Cal was still looking at Miss Shaw when he saw her shoulders sag, and she took the hand she had been hiding her forward.
“I’ll understand if you sack me after this, but I would never do anything to put Nova in danger.”
He frowned as he crossed the floor towards her, confused, and scared she had been doing something that would make him have to send her away and forget about her.
She placed her fist on the desk and finally withdrew her hand reluctantly to reveal a pack of cigarettes.
“I smoke when I am extremely stressed and unable to sleep.”
He stared at her wide-eyed, and she seemed to have misinterpreted it, that his disbelief was from disappointment.
“I have never smoked on duty or even in the penthouse.” She hurried on with her explanation. “After talking about my failed engagem
