Miles
I paced my office, my jaw tight, my chest burning with impatience. The flight was booked. The bags were packed. I was ready to get on my jet and drag her back to my world where she belonged.
But I couldn’t. Not yet.
“Next week,” Isaac repeated, his voice steady but firm. “You can’t leave until after the shareholders’ meeting. It’s too important to miss.”
“Reschedule it,” I snapped, my fists clenching at my sides. “I need to be in Boston.”
Isaac didn’t flinch. He never did. “This meeting has been set for months. Moving it now would look unstable. We can’t afford that, not with the merger on the line.”
I slammed my fist on the desk, the crack in my glass widening, a piece chipping off and clattering onto the wood. “Damn it.”
“She’s not going anywhere,” Isaac said, his voice cal
