Kelsi hesitated.
She was standing outside Aki’s house, mustering up the courage to go inside.
It was late afternoon. Jared had just dropped her off after she finished her first day working as his assistant.
After learning about the Mafia code of honor, Kelsi went on with the rest of the day while putting on an act. They went back to the warehouse and she continued her task of making an inventory list. She pushed her pained thoughts and feelings away, refusing to deal with them until later, and busied herself with the task at hand. She pretended to act normally around Jared. Luckily, she didn’t have to do that for long, since she was mostly inside that room in the warehouse by herself.
Jared must have noticed, but he didn’t ask any questions about the sudden change in her mood, no matte
