Chapter Thirty-One
Mark had just ended his call with Beth, when Ruth came into his office. She didn’t knock, but for once he didn’t mind. Although Ruth was one of the colleagues at Blue Sky who he particularly disliked.
She gave him a quizzical look. ‘What’s that grin for?’ When she received no response, Ruth placed a manila folder on his desk. ‘The Horizon account. Jack asked me to take a look. I found a few errors and fixed them. No need to thank me.’
Mark didn’t rise to the bait. He just waited patiently for her to leave. Even Ruth couldn’t spoil the pure, cathartic joy of having told Beth that he loved her. The gush of pent-up emotion left him dizzy. From now on there would be no more prevarication, no more hidden agendas. He was going back to his wife.
Such was Mark’s overwhelming
