The storm hit my office like a lightning strike.
“Lucy, a word?” My boss, Mr. Hargrove A golf buddy of Leo’s father called me into his glass-walled office with a tight smile that didn’t reach his eyes.
The conversation was short, cold, and devastating. “Given the recent… personal events, we’re restructuring. Your position is being eliminated effective immediately.”
No severance beyond the legal minimum. No recommendation letter. Just a polite way of saying I was being punished for choosing John.
I packed my things with shaking hands, fighting back tears the entire elevator ride down. When I stepped into the parking garage, John was already waiting... I had texted him the moment it happened. He pulled me into his arms before I could even speak.
“I’ve got you, baby,” he murmured agains
