Three days passed peacefully.
Which, in itself, felt suspicious.
No threats.
No kidnappings.
No mysterious messages from unknown enemies.
For the first time in months, life around Jordan Rodriguez and Maureen Green slowed down enough for silence to settle between them naturally.
Unfortunately—
Peace created different kinds of problems.
Especially feelings neither of them wanted to acknowledge.
—
Monday morning began with chaos inside Vesper Group.
Employees rushed across the office carrying reports while several managers argued nervously near the conference room.
Apparently Jordan had rescheduled three meetings overnight and doubled everybody’s workload.
Again.
Maureen stepped out of the elevator carrying coffee while suppressing a yawn.
She barely slept.
Mostly because she
