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
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