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Part of me really wanted to walk back to the building since it was only five minutes away. But I still needed some time alone to think. I shut off my phone so I couldn’t be interrupted

again.

Pride washed through me for standing my ground as I sent a message to Alexander saying that I had already eaten and was on my way to the office. Since I was still early, I took a cab to get my car from the parking garage across from Ava’s apartment building.

Then, I drove to work, stopping by the coffee cart outside of the building and getting a large coffee and a bagel, which I ate on a bench outside. As I ate, the same sense of peace fell over me. Alexander and Ethan were two entirely different men, but I wasn’t going to allow either of them to dictate how I felt. Despite my complicated life, I could still have a nice morning by myself.

Once I was finished eating, I took my coffee cup and rode the elevator to the office. Just as I was sitting on my chair, Alexander and Gai walked into the office. The sight of him in his fitted grey suit and artfully gelled black hair made my pulse race.

I realized that I still needed distance from him even if we were at work. I grabbed my laptop and hugged it close to my chest, and gathered the rest of my things.

When I got close to Alexander, he frowned when he saw everything in my arms. “I have to go downstairs to the secretarial department for a meeting,” I told Alexander before he could say anything. “I can be reached by phone.” I had switched my cell phone back on when I got to work.

scheduled in the secretarial department,” Alexander

up.” My

well have a good meeting,” Alexander said shortly, then

was going to give

gone for the whole morning,” I told

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raised. “The whole morning?

“Listen, I just need to work downstairs for the morning,” I rushed out. “Remember

lips twitched.

office, I turned back once more and met Alexander’s gaze. He was standing in his office doorway with his arms crossed, staring at me with an unreadable expression. It