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.

why Jarrod had come back to their apartment last night. There must have been a specific reason; otherwise, he'd

out

at her collar, sending a

away in the pale morning

pulled her coat tighter, determined not to let a cold ruin her immune system any

lunchtime, Elodie spent two hours in a conference room with Alexander and the engineering team, hashing out the wild idea she'd

practically bouncing with

well be on the verge of something

to draft a detailed

office, her phone rang. Esmeralda was

I need to bleach my eyes! Why

Esmeralda was fuming.

Elodie asked, "What happened?"

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

into Jarrod

was feeding him dessert in public. Do they have no

contract she was signing, her expression shifting

an excuse to ditch her for a date with

Esmeralda's tone softened, a

and bent

resents you to love you-it's

are complicated, unpredictable creatures. She'd learned that lesson from

Jarrod? Even more

asked, "Want to grab a drink

was trying to be supportive. She

back and work overtime with

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