~Isabel~
It was strange. I had spent so much time wishing William would just leave me alone, but once he actually vanished from the house entirely, the silence grew deafening.
I never saw him at breakfast. His chair sat empty at dinner. The door to his study stayed shut all day. Part of me wondered if he was avoiding me because of that night, or if he had simply decided he was done with me for good.
By Friday I could not stand being inside those walls another minute. I headed straight to the office, my mind set on one thing only: my future. If I was going to survive this internship, I needed to be where the real work happened. I needed the legal department.
When I walked into Sterling Global headquarters, the glass tower felt even more imposing than usual. I checked my reflection in th
