I don’t know how I got myself into this messed-up situation, but it has to end.
Well . . . it’s already ended, so I don’t need to bother anyway.
“Thank you; that wraps it up. I would like a report on my desk at four thirty every afternoon,” he tells the men from the investigation company.
“Yes, sir,” they reply as everyone stands.
I wait at the back, unsure whether to leave or not.
“Chloe Bennett, just a minute, please,” Elias asks.
My heart flips.
“Yes.”
“Can you take Jake down to your floor under the guise that he’s new and that you two are going through a training program together?”
My eyes search his.
He stares at me blankly, cold as ice.
“Sure.” I turn to Jake and smile. “Are you ready now?”
“Show me the way,” Jake says playfully. “After you.”
I turn and walk out of the
