Stella checked her schedule. Aside from that evening, she was completely booked. "I'm only free tonight, but I have a meeting at six, so it would have to be later. Is that okay?"

"Of course," Foreman's voice was warm. "You handle your meeting. I'm in no rush."

After setting a time, Stella returned to her work. Around five o'clock, there was a knock on her door. She looked up to see Foreman standing there.

"Foreman, what are you doing here?" she asked, surprised.

"I was in the neighborhood for some business," he said with a smile. "I finished early, so I thought I'd come wait for you. You go ahead and work. We can leave for dinner together when you're done."

Stella glanced at the time. "But you'll have to wait at least two hours."

"It's no problem," he said. "I'd either be waiting here or waiting at the restaurant."

would you

"Just water is fine."

up the violin that Foreman had seen her in a professional capacity. Her focus was

appearance. The thought of them spending every moment together would have driven him

paused for a second upon seeing the visitor but quickly composed himself. "Ms. Cameron,

him to the conference room. I'll

turned to Foreman. "Foreman, I have to


go ahead," he said graciously. "Don't worry about

a

straight to her next meeting. She asked me to

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255