CORINNE
I leaned my forehead against the cool glass of the Uber window, my mind a screaming mess of regret.
Fuck my mouth.
Honestly, just... f**k my motherfucking mouth.
I still can’t believe I’d salivated at the sight of those graphs like a starving person at a buffet. One look at a struggling data and I’d just started rambling business strategy to Lucian like I was back in a boardroom in Chicago.
I didn’t think for a second he believed my “roommate in college” excuse. Hell, I wouldn’t believe it myself if I were in his shoes. The look he had on his face told me he was already tearing my story apart piece by piece and at this point I’m just hoping Maya gets something before he confronts me.
Trying to avoid him all day had been a nightmare. I spent the afternoon in a total frenzy,
