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She was evenher head against that wall, too The man wasn’t interested in a relationship—which she’d known fro in her power to keep her e to hilue so she could keep tabs on him

It hadn’t worked She’d fallen in love with hiain thanks to those quiet ed for, who believed in her but didn’t care if she wasn’t strong and capable 24/7, who’d demonstrated his ability to commit to his son

None of that mattered She couldn’t trust hih Forever

That hole in her heart? It was there for good

It ale had been the one whispering in Rebecca’s ear At least then Cass could hate hi a sleaze Instead, she’d had to cut ties because, after it was all said and done, he only cared about the forued Because he knew he’d end things eventually, so why not now?

A knock on her open door dragged her attention away froret burning in her chest Alex stood in the doorway Cass waved in the CFO and held up one finger in the universal “give

Alex sauntered into her office, but Cass could tell this wasn’t a friendly visit

“We need to talk,” Alex said before Cass had even set the phone on her desk “The preliood”

Cass bit back the groan When it rained, it poured “And now you’re going to tell ht?”

The hard line of Alex’s mouth didn’t bode well “I don’t think we can directly pin it on that But it’s clear we’ve got a proble”

The accusation of fault hadn’t been verbalized but it cah loud and clear This was all on Cass and Alex wasn’t pulling any punches As the CEO, the buck stopped at Cass’s chair and she should have found the leak’s nao

Helplessness welled up and nearly overflowed into her expression

Push it back Her throat was already so raw froht it could get