It was a week after the argument with Oliver, and Emily was overseeing all the work that she was responsible for, along with the work Oliver was to oversee. Because Oliver had not only been distant from her but also ignoring work lately.
At first, she thought he was holding onto her lying about meeting Rickard Artair, but when she looked at the pattern she realized that it wasn’t about Rickard. He had been like that for a while, and she had tried her best to pull him out of whatever he was going through, but it seemed impossible.
It was about his mother. Emily knew, and she felt incredibly guilty whenever she tried to confront him about his behavior because she wanted him to heal and not bury the trauma inside and get on with his life like before.
“Hey, Emily.”
Emily looked up from he
