Chapter 859:

Collin glanced up as the door creaked open. “Where were you last night? Sneaking around?”

Dustin’s eye twitched. “Sneaking around?”

He slumped into the chair across from Collin, face full of frustration. “I was up all night because of you, and now you’re throwing jabs? That’s cold.”

Collin’s face tensed for a moment. Then, without missing a beat, he snapped, “If your brain’s still foggy, go home and clear it. Don’t bring your mess here.”

He tapped his pen twice against the desk, sharp and deliberate. “You’re lucky we don’t have any big meetings today. One more screw-up, and you’re on thin ice.”

Dustin stiffened, alert now, the warning sinking in. He sat up straighter, his tone defensive. “I have a good reason for the way I’m acting.”

Collin didn’t even look up from his papers. “Is it Dolores again?”

flushed at the name, gaze drifting. “No… But

this pace, I’ll be six feet under before I

jinx it!” Dustin blurted, his ears turning pink. “If I stay focused, I can win her

so

g Ɐ

the real reason he had come. “Collin, did you even

have a past with someone… but the memory was buried

a boy yesterday. The boy looked just like Collin. It wasn’t the first time

hand. He could spot even the

boy again

brushing it off

might be Collin’s

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