Reclaiming Her Heart

Chapter 709 Women in Love Were All Foolish

Selena's eyes went dark just as the elevator doors slid open.

Brody slung an arm around the woman's waist and muttered, "This is the top floor. We might even bump into the big boss. Just drop off the lunch and let's bounce."

Ann's desk was indeed on the top floor, and everyone was peeking over since it was break time.

The woman stopped making a fuss but still grumbled under her breath as she trailed behind Brody.

Ann spotted Brody right away and rushed over. "Brody," she called out.

Brody was about to reply when Ann turned to Selena. "Ms. Fair, the docs for the afternoon are on the conference room table. Once you give the thumbs up, I'll send them to the higher-ups." Selena nodded, catching the woman's face souring and Brody looking all kinds of awkward.

He frowned, uneasy. "Ann, is she your...?"

Ann quickly jumped in, "This is the president of our company, my boss. Brody, did you come up together?"

Realizing Selena had overheard his convo with his mom and had seen him cozying up to Jessica at the art exhibit, Brody felt super uncomfortable.

Even the woman beside him looked embarrassed and kept her mouth shut.

the awkward vibe,

nothing, Ann.

nodded sweetly but felt a bit embarrassed since it was

folks up here, I'll

Selena's eyes landed on the woman, who now

expected Selena to be so young and the president of such a big

at her job. Brody hadn't fully locked down Jessica yet, and it was uncertain if he

put on a show and make Ann completely devoted to Brody. But now that

however, said, "Let's hit the lounge next door, don't just stand there. I could use a cup

Brody and the woman

down, she couldn't help but

she was young, she was just a country girl who lucked out by marrying a guy from Silver Bay City who was handling some business in her neck of the woods. That was her ticket out and into the city life. But without an education, making bank in Silver

got into Silver

finally bought a house and just finished paying off the loans. She figured once Ann married into the family, she could help out. But then Brody got promoted to manager

too. He still had feelings for Ann, but he was on the fence and hadn't really decided to ditch

admitted he was dazzled by the fancy places Jessica took him, but he felt guilty when

to hustle hard, even putting on face masks at the airport, just so they could have a

his wavering, but he couldn't resist