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.

to their apartment last night. There must have been a

climbed out of

at her collar, sending

speeding away

not to let a cold ruin her

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

end, Alexander was practically bouncing with excitement. Her proposal

well be on the verge of something

draft a detailed development

her phone

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

Esmeralda was fuming.

Elodie asked, "What happened?"

go to Grady's company for an event today, and just seeing him was bad enough. I was planning to pick up some pastries and share

into

date-shopping, eating cake together. She was feeding him dessert in public. Do

stilled over the contract she was signing, her expression shifting into

that morning had just been an excuse to ditch her for a date with

softened, a hint of worry creeping

bent over her project plans again.

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

are complicated, unpredictable creatures. She'd

Jarrod? Even more

grab a

was trying to be supportive. She

and work overtime with

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