Chapter 5

A week later, the StellarTech Group held an emergency board meeting, and I needed to attend in person.

The meeting ended earlier than expected, so I headed downstairs and got ready for James to bring the car around.

I stood in the first-floor lobby's waiting area, thinking about what I wanted for dinner, when a sharp voice cut through the air behind me. "What are you doing here?"

I turned around and saw Emily.

She held a stack of documents in her hands, and her face looked tired. But the moment she saw me, that exhaustion vanished and was replaced…