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The truth was, Jonathan wasn’t really like this–except when it came to anything involving Susie. That’s when something in him always shifted, became more rigid, more extreme.
An uncomfortable silence settled over the office. Maddox and Mateo looked uneasy, unsure whether to stay
or go.
Then Sierra spoke.
“Sorry, can I talk to him alone?”
Maddox and Matco exchanged a glance, then stood and left without a word. As they stepped out, Mateo gave her a quiet warning.
“Sierra, talk it through.”
Sierra nodded. Once the door shut behind them, Jonathan finally spoke.
“You heard what we said? Did it bother you?”
“It did.” Sierra looked up at him. He was still the Jonathan she knew, the one she cared about. But what he said earlier… that felt like someone else entirely.
“Sierra, business is war. We’re not a shelter. This fight with the Zach Group–it’s costing us too. We can’t afford to carry their people on our backs.”
He was trying to explain.
“I know that,” Sierra said. She did. She had never expected Jonathan to take responsibility for every employee the Zach Group had laid off.
“Then why are you upset?” he asked, frowning.
Why?
felt like a
to find
back there didn’t
only be for the sake of appearances–for political leverage, for policy,
she was getting at. He let out a
“Sierra, I’m a businessman.”
looked at everything from a business
front of you right now isn’t the Jonathan who lectures on campus. He’s the CEO. This company was built by the few of us from the ground up. I
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after the
couldn’t bring herself to say that
she realized
things. That he’d seen the worst of the world. But she hadn’t
was good at playing every role he needed
he was
he was
she could imagine him as a mercenary too–efficient,
could shift between roles without missing a
thought she knew
she wasn’t
a question surfaced in her
had sat beside her, gentle and warm, was that real? Or
She stayed silent.
those words left her mouth, something between
Finally, she spoke again.
“Do you remember Autumn?”
She’s Professor Martin’s student too.
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