At that same moment, Rowan took a bouquet of fresh jasmine from Tonia.
Tonia smiled sweetly. "Mr. Pedro, this is a new jasmine cultivar. It has a subtle fruity note."
"Mm." Rowan stared at the message he'd sent that still had no reply and frowned slightly.
Tonia bit her lip and spoke hesitantly. "Mr. Pedro, did that proposal upset your wife? It's all my fault. I only cared about making the follow-up work run smoothly."
"It's fine." Rowan set the flowers down carefully. "She's just been in a bad mood lately. She'll bounce back in a couple of days." He glanced at the jasmine, and a thought struck him. "Put this bouquet away for now. She's coming over at noon to drop off documents."
Tonia's hand tightened at her side, and she nodded. "Got it."
But things didn't go as he'd planned. He wa
