Amara’s POV
With a startled expression on her face, my mother nodded and quickly left the room, clutching her dog tightly.
Then the door opened, and it was the cleaning staff. My secretary, Valerie, smiled at me and said, “I apologize for being ten minutes late.”
“It’s okay, Valerie.”
And before my mother left my office, I said calmly, “You are now banned from getting into my office. You can get an appointment through my secretary if you want something important you want to tell me.”
My words hung in the air as my mother turned to face me, a mix of surprise and hurt evident in her eyes. She nodded slowly, her lips pressed into a thin line.
Her face contorted in disgust as she glanced at me and turned her back on me without uttering a word. Then I watched her go, and a sense of re
