CHAPTER 9 RYDER Why did she do that? Hide the fact that she was the one who came up with such a brilliant idea for a department that hadn’t done much to impress me in a while? That was all I could think about while Ivy presented her proposal to me in my office and if it weren't for Ethan who had decided to be nosy, I would have asked her. I didn’t want him to have his eyes on her so I refrained… for her benefit, it’d be better if he didn’t render her any regard. Then he got a call and left and I knew it was my chance but what exactly was I going to ask her? What if she got mad at me again? Because we clearly agreed not to cross the line again. Suddenly, her countenance changed once Ethan was gone and I silently watched her as she walked toward my table and standing opposite me, she sl

