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Shoving my hands in my hoodie pocket to hide their tensing.
Of course he has this under control.
It’s his job.
It’s what he does.
He’s never let me down before, needed me to hover more than I already do, so why am I doing it now?
Why am I suddenly acting like I can’t trust him?
Anyone?
Is it because the second I showed someone more of me, the real me, they left?
Except she didn’t leave because of that.
She walked out because I couldn’t even entertain the idea of not being locked away inside these walls.
Hidden in the shadows.
She wants to hold my hand in the light, yet I can’t leave the protection of the darkness.
Won’t.
I suck in a deep breath, retrieve the tablet, and the stylus to resume working. “The anniversary promotional proposals I was sent today are also subpar.”
“I’ll get a meeting with the team on the calendar.”
“For Monday.”
“Understood.”
“And there are also some changes as well as clarifications that we need to go over before officially presenting the Morgan Brand merger to the other board members.”
“Aivy and Zaidee put that on our respective calendars for next Friday.”
Irritation over my inability to find something to properly mask my personal life frustrations steadily increases, “I’ve been expecting the files for future acquisitions to be delivered today; however, they never arrived.” Clicking the box in the notes section I made precedes meeting his stare. “Has there been a delay you failed to mention?”
“No.” He noticeably swallows his own annoyance. “There is no delay because there are no files to be delivered because you declined all the acceptable submissions.”
“We have nothing else to review for acquiring.”
“Not that you would be interested in at this time.”
“Do. Not. Tell. Me. What interests me.”
At that, my best friend slowly shakes his head and sighs, “God, I hope Bryn is in a better mood than you tonight.”
“Excuse me?”
“She’s…weirdly…charming…as her pull no punches self, but like you, she’s terrifying when bitchy.”
“I’m not bitchy.”
“Moody then.”
A disapproving glare is instantly shot in his direction.
