Margot POV
I hurried to the headquarters of Hargrave Consolidated.
Gerald Hargrave’s secretary met me in the lobby and led me straight to his office.
Even in the elevator, I could feel her disapproval.
She kept glancing at me with that tight expression, and I didn’t bother pretending I was in a better mood than she was.
The moment the office door opened, I saw Simone sitting on the couch with red-rimmed eyes.
Gerald Hargrave stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows.
Of all the places in the room, he’d chosen the one farthest from Simone.
From where I stood in the doorway, the three of us formed an almost perfect triangle.
It would have been funny if it weren’t so painfully pathetic.
The secretary quietly closed the door behind me.
There had only been twice in my entire life when bo
