Chapter 3

He gripped his marriage certificate with Emily so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

All his coworkers were staring at him.

Admitting his relationship with me would mean admitting he'd cheated on his wife.

It would also mean admitting that the woman he always kept his distance from, the one everyone at the office laughed at for chasing after her boss, was the woman he'd been in love with for six years.

In the end, he went with what he always did best. He denied it.

He said, "She's only an ordinary employee. She learned she lost the baby, so…