bleach my

Esmeralda was fuming.

Elodie asked, "What happened?"

an event today, and just seeing him was bad enough. I was planning to pick up some pastries and share them with you back at the office, but

ran into

cake together. She was feeding him dessert in public. Do

she was signing, her expression

"urgent business" that morning had just been an excuse to ditch her for a

a hint of

bent over

to force someone who resents you to love you-it's against human

creatures. She'd learned

Jarrod? Even

to grab

knew she was trying to be supportive. She smiled, her

back and

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