AUDRA
Every time I thought things were about to get better, that I could work things out, close the biggest deal of the year and make CEO, Rowan Memphis opens his mouth and ruins everything.
At first, when he'd uttered those words, I'd thought it was a joke. Like you know, Lauren and Asher were with me and they were mainly pulling my legs. So, I laughed. Aloud. Nonstop. And he sat there, just staring at me laugh.
And when I wasn't laughing again, I sat there bewildered, sure that I hadn't heard him properly because he had to have been joking. He couldn't possibly mean what he said.
“Huh?” I asked, blinking rapidly while praying to the God we both served that he wouldn't sputter rubbish and upset me further.
“I didn't stutter, Audra.” He said, referring to my earlier words. “If you w
