ZOE’S POV
Monday came too fast and I wasn't ready. I had stopped by Rhea’s office for the briefing ahead of the court hearing happening by three. Leaving her office, I felt a little calm but the moment I got to work I was hit with another level of madness: Cassandra had called in sick.
I tried to blend into the office chaos, but Cassandra’s absence made that impossible. She texted me at ten am and informed me that I’d be attending an important meeting with Julian. It was the campaign update for Senator Damien Wolfe the team and I had been working on. The thought of seeing the Senator again wasn't something I was looking forward to.
By noon, when it was time to head to the meeting, my tense state had twisted into full-blown jitters. When Julian appeared beside my desk in a navy suit that
