WHAT THE VOWS DIDN'T SAY

ring glass doors parted, swallowing me into a world of polished marblefloors, crisp suits and clip

they greeted me. i smilled back as i made my way th

ls clicking against the the tiled floors. My phone buzzed in my purse and my heart skipped a beat. I didn't

t make it through the morning without breaking. Ins

ome

ek desk, dark suit, his expression hardened and his gaze

ched

he itinerary, al

the gala tonight at seven.I moved the confer

rough the page

led something w

zed. ''They double-booked

g stare shook me up a bit. Something unreadabale flickere

Fin

hen i let out a

lasted over a year working for him. I didn't flinch a muscle when he barked, didn't bat an eyelash when he starts throwing tantrums about incompete

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stroom and locked the door to the cu

't forget whose money pulled your family out of the

hone and pressed my head against t

nsaction made years ago. My parents had been drowning in debt and Marcus Lan

nyways. Behind closed doors, words were weapons and sometime

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corners, champagne flowing in every direction. I stood by the bar, clipboard in hand, m

sation with the investors, yet every now and t

very often i smiled. I turned to look at Sebastian and found him gazing at me fully, his brow slighly raised. I stared

oard. I slipped my phone out from underneath. I turned sha

newall behind the building, hidden in the shadows

ed a voicemail, f

assistant, all dressed for who? When you get home we'

ing, i pushed myself away from the wall an

tears came. Footsteps behind me made me spin. I froze. I spun around and was saring

have fo

ld out my phone. The voic

ther. He didn't say a word, he just listened, staring at me

whispered, reach

s noth

and it over

an... He'

at. Silence stretched between us. Only the distant

e phone. ''You don't deserve

ared down at my phaon

sure

up and he just stood there, something unreadable in his

n't offer comfort, but h

ehow comf

ook notes, blended in. I knew Sebastian didn't see me the same anymore. I c