JAMES’S POV The second I left her office, it felt like I left a piece of myself behind there. The air felt thick and suffocating as I walked back to my office. I just hoped she was going to watch what was on the flash drive. The hidden cameras I had installed in my office—I never knew they were going to come this handy until now. I walked into my office, and I couldn't get her face off my mind. Her words felt like I was being stabbed directly in the heart. I paced the room, absolutely confused on what to do. I wanted to rush back into her office and make her understand that I would never do anything to hurt her. But she had already made up her mind. To her, everything between us—everything we had shared—was just a deal. It didn’t mean anything. But that was a lie. It meant so much, be

