tablet and placed it on top of his Manilla folder, the screen flashing to life.
think the bottom third of the design is solid. ’ She spun the tablet for him to see. ‘I’d like to sign off on it so they can start layering the next few floors in. ’
‘Well, a lot of these are yours,’ he said, thinking of all the mechanical spaces at the bottom. ‘I trust your judgement. ’
He picked the tablet up, relieved that their conversation hadn’t veered away from work. He felt like a fool for thinking Anna had anything else in mind. They had been exchanging emails and updating each other’s plans for over two years and there had never been a hint of impropriety. He warned himself not to let the setting, the music, the white tablecloths, fool him.
‘There is one last-minute change you’re not going to like
