Emily’s POV
It was late.
The office was nearly empty, the once-busy hallways now silent, save for the occasional footsteps of a lingering employee or the hum of the city outside. The golden glow of the skyscrapers had long stretches of light against the windows of my office, but I wasn’t paying attention to any of it.
I was going through the final reports from today’s meeting, checking figures, running calculations in my head. Anything to keep myself occupied. Anything to keep my mind from wandering back to him.
Cole.
I could still hear his voice from the meeting, deep and smooth, but something had been missing. The way he usually looked at me, like I was the only person in the room…that was gone. He had avoided my eyes, shut me out.
And I hated it.
I wasn’t sure why.
The soft clic
