Aaron bolted upright from his seat. “What?! What happened?”

Xante was about to tell him Corinne had gotten into Jeremy’s car when she noticed how red and swollen Aaron’s face was. “What happened to your face?”

Aaron touched his burning cheek. “What else? I was slapped by a girl,” he said self-deprecatingly.

“Serves you right,” said Xante with disgust.

Aaron shrugged. “Well, aren’t you going to tell me what happened?”

“The boss ran into Jeremy downstairs, and he asked her to get into his car. I don’t know where they’re going now, and she’s not picking up my phone.”

“Why would Jeremy be downstairs?” asked Aaron quizzically.

boss just happened to be there. He told her to get in so they

gave it her all in

did not understand why Annie slapped him. All he did

right? Jeremy

at Aaron. “I know he won’t do anything to the boss at the time being, but do you think he’ll speak nicely to her? What if the boss gets so stressed that it

me, so I don’t think she’s going to pick up my calls.

while she worked here, so she’s never going to tell me the truth if I call her. Come on, I know you’re good at coaxing whatever you want out of other women, so use that skill of yours on something good

“Fine. I’ll call her, but you need to step out. I’ll give you an update

waste time!” ordered Xante before she left the office to

at the screen despondently. It was not that he could not put down his pride to call Annie, but she had blocked him in all the

block him wholly. He decided to leave Annie alone

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