Lisa’s POV
It genuinely felt I had misheard him, the words didn’t make any sense. Everyone had assumed they came from Ethan, especially me. The bouquet had been elegant, expensive… thoughtful. The sort of thing a boyfriend would send after their first official date, the sort of thing Ethan might send or
at least I had thought so but now… he was looking directly at me and there wasn’t the slightest trace of amusement on his face, then…
“I mean exactly what I said, I didn’t send you any flowers.”
The silence that followed felt dangerously different because suddenly my mind was moving in directions I didn’t like, someone outside this company knew I was back. My heartbeat began to accelerate, slowly at first, then faster. The excitement I’d felt all morning vanished completely, it had bee
