JAMES POV
Without Stella organizing my schedule, everything felt so disorganized, and I had so much paperwork on my desk that needed signing. This just made me hate my job.
It had been almost two days since I left my mom and Stella alone. I lifted my head and rested it on my chair. Stella... The thought of her was soothing.
I didn’t want her to be my secret anymore. That felt degrading for her—even if the pay was good.
I pulled out my phone, looking at the text that made me leave her all alone that morning. Every scandal that had to do with me and Freya was taken down from so many sites. I knew this was supposed to feel like good news, but I wasn’t happy about it, because I knew who was responsible.
My chest tightened instead of loosening. I knew exactly whose hands had moved those st
