came to the company

felt thin and toxic. The receptionist, who used to greet her warmly, now looked at her w

rs. She walked directly to the Human

ter to the HR manager. It was

was shocked. "Ms. Gardner, this is

ly. She placed her company laptop, security badge, and corpor

r. Byers had moved on with the Lewis girl. She assumed Giles had approved this resigna

you your fin

ease donate it to a char

tched Ana with the quiet sorrow one res

he walked past the executive suite, the glass wal

ect golden hair a mess. He was clearly in a panic-not over her

massive deal he had lost yesterd

looking perfectly at home in the office Ana had practically lived in for three years. She w

ment, Giles look

just learned that morning that she had returned,and his f

ome ridiculous "business trip" excuse and disappeared for an entir

ask of command. He was ready to drag her into his office and demand answers-de

en he

oyees pretending to type, pretending to talk on the phone, but all of them

ont of everyone. It would be ben

forced himself to stay still as Ana's gaze drifted past him

ess. No jealousy.

ke eye contact. She turned her back on them both and walke

from his throat bef

n't tur

e stepped inside. And then they

e door, his face a storm of barely contained rage. Coleen ste

he's just throwing a tantrum. She'

was right. Ana had just had surgery. She was emotional. She had seen the vi

se to go. She would come crawling ba

for her to move into the villa owned by her father. But th

n had been living there for the past two years, t

ctly to the villa and take back what was hers-not jus