Luca West was banned from the office. It was a fact, one that Lexi had already relayed to Noelle in exhaustive detail.
Lexi was a firehose of continuous information. She told Noelle everything about anything happening in the office — every piece of gossip, every conspiracy theory, and every possible scenario for any given situation. Noelle wasn't yet certain how much of it was accurate, but Lexi seemed certain enough.
She recounted how Chloe announced it to him, how he reacted, what he told her on the phone, how miserable he was when Lexi met him on the set.
"He was like a kicked puppy," she had said.
Like I'm going to feel sorry for him!
True to the ban, Luca hadn't made an appearance. She'd been told he still visited the building, but only for scheduled appointments, and he was alwa
