NORA
Was I hallucinating? Had I fallen into some sort of parallel universe where Mark was my boss, and I was his assistant? I blinked my eyes as though to clear the fog blurring my vision, but when I opened them wide, Mark was still there, a sheepish smile on his handsome face.
“Wow, Nora. You look amazing. I just never imagined you'd be working for my brother,” he said, his voice smooth with a rough edge to it.
My heart fluttered as I struggled to come up with words. What did I say to a man I ditched and skipped without telling? What did I say to someone who I knew played me for a fiddle?
“The hell are you doing here?” I snapped.
The smile never fell off Mark’s face. “Ah,” he threw his hands up, gesturing around. “This is actually a family business. Liam took it over since that’s his
