yn Be

'd never g

g here with Andre

o turn and walk away, but Andr

he felt a flash of irritation, and the wo

e you do

Andrew's brow was furrowed, his u

e situation felt bi

here to chase after him? What ki

Maybe because I'm still tec

Emmalyn's face, but it vanished in an instant. Her usu

talk, go ahead. I can find

ment, Andrew caugh

onsultant. You don't

l cons

t a jolt thro

had broken his pr

major land acquisition deal on the west side

drinks at business dinners that nearly landed her in the hospital. Yet when she'd strode back into the of

ad believed Andrew was acting i

th-she had just bee

nough to make a man who prided himself on his pr

the perfect couple, Adelina felt like a comp

to mention her resignation, but Andre

ce. You signed the paper

ure. He was convinced she was having secon

e had changed. Yesterday must have

played her hand. His con

her sides. Her gaze flicked between him and Emmalyn. "Don't worry, Mr

ll are you t

flash of cold anger to Andrew's e

u think. You've misunderstood," Emmalyn

dle of it all, she might have actually beli

her," Andrew snapped. "A woman who schemes as mu

mmalyn behind him, glaring at the woman who

up on him, the sight still sent

even deserve an explanation when anoth

iron

. Unlike you, who spends her days co

ed Adelina could have anything

rew a deep breath, her calm ex

of patience evaporated. Just as he was about to lash ou

nd Emmalyn, surprise flickered in h

lready discussed your resi

resignation letter, presenting

igna

ed at Adelina's calm expression. It hadn't occurred to him t

ow? Don't tell me you plan to quit a

h a suspicious,

d now without a job, she probably woul

cable as you thin

xpression unyielding. All her former

stung. An inexplicable

r be telling

ed and signed his name wit

u don't re

won

eps were light, as if a great weight had been lifted from her sho

s, watching her retreat

ent. Before, if he'd brought up divorce,

e... are

dark expression and pre

his thoughts, clearing th

w. Whatever happened to Adeli

ance, she felt completely unburdened. The warm sunlight felt lik

firm decision: from now on, she wo

ce lowered herself so much she h

one shattered

one. The name on the scre

drew, Adelina had become so absorbed in her new life that she'd drifted away from h

nervously and an

ce burst throu

n emergency! You

ge's voice, Adelina furr

s goin

my studio can fix it. I've called everyone I know, and they can't help either. If it were just any client, I wouldn't be this stressed, but my family has a ma

ou stopped taking commissions after you got marrie

ted as she remembered how Adelina had a

have put you in this position.

hand