(Lena)
I put the phone down and sat there for a moment.
The counter proposal was on my screen in front of me and the number at the top of it was not small. I had looked at it and understood it and trusted it the way Cole had asked me to and that was enough. I closed the document and went back to Patricia Lawson's finish samples and worked until my assistant knocked on my office door to tell me she was heading out for the day.
I looked up and realized it was past six.
I packed up my things and drove home.
The house was quiet when I got in. Brad's car was in the driveway and the lights were on in the back of the house where Jade had been spending most of her time. I went straight upstairs, changed out of my work clothes and came back down to the kitchen to make something to eat.
I was
