Chapter 2

They say Cancers are born worriers. Mix that with my mom’s perfectionist DNA, and you’ve got someone who sees a red flag in every tiny change to routine.

Normally when a guy shaves at night, he’s heading to a business dinner. But Nathan? He’s got his routine down to a science – dinner at one of his regular spots, then straight home. No cocktail hours, no networking events, nothing

So what could possibly make Manhattan’s most powerful CEO break his golden rule? Was there some crisis at Pierce & Associates he was shielding me from?

I had to see for myself. If everything was fine, great. If not, we’d face it together.

I called Sarah. We’d been roommates all through Harvard, and now she was CFO at Pierce & Associates. Back when her family lost everything in the 2008 crash, I’d helped her get back on her feet and convinced Nathan to give her a shot at the firm.

She practically sprinted across the marble lobby when she saw me.

“Emma!” She pulled me into a hug before whisking me toward the private elevator. “You need to visit more often! The whole office lights up when you’re here. Even Nathan’s death glare takes a vacation.”

I couldn’t help but smile. “Everything okay around here lately?”

than okay – huge news!”

stomach

what I’ve always. loved about her life

meetings, so Sarah walked me to his corner office. As we passed the executive floor, I noticed a cluster of unfamiliar faces

nasty little thought crept in: Was this why he’d suddenly started caring about evening

felt sick at myself. This was Nathan Pierce, for God’s sake. The same man who’d hosted the Miss Manhattan pageant at our venue and

that look,” Sarah nudged

my lip. “New

– the PR team. Business is booming, so Nathan set up a dedicated external relations department. His idea, actually – said it was the only way

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I’m being ridiculous,” laughed weakly.

“Your overthinking is going to give you premature wrinkles. Relax- they handle

the gallery of our photos on his desk. Photos from our vineyard wedding, our Amalfi Coast anniversary, casual shots of me laughing

got a fancy new electric razor from his

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