Chapter 20

Chapter 20: 1 never meant to buy you off

Angela POV

Just as I pressed the elevator button, heavy footsteps sounded behin me. Seans volcs cut through the silence.

Step

I didn't turn around, but my grip tightened on the suitcase handle.

Footsteps echoed down the hallway as Sarah surried toward us, clearly having heard our raised voices 'Mrs. Show she called out, concern evident in her voice. "Do you need any help?"

reassuring smile

I shook my head, forcing a reassuring smile.

"Sarah," Sean's voice was quiet but firm. "I need to speak with my wife privately. Please give us a moment."

Sarah hesitated, her eyes meeting mine with a look of sympathy before she reluctantly turned away, leaving the alone in the silence of the hallway.

I let out a soft sigh, then turned to face him with determined eyes. Ave made my decision, Sean."

"Have you?" His voice was closer now. "Or is someone else making it for you?"

Before I could respond, my phone's ringtone shattered the tense atmosphere. Nathan's name lit up the screen. I saw Sean's jaw tighten as he caught sight of the caller ID,

"I should take this," I said quietly.

answered. "Angela?" Nathan's voice carried clearly in the quiet hallway, "You

"I'm fine. I'm just

I

I cut in

call, but the damage was done. Sean's eyes had

spat the name, "Calling at this hour to

a friend whos concerned about my wellbeing." I tried to keep

taking my suitcase before I

for the suitcase, but

intimate lunches? Who calls

dropped dangerously low, "What's really going on between you

Anger flared in

no right to question my relationships with

1/3

meant to

Christina."

"That was different

gemine. His not

she

flashed in Sean's eyes. "She

him off. "Isn't that exactly what you did? Writing checks after our night together, as

closer, his tall frame towering over me. The heat radlat from his body made my skin tingle, and for a moment, I was

reminding me of that one

off," he said, his voice rough with

but

me,

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