Ryan Smith asked to meet me in the group's conference room.
He looked exhausted and disheveled, his eyes bloodshot. "I don't want a divorce. Can you just listen to my side of the story for once?"
I kept my head down, casually flipping through a contract for our new project, and gave a careless nod.
"Chloe's family went through a lot, and she suffered so much abroad. When she came back, she was cyberbullied by everyone. I only pitied her and wanted to help her out," he stammered, trying to justify himself. "There is nothing going on between us. We've never crossed the line."
I looked up and cut him off, my voice icy. "Have you ever noticed that you always call her 'Chloe' so affectionately? But when you talk to me, you always use my full name, Clara Williams. Is it really that hard to a
