The day before, Cassian was tormented by Sheena. Between meetings and paperwork, whenever he was left alone with her—which happened quite a lot more than he preferred—she would always try to bring up the temp in their conversations and Cassian would always redirect it back to a work-related topic.
So it was a huge relief to him when he was able to finish his work at 6:30 in the evening that day—which was considered “early” in comparison to his many late nights. He checked his phone just as he was heading out, but there were only texts and emails about work. He wondered for a second whether he should contact Alex or not, but decided against it when he realized he didn’t know what to say. After all, the last time he had anything more than a one-night fling was back in college which was almo
